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Day 1: Greater Works (Part 1)

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  1. Welcome to NECF Sermons. Each message here is

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  3. walk with God. Don't miss out. Stay with us until

  4. the end for a rewarding experience. Let's dive

  5. right in. There is mighty expression of his power

  6. in Zion. Hallelujah. Now it shall come to pass.

  7. Micah chapter 4 verse 1 I want you to see one

    Micah 4:1

  8. of most fundamental expressions of God's power

  9. Micah chapter 4 verse 1 says now we shall come

    Micah 4:1

  10. to pass in the latter days that what that the

  11. mountain of the lost house so Zion is is symbolic

  12. the mountain is symbolic of a place of fellowship

  13. a place of what a place of communion the house

  14. of god oftentimes we will look at it littered

  15. all around scriptures the mountains a lot of

  16. activities happens on mountains and is very very

  17. very important says the mountain that the mountain

  18. of the lost house shall be established on top

  19. of the mountains which means there are other

  20. mountains but there is a mountain of the lost

  21. house hallelujah and shall be exalted above the

  22. hills and people shall what people shall flow

  23. to it to which mountain the mountain of the lost

  24. house hallelujah verse two many nations these

  25. nations has to do with people or we see nations

  26. in scriptures it refers to people many people

  27. shall come and say come let us go up to the mountain

  28. of the lord to the house of god of all of jacob

  29. because there are other mountains but this mountain

  30. particularly is of the house of the god of jacob

  31. what will happen at the mountain what is the

  32. expression of the power of god in the mountain

  33. he will teach us what his ways hallelujah he

  34. will teach us his ways he will teach us his ways

  35. and we in response to teaching us his ways shall

  36. what shall walk in his path okay for out of zion

  37. the lord shall go forth and the word of the lord

  38. from where from jerusalem was treated he shall

  39. judge between many peoples in the mountain of

  40. the lord in zion there shall be judgment and

  41. the big strong nations are far off They shall

  42. beat their sword into process and their spears

  43. into pruning roots. Nation shall not lift up

  44. swords against nation. Neither shall they learn

  45. war anymore. That's for. But everyone shall what?

  46. This is what will happen. A Zion. For everyone

  47. shall sit under his vine and under his fig tree,

  48. vine fig tree, Mountains are all symbolic expressions

  49. of the Guardian of Eden which is talking about

  50. the presence of God which is talking about fellowship

  51. which is talking about relationship with God

  52. but everyone shall sit under his vine under his

  53. fig tree and no one shall make them afraid for

  54. the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken verse

  55. five for all people work each in the name of

  56. his God other gods not the God that we know all

  57. people talking about all nations other nations

  58. work in the name of his god but we will happen

  59. we will work in the name of the lord our god

  60. forever and ever hallelujah but then we must

  61. have to be taught we must be taught of the ways

  62. of the lord so we see the expressions of gospel

  63. let's have a seat let's have a seat So we'll

  64. see the expression of God's power in the teaching

  65. of his ways at Mount Zion. Hallelujah Let's see

  66. another example in Matthew chapter 5 When Jesus

    Matthew 5 chapter mention

  67. came mountains are very significant Yeah, very

  68. significant in communicating an idea of God's

  69. plan We're going to go deeper and look at much

  70. more of the significance, but let's see another

  71. example of what happened at mountains There are

  72. several examples in scriptures, but give me Matthew

    Matthew 5 chapter mention

  73. chapter 5. Yes and seeing the multitude who went

  74. up on a mountain and when he was seated his disciples

  75. came to him and what did he do to them and he

  76. opened his mouth and told them saying blessed

  77. are the poor in spirit for there is the kingdom

  78. of heaven blessed are those who mourn for they

  79. shall be comforted and on and on and on we see

  80. that in that chapter from chapter five up to

  81. chapter chapter seven was jesus teaching interrupt

  82. uninterrupted uninterrupted but he went up the

  83. mountain mountains are very significant hallelujah

  84. and by the grace of god we are already in the

  85. mountain of the lord well on the mountain of

  86. the lord we are in christ hallelujah and in this

  87. season we're going to express we're going to

  88. enjoy the mighty expression of god's power and

  89. in this meeting in this week i see god unveiling

  90. to us his plan and his purpose i see god opening

  91. us to his plan and his purpose in the name of

  92. jesus i see god revealing his plan and his purpose

  93. for each and every one of us we work in clarity

  94. of focus we work in clarity with understanding

  95. we know what god demands of us we know how to

  96. do the things that god has called us to do we

  97. know how to manage the circumstances that present

  98. themselves to us we know our identity in christ

  99. we're able to know who god is we're able to know

  100. who god what god has done for us we're able to

  101. know our response to what god has done for us

  102. we're able to know our responsibility what god

  103. is doing we shall know the ways of the lord in

  104. this season our eyes are open to the ways of

  105. the lord and we work mightily in the ways of

  106. the lord father we thank you for the expression

  107. of your power thank you for the expression of

  108. your power thank you lord that we are in zion

  109. there were men that have been moved out of egypt

  110. and have been brought into a place of fellowship

  111. with you hallelujah second corinthians chapter

  112. five the five says for we do not comment ourselves

  113. again to you but give you opportunity to boast

  114. on our behalf that you may have an answer for

  115. those who boast in appearance and not in their

  116. heart for if we are beside ourselves is for god

  117. or if we are of some mind it is for you verse

  118. 14 For the love of Christ compares us because

  119. we just us that if one died for all then all

  120. have died And he died for all that is Jesus died

  121. for all he died for us He died for all the all

  122. here encompasses all humanity not only Christians

  123. Christ died for all all right He died for all

  124. that those who live how will we live in him by

  125. believing that those who live should no longer

  126. those who live should live no longer for themselves

  127. but for him who died for them and rose again

  128. hallelujah so we judge that what that christ

  129. has died for all and we that are alive in him

  130. of not to live for ourselves but to live for

  131. him who for our sake died and was rose again

  132. hallelujah so in the course of this meeting we're

  133. going to express we're going to see how we can

  134. live for him what it takes to live for him we're

  135. succeeding therefore from now on we regard no

  136. one according to the flesh for all that are in

  137. christ for all that are believers for all that

  138. have come to know him we regard you no longer

  139. as an ordinary man but a man or a woman that

  140. is of the spirit Because you believe in Jesus

  141. you believe that he died for you and was raised

  142. again we Therefore now regard you not according

  143. to the flesh even though we have known Christ

  144. Previously according to the flesh yet now we

  145. know him thus no longer verse 17 therefore If

  146. anyone is in Christ anyone in Christ is a new

  147. creation All things have what I've passed with

  148. you all things has to do with the former life

  149. the former nature which we have that is of the

  150. flesh has passed away has died so the identity

  151. you have right now is the identity of a new man

  152. the identity that we have right now is the identity

  153. of the spirit that is recreated in Christ Jesus

  154. so you are in Christ it means that you are a

  155. new creation all things of what have passed away

  156. ប ប ប ប ប ប ប that is in christ there is no accusation

  157. against the man who is in christ hallelujah so

  158. all things are of god who has the concern to

  159. himself through jesus christ and has what look

  160. at verse 18 carefully he has committed to us

  161. and has given us who is the us here the us is

  162. a believer not only that you are a recreated

  163. man but you have been given a ministry so the

  164. online thing that i want to portray this morning

  165. is that you the believer has been given a ministry

  166. if you are waiting for an ordination your ordination

  167. is at salvation hallelujah what qualifies you

  168. to ministry is the salvation that you have received

  169. it says who has reconciled us to himself through

  170. jesus christ and has given us by virtue of the

  171. reconciliation we have we are now qualified to

  172. be in ministry and that ministry is a ministry

  173. of reconciliation that is this is our message

  174. this is our ministry this is the context this

  175. is the background this is the content of our

  176. ministry this is the message of our ministry

  177. that is 19 that god was in christ that we're

  178. going to be preaching we will be expanding that

  179. God was in Christ what was he doing reconciling

  180. the world himself not imputing not accounting

  181. not associating sin with men in Christ not imputing

  182. their trespasses to them and has what committed

  183. to us the word of reconciliation now we are what

  184. we are representatives hallelujah We are what

  185. we are ambassadors for Christ you mean We are

  186. representative for Christ remember man was created

  187. to be a representative of God man was created

  188. in Genesis chapter 1 verse 26 28 Talks about

    Genesis 1:26

  189. man created in the image of God. I will explain

  190. time and time that that image has to do with

  191. what? Representation of God on the earth so the

  192. Mary created in Christ is now a representation

  193. of god on the earth you are now an ambassador

  194. for christ as though god were pleading through

  195. us so god acts through you okay employ you us

  196. employ you on christ's behalf be reconciled to

  197. god for he made him who knew no sin to be seen

  198. for us that we might become what the righteousness

  199. of god in him hallelujah so the fundamental thing

  200. to underline here is that you are a man and a

  201. woman in ministry okay that god has recreated

  202. you in christ jesus and has committed to you

  203. a ministry say i have a ministry we have a ministry

  204. we have a ministry hallelujah so it's important

  205. for us to be remembered to be reminded and to

  206. remember that we are in ministry it doesn't matter

  207. the career that you've chosen it doesn't matter

  208. the part of life you've chosen to work as a vocation

  209. a teacher whatever it is a doctor whatever your

  210. career is fundamentally by virtue of your spiritual

  211. identity you are a representation of God and

  212. you are a minister of God and the content of

  213. your ministry is to reconcile me to God so it

  214. becomes necessary for us to understand the ways

  215. of the Lord that which God has done so that we

  216. can effectively do what God has called us to

  217. do hallelujah that is the reason for this season

  218. that is the reason for what for the believers

  219. meeting that we will gather together at Mount

  220. Zion we are in Mount Zion that we will be tabernacle

  221. together and that we will be explained we will

  222. be you know equipped in the ways of the Lord

  223. to know what God has done to know what God is

  224. expecting of us to know what God is doing right

  225. now the way will be equipped to do that work

  226. which is what which is a work of ministry hallelujah

  227. it requires vigorousness to know the ways of

  228. the Lord it requires teaching to know the ways

  229. of the Lord it requires that mountain experience

  230. that mountain experience has to do with the commitment

  231. to know the ways of the Lord says many nations

  232. shall come to see come let us go up to the mountain

  233. of the lord to the house of the god of jacob

  234. he will teach us his ways and we shall walk in

  235. his path by the teaching of the race of god all

  236. right we will walk in his path but how does god

  237. teach us his ways how does god teach us his ways

  238. does it come down in form of clouds and fire

  239. to teach us his ways amen officials chapter 3

  240. verse 11 let's see how god will teach us his

  241. ways and the essence of teaching us his ways

  242. is that we will walk in his path we will do what

  243. he has called us to do and he himself gave some

  244. apostles four four Give me energy that amplified

  245. they will go about it. You can James Your responsibility

  246. is to what is to equip God's people to do what?

  247. to do his work and build up the church the body

  248. of Christ amplified And he did this what did

  249. he do he gave the apostles he gave the prophets

  250. he gave the evangelists and the pastors the teachers

  251. okay the pastoring teachers pastors are teachers

  252. in fact in a nutshell all of them are teachers

  253. and he did this to fully equip to fully equipped

  254. and perfect the sense that is gospel for what

  255. for works of service for the works of service

  256. to perfect the sins. Who are the sins? The sins

  257. are those who are in Christ. The sins are those

  258. who are born again. The sins are those who believe

  259. in Jesus Christ. The moment you believe in Jesus

  260. Christ, you are a saint. There's no need for

  261. any special canonical ceremony to canonize you

  262. as a saint. You are a saint in Christ the moment

  263. you believe in Jesus Christ. ប ប ប ប ប ប to build

  264. up the body of Christ can we see this also in

  265. in let's have message let's see a paraphrase

  266. translation verse 12 a message translation do

  267. you have message he said no all right verse 13

  268. verse 13 in the nick and james till we all come

  269. to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge

  270. of the son of god the perfect man and to the

  271. measure of the statue of the fullness of Christ.

  272. Okay? Then we see more of the result that we

  273. should no longer be children tossed to and fro

  274. and carried about with every wind of doctrine

  275. by the trickling of men in the cunning craftiness

  276. of deceitful plotting. Now, this is not talking

  277. about unbelievers. It's talking about believers.

  278. Believers can be carried away by every wind of

  279. doctrine. believe us can be deceived by any kind

  280. of doctrine therefore the necessary the necessity

  281. rather for us to be grounded in the ways of the

  282. lord therefore it is important that the saint

  283. ghost people be grounded in the ways of the lord

  284. that they should know the ways of the lord without

  285. knowing the ways of the lord we cannot be better

  286. representative of god we cannot be better ambassadors

  287. for god we cannot be men that will represent

  288. god very well so therefore they need for us to

  289. be grounded in what in the ways of the lord hallelujah

  290. that we will not be tossed to and fro by every

  291. wind that comes along every confusion that comes

  292. takes us away so the essence of this season the

  293. essence of the believers conference we are certain

  294. today we've started already is that we will be

  295. rooted in the ways of the lord in being rooted

  296. in the words of the Lord we will not be shaken

  297. we will be like that house that is built on a

  298. solid rock and the wind will blow the rain will

  299. come the storm will come but we will not be moved

  300. because we are grounded we are rooted in Christ

  301. that the trials and temptations of life will

  302. not chalk that which God has done in us because

  303. we are rooted that when persecution will arise

  304. for the sake of our identity for the sake of

  305. our calling and our identity we will not be moved

  306. because we are rooted we know the ways of the

  307. lord we understand the ways of the lord we are

  308. rooted in the ways of the lord therefore it is

  309. necessary for us what to know the ways of the

  310. lord to be taught the ways of the lord it's important

  311. for us to be reminded of the ways of the lord

  312. to be reminded of our mandate For us to be explained

  313. what God is expecting of the believer As we go

  314. out to announce that God in Christ has forgiven

  315. sin is necessary that we understand the technicalities

  316. of what Christ has done That we will be equipped

  317. enough to explain what Christ has done That we

  318. will be confident enough to explain what Christ

  319. has done and this will come in demonstration

  320. of the spirit and power this will come by training

  321. this will come by what by teaching by doctrine

  322. and that is what god is doing in this season

  323. and we are sharpened we are made ready we are

  324. equipped we are prepared we are refreshed fresh

  325. fire in our bones yi yi yi yi yi yi that we will

  326. be that city on the mountain that we will shine

  327. bright and men will see and give glory to God

  328. that men will be attracted to the plan and the

  329. purpose of God by virtue of what God has done

  330. in us that we he will teach us his ways and we

  331. will walk in his path for out of Zion the law

  332. of God shall go forth hallelujah so it is ghost

  333. desire for us to understand that because every

  334. man in christ is a minister every man in christ

  335. is a minister now let's go into much more the

  336. theme that god will want us to keep considering

  337. in the course of this this uh this conference

  338. greater works john chapter 14 verse 12 now if

    John 14:12

  339. you realize i'm just i'm just like preparing

  340. our hearts hallelujah i'm just like preparing

  341. our hearts for what god will take us through

  342. this week it's going to be a long ride hallelujah

  343. what i'm doing right now is to just give us the

  344. a house what do you call it tidbits rules you

  345. know when you enter a plane and you're about

  346. to fly i don't know why they do it one handsome

  347. man or a beautiful lady will stand in the front

  348. now they've used videos but without giving instructions

  349. in case of emergency you do this you do that

  350. the toilet is by this side we're just trying

  351. to prepare ourselves for the flight that god

  352. has taken us so when we begin to move you will

  353. not be lost in what god is doing hallelujah the

  354. moment we are locked in we will be surrendered

  355. to what god is doing with us that when we are

  356. coming out of this experience our lives will

  357. be changed hallelujah our lives will be transformed

  358. totally see what god will do this week in our

  359. lives will have eternal consequence amen What

  360. God will do this week will have eternal consequence

  361. in our life That is to say the result Will be

  362. seen in our lives till the day that Christ will

  363. come and even when Christ will come The result

  364. will be seen even in the presence of God Hallelujah

  365. So these are spiritual things that we're going

  366. to the God is going to do These are eternal things

  367. that God is going to do and I want you to be

  368. expectant in your heart i want you to be geared

  369. towards what god will do so in john chapter 14

    John 14:12–14

  370. verse 12 to 14 which is where we've gotten the

  371. team for the year most assuredly i say to you

  372. he who believes in me the works that i do he

  373. will do also and greater works than this he will

  374. do because I go to my father and whatever you

  375. ask in my name I will do but the father may be

  376. glorified in the son if you ask anything in my

  377. name I will do hallelujah so look at verse 12

  378. it says the works that I do he will do I was

  379. established that there is a work that God has

  380. called the believer to do in fact let me go ahead

  381. of myself to tell us and re -emphasize that the

  382. work that the believer will do is a work of ministry

  383. all right is the work of ministry what Struf

  384. says the works that I do he will do also any

  385. greater works than this he will also do so Jesus

  386. here is saying that the man who believes in him

  387. will not only do what jesus did we've explained

  388. what jesus did we're going to go back to it and

  389. lay another emphasis on what jesus has done but

  390. he will not only do what jesus has done but will

  391. do greater greater than what jesus did what is

  392. that greater than what jesus did so believing

  393. in jesus comes with that ability okay to do that

  394. greater so you don't have to have another special

  395. experience apart from that what has happened

  396. to you the experience of believing in jesus the

  397. experience of salvation qualifies you for that

  398. greater works it qualifies us for that greater

  399. works but much more what we do is that we are

  400. explained what guy what christ has done all right

  401. we are revealed much more by teaching by doctoring

  402. what christ has done so the implication is that

  403. anyone who believes can do greater works anyone

  404. who believes anyone who is in christ remember

  405. we read earlier on is called to this work of

  406. ministry so let's look at the context of what

  407. jesus is saying who is just speaking to and we

  408. can ask what are the works jesus did what are

  409. the greater works that those who believe in jesus

  410. will do what is even that ministry that we are

  411. called can we actually do greater than what jesus

  412. has done obviously another no man can die for

  413. the sins of the world no man is qualified to

  414. die for any man all right so let's understand

  415. the background of the text so jesus here is addressing

  416. men he's addressing his disciples shortly Before

  417. the feast of the Passover That is the context

  418. of the conversation in John 14 Before his betrayal

  419. because these are all they happen in sequence

  420. a Passover his betrayal You know and his trial

  421. before the the government and of course his crucifixion

  422. So No It is important to understand this context

  423. because these are the last words of Jesus Christ

  424. to his disciples before his death they have been

  425. with him for about three years this means that

  426. these words will be very very important in what

  427. he himself is going to do all right what they

  428. also will do so these words these words are you

  429. saying this chapter 14 verse 12 to 14 are very

  430. very important and subsequent verses and the

  431. things that you said are very important because

  432. they were his last words with them before his

  433. death before his experience before his trial

  434. before his death and even before his resurrection

  435. and let's read some context junct of the 13 John

    John 13:1

  436. chapter 13 verse 1 you can write John 13 from

  437. verse 1 to 21 we will see the context of the

  438. conversation now before the feast of the Passover

  439. when Jesus knew that his hour had come that he

  440. should depart from this world to the father ប

  441. ប ប ប ប ប rose from supper and laid aside his

  442. garments took a towel and guarded himself after

  443. that he poured water into a basin and began to

  444. wash the disciples feet and to wipe them with

  445. the towel with which he has guarded he was guarded

  446. then he came to Simon Peter and said to him Lord

  447. then he came to Simon Peter and Peter said to

  448. him Lord are you washing my feet he just answered

  449. and said to him what I'm doing to you what I'm

  450. doing you do not know you do not understand now

  451. but you will know after this Peter said to him

  452. you shall never wash my feet Jesus answered him

  453. if I do not wash you do not wash you you have

  454. no part with me Simon Peter said to him Lord

  455. not my feet alone but also my hands and my head

  456. Jesus said to him he who is bath needs only to

  457. wash his feet but is completely clean and you

  458. are clean but not all of you for he knew who

  459. will betray him therefore he said you are not

  460. all clean hallelujah so when he had washed their

  461. feet taking his garments sat down again he said

  462. to them do you not know What I've do you know

  463. what I've done to you you call me teacher Lord

  464. and Lord and you say well for so I am and you

  465. say well for so I am if I then your Lord and

  466. Teacher have washed your feet You also ought

  467. to wash one another's feet For I have given you

  468. an example that you should do as I have done

  469. to you most assuredly I say to you a servant

  470. is not greater than his master I think this is

  471. a pattern for ministry you know that we serve

  472. one another that we are not greater than one

  473. another alright but ministry is about service

  474. service one to another most assuredly I say to

  475. you a servant is not greater than his master

  476. nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent

  477. him If you know these things, blessed are you

  478. if you do them. That is the blessedness of the

  479. things you know is in doing them. It resonates

  480. with James. We do the word, hallelujah. Verse

  481. 18. I do not speak concerning all of you. I know

  482. whom I have chosen. But that the scripture may

  483. be fulfilled, he who eats bread with me has lifted

  484. up his feet against me. now i tell you therefore

  485. it come before it comes to that even that when

  486. it does come to pass you may believe that i am

  487. here most assuredly i said to you he who receives

  488. whomever i send receive me and he who receives

  489. me receive him who sends me verse 21 when jesus

  490. has said these things he was troubled in his

  491. spirit and testified and said If God is glorified

  492. in him, God also glorify him in himself and glorify

  493. him immediately. I shall be with you a little

  494. while longer. You will seek me, and as I say

  495. to the Jews, where I am going, you cannot come

  496. now. So now I say to you, you cannot come, so

  497. now I say to you, a new commandment I give you,

  498. that you love one another as I have loved you,

  499. that you also love one another. By this, all

  500. will know that you are my disciples. If you have

  501. love for one another. Simon Peter said to him,

  502. Lord, where are you going? Jesus answered him,

  503. Where I am going, you cannot follow me now. Come

  504. underline that word now. But you shall come,

  505. but you shall follow me afterward. Which means

  506. that where Jesus is going, they cannot be, they

  507. cannot go with him at that moment. But afterwards,

  508. they will be in where he will be. peter said

  509. to him lord why can't why can i not follow you

  510. now i will lay down my life for your sake jesus

  511. answered will you lay down your life for my sake

  512. most assuredly i said to you the rooster shall

  513. not crow till you have denied me three times

  514. chapter 14 verse 1 let know your heart be troubled

  515. you believe in god believe also in me In my father's

  516. house are many mansions. If it were not so, I

  517. would have told you, I go to prepare a place

  518. for you. And if I go and prepare a place for

  519. you, I will come again and receive you to myself.

  520. That where I am, there you may be also. So it

  521. means that Jesus was going to the father. But

  522. in going to the father, they cannot follow him

  523. at that moment. but when he has gone to the father

  524. he's going to come and then he will carry them

  525. to where the father is hallelujah verse three

  526. again and if i go and prepare a place for you

  527. i will come so jesus will go and he will come

  528. and in his coming there will be brought into

  529. where he is verse four and where i go you you

  530. know and the way You know Thomas say to him lord

  531. wait. We do not know where you are going and

  532. how can we know the way You say to him. I am

  533. the way the truth and the life No one comes to

  534. the father except through me If you had known

  535. me would have known my father also and from now

  536. on you know him and have seen him so Philip will

  537. go on to ask in verse 8 Lord show us the father

  538. and it is sufficient for us and Jesus will explain

  539. that seeing him is seeing the father in verse

  540. 9 Jesus said to him I've I've been with you so

  541. long have I been with you so long and yet have

  542. not known me Philip he who has seen me has seen

  543. the father so how can you say show us the father

  544. do you not believe that i am in the father and

  545. the father in me the word that i speak to you

  546. i do not speak on my own authority but the father

  547. who dwells in me does the works all right so

  548. the works he does the works let's read down to

  549. verse 11 i mean the verse we read believe in

  550. me that i am in the father and the father in

  551. me or else believe me for the sake of the works

  552. themselves hallelujah so jesus explains that

  553. he is in the union with the father that he is

  554. in the union with the father and the only way

  555. by which the father can be known is only through

  556. jesus christ and the works that jesus christ

  557. was doing was actually god walking through him

  558. to do the works which he did and also in us God

  559. is the one that is working in us to do according

  560. to his good pleasure we are cooperating with

  561. God to bring about the manifestation of his plan

  562. and his purpose on the earth hallelujah so what

  563. are the after seeing the background what are

  564. the works Jesus did and we've established several

  565. times that the works Jesus did include the things

  566. that he did while on earth and also the things

  567. he taught is actions and teachings and we'll

  568. see this explained by Luke in Acts Acts chapter

    Acts 1:1–3

  569. 1 verse 1 to 3 Acts 1 verse 1 to 30 so we're

  570. trying to look at what are the works Jesus did

  571. that is calling us to do the same Acts chapter

    Acts 1:1–3

  572. 1 verse 1 to 3 the former account I made oh theophilus

  573. of all that jesus began both to do and teach

  574. until the day in which he was taken up and after

  575. he through the holy spirit had given commandments

  576. to the apostles whom he had chosen to whom he

  577. also presented himself alive after his sufferings

  578. is suffering by many infallible proofs been seen

  579. by them during 40 days and speaking of the things

  580. pertaining to the kingdom of god so which book

  581. do we see these things it says the former account

  582. i met teoflous former account the records of

  583. what jesus did in the flesh the records of the

  584. sufferings of jesus the records of what jesus

  585. did while he was in the body the things he did

  586. and the things he taught the ministry that Jesus

  587. did the service Jesus did look at Acts chapter

    Acts 10:38

  588. 10 verse 38 we'll see also an expression of this

  589. idea Acts chapter 10 verse 38 how god anointed

    Acts 10:38

  590. jesus of nazareth with the holy spirit and with

  591. power and who went about doing what doing good

  592. so we see jesus guys anointed by the spirit of

  593. god went about doing good who went about doing

  594. good and healing all who were oppressed by the

  595. devil for god was with him hallelujah so the

  596. works are the things that jesus did in the flesh

  597. so luq the writer of the book of acts is referring

  598. to those records that he met in the book of luq

  599. the works what jesus taught will therefore refer

  600. to those recorded in the synoptic gospels so

  601. if we want to see what jesus did in the flesh

  602. we can see the records of his humanity in the

  603. synoptic gospels when we read through the synoptic

  604. gospel especially the book of luke we will see

  605. that jesus came in the flesh as a promised messiah

  606. from the scriptures let's go through this and

  607. then we lay this foundation and continue tomorrow

  608. jesus in the synoptic gospel especially in the

  609. book of luke is seen or revealed as the promised

  610. messiah in the scripture from the scripture okay

  611. look at it this way jesus did and taught all

  612. right he did it took his he did a lot of things

  613. when he was in the flesh miracles including even

  614. dying on the cross and we see the records of

  615. the things he did in the epist in the old synoptic

  616. gospel martu mark luke and some part of john

  617. yes and john let's say with and john we see the

  618. record of the things that Jesus did so particularly

  619. in the book of Luke we will see Jesus was revealed

  620. by the eyewitnesses the record of what Jesus

  621. did they began by introducing Jesus Christ as

  622. what as the promised Messiah from the scripture

  623. okay because in the scriptures there was a promise

  624. of a Messiah that will come so the synoptic gospel

  625. especially the book of luke began by introducing

  626. jesus christ as the fulfillment of that promise

  627. that was made in the scriptures luke chapter

  628. one verse one to four remember our focus is on

  629. the works of jesus now luke chapter one inasmuch

  630. as many have taken in hand that is the same person

  631. that wrote the book of acts and when he was referring

  632. to the former account when he was writing to

  633. Theophilus this is the same person he's writing

  634. to he wrote the book of Luke and he wrote also

  635. the book of Acts inasmuch as many have taken

  636. in hand to set in order okay a narrative of those

  637. things which have been seen or would have been

  638. fulfilled amongst us the things that have been

  639. established amongst us yes verse two just as

  640. those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses

  641. and ministers of the world delivered them to

  642. us so the apostles delivered what jesus has taught

  643. and what he did it seemed good to me also having

  644. had perfect understanding it means that god desires

  645. that we have perfect understanding and that is

  646. what God is going to do for us this season having

  647. had perfect understanding we can teach others

  648. hallelujah having been perfected having been

  649. you know equipped in those things that Jesus

  650. did we can now teach others we can now explain

  651. it to others having what had perfect understanding

  652. of all things from the very first to write you

  653. and utterly account most excellent theophilus

  654. most excellent theophilus that what what is the

  655. reason of writing that you may know the certainty

  656. of those things which you were instructed noun

  657. theophilus has been instructed already theophilus

  658. is not just a new believer that is just no he

  659. has been instructed already he is he is he's

  660. a believer but there is need for certainty there

  661. is need for conviction and conviction will come

  662. by instruction it will come by teaching it will

  663. come by re -explaining the things that has been

  664. done it will come by expounding on the things

  665. that has been done so the essence is that carefully

  666. may know with certainty with assurance with conviction

  667. and that is what takes for you the believer to

  668. do the work of ministry that you will know by

  669. certainty you will know the certainty you will

  670. know the what give you this verse four in let's

  671. say in amplify in amplify yes so that you may

  672. know the exact truth about the things you have

  673. been taught what are the things that you've been

  674. taught that is the history and the doctrine of

  675. the faith so the essence of the account the the

  676. writings of this the teaching that luke is teaching

  677. theophilus is that you will understand the history

  678. there's no for us to understand the history there's

  679. no for us to understand the storyline they need

  680. for us to understand the technicalities of what

  681. god did so that we'll be able to teach others

  682. so that you may know the exact truth about the

  683. things you have been taught that is the history

  684. and the doctrine of the faith move to 26 look

  685. 26 what has the six in the continuation of this

  686. conversation verse 26 look 126 Now, in the sixth

  687. month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, give me Newkin

  688. James, please. Now, in the sixth month, the angel

  689. Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee

  690. named Nazareth to a virgin betrothed to a man

  691. whose name was Joseph of the house of David.

  692. The virgin's name was Mary. And having come in,

  693. the angel said to her, rejoice. The Lord is with

  694. you. Blessed are you among women Okay, and then

  695. yes that it but when she saw him She was troubled

  696. at his saying and consider what manner of breathing

  697. this was Then the angel said to her do not be

  698. afraid Mary for you have found favor with God

  699. and Behold you will conceive in your womb and

  700. bring forth a son and shall call his name Jesus

  701. he will be great and will be called the son of

  702. the highest and the Lord God will give him the

  703. throne of his father David and he will reign

  704. over the house of Jacob forever and of his kingdom

  705. there will be no end and Mary said to the angel

  706. how can these things be because i do not know

  707. you man and we see on and on and on and on so

  708. we see here and we'll see continuously tomorrow

  709. that the epistate the synoptic gospel gives us

  710. the account of what jesus did that he came in

  711. the flesh as prophesied or as as promised in

  712. the scripture in the scripture and we want to

  713. look at what is that scripture what was the promise

  714. in that scripture we're going to look at where

  715. it was promised in the scriptures how it was

  716. promised in the scriptures it is important for

  717. us to know the history so that we'll have the

  718. certainty to be able to be you know prudent teachers

  719. our thing is which we will call to do hallelujah

  720. just want us to pray for ourselves and say lord

  721. i am prepared for this process We appreciate

  722. you being here today. We hope you carry this

  723. word with you throughout your week. Don't forget

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