Jesus the Light of the World
Jesus the Light of the World
LIGHT OF THE WORLD!
Jesus the Light of the World __ John
1:6-15.
Do you have any problem
that no one else could solve?
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Is it academic breakthrough?
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Marital fulfillment?
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Insecurity?
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Reproaches?
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Unfruitfulness?
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Is it career or destiny fulfillment
oppositions?
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Stagnation etc.
The solution to all above
and beyond problems is in JESUS CHRIST!
Dear heavenly Father, my
master and my all in all, you created earth and sky by your great power by
merely stretching out your arm.
Dear God for all you have
been through my life and ministries “there’s nothing you can’t do” ___ Jeremiah
32:17.
THE MYSTERY OF CREATION/ MAN’s
DISOBEDIENCE
In the beginning, God
created man in His own image and likeness; blessed him and always had
fellowship with him (Genesis 1:26-28; 3:8).
Man lived in the Garden
of Eden and enjoyed with no problem of any type. What a glorious, blissful and
problem free life! How then came problems into the world? The question to
answer. What is the source of headache and unhappiness; sickness and diseases;
bondage and oppression; disappointment and failure; wretchedness and poverty
transgression and death? SIN is the root cause of all! (Isaiah 57:21). “There is no peace for the wicked, says my
God.”
The fall of Adam
transferred the sin nature to every person born of a woman; and the wages of
sin is trouble and death. “When Adam
sinned, sin entered the entire human race. Adam’s sin brought death, so death
spread to everyone, for everyone sinned” __ Romans 5:12. “All have sin and
fallen short of the glory of God” __ Romans 3:12.
BEWARE OF DISCOURAGEMENT
Discouragement is as a
result of fear in man, and the spirit of fear is a powerful force that
disintegrates the good targets.
“Looking
unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith; who for the joy that was set
before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right
hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such hostility of
sinners against himself, lest you be wearied and faint in your minds. You have
not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.” __ Hebrews 12:2-4.
“Behold,
the LORD your God has set the land before you: go up and possess it, as the
LORD God of your fathers has said unto you; fear not, neither be discouraged”
__ Deut. 1:21.
God is not an author of
confusion, He will not tell you to go ahead and at the same time be opposing
you on the way. If anyone tries to discourage you from carrying out divine
mandate, that person is the devil incarnate, and just as Jesus did to Peter you
are expected to tell such a person “get thee behind me Satan.”
Discouragement does not
come to a man that has no future. The Bible warns us against being ignorant of
the devices of the enemy; the devil will not try to discourage you if you have
no bright future or glorious destiny ahead of you.
CAUSES OF DISCOURAGEMENT
ü Seeing
God as man
ü Comparing
yourself with another man
ü Inability
to see God in what you are passing through
ü Relying
on men
ü Believing
negative report
ü Inability
to persist
ü Doubting
the possibility of a thing
Beloved, the way out of
all problems, challenges and troubles is now opened wider. “Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts, let
him return unto the LORD, and He will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for
He will abundantly pardon”__ Isaiah 55:7.
Jesus invites you, even
today, to come and enjoy rest, a good life and a time of refreshing.
“Repent
ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the
times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord” (Acts 3:19).
Don’t
delay!!!
STEPS TO SALVATION
ACKNOWLEDGE:
Admit that you have sinned and need God’s help. “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans
3:23).
CONFESS
AND REPENT: Be genuinely sorry for the sins you have
committed and ask God to forgive you. “Repent
therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times
of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord” (Acts 3:19).
FORSAKE: Determine with God’s
help to turn away from all the sins in your life. “Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts,
let him return unto the LORD, and He will have mercy upon him, and to our God,
for He will abundantly pardon”__ Isaiah 55:7.
BELIEVE: When
you have honestly and sincerely taken the steps above, believe that God will
save you. “For God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).
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