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060311 ps cheng rise up n b power

- 1 cor 3:1-15

- start w agriculture end w arlhitect

- on which foundation r we buildin on

1) right motive to build

    - save by grace of god

    - santify by grace of god

      - nt happy w dirty work

   - called by grace of god

      - equiping w grace over our

        prob

    - great grace cm to e church

      - health

      - strengh

     - grow

        - 2 peter 3:18

2) right material to build

    - 3 right material to build

      - gold - divinity, spiritual svc

        - e dependent on e holy spirit

      - silver - redeem , scarificiful svc

      - precious stone - steadfast svc

    - 3 wrong material to build

      - wood - easily burn, careless

        svc

      - hay - worthless svc

      - stable - discarded wood,

        useless svc

3) right methods  to build

    - tell e gospel as it is

    - magnify e worth of jc

    - magnify e works of jc

      - jc is comin sn

      - confession n conviction in our

        life

    - magnify e word of jc

      - heaven n earth will pass away,

        e word will nt pass away

      - e word is life n cn b satisfaction

Acts 10

- Cornlius bought revival in his life n frens n family

- gentile, roman (conqueror of paltanese), centurion, busy work man.

- a desire to worship god

- e world will suck u to e worldly system.

- act 10:1-2 (god fearing man, respectable man)

- we need to b excited n desperate

- he is very balance man. Angel commendation his life

  - he took care of other ppl needs

  - we r salt n light of this world

  - he was prayin ferverting

- he has consist walk / prayer w god. He had vision/ break through w god.

- isa 58

  - fastin will provide break thru

  - focus on god only when we fast

- when we have faith , we need to expect great things frm god

  - cornlius expected great things of god

   - acts 10:31

   - peter preach e gospel, e holy spirit touch their cornlius family.

260206 ps peter lui joy cm in e mourning

- blessed should nt b mourning

- mourn

  - pentheo (greek)

  - strongest term 4 human sorrow

  - devastation of mourning death of loved one

  - gen 37:34

  - 1 chr 21:16-17

 

3 kind of mourning

1) natural mourning

2) sinful mourning (gen 4:13-14)

3) spiritual mourning

    - 2 cor 7:10

      - godly sorrow bring repentance

    - rom 2:4

     - kindness lead to repentance

continuing posture of mourning

- ps 38:18

- ps 51:3

  - my sin is alway before me, thus need to continued mourning

- isa 6:5

  - we live among sinner

- rom 7:15,18,19,24

  - spotlight by e holy spirit on sin.

True cause for mourning

1) mournin for sin

  - we should cry for mourning. Mourning is christ centre

- joel 2:13

- confessions need to b brutal honest w ourselves

2) mournin for e condition of e church

- god call us to mourner but nt moulder

- 2 cor 2:4,12:21

  - paul wrote w anger

  - grief n mourn share e same greek word

- sick at e heart for church in

ephesus

acts 20:19,31

- heart broken over backslider in philippi (phi 3:18)

3) mournin becoz satan on e loose

- 1 jn 5:19

- jn 11:33

  - jesus was fury w satan work

  - passion in prayer

Mourn for real cause

- nt 4 misery sins bring but becoz sin greatly dishonour god

- deut 9:18

- ps 119:136 (mourn on behalf of god)

2 things move godly to mourn

- dishonour it bring on god

- perdition it bring on sinner

Mournin experience as christian

- jn 16:33 ( you will have trouble)

- mt 5:10 ( bless r THOSE who persecuted)

  - begin w poor in spirit (THOSE)

  - medium ( YOU)

  - end w persecuted (THOSE)

- mt 5:11-12

7 sources of biblical comfort

1) god is all comfort (2 cor 1:3)

2) jesus (jn 10:10, 15:13-15, 12:49, 1 jn 2:1-2)

3) holy spirit (acts 9:31,jn 14:16-17)

4) word of god

5) preachin of god

6) fellowship of christian

7) certainty of jesus comin

Final comfort

- isa 35:10

- rev 21:3-4

- 400 silent

- 4 main sects

  - pharisee

  - sadduces

  - zealots

  - essenes

- righteousness of e pharisee

- codified 248 commandments n 365 prohibitions

- mt 5:20

- declamation of e pharisee

- mt 23:27-28

- exposed  of superficiality of righteous

- didn’t kill innocent man - no murder

- wasn’t caught in act of adultery - no adultery

- revenged by an eye 4 an eye - justified action

- handed shirt when sued - paid debt in full

- walk e mandatory mile - fufillment e extra mile

- comparison between then n now

- pharisee reduced rigour of god law preacher today alter norm

1) gospel of crazy - god loving n merciful so wont condemned to hell

2) gospel of wealth - name it, claimed it, get it

3) gospel of wellness

- jc vs e world

- world welcome hero. He applaud e zerd

- world revel in sin. He demand purity of heart

- world shun hardships. He invite to us to endure

- not popular w elite

- mt 12:14,21:43-46, 26:4

- the beatitudes

- mt 5:3-13

- best known, least understand , least  obey

- jc present beatitudes nt as a menu to pick prefer

- imperative tense- command to develop all eight

- never let god voice drown

- jc personal sermon are for e christian

what blessed is nt

- ppl look at blessed subjectively

- happy is nt blessed

- happiness is subject n depend on feelin n circumstances

- solomon , despite wealth n success

Despaired ecc 2:1

Meaning of blessing

-Blessin is something only god cn give

·         - when we follow e beatitudes , a thunder clap frm heaven approve

·         - ps 114:15

-blessin is independent of circumstances

-blessin is a continuous contemporary experience

·          as we on earth, we need exhibited it

-blessin is related to a person spiritual

perspective of poverty of spirit

- poverty nt to be seem a virtue

·         - proper biblical concept of spirit inner man or heart

·         - attitude of poor spirit, wholly dependent on god

·         - posture of poor in spirit, admission of inexusable sinfulness in me dwell no gd thing (ro 7:18)

Biblical example of bein poor in spirit

- two men went to

jerusalem

temple

-pharisee declared  lk 18:11-12

- tax collector pleaded (lk 18:18)

·         i am e sinner nt a sinner

- e tax collector is justified by god

Evidence of bein poor in spirit

- know he spiritual bankruptcy

- doesn’t make a show of nothing in public but full of self within

- doesnt quietly acknowledged condition of nothing during sermon n pretentiously display fullness during altar call

- care only hw god think

biblical commendation of broken heart

- ps 34:18

- is 57:15

Challenge of reward

- jc assure full measures of blessin for theirs is e kingdom of heaven

- theirs - emphatic personal pronoun to e poor in spirit n to them alone

kingdom promise n given

- frm hell-bound to heavenward

- frm nothing to fullness

- frm brokeness to wholeness

- as king

·          we have crowns

·         We have Robes