Faith for Evangelism (part 1)

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as the teaching or the Word of God comes. Now,

the title of this teaching, right, is actually

Faith for Evangelism. Okay, so that's the title

of the teaching, right? Faith for Evangelism,

right? Faith for Evangelism. We're talking about

faith And we've seen a series of teachings on

faith. And this is just going to build on that

and around that. It's going to build on it and

around that. And I believe that it's going to

strengthen us very well for the work of ministry.

Now, to do greater works, we have been taught

that we have to work in faith, right? We have

to exercise faith. Greater works, they are done

in faith and one of the greater works that Jesus

said would do is the preaching of the gospel

right the preaching of the gospel is one of those

greater works that the believer would do right

that the believer will do after the resurrection

of Christ but most often what happens is that

we start in faith right we start let's say When

we believe, when we come to the knowledge of

Christ and we receive the Spirit, we receive

the Spirit by faith. A salvation is by faith.

We're going to see all of that across the teaching.

But what happens is that in the work of it, in

the manifestation of the things we need to do

as believers, fear, anxiety, worries do set in.

Right, so you find yourself giving expression

and you're working in faith in certain areas

and in other areas You are not working in faiths.

You're working in anxiety worry and you are thinking

a whole lot So the first thing we must understand

is that this walk or this life started by faiths

It's continuous also by faiths Okay, so the believers

live the Christian faiths the Christian life

Started by faith and it continues by faith It

continues by faith. So it therefore means That

at every interval every time and season we must

check ourselves, right? to ensure That we are

working in faith Right. We must check ourselves

to ensure that we are working in faith So and

that would mean that we must check in every aspects

of our work in every aspect of our work In every

aspect of our work in the manifestation of the

things of the spirits, right? When we stop my

investment we stop giving expression to the things

of the spirit Sometimes you need to check easy

that I'm stopping to believe it. In fact When

you don't walk in it give expression to things

of spring for a long time rights Your fix can

be weakened That is why in this church we regularly

say let's walk in the things. Let's give expression

to it You know, you can begin to doubt it Right.

Let's say for a long period of time we say people,

you know We don't give expression to the things

of spirit and all of a sudden we just come up

one day and you've not been doing it in your

house in your corners There is a possibility

that you begin to rethink it You begin to rethink

that which you have received Because you have

not been exercising so the walk is by faith the

manifestation of things of spirit is by faith

Evangelism is by faith as well every part of

this walk is by faith So we want to understand

the faith to go you know the faith to go which

is to go for evangelism and The faith of the

people to receive the word to receive the word

so the first thing we're going to examine is

to see the word Believe how is exercised right

in the book of John, right? We just see two two

areas where it is exercise in the book of John

the reason is because The faith for greater works

Right is the faith upon what Christ has done

and fulfilled Do we get it? Believe in me the

Christ was saying in John chapter 14 is upon

John 14 · chapter mention

that which he will do Right so what we see the

same word believe used in other parts of John

and that really does have implication It really

does have implication because it affects You

know the people who? Had those beliefs so the

first thing we should go in to check in is To

write down believing Jesus as the Messiah the

Incarnate Messiah I think you can put the word

believing Jesus as the Incarnate Messiah intentionally

framed it that way One of the things we will

observe across the book of John is that there

are people who actually believe Jesus. They believe

him as the one God said would come. Right? But

does that kind of faith produce greater works?

The answer is no. Right? Let's see what kind

of action Such kind of believing in Jesus as

the Incarnate Messiah such kind of actions or

such kind of exercise of faith What does it produce

in those people right in those people? That's

actually believe in him as the Incarnate Messiah

Only now John chapter 4 verse 21 to 26 John chapter

John 4:21–26 John 4 · chapter mention

4 John chapter 4 verse 21 26 Jesus said unto

John 4:21

a woman believe me the hour comments When ye

shall neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem,

nor yet at Jerusalem worship the Father, ye worship

ye know not, ye know not what. We know what we

worship for salvation is of the Jews, but it

are cometh, and now is when. The true worshippers

shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth.

For the Father seeketh such to worship him, God

the Spirit, and they that worship him must worship

him in spirit and in truth. And the woman said

unto him, I know that the Messiah cometh, which

is called Christ. When he comes, he will tell

us all things. And verse 26 says, Jesus said

unto her, I that speak unto thee, I am he. I'm

he. Right? So he said, I'm he. So meaning that

Jesus told her that I'm the Messiah you have

been told about. I'm the Messiah that was prophesied.

and that was to come now verse 28 can you just

skip to verse 28 the woman then left at water

port and went away into the city and said to

the man to the men come see a man who told me

all things that ever i did is this not is not

this the christ Then they went out of the city

and came unto him in the meanwhile the disciples

prayed saying master eats Now you can skip and

move to verse 39 And many of the Samaritans of

that city believed on him for the saying of the

woman which testified Which told me all that

ever I did And so when the Samaritans will come

unto him, they besought him that he would tarry

with them, and he abode there two days. And many

more believed because of what? Of its own word.

So many more believe because of the word of Christ.

Many more believe. Now, what are they believing

in this context is that he is the Messiah. Right?

It's the Messiah that is to come. And this believing

does not reflect believing in the death, burial

and resurrection of Jesus. Do we get it? But

they believe that this Messiah is the one that

God has promised to come. So we see that. Now

this affects their actions in many ways and we

can see other people who had the same form of

belief. Now let's just read a little bit verse

42 and said unto the woman, Now we believe not

because of thy saying but we have heard in ourselves

Know that this is indeed the Christ the Savior

of the world now after two days of the pilot

dance and went into Galilee So we still believe

in the context of these right believing Jesus

as the one who is to come good Let's go to Let's

go to verse 48 of the same John chapter 4 verse

John 4:48

48 then Jesus said unto him except yes see signs

and wonders Ye will not believe. Right? Ye will

not believe. Of course, this is also referring

to believing in Jesus based on Him as the Messiah

and the one they can save because this is in

the context of the healing of the official Son.

Right? So if we read from verse 46, it says,

So Jesus came again into Canaan of Galilee where

He made the water wine. And there was a certain

noble man whose son was sick at Capernaum. And

when he heard that Jesus was coming out of Judea

into Galilee, he went unto him and besought him

that it would come. It would come down and heal

his son, for he was at the point of death. He

was at the point of death. And then Jesus said

unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye

will not believe. So it means that people believe

Jesus also. for the miraculous, right? People

worked in believing Jesus as someone who can

do the miraculous and that by the signs and wonders

they will believe that he is the Messiah. Right?

So people already doubted this. Now let's go

to John chapter 5. John chapter 5 verse 38 to

John 5 · chapter mention

37. Let's go again. Just the next page. I receive

not honor from men, but I know that ye have not

the love of God in you, and I come in my Father's

name, And ye receive me not, if another shall

come in his own name, him ye shall receive, ye

will receive. How can ye believe which receive

honor of another, and seek not the honor that

cometh from God only? Do not think that I will

accuse you to the Father that is one who accuseth

you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye

believed Moses, ye would have believed me, for

he wrote of me. But if ye believe not, in his

writings how shall you believe my words so also

jesus also does the same thing it does this pattern

of pointing to himself right as the messiah that

was promised that he might point them to the

resurrection exactly the same pattern with the

disciples jesus points himself so There is no

disconnection between the Old Testament and what

we call the New Testament. So when Jesus is teaching

people in certain contexts where they don't believe

he's the Messiah, he tries to connect first.

So what do they know? You believe Moses, he testifies

of me. You believe the scriptures, he testifies

of me. What does Moses and the scripture say?

The scripture and Moses refer to the Messiah

that would come. Right? Then when Jesus fathers

with them, then he explains further about the

resurrection and life. So he does not remove

the incarnation from his explanation to them

as well. He also acknowledges that because he

acknowledges the Saint Moses and the scriptures

wrote of me. Now the problem is that the people

stay here in this explanation alone. That becomes

the problem which the disciples also experience

a similar thing until Luke chapter 24. So We

Luke 24 · chapter mention

see believing in Him as the Messiah to come.

John 6 verse 14 to 15. John chapter 6 verse 14.

John 6:14–15 John 6:14

Now let's see the implication of when people

stay on believing that He just came as the Messiah.

Let's see the implication of that. When they

just believe, oh, this is the Messiah, and they

don't follow up with a word, with His words rather.

John 15 verse 14 says, then those men, When they

John 15:14

had seen the miracle that he did so by signs

and wonders they believe is the Messiah By signs

and wonders they believe is Messiah When those

men when they had seen the miracles that Jesus

did this Jesus said oh, sorry, excuse me the

miracle that Jesus did said this is of a truth

that the prophet that should come into the world

when Jesus therefore perceived that they would

come and take him by force to make him a king,

he departed again onto a mountain himself alone.

See? When people stay in that part of the revelation

alone, right, it's incomplete. They can function

in a way of trying to make Jesus a king. So,

there's nobody who stays in this part, believing

Jesus as the incarnate Alone Right can come into

greater walks So you can stay here and come into

greater rather you walk by making him a king

or making him someone who has something To offer

you in the natural All right. Let's go to verse

28 and 36 of the same John 6 Then they said unto

him what shall we do that we might walk the works

of God and Jesus said unto them this is the work

of God that ye believe in him that he hath sent

to believe in him that he hath sent same verse

same chapter verse 68 verse 68 I think we can

we can stay in verse 28 sorry go back to verse

28 and we can read a little bit downwards How

much more can men do, right, when they believe

that Jesus is the incarnate? And as some people

will say, He is a prophet. How much more can

men do? Very little or nothing, right? So when

we go for evangelism and we meet people who say,

well, I believe He's a prophet. I believe He's

incarnate. I believe He existed. The question

is, can they work in greater works? The answer

is no, right? The answer is no. The Incarnate

is the Incarnation explaining only the Incarnation

does not bring a man into greater works. And

that is why you will see how they function when

they only held on to that message, right? So

you have to take it all together. We'll proceed.

Jesus said unto them, this is the work of God,

that ye believe on him, who mere saints. They

said, wherefore unto him? What signs showest

thou that we may see and believe thee? And does

thou walk? And those that walk, our Father did

eat manna in the desert, as it is written, He

gave them bread from heaven to eat. Then Jesus

said unto him, Verily, verily I say unto you,

Moses gave you not the bread from heaven, but

my Father gave it to you, the true bread from

heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh

now from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

And he said unto him, Lord, evermore give us

this bread. And Jesus said unto them, I am the

bread of life, he that cometh to me shall never

hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never

taste. But I said unto you, that ye also have

seen me, and believe not." They have seen him

and believe not. They've seen him, they have

preached to them, and they believe not. So they

saw him, the Incarnate Jesus, they believe not.

They were asking for signs that they might believe

not. These kind of people barely could do much

when it comes to the work of ministry. verse

9 and Simon Peter said unto him same chapter

60 John 6 68 to 69 the Simon Peter answered him

Lord to whom shall we go thou art the word of

eternal life and we believe and are sure that

thou art the Christ the son of the living good

so the disciples as well join from here the Simon

Peter believe Jesus as the Messiah That is to

come Messiah that is to come The Messiah that

is to come now we knew the trajectory of Peter

after this period and How they also never believed

until Jesus appeared to them so we can say that

they also believed in the incarnation But they

could not also do much They couldn't come into

greater works until the revelation of the death,

burial, and resurrection of Christ was made known

to them. John 9 verse 14 to 25 John 9 verse 17

John 9:14–25 John 9:17–25

to 25 and he had been blind and he that had been

blind and received his sight until they called

the parent of him that had received his sight

and they asked them saying is this your son as

whom you say was blind how does he now see so

basically they didn't believe that this man was

blind in the first place so it's not the first

time that people will say miracles are not real

right in this context we see people saying well

this is not real Right. In fact, he was not blind

and they called the parents for a testimony and

we see them walking in unbelief as regards to

not the death by our resurrection of Christ but

their unbelief threats which we must know. The

Pharisees and the Sadducees' unbelief threats

is that they didn't believe that I was the Messiah.

Like that is the foundational problem that they

did have. So the Pharisees and Sadducees in their

communication with Jesus you observe that their

first problem was that they never believed that

he was the Messiah that is come from above so

this affected their ability to receive the resurrection

at the end but we had we also had people who

never believed Jesus incarnation but after resurrection

they understood right they understood so you

can just add this other scripture John 10 25

to 38. John 10 25 to 38. So most of them believe

him as the anointed one, which the one God has

anointed, right? They believe him that he could

heal the sick for them. They believe him that

he could heal them when they are sick. Others

believe him regarding miracles and they receive

and they raise many people to dead. To raise

many people to life, right? Raise the dead. Now

the question is to what extent can this Take

them to function in God's plan on it. Very limited.

Very limited. They can't function. Man cannot

function with the knowledge of the incarnation

of Christ alone. You cannot function. Now let's

see, the next part is, you can write, believe

in Jesus as the resurrected. Believe in Jesus

as the resurrected Christ. Believe in Jesus as

the rectorated Christ. The same way Jesus acknowledged

and said, well, this is He. I am He that the

scripture testifies of. He also said, yes, I

am He that would die and resurrect. I am He that

can give eternal life. I am He who is the resurrection

and the dead. Right? The resurrection and the

life. Right? He raised the dead. Raising Lazarus

at that point. Now, so let's check the scriptures.

John chapter 1 verse 12. John chapter 1 verse

John 1:12 John 1:12

12. You can write it down. But as many as receive

him, to them gave he power to become the sons

of God. Even to them that believe on his name.

Now this is from John chapter 1 and they are

John 1 · chapter mention

already talking about believe on his name. Trust

me on that scripture. So he gave them power to

become the sons of God. Now the believe here

is not referring to the incarnation just the

incarnation but the reputation of Christ the

name the reputation of Christ at Resurrection

because only at resurrection could men Become

sons of God Okay, only at resurrection could

make so this one is referring to the sons of

God to them that believe on his name To them

that believe on his name. This is the context

of the sons of God and the belief that is exercised

So we know John already had a revelation and

putting it down in this sense simply means he

goes back and forth between what he has already

known and current events that are taking place

in his time. Now John 2 verse 22, John 2 verse

John 2:22 John 2:22

22, again, which Jesus had said. Now, what was

he talking about? If you read the context of

it, it's talking about the destruction of the

temple and to raise it in three days. So if you

read verse 19, it says Jesus answered unto them.

Verse 19. Destroy this temple and in three days

I will raise it up. Talking about his resurrection,

his death, there is a resurrection in this place.

And trying to say they believed that after it

was risen, right? They believed that after it

was risen. So we see acknowledgement of the believer

using of the word belief to refer to what happened

after resurrection John chapter 3 verse 15 to

John 3:15–16

16 John chapter 3 verse 15 to 16 Now Jesus himself

John 3:15–16

speaking said that whosoever believe in him should

not perish but have eternal life For God so loved

the world that he gave his only begotten son

that whosoever believed in him should not perish

but have everlasting life so jesus also while

he acknowledged that he is the messiah he acknowledged

also that is the one that will give eternal life

is the one that will give eternal life is the

one that will give eternal life verse 18 of that

same chapter 3 of the only begotten Son of God,

right? And this is a condemnation that the light

is coming to the world and men love darkness

rather than light because of their evil deeds.

So here again, it's saying that life comes from

Christ, right? Believe in Him, believe in Christ,

life comes from Christ. Now, verse 36, verse

36, just an addition, it said, He that believeth

on the Son hath everlasting life. And he that

believeth not the Son shall not see life, but

the word of God abideth on him." So believe it

on the Son, have everlasting life. This is expressing

faith in Christ as the resurrected Messiah, or

the one that is to resurrect and give eternal

life. John 6 verse 26, 29, giving us all the

John 6:26

scriptures because we would come to point now

John 6 verse 29 and you just said unto them this

John 6:29

is the work of God that ye believe on him whom

he has sent verse 35 to 40 35 to 40 I just send

on unto them I am the bread of life that cometh

he that cometh to me shall never hunger and he

that believeth in me shall never taste let's

add another scripture Let's add another scripture

Okay, John still John or let's see John 7 John

John 7:37

7 verse 37 John 7 verse 37 Is that in the last

John 7:37

day the great day of the feast Jesus stood and

cried saying If any man test, let him come unto

me and drink. He that believeth on me, as the

scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow

rivers of living water. Right? Out of his belly

shall flow rivers of living water. From verse

1 of chapter 7 tells us what is the great day

and what the last day refers to. So if we go

to verse 1 of chapter 7. Let's go to verse 1

of chapter 7. Verse 1 of chapter 7 is that after

these things Jesus walked in Galilee for he would

Not walk in Jewry because the Jews sought to

kill him now the Jews fists of the tabernacles

was at hand his brethren therefore unto him then

The parts hence and go into Judea that thy disciples

also may see the work that thou doest For there

is no man that doeth anything in secret and he

himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do

these things, show thyself to the world." Now

the first thing we see there in verse 2 is that

it's in the feast of the tabernacle. Okay, so

the last day of the feast is what is happening

in verse 37. The last day of the feast that we

find in verse 2, right, is what is happening

in verse 37. So it's the last day of the feast

and Jesus came to proclaim. So the feast of the

tabernacle is a feast of the Jews. Of course,

this is supposed to communicate Christ to them.

So the feast of the tabernacle is supposed to

communicate Christ to them. So on the last day

of the feast, Jesus came out and said that, He

that believeth on me, as the scripture says,

out of his belly shall flow rivers of living

water. Now this is referring to, I think we should

just read it, verse 39, which gives the clear

explanation. But they spake he of the spirits

Which day that believe on him should receive?

For the Holy Ghost was not yet given because

Jesus was not yet glorified So it's talking about

the spirit that Jesus would give again We can

say that during the last day of the face of this

Monarch or Jesus said I will give eternal life

and It is not an incarnation, but in the resurrection

Do we get it? It's not in the incarnation but

in the resurrection. It's not in the incarnation

but in the resurrection Now we can go to John

again still on John John 14 verse 1. I think

John 14:1

we'll just Move in that direction. There are

other scriptures. We can write them down John

John 14:1–3

14 verse 1 to 3 John 14 verse 1 to 3 John 11

John 14:1–3 John 11:23–27

verse 23 to 27 we can read those ones John 14

John 14:1–3

verse 1 to 3 which we're going to come back to

John 4 John 11 verse 23 to 27 John 13 verse 36

John 11:23–27 John 13:36

John 13 verse 36 Now upon this type of believing

John 13:36

it is upon these that a man can do greater works

when the spirit is given Men can do greater works.

When the spirit is given, men can do greater

works. When men believe and the spirit is given

and they receive the spirit, they can do greater

works. So let's add another scripture, Mark 16.

You cannot mark 16 there because it's the same

thing. This one clearly right at the end, Jesus

instructing them, Mark 16 verse 15, and said

Mark 16:15

unto them, Go ye into the world, and preach the

gospel to every creature. He that believeth is

baptized and shall be saved. He that believeth

and is baptized shall be saved. But he that believeth

not shall be them. Again, this context is talking

about what Jesus had done. Of course, this is

after resurrection, reiterating, he that will

believe in what Christ has done. So John 14,

which is our case scripture for the year. Right,

let's go to John 14 now and just explain a few

things. Then we'll progress from there. John,

John 14 · chapter mention

chapter 14. So let not your heart be troubled,

yet believe in me, yet believe in God, believe

also in me. In my father's house are many mansions,

and if it were not so, I would not have told

you. I go to prepare a place for you and if I

go and prepare a place for you I'll come again

and receive you unto myself and that where I

am there ye may also be now the context of this

believing is also referring to what Jesus will

do after resurrection now all along they've believed

Jesus okay the disciples have believed Jesus

they believe that he is the Messiah right that

is to come to the world but there's a path that

they must understand, they must comprehend, and

believe that is also that Christ would die, resurrect,

and come to give them eternal life. Right? That

part is the part that has been emphasized here.

And also in verse 12, which is our key scripture,

So I do because I go to my father. So also again

talking about what Jesus would do After resurrection,

so when you believe in that you have eternal

life and you can do greater works Right and you

can do greater works now Let me highlight three

categories of people from all those readings

all those readings as you go for evangelism Right

three categories of people that you will meet

right three categories of people that would tend

to look as if they exercised faith in Jesus.

Okay? Three, uh, three, I'm sorry, four. I said

three, but I said four. We can make it four.

Yes, four. Four categories of people you'll meet

as you go out. You'll meet people who believe

in Jesus, His incarnation, His dead barrier and

resurrection. they believe that they have a spirit

so you'll meet people who believe in Jesus as

the Messiah that God prophesied by the scriptures

and they did not stop there they also believe

that he died he was buried and erected and also

that they have his life you'll meet those people

you will meet this kind of people and these people

are believers okay these people are believers

now our job when we meet believers or someone

comes to preach to you right let's let's start

from the first one our job when you meet believers

that is already in the faiths exercise faith

in christ is to encourage them in the greater

works right so when you meet believer and you're

doing evangelism and you meet the person say

oh i'm born again person oh i'm born again ask

the person tell me what you believe and the person

where i believe in Christ, death, burial and

resurrection. I also believe I have received

the spirit, right? And I can function in the

spirit. Don't just say, oh, good, awesome. You,

you are already in the kingdom. Then you move.

No, you encourage them to do the greater works.

You tell the person, do you go for evangelism?

You can join us in evangelism. We go out at this

time. We move at this time. This is the church.

So you don't just that is also a message for

them. The message is the greater works they must

do. The greater works too. Right? So they must

do the greater works. You encourage them towards

evangelism. Some of them might not even believe

that they should be doing evangelism. Some of

them might be struggling with anxiety, which

some of us do. Right? Over in the course of the

teaching, we would check. Sometimes when you

don't go for evangelism, it's not because you

don't have time. Sometimes it's anxiety that

keeps you in your houses. Sometimes it's fear

of, who am I going to go and meet there that

I've never met before? you know i don't know

the the fellow out there i don't know the response

right so many people just believe they receive

the spirit and they are calm and cool and they

are fine but you must tell them that the greater

works they must do because they have the spirit

of god in them so it means that you won't be

tearing up their fates when we come on wednesday

and as the teaching goes on man open wednesday

might extend beyond wednesday right we will see

that people can actually have faiths weakened

faith towards evangelism your faith might actually

be weakened so it means that when you want to

function and evangelize you are you are either

doubting if god will save the person or you are

doubting if the person will listen or you are

doubting the word of faith that you have in your

mouth do you get it so for those people that

have believed you encourage them for the greater

work that's the message for them too and you

can also for now the second people that you will

meet second people that you will meet now you

will meet people for example the disciples of

the brothers of jesus are in this category people

who never believed the they know about jesus

as the messiah right in the context of the brothers

of jesus they never believed him as the messiah

the one jesus the one the scriptures prophesied

about but they believe right sometimes I doubt

if we really do have these categories today but

they believe in the resurrection so they never

believed the incarnation of Jesus they never

accepted him which is the brothers of Jesus the

ones who are ready they said well go out and

show yourself to the people right so they never

believed the incarnation but they believe in

the resurrection later on right later on they

believe in the resurrection Christ and that was

why we read John 7 verse 1 to 5 and we will realize

John 7:1–5

that the people in this context are the brothers

of Jesus and he says and his bread and said unto

him verse 3 go into Judea that the disciples

may see the works that thou doest for there's

no man that doeth anything in secret that's and

and himself to get to be known openly right If

thou do these things, show thyself to the world.

Verse 5 says, for neither did his brethren believe

in him. Right? Neither did his brethren believe

in him. Neither did the brethren believe in him.

So you might meet people who do not believe that

God is the one that took on flesh and came out

on earth or appeared on earth to save man. You

might meet people like that. We're going to talk

about sects like that. So these ones, they don't

believe that the man Jesus is God. They don't

believe he's God. They don't believe in the incarnation

of God on Earth. But they say, well, we believe

in the resurrection. We believe he died, he rose

again, and his resurrection is true. Right. Now,

what's the problem with this? What's the problem

with this? The problem with this is that they

do not. They do not acknowledge that God is the

one that came to save man. But God sent an agent

to save man. Do we get a problem there? They

do not acknowledge that God is the one that saved

man. But they believe that God sent an agent

to save man. Now there's a very big problem in

this one. It means that the faith of people Would

not be well established in God So you met you

meet me. I mean you if you have been doing evangelism

You have met these people if you have read some

of their books you would have seen Now for this

set of people you have to preach to them again

and explain the incarnation of Christ and God

promise Hebrews chapter 2 Right, you have to

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explain Hebrews chapter 2 to them that God took

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on flesh to save man that no agent can save man

except God right so they believe Jesus is just

an agent but Jesus is not an agent Jesus is God

manifested on earth and all of that to feel to

save man from us and so God is the one that promised

God is the one that came and God is the one that

fulfilled God promised God came and got fulfilled

God promised he came and fulfilled So for them

you could be wondering the question you ask them

is if God promised that I will do I will Why

is he sending an agents and the question you

also ask them is All along he has been sending

agents from Moses in the name of a prophet, right?

prophets judges men who believe Abraham, David,

do you mean Jesus is just like one of them? It

means that they are not well established. They

are not established in faith. So you meet this

second category of people. For them, it's a struggle.

Many people come to ask me about the question

in the week. Sir, are they saved? We'll come

back to that, okay? This is the question they

ask me. If somebody believes in Jesus as an agent,

is he saved? If somebody believes that Jesus

His incarnation is not God, but just a manifestation.

Is the person say, but the person believe in

resurrection. You know, the person believe in

the resurrection of Jesus. We will come to that.

But I've told you what to do when you encounter

this kind of a people. Now the third people,

the people who neither believe the incarnation

nor did they believe the resurrection. They didn't

believe the incarnation. They didn't believe

it's the Messiah in the body. After the resurrection,

They orchestrated again to say that the resurrection

never took place. Right? So you need a lie to

cover a lie and a lie and a lie. So if they have

lied, that is not, which I will say it's a lie.

He said, you are, you are, you are the devil,

right? Your father. So this set of people, they

never believed in Jesus when he was alive in

his human form. Never believed it was God, the

question name, and they never believed in the

resurrection. Now the examples are the Pharisees

and the Sadducees. And truly you would find people

like that today. Right? You'll find people like

that today. They never believe in His incarnation,

Him in the body. And they never believe in His

resurrection. Now this one clearly they are the

unsaved. They are the unsaved. Some of them have

heard the gospel and they want to really prove

to you that Jesus never came and all of that.

So John you can put John 7 verse 45 to 53 John

John 7:45–53 John 7:45–53

chapter 7 verse 45 to 53 For these people there

is no greater works to do Right. There is no

possibility of a greater work. There's nothing

they can do. They don't have the spirits They

don't believe they don't have the spirit. They

cannot do greater works, right? So it is not

to partner with them but to rather Begin to reveal

from the scriptures what God has promised He

will do what God did and What he has fulfilled

so you can find this kind of a people so you

have to preach to them This one you need to open

the scripture extensively with them right and

teach them that Jesus is the Messiah so Now the

thought the fourth people which they are similar

to the second like the four people that you meet

It's others who believe he existed as a prophet

so others who believe he existed as a prophet

They believe he existed as a prophet and specifically

the word prophets Specifically the word prophets,

but did not resurrect so they denied the resurrection

again the denied the resurrection again They

denied the resurrection again. Now, for these

same people, they are also unbelievers, right?

So when somebody said, oh, I believe in Jesus,

right? You need to know what they believe about

Jesus. You need to know when they believe about

Jesus, like what, when and what. For example,

did you believe in him as the incarnate? Did

you believe him as one of the prophets? You believe

him as God? And did you believe in the resurrection?

Because believing is not believing in general.

Do we get it? Believing is not believing. Now

this is to equip us for evangelism. Do we get

it? This is to equip us so when you go out, your

mind is set, your mind is, you know, you have

understanding. You have understanding. And for

those of us that are believed in the death, burial,

and resurrection of Jesus, we have greater works

to do towards the three other category of people

to teach them more about the resurrection and

the ascension of Christ into the life of the

believer. Praise God. We'll continue on Thursday

on this discussion. I trust we have been blessed.

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