Marbaniang, Domenic

1 COR 11:23-30 We are called to 1. PARTAKE 2. PROCLAIM The Table Is 1. COMMEMORATION of His Death 2. CELEBRATION of His Life 3. CONFESSION of His Glory 1. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TABLE      A. COVENANT IN HIS BLOOD      B. COMMUNION OF HIS BODY     C. CONSOLATION THRU HIS PROMISE 2. SERIOUSNESS OF THE TABLE      A. UNITY OF THE SACRAMENT - "THIS" BREAD... CUP.      B. SANCTITY OF THE SACRAMENT - BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST     C. GRAVITY OF THE SACRAMENT - DISCERNMENT IS EXPECTED, UNWORTHILY PARTICIPATING MEANS DAMNATION

Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, And princes will rule with justice. (Isaiah 32:1) Psalm 96:10; 103:17; 2Pet 3:13 A. He is Righteous and True and Just in His Character (Mal.4:2; Jer.23:5) B. He is All-knowing and Nothing is Hid from His Blazing Eyes (Heb.4: 13; Jer.23:24) C. He is All-powerful and No Wicked Can Stand Before His Power (2Thess.1:6-9; Jude 1:14-15) He is Coming Soon. Blessed is the man who trusts in Him.

ELISHA’S MIRACLES OF FOOD 2 KGS 4:38 MIRACLE 1: 1. WHO GETS THE ORDER AND WHO GOES? BE CAREFUL WHO YOU ENTRUST A WORK TO. DO YOUR WORK AND PUT RIGHT PERSONS IN RIGHT PLACES. DON’T APPOINT UNTESTED WORKERS TO TASKS WHERE LIVES ARE AT RISK. 2. EXTREMITIES CAN OFTEN MAKE ONE RECKLESS. TO LIVE, DON’T JUST EAT ANYTHING YOU FEEL GOOD OR NICE ABOUT. IF YOU DO NOT KNOW, KEEP QUIET. DON’T MISTAKE IMAGINATION FOR TRUTH. 3. FLOUR IN STEW, STEW IN POISONED STEW. THE POWER OF GOD IS GREATER TO HEAL. THE POWER OF LIFE IS GREATER THAN THE POWER OF DEATH. BIGGEST ENEMY: FEAR BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF FEAR: ----IT MAKES YOU BELIEVE IT IS RIGHT, AND THE ONLY OPTION. -----IT MAKES YOU BELIEVE GOD IS NOT ALL-POWERFUL AND ALL IN CONTROL. -----IT MAKES YOU BELIEVE GOD IS NOT ALL-CARING AND DOUBTS THE LOVE OF GOD. -----IT MAKES YOU BELIEVE SOMETHING BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN. BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF FAITH: -----IT BELIEVES THAT GOD’S WORD IS TRUE AND UNCHANGING. -----IT BELIEVES...

LIFE 1. Is a Present, Gift (Ps.127:3) 2. Is Precious and Priceless (Lk.15) 3. Has a Purpose (Ps.73)

MATTHEW 4: 1-11 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, "If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread." But He answered and said, "It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God."  Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple,  and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written: "He shall give His angels charge over you," and, "In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone." Jesus said to him, "It is written again, "You shall not tempt the LORD your God."  Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.  ...

But exhort one another daily, while it is called Today, lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. Whenever God speaks, it is Today, and He demands that we respond positively to His voice as soon as we hear His word. Those who neglect to receive the word immediately or procrastinate to obey, harden their hearts. When a person listens to the voice of God and hardens his heart  from obeying God, he puts himself in the path of hardening, and the more a person gets hardened the more difficult it is for the word of God to find a place in his heart. Such a heart becomes like a stone that will take lot of hammering to break. 1. The Rebellious Heart Hardens Itself Against the Voice of God Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, In the day of trial in the wilderness, Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me, And saw My works forty years. Therefore I was angry with that generation, And said, They a...

Matt.5:8 - Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. Psa 24:3-5 - Who will ascend... He who has Clean Hands and Pure Heart Psa 51:10 - Create in me a pure heart.. v.11. Cast me not away from Presence.. 5 Effects of Purity: 1. Pure Humility. Prov.22:11 - pure heart.. speech gracious.. will have the king for his friend. Purity of heart and Humility go together. 2. Pure Eyes. Tit.1:15 - to the pure all things are pure..... 3. Pure Love. 1Tim.1:5 - Pure love can only come from pure heart, good conscience and sincere faith. (1Pet.1:22) 4. Pure Pursuit. Seeking. Calling. 2 Tim.2:22 - Flee evil desires... pure heart 5. Drawing Near . Communion with God. Heb.10:22 - Draw near to God with a sincere heart.. cleansed ...washed.. HOLINESS 6. Single Mindedness... James 4:8 (not love of the world, but love of God) HOW TO BE PURE: 1. Purity by the Blood of Jesus. Forgiveness of Sins (Heb.13:12; Heb.9:14,22-28; Walk in Light, Confess...1Jn.1:7)... Heb.10:2 - no consciousness of past si...

5 Human Entanglements that Christ Came To Deliver Us From WHAT THEY DO - They complicate life - Matt.23:4 "They tie up heavy loads and put them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them. (Mat 23:4 NIV) - They violate God's commandments - Mark 7:8,9 - Set aside commandments for traditions - They fossilize spirituality - Col.2:23 - False customs that have no value for the spirit. - They hinder change - old wineskins can't hold new wine (Mat.9:17) - They worsen the convert - (Mat.23:15) Entanglements : 1. Traditions (Mark 7:8,9) - Traditionalism :::caste-desire for dignity, social honor (Pharisees Jn.5:44); "what would people think?" Not desiring to be "rejected of men" (Vs.Isa.53)/ "Denominationalism" 2. Mammon (Lk.16:13-15; 1Tim.6:10) ::: Achan...Gehazi...Judas Iscariot... Materialism 3. Flesh (2Pet.2:18-22) - Sensualism (Sensationalism) Lust of flesh, works of...

1. Luke 23:34: Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do. Peace ........ -Hitler "For the sake of freedom and democracy, never again fascism; millions of dead remind us" Could u forgive him? Corrie ten Boom - Forgiveness is available, Jewish proverb, forgiveness is like the sea, anyone can go and bath in it.. - but it must be received Prodigal Son... ... Forgiven, so forgive. unmerciful servant .... forgive, or will not be forgiven 2. Luke 23:43: Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise. Hope .....powerful word Can man live without hope? Job 14:7-10 Hope in life. Hope beyond life.. Ecc 9:4 उसको परन्तु जो सब जीवतों में है, उसे आशा है, क्योंकि जीवता कुत्ता ...

When Jesus came into the Temple there was: 1. Cleansing of Activities: He drove the ones who were turning God's temple into business center 2. Correction of Attitudes: He reminded that the House of God is a House of Prayer 3. Comfort to the Ailing: He healed the lame and the blind.

It is "triumphant" because the King has entered in. 3 Distinctives of Christ's Triumphant Entry His entry shows His -Conviction of Mission -Control over Self -Commitment to Righteousness 1. He moved towards the Cross, not away from the Cross. The Cross defined His mission on earth. He knew where He was going. 2. He was indifferent to both Criticism and Praise. Some praised and some criticized but He committed Himself to no man. It didn't matter what humans thought or said about Him; He knew who He was and what He was supposed to do. 3. He did not Compromise with Truth, with Meaning--He Cleansed the Temple The Temple could not be confused with the Market. Jesus established that. There was no overlooking the truth. The definitions could not be compromised. The Priest made distinction between the clean and the unclean, between the right and the wrong, between the holy and the unholy.

The LORD will perfect that which concerns me (Psa 138:8) The LORD always finishes what He starts. Men may start works that they leave unfinished; but, God always finishes what He starts. However, when it comes to His work in our lives, He can't perfect it without our cooperation. There are three essential things: 1. Absolute Trust and Confidence in God's Working "Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ." (Phi 1:6) Trust implies: (a) Faith in God's goodness and His work, to believe in Him even when everything looks the opposite. (b) Patience (James 1:4). To let patience do its work. To never compromise with anything that goes against the will of God. 2. Understanding of God's Will and Work in Our Lives "Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure." (Phi 2:12-13) We can understand God...

God sent forth His Son...that we might receive the adoption as sons. (Gal 4:4-5 NKJ) The poets asserted that we are offspring of God (Acts 17:28). But, like the prodigal son, we were lost, groping like the blind, in bondage to the elements of the world (Gal.4:1,2). Yet, when His Grace appeared, we saw light, we received the right to be called the children of God (Jn.1:12). He received us in loving embrace (Lk.15:20). He put His ring on our hand (Lk.15:22).He placed and positioned us as sons (Gk. huiothesia,  "to place as son"). And with this placement as sons, this sonship, we received blessings: 1. The Spirit of the Son by which we call out "Abba, Father" (Gal.4:6) He is the Spirit of prayer and supplication (Eph.6:18). He helps us in our weakness by praying for us (Rom.8:26). He is the inner witness (Rom.8:16) and the one who speaks the words of Truth in our heart (Jn.16:13; Rev.2:7). 2. Heirship. We became heirs of God through Christ (Gal.4:7) We have received an...

LIGHT in Darkness 1. Darkness of Sin (Ep.5:11,12) Condition of the unbelievers (Eph.4:18,19) Jesus. Zech 4:2: SUN OF RIGHTEOUSNESS Eph.5:8 - You are Light 2. Darkness of the World Controlled by Devil (Eph.6:12; 1Jn.5:9) -Devil blinds minds (2Cor.4:4) -Devil oppresses people (Acts 10:38) Jesus: Prince of the kingdom of Light (Col.1:12-13) 3. Darkness of Foolish Imagination Rom.1:21-23 Rev.3:17 Jesus: Amen the Faithful and True Witness (Rev.3:14) 4. Darkness of Death Job 10:21,22; Ps.23:4; Jn.8:12; Hb.2:14,15; Ps.18:28; 112:4 CHRIST Light of Life Light of Understanding Light of Good Light of Fearlessness

1. The Invisible Made Visible -General Revelation (1Tim.1:17) -Specific Revelation (Jn.1:18) Heb.1:3; Col.1:15 2. The Distant Brought Near -Immanuel - God with us -Jn.1:14 - "dwelt among us" Acts 17:27,28 3. The Unknown Made Known Acts 17:23. To the Unknown God Jn.1:18; Jn.17:6-8 Jn.14:7 4. The Hidden Revealed Job 23:8-9 Psalm 18:11

Numbers 13; Josh 14 Story Numbers 13 God told them to spy; why spy if He'd give. Bible teaches human responsibility  God will give increase, but you must sow the seed. You must work. God made man to work. If you want blessing, you must do things KNOWLEDGE, CONFIDENCE, ACTION 1. Learn about the land .. Business, job... Knowledge (Jesus said “Count the Cost”) 2. Believe that you can take the land because He has promised. Believe in God 3. Go up and fight the battle... You don't win more territory by sleeping. PRAYER OF JABEZ- 1Chronicles 4:9,10. But, that prayer will mean nothing unless there is proper effort to learn, proper faith to act. Now, some say no need work. Salvation not by work. But, they don't know James 2 Caleb - means dog. Bad! Especially for a Jew.. But, he didn’t care what his parents called him. 1. Man of Divine Vision Caleb saw as God wanted them to see. God showed them the land… He wanted to show the land that He was going to give them. What...

IN THE NAME OF CHRIST (Joh 14:13-14 NKJ) (Joh 16:24-28 NKJ) "And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. "If you ask anything in My name, I will do it. (Joh 14:13-14 NKJ) "Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full. 25 "These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but I will tell you plainly about the Father. 26 "In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you; 27 "for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from God. 28 "I came forth from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world and go to the Father." (Joh 16:24-28 NKJ) The New Testament introduces a very distinctive element into prayer: the Name of Jesus. Of course, when ...

VISIONARY PRAYER Is Passionate (Neh.1:4) Is Proactive (Neh.2:4). He prayed first...(Priority of Prayer) Is Practical (Neh.4:9) Is Persistent (Neh. 6:9) - Strengthened, not weakened - Matt.5:4 - Blessed are those who mourn - Isaiah 59:14-16 - God wondered that there was no intercessor, no mourner... - Ezekiel 9:1-6: God killed all who didn't mourn over evil Nehemiah's Passion: Mourned, Fasted, Prayed... - Confession of Sins; Confession of God's Promises - Solution: Neh 1:11 (Passion must have a direction - When God gives you passion, He also shows the way) (Posture - Not necessarily kneeling...) - Not pretence (2:2; or else would not be afraid) - Visionary prayer helps not only to identify what is wrong, but also helps to see the SOLUTION (Vision of what must be done) - A Man of Visionary Prayer doesn't just pray.. He is willing to do something to change the situation. He doesn't just mourn the bad shape of things, He SEES the RIGHT FORM that they can be brought int...

I. The Promise of the Gospel Given through the prophets in the Holy Scriptures - It was a Spoken Promise – Communicated - It was a Written Promise – Encoded, Recorded Promise of the Gospel: “That God will save…” Promises of the Gospel. “Salvation, life, adoption….” Rom.15:8; Gal.3:16, 22 Why the Promise of the Gospel Was Made 1. Because man by his righteousness could not fulfill the righteousness of God. The Law can’t save. It can only condemn. Israel is the greatest example. - Sinned despite of miracles - Sinned despite of Tabernacle - Sinned despite of Shekinah - Sinned despite of prophets, priests… (Jer.5:31) Education can’t transform Religion can’t transform 2. Because God loved us and wants us to be saved. (1Jn.4:19) - Cross: Greatest symbol of human rejection of God and God’s embrace of man 3. Because the Gospel is the only way for man to be saved. That is why it is the GOSPEL II. The Person of the Gospel Not an ordinary man. Mediator: Real. High Priest. According to the Flesh: S...

1. No Compromise – Integrity 2. Absolute Trust (unwavering) 3. Constant Testing (Psa.26:2) 4. Constant Vision of His Love (Psa.26:3) 5. Pursuit of Truth (Psa.26:3) 6. Reserved Association (Psa.26:4-5) 7. Pure Conscience (Psa.26:6) 8. Holy Sacrifice (Psa.26:6; Rom.12:2) 9. Voice of Thanksgiving and Praise (Psa.26:7) -Gratitude Vs Grumbling -Praise Vs Provocation -Positivity Vs Pessimism 10. Desire for the Heavenly City (Psa.26:8)