Sunday Re Cap (10th Jan 2010)

New Covenant Life-a LIFE that is FREE

Jesus did not come to teach evil people to become good (the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and the LAW could have taken care of that) but to make dead people live (tree of LIFE)!

We need to get it out of our minds that all that God is interested in is SIN. We need a complete change of mindset of God's character and nature.

Eph 2:4-7

How many of us believe that being a child of God is the most favored thing in all of life? Sadly, many of God's people are not living in that environment of favor.

The more we read the word of God and the more we understand His grace, the more we realize that God has specifically 2 agendas over our lives that are intertwined.

Isa 61:1 Jesus quoted it in Luke 4:18-19 as well.

When did the Spirit of the Lord God come upon us?

Joh 16:7; Act 2:33

The Holy Spirit would not be given until Jesus finished His work here on earth and returned to the Father. The work is finished. Sin has been completely dealt with on the cross!

Where is the Holy Spirit now?

Upon us! We are the temple of the Holy Spirit. Living breathing walking temple of the Living God! The Church!

What is our mission?

Act 10:38; Is 61.1 gives us a clear picture.

HS anoints us to proclaim LIBERTY and FREEDOM! His main agenda is not to expose SIN as SIN has already been dealt with. His main AGENDA now is LIFE.

Why was the Holy Spirit given to us?

Isa 61:2-3 To proclaim the favourable year of the LORD….So they will be called oaks of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.

When is the Favorable year of the LORD? The more we focus on everything that Christ has already done, the more we are able to receive the infilling of the Holy Spirit. Then FAVOUR HAPPENS! People are set free.

Joh 14:13 Jesus did not only come to heal us, deliver us, cleanse us from our sins. JESUS came to set us FREE! FREEDOM is God's main agenda.

Joh 8:32 Joh 8:36 Rom 8:1-2

Why does God want to set us FREE? Joh 10:10

So that we can LIFE and HAVE IT IN ABUNDANCE!

He wants to set us FREE and He wants us to become more and more ALIVE! Many may say, "it is for us to do missions or pray or give". If we are not FREE and ALIVE, we cannot freely give (freely receive, freely give), do missions or pray effectively!

Samuel Hari © GROW BM