Who do you worship

John 4

Jesus is God

  • True worship is in Spirit and Truth
  • Bending and bow down to Fod is worship
  • Yield to worship
  • Synagogue was part of the temple
  • Temple lost authority in lives of Jews
  • Synagogue used to teach and over time taught more on traditions than worship and understanding who God is
  • Teaching with out the Spirit of God leads to false teachings in the synagogue
  • Teaching and performance, based on Erdesheim, replaced worship
  • Rev 2:9 and 3:9 the synagogue of Satan contradicts the worship of God
  • 1 Cor 6:19 your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit will teach you
  • Is God in the teachings you have learned?
  • Worship is when you are in God and God is in you
  • Matthew 4:10 service is a part of worship, if you are not serving then you are just a performer and you have no substance
  • Acts 7:42
  • Idolatry, creeps in when you worship without truth
  • Believe all things written in the word of God
  • No belief, no Christ, not real or true worship
  • Worship God in Spirit and put no confidence in the flesh
  • Have to be present to worship
  • What’s in your life and heart is your life committed to God
  • Revelations 14:9-11 those that worship the beast based on their lifestyle
  • Worship comes after you can be called out and admit your faults like Samaritan woman at the well in John 4
  • Worship not what you see but how you live

They Knew Not the Resurrection

John 20

  • Amazing to see, hear, rejection of the truth
  • Law of gravity
  • Know the Resurrection of Christ Jesus as there are no more evidence of facts
  • You wouldn’t go, do or say if you Truly believe in the resurrection
  • Revelation 13:8
  • Psalms 16
  • Matthew 17:9
  • Jesus did not have to be called to rise from the death, Lazarus had to be called by name by Jesus
  • Luke 24:46
  • Do go against God’s word
  • The power of the Resurrection should and can keep you from returning to sin; there is nothing unrighteous you cannot stop doing
  • Jesus conquered death, hell, and the grave
  • John 2:22
  • What more can God do for you to believe
  • Do you know Christ Jesus has risen from the dead
  • Belief in the Resurrection is belief in salvation thru Christ Jesus
  • Confess Jesus, believe in your heart
  • Is calling Jesus your reflex
  • Thomas had to be shown the wounds and scars Jesus suffered on the cross
  • Surrender your heart to Jesus today

What Heaven is Like

  • Live a life that shows what heaven will be
  • Popularity with man means nothing with God
  • Not about your money or status
  • What about sin… Christ says to go and sin no more
  • Heaven does not have sin
  • 1 Cor 6 11 such were some of you
  • Marriage takes some work, perfect spouse is in your mind more so than walking around
  • You should reflect heaven because there should not be any sin in my life
  • Listen to God and not what others say
  • Rom 8 23 made free from sin
  • Sin is no longer who you are when you are free from sin
  • You can stop any sin because God is greater than the sin in your life
  • Your experience ordained from foundation of the world
  • Doing sin means righteousness not in you
  • Fruit unto holiness and everlasting life
  • Know the power God enables you to live a Godly life
  • Rom 6 23 wage of sin is death, gift of God is eternal life
  • Got to be prepared in power of God
  • Rom 7 7 law is not sin
  • Law of God shows you sin
  • No fleshly cravings in heaven
  • Rom 6:1, 2

What is your testimony

Luke 21:12

  • Debate with evolutionists
  • As a Christian do you think everything is going to go your way
  • Is your money, wealth, going to make you happy? Is this true happiness?
  • If you live godly you will suffer persecution… the Bible says so
  • Christians have to follow what Jesus said by what they do
  • Your testimony can help you and others relate to, confirm the validity, integrity of the scripture from the Holy Bible, God’s Word
  • Everyone goes thru something. Do you know how to handle those problems?
  • Can you DENY yourself? To help someone else?
  • Mark 10:17 rich young ruler
  • Follow God’s commandments, sell your possessions and follow Christ
  • Mark 10:23 hard for rich to enter kingdom of God
  • 2 Corinthians 11:23 worked hard, endured much for the cause of Jesus
  • What will you endure for the cause of Jesus
  • Heb 13:5
  • God will never leave nor forsake you
  • You are never in a situation where you should not ask God for what you need
  • God is always there with you
  • Gal 5:22 fruit of Spirit include longsuffering
  • Dont run from your testimony
  • Rom 8:5 nothing can separate us from the love of Christ

Do you know who you are

Contributions of blacks are present in the Bible

  • Ephraim and Manasseh are born of an Egyptian, African mother
  • God is not racist and did not create racism
  • Acts 2 Gods Holy Spirit was poured out on all nations that were present
  • African nations were present when the Holy Spirit filled the believers
  • Niger and Simeon
  • Niger means black and represents African nation
  • Others have made some to feel bad about being called black
  • Etymology and latinization of the word Niger, meaning black, came to be a derogatory term
  • Nigers were aristocrats and northern, not southern blacks
  • Meant as a tern & an attachment to Africa and the homeland/motherland
  • Dont know who you are and people will make you feel bad
  • Simeon was from Niger
  • Belief in evolution means you are racist
  • Darwin, Carl Lineus were racist
  • Can you appreciate what God has given to you?
  • Do you know who you are in Christ Jesus
  • All are one in Christ Jesus
  • God’s word does not discriminate