Series: Reproducing the Christ; Changing Seasons
Sun am 1st August 2010 – Kobus Swart
1 John 1:1-4; John 1:1, 14; Eph. 1:20-23; (2 Cor. 2:14-16); (I Cor. 12); Gal. 5:19-23; John 14:14-19; Rom. 5:3-4; Heb. 5:8; Heb. 11:24-26
The challenging issue is how to meet the cry of the world, not on their terms, but how to make the gospel accessible and more real.
Satan is a religious spirit, he comes as an angel of light and his ministers come as ministers of righteousness; very cleverly disguised. When we view Jesus through a religious prism, He is always distant and far away; He’s the historical Jesus. When Judas betrayed Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, they couldn’t even recognize Him. Jesus was one of them. Jesus was among them, they could touch Him, feel Him; see Him, hear Him. He was not a ghost (1 John 1:1-4). The Word was God and became flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:1, 14). He was the pattern Son and the many membered Christ cannot be any different. We have to remove the religious paradigm that distorted our picture and understanding of Jesus. (more…)
Series: Reproducing the Christ; Changing Seasons
Num. 21:6-9; 2 Kings 18:1-4; John 12:20-24-Message Bible; 1 Cor. 12:12; Gen. 1:27; Matt. 1:17; Col. 1:18; Rev. 1:12-13; John 2:1-11; (Mark 16:17-18); 2 Cor. 4:7; (Col. 1:28); (John 6:28-29); Isa. 65:8; (Eph. 4:8-12)
“And Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on the standard; and it came about, that if a serpent bit any man, when he looked to the bronze serpent, he lived”(Num. 21:9). Much later this became a religious tradition without healing power it had when God instructed Moses to do it. Hezekiah came and “broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the sons of Israel burned incense to it” (2 Kings 18:4). It is the easiest thing for a religious spirit to take that which had been instituted by God, and turn it into a lifeless religious habit. Patterns – even in our worship – without the presence of God, must be dismissed.
Series: Reproducing The Christ; Changing Seasons
Sun am 18 July 2010 – Kobus Swart
(John 3:16); John 6:1-71; Eph. 4:7- 8 KJV; (Matt. 24:14); 2 Tim. 2:2
Are we a church that is busy infecting the community or are we merely a presence with some services rendered into the community? I believe transitions are needed in order to become more effective as the salt of the earth, the light of the world. It is not enough to just represent Christ, we need to reproduce Him.
When feeding the 5000, Jesus broke the bread and gave it to His disciples to give to the people. Jesus and the disciples kept breaking the bread and distributing it, so the miracle happened in the hands of Jesus and the disciples. Multiplication took place as they were feeding the people. Once the multitude were filled, the leftovers were gathered – twelve baskets full. The number 12 usually has to do with the perfection of (apostolic) divine government.