Aflame Com Church Inc Sunday Sermon – 30 December 2007
Minister : Jimmy Goh
Theme : GRATEFULLY ALIVE in CHRIST
LAST SUNDAY’s SERMON:
WHAT is the GOOD NEWs – GOD’s LOVE ?
The LOVE that is of GOD’s GOODNESS & FAITHFULNESS !
GOD is GOOD - ALL the TIIME. EVEN WHENEVER & WHATEVER we GO THRU.
GOD is FAITH-FULL- ALL the TIME. The ONE we ARE to TRUST ALL & ALWAYS.
ALL are CALLED to BRING GOOD NEWS, But NOT JUSTon FESTIVE SEASONs.
Romans 10: 11, 13
For the Scriptures says, “Whoever believes on HIM will not be put to shame.”
For “whoever calls on the NAME of the LORD will be saved.”
WHAT is the GOOD NEWs ?
John 3: 16 – 17
“For GOD so loved the world that HE gave HIS only begotten SON, that whoever
believes in HIM should not perish but have everlasting life.”
For GOD did not sendHIS SON into the world to condemn the world, but the world
through HIM might be saved.”
John 3: 15
“That whoever believes in HIM should not perish but have eternal life.”
Psalm 27: 1
The LORD is my LIGHT and my SALVATION;
Whom shall I fear ? The LORD is the STRENGTH of my life;
Of whom shall I be afraid ?
Isaiah 12: 3
Therefore with joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.”
John 1: 14
And the WORD became flesh and dwell among us, and we beheld HIS GLORY,
the GLORY of the only BEGOTTEN of the FATHER, full of grace and truth.
John 1: 16
And of HIS FULLNESS we have all received, grace for grace.
The GOOD NEWs is that GOD’s DESIRE is NEVER to CONDEMN but to SAVE MANKIND.
SALVATION is JOY & STRENGTH & BLESSINGs
Isaiah 25: 1
O LORD, YOU are my GOD. I will exalt YOU, I will praise YOUR NAME,
For YOU have done wonderful things; YOUR counsels of old are
faithfulnessand truth.
READ Isaiah 25: 4, 6, 8
Isaiah 25: 9
And it will be in that day;
“Behold, this is our GOD; we have waited for HIM and HE will save us.
This is the LORD; we have waited for HIM; we will be glad and rejoice in HIS SALVATION.”
As WE RECEIVED the WELL of SALVATION, our DESIREare to SEEK the SOURCE.
Isaiah 26: 9a
With my soul I have desired YOU in the night,
Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek YOU early.
GOD is NOT ANGRY at the SINFUL NATURE of MAN, but But GOD is ANGRY at
theUNGRATEFUL & UNTHANKFUL NATUREas MAN areMADE & SAVED by HIM.
Why was the LORD GOD was ANGRY at the OT CHOSENSAVED PEOPLE– the JEWs.
Isaiah 17: 10
Because you have forgotten the GOD of your salvation,
And have not been mindful of the Rock of your stronghold,
Therefore you will plant pleasant plants and set out foreign seedlings.
READ Isaiah 17: 11
~ PUTTING in ALL the SELF EFFORT, but NOT under GOD’s AUTHORITY, RUIN PERMITTED.
Isaiah 19: 20
And it will be a sign and for a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt;
for they will cry to the LORD because of the oppressors, and HE will send them a
SAVIOR and a MIGHTY ONE, and HE will deliver them.
Isaiah 28: 29, 23, 26
This also comes from the LORD of hosts,
WHO is wonderful in counsel and excellent in guidance.
Give ear and hear MY VOICE, listen and hear MY SPEECH.
For HE instructs him in right judgment, his GOD teaches HIM.
READ Isaiah 28: 24 – 25, 27 – 28
Psalm 25: 8 – 9, 12
Good and upright is the LORD; therefore HE teaches sinners in the way.
The humble HE guides in justice. And the humble HE teaches HIS way.
Who is the man that fears the LORD? Him shall HE teach in the way HE chooses.
~ The PROCESS, the WAY to TEACH SINNERs – is the LORD’s CHOICE.
When SAVED ONES CHOOSE NOT to HEAR & UNDERSTAND GOD’s COUNSEL,
their HUMAN SPIRIT is SOULISH & UNFULFILLED.
Isaiah 29: 8, 10
It shall even be as when a hungry man dreams, And look – he eats;
But he awakes, and his soul is still empty;
Or as when a thirsty man dreams, And look – he drinks;
But he awakes, and indeed he isfaint. And his soul still craves;
So the multitude of all the nations shall be, who fight against MountZion.
For the LORD has poured out on you, the spirit of deep sleep, and
has closed your eyes, namely, the prophets;
And HE has covered your heads, namely, the seers.
Isaiah 29: 11
The whole vision has become to you like words of a book that is sealed,
which men deliver to one who is literate, saying, “Read this, please.”
And he says, “ I cannot for it is sealed.”
~ If the LORD does NOT TEACH to REVEAL, IT is as a SEALED BOOK, CANNOT be READ.
NO UNDERSTANDING ! NO TRUTH ! NO WISDOM !
Isaiah 29: 13, 15
Therefore the LORD said:
“Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths, and honor ME with their lips,
but have removed their hearts far from ME. And their fear toward ME is taught by
the commandment of men.
Woe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from the LORD,
and their works are in the dark; They say, “ Who sees us?” and, “Who knows us?”
Isaiah 29: 16
Surely you have things turned around! Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay:
For shall the thing made say of him who made it, “He did not make me?”
Or shall the thing formed say of him who formed it, “He has no understanding?”
When BELIEVERs’ HEARTs are REMOVED FAR from the LORD, THEY OFFER LIPs’ SERVICEs.
Isaiah 29: 23
But when he sees his children, the work of MY HANDs, in his midst,they will hallow
MY NAME, and hallow the HOLY ONE of Jacob. And fear the GOD of Israel.
READ Isaiah 29: 18 –19
~ When the LORD is EXALTED with HONOR, with RESPECT, with GODLY FEAR.
The LORD GOD’s SALVATION POWER BRINGs DELIVERANCE to UNDERSTAND HIM.
Isaiah 30: 1, 9
“Woe to the rebellious children,” says the LORD, “Who take counsel, but not of ME,
and who devise plans, but not of MY SPIRIT.” That they may add sin to sin.
That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children who
will not hear the law of the LORD.
DIFFERENCE between the HUMAN SPIRITWHO ERR and THOSE of REBELLIOUS SPIRIT.
Isaiah 30: 15 – 16a, 18, 21
For thus says the LORD GOD, the HOLY ONE of Israel:
“In returning and rest you shall be saved: In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.”
But you would not, and you said, ”No, we will flee on horses’ - Therefore you shall flee.
THOSE Who SIN in ERROR – the LORD is FULL of MERCY & GRACE,
But THOSE Who CHOOSE to REBEL, WILL PROVOKE HIS ANGER.
Isaiah 30: 18, 21
Therefore the LORD will wait, that HE may be gracious to you:
And therefore HE will be exalted, that HE may have mercy on you.
For the LORD is a GOD of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for HIM.
Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way walk in it,”
Whenever you turn to the right hand or whenever you turn to the left.
HE is our LORD GOD FULL of MERCY & GRACE, HE is so GOOD to WAIT for REPENTANCE.
BELIEVERs who STILL DO NOT GIVE UP their ‘Idols’ & SEEK COUNSEL from the ‘World’.
READ Isaiah 30: 22 – 23, 26b, 27 – 28a; 31: 7
READ Isaiah 31: 1
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, who trust in chariots,
because they are many, and in horsemenbecause they are very strong.
But who do not lookto the HOLY ONE of Israel, nor seek the LORD!
Isaiah 30: 30
The LORD will cause HIS GLORIOUS VOICE to be heard, and
show the descent of HIS ARM with the indignation of HIS anger and
the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, tempest, and hailstones.
JESUS is BOTH the APOSTLE to BUILD us as A SPIRITUAL HOUSE and also as
theHIGH PRIEST to MINISTER to EVERY BELIEVER intheir HEAVENLY CALLING.
Hebrews 3: 1 – 3
Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the APOSTLE
and HIGH PRIEST of our confession, CHRIST JESUS,
Who was faithful to HIM Who appointed HIM, as Moses also was faithful in all HIS HOUSE.
For this ONE has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as HE
Who built the house has more honor than the house.
~ Moses was a FAITHFUL LEADER of GOD’s HOUSE, as HIS SERVANT.
Hebrews 3: 6
But CHRIST as a SON over HIS own HOUSE, whose house we are if
we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.
~ JESUS is the SON over HIS OWN HOUSE & the BUILDER.
~ WE are the ‘sons’ and ‘daughters’ of HIS HOUSE, so NOT to HAVESERVANTs’ MENTALITY.
Hebrews 3: 7 – 8
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.”
READ Hebrews 3: 9 – 11
Where your fathers tested ME, tried ME, and saw MY works forty years.
Therefore I was angry with that generation, and said,
”They always go astray in their heart, and they have not know my ways.”
So I swore in MY wrath, “They shall not enter MY REST.”
Hebrews 3: 12 – 14
Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing
from the living GOD; but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest
any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
For we have become partakers of CHRIST if we hold the beginning of our confidence
steadfast to the end.
READ Hebrews 3: 15 – 17
REBELLIOUSNESS is BUILT WHEN we LACKUNDERSTANDING, RESULTING in LACK of :
GRATITUDE
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THANKFULNESS
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RESPECT
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GOD’s PROMISE REMAIN for US GIVEN THRU CHRIST, if we CHOOSE to OBEY.
Hebrews 3: 18
And to whom did HE swear that they would not enter HIS REST, but to those who did not obey?
Hebrews 4: 1, 6, 9
Therefore, since a promise remains of entering HIS REST let us fear lest any of you
seem to have come short of it.
Since therefore it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first preached
did not enter because of disobedience.
There remains therefore a REST for the people of GOD.
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