JUST ONE (Powerpoint Presentation from 6/24/2012 Sermon at BCC)
Ephesians 1:15 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, 16 I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,
· God knows we Move, Take Action, Respond, Commit, and Make Decisions often only on what is a Revelation in Knowledge that may inspire or ignite in our spirit and infuse into our soul. Our entire soul (pyche) may be effected emotionally, cognitively, and then by our will or volition that transfers into actions.
· plainly- we need a Revelation from God for anything to make sense or mean anything to us
· What i try to do is present treaching originating from The Heart of God by The Word of God that provides inspiration, information, instruction, that prayerfully impacts you to hunger and have Life and it more abundantly.
· my and every1one’s complete dependency is communion with Jesus and The Presence of The Holy Spirit to bring Revelation.
· Ephesians 1: 18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might 20 that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead...
· And Enlightenment causes you to know your call and how the hope of your call is necessary for the inheritance of the saints by eternal transformation, for The Kingdom of God, in the global Body of Christ, and actualized in the fellowship community of a local church.
· As opposed seemingly to today where some ppl’s decisions are more for themselves and/or conveniences rather than work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, and the commitment to a Christ Culture
· Would you stand or remain standing with me and
· Ephesians 6:18 praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication..., making supplication for all the saints, 19 and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel
When spending time with Christ personally, or coming to Corporate Assembly for Worship,
1. God can i really change?
2. God can i become something different, better, what i am hoping for, dreaming, praying for? This is a furthering maturity beyond disappointments, shortcomings, and failures that is not “something has to happen to me,” but me needs to happen to something.
3. When and What was the last time & Word that God used to effect & impact your life or renew your attitude?
4. What measurable changes of attempted growth have you gone through?
5. One Questions at the end...
· Deuteronomy 6:4 "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.
· JUST ONE: GOD
· John 17: 21 that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me. 22 "The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one ; 23 I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me.
· JUST ONE: ppl
· 1 Corinthians 8: 6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.
· JUST ONE: Vision
· Ephesians 4:1 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3 being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. 7 But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. JUST ONE: Decision
Addressing the audience
· ppl who are not following Jesus Christ fully committed
· ppl who are following Jesus Christ fully committed, but may be missing the empowerment to maximize their potential, live according to their priorities, & fulfill their God-Created purpose
But of every1one, any person may be on the “Cusp” of JUST ONE: Decision
From: One Love & One Exchange
· One Relentless Love to One Redemptive Exchange
· One Response or One Decision for God: 1 Kings 18:21-22 Elijah came near to all the people and said, "How long will you hesitate (waver, balance, jump back & forth) between two opinions ? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him." But the people did not answer him a word.
· One Disciple
· Marilyn Monroe was asked, “Do you believe in God?”
· Her answer, “i believe in everything, a little bit.”
· This has been referred to as The New Monroe Doctrine that could epitomize our US American culture or at least an essence of modern mindsets. People say they believe in God, The Bible, Jesus Christ, positive thinking, the basic good of all humanism, zen, nobody’s perfect, there is no hell, luck, checking for horoscopes, truth is relative, & alien life form.
· "How long will we waver between two opinions ?
· JUST ONE: Decision to Follow The LORD, He is GOD
· Then, that One Disciple Makes another Decision from giving Love and receiving Exchange
· Made a Major Difference
· JUST ONE: Decision
· JUST ONE: Disciple
· JUST ONE: Decision
· An Exponential Difference Eternally and on Earth!
· One Invitation: Matthew 9: 9 As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called Matthew, sitting in the tax collector's booth ; and He said to him, "Follow Me!" And he got up and followed Him. Matthew 9: 10 Then it happened that as Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples. 11 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, "Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners ?" 12 But when Jesus heard this, He said, "It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick. 13 "But go and learn what this means : 'I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT SACRIFICE,' for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
· Matthew’s One Decision to Follow Jesus Christ as LORD is to say HE IS The SON of GOD, Forgiver & Giver of Salvation & Life and became JUST ONE: Disciple.
· Then that One Decision led to Make a Major Exponential Difference Eternally and on Earth!
· JUST ONE:Decision to One Disciple to One Decision
· Matthew maximize his potential, lived according to his priorities, & fulfilled his God-Created purpose
· The Gospel of Matthew; Matthew Reached needful ppl
· 13 "But go and learn what this means : 'I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT SACRIFICE,' for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
· Compassion=Mercy: a song “neverending mercy.”
· Hosea 6: 6 I want you to be merciful (stedfast love); I don't want your sacrifices. I want you to know God (the knowledge of God); that's more important than burnt offerings.
· Moved by Compassion- Driving in DSM seeing Houses
· One Decision to Overcome & Come to Make a Major Difference in this Message
· Sister Maria Roshiem testifies of a One Disciple who Made an Exponential Difference by JUST ONE: Decision
· ppl who are not following Jesus Christ fully committed
· I was asked by Pas. Berry to hand out papers...
· ppl who are following Jesus Christ fully committed, but may be missing the empowerment to maximize their potential, live according to their priorities, & fulfill their God-Created purpose
· But of every1one, any person may be on the “Cusp” of
· JUST ONE: Decision
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