The good news of great joy

Romans 8 - Part 4

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Romans 8 - Part 2

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Galatians - Part 11

Galatians - Part 10

Galatians - Part 9

In Galatians 5:1-12, Paul describes and defends the freedom, favour and faith that are ours for the taking. It’s the gospel – not our good works – that truly transforms us by the power and presence of the Holy Spirit.

He who began a good work in you

Ken Costa

Galatians - Part 8

Romans 8

Galatians - Part 7: You are all sons of God

Galatians - Part 6: You are all sons of God

Galatians - Part 5: Law vs Covenant

Galatians - Part 4

Galatians - Part 3

Galatians - Part 2

Galatians - Part 1

The Day of Atonement

Jesus on the cross. 
Jesus said I thirst in order to fulfil prophecy. They gave him something and then He said it is finished!! Nothing left to accomplish!!
There is nothing more that can be done.
Jesus was established as the creator of all things right in the beginning. Jesus is also the redeemer of all things right from the beginning. Jesus took full responsibility for everything created through Him.
Jesus Created and Jesus Redeemed.
He made a covenant before time began. That covenant was made with Jesus and the Holy Spirit. And it was set that Jesus will lay down His life for us before time began. We are beneficiaries of that covenant, but we were not a party to it. It was set long before we were born.The perfect plan was already established.
Before time began, it was established that Jesus will be the Lamb if God. The eternal plan was established in Christ in that He would lay down His life for us and pay with His blood for us.
The Father established Jesus as the High Priest forever in the order of Melchizedek. The eternal purpose was established in Christ.
Once it was established, then God created the heavens and the earth and everything in it and established his bride (you and I).
Every profit prophesied that the Messiah will come and John the Baptist said “There He is, the Lamb of God”! then Heavens opened and Father said that’s my beloved Son, in him I am well please.
In the OT you had to bring the lamb. It had to be spotless. The priest inspected the lamb not the person.
When John said, there is the Lamb of God, Father said, “That is My Son, I completely accept Him”. Jesus came He was the perfect lamb. He was spotless. God was pleased with Him. Jesus paid the price for us, Once and for All.
Jesus went to the cross, paid with His blood and established a perfect salvation.
Isaiah says our righteous works are like filthy rags. We can do nothing to earn our salvation. If we try, we only detract from that.
The basics of the Word is:
•    Who Jesus is.
•    What He accomplished on the cross.
Gal 3, the enemy wants to drag us away. Want to bewitch us, trying to get us to work for our salvation.
In the Gospel there is no opportunity for us to boast. It’s all works, Jesus’ works alone!! Because of His Finished work, we are saved by Grace. It is a free gift, Nothing else. Boasting excluded completely from the Gospel.
The 7 things Jesus did on the cross – the 7 Sprinklings of blood:
Liv. 16:10 – Day of atonement, lasting only one year. It was temporary. The priest will go into the Temple, sacrifice a lamb on behalf of his own sins, go into the most Holy place of atonement and make atonement for his own sin, and sprinkle blood on the altar. Then he would go out and pic one of two goats (Sacrifice goat or Azazel goat – one to send away). Which one to sacrifice and which one to send away. After sacrificing the sacrifice goat, the high priest will go into the most Holy place and poor the blood of that sacrificial goat on the mercy seat. Because of the blood on the mercy seat, no longer did Justice and Righteousness (two angles on the ark of the covenant looking onto the mercy seat) cry out against Israel, they looked upon the blood on the mercy seat and said it is forgiven for one more year.  He would then sprinkle the blood in front of the mercy seat 7 times and he would come out and lay his hands on the other goat (Azazel) and confess the sins of the nation onto the goat. This goat would then be led out and usually after days of travel, kick the goat off a cliff. You don’t want that goat to come back. Sins are paid for, but only for one year. Next year the high priest would need to do it again.

1.    Expiation – Jesus removed my sin from me and declared me righteous. My sins are paid for. Heb. 9, the currency for the cleansing of sins, is the blood of Jesus. We either pay with our blood (which cannot atone for my sin), or we accept Jesus paid with His blood.
2.    Propitiation - Jesus absorbed God’s wrath. Removal of God’s wrath for you. His blood speaks for us if we believe in His Finished work.
3.    Redemption - Jesus bought me back from bondage. I am free. My debt is paid.
4.    Justification - It is a legal term – paid for. Jesus paid the price for you so you can be declared innocent. Rom 5:9
5.    Sanctification - Jesus set me aside for sacred use, He made us holy by His blood. Heb 13:12
6.    Reconciliation - Jesus restored my full relationship with God. I can be as close to Him as I want to be.
7.    Regeneration - He doesn’t rehabilitate our sinful nature he kills it. Baptism is a sign that I died and He sealed me in Christ and nothing can change that ever again. We live in Christ. Jesus purchased a brand new life for us.

Saying Amen

Repent because God is near.
Repentance is not saying sorry; it means getting a new brain. Change the way we think and see things differently.
We mustn’t think out of the box, we must think as if there is no box.
Where we are, we can release the Kingdom. We ask Jesus to unlock the Kingdom but He has given us the keys!
Jesus did everything else – “It is Finished”. Then He gave us the keys to unlock it.
God qualified anybody who is in Christ to inherit His promises. We don’t qualify ourselves. Inheritance is not something you work for, someone else worked for it.
Jesus earned it and we got it when Jesus died as an inheritance.
Col 1:11-14 - he HAS qualified you
Rom 8:16-17 
Heb 11:39-40 - Abraham had not received his promise because Jesus had not died yet. Heb 9:16-18 - When Jesus died, we got access to our inheritance. 
Prodigal son - older brother did not understand that he did not have to work for his inheritance.
Access to our inheritance comes by FAITH! 
We are qualified by our belief in the finished work of Christ.
Rom 4:13-16 - If you believe in Jesus you are an heir of Jesus and an heir of the promises made to Abraham. 
If we come in the name of Jesus, the Father will give us what we ask for.
Rom 9:30-31 - Israel were trying to attain righteousness by keeping the law (older brother).
It doesn’t mean it doesn’t matter how I live! God gives us the power to live a life that is pleasing to God.
2 Cor 1:18 - We say Amen not by our own works but through Christ and what He has done. On this basis we have access to every promise because Jesus has taken every curse on Him.
You have access to your inheritance if you believe! We don’t ask in our name; we ask in Jesus’ name!

The crisis that nearly happened

We are the people of God

• They were people of God on the move
• They took people with them: “Come with us, we’ll do you good”
• Come with us, not to us. They people are on the move. There is an inheritance waiting.
• There is something unheard of ahead, we’re going there. Come with us.
If someone knocks on my door and ask me to go with them, I will first ask some questions:

1. Who are you?
• We are children of Abraham. God invited Abraham to go with Him. God said I’ll take you to a place. Abraham
believed God. God Started with one man but God has His eyes on all the earth, for all to become children of
God. Moses even though he could remain in the palace, saw treasures in the slave’s community, the children
of God, and decided rather to be with them.
• They were rescued slaves. God brought them out of Egypt through the red see. God told them to take a lamb
and when He sees the blood, He’ll passed over them – thus only the first born of the Egyptians died, but Israel
were saved through the blood of the lamb. Ultimately Jesus gave His blood and when God sees that blood on
our hearts, we are forgiven. As Israel, we were once slaves, now we are all free.
• God takes them to Sinai and makes a covenant with them. He calls them “His special treasure”. We are the
people of God, His special treasure”.

2. Where are you going?
• Psalms 1 is the 1st song of Moses. We going into a land. Into an inheritance. For them it was the land they
will inherent, for us it is a miniature picture of the Holy City. We need to go into all the world. All the earth
will be filled with the glory of the Lord. Come with us to experience what we experience. Live in what we
live in. Ps 2:8. God’s plan for us, is to be involved in all the nations. Where are we going? We’re going into
all the earth to preach the gospel. Matt. 28 “Go into all the nations...” At our workplace, home, city, etc.
Matt.24:14 “... then the end will come...”
• God wants a community. God wants a community that lives in contrast to the world. Live for one another.
When Peter preached 3000 people were added. Don’t just look in. Become part of the journey, don’t just
look in. We work together in community.
There are 2 cities: Babylon is on the one side, and the Holy City on the other. Which city are you in? Be added
to the people, come with us, don’t look in, rather tuck in, we going to the Holy City. Babylon will end. The
Holy City will last forever.
• He takes us not only to the land, but he is taking us into the sanctuary. From rebellion to worshiper. Now we
are God’s temple. We are not confined to a venue. We are the worshippers in spirit and in truth. Ephesians
2:21 We going into all the land, we going to build community and we going to worship Him.

3. What happens when I join you?
• Come into the body and you can be “eyes” for us. You have a part to play in the body. We all come, we all
have a part to play.
You not taking over, you only coming to play your part.

4. Why are you so confident?
• Because the Lord promised us good.
• There is faithfulness, renewing grace, He who began the good work in you will be faithful to complete it.
God’s on the move and we’re just moving with Him. Nations change when God steps in.
• God’s preparing a people and want you to be part of it.
• The invitation is here. Come with us, we’ll do you good. We carrying God’s history “His-Story” into all nations.

Sow that Seed

Gabe Phillips – September 2 - Sunday PM
Background: Sow that Seed
Matthew 4:18-22 NIV
“As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his
brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow
me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” At once they left their nets and
followed him. Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his
brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called
them, and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.”
If you want to grow you need to sow. It’s the law of nature.
3 Postures of sowing:
1. Lean In
- Jesus says “come”
- Jesus is not looking for the qualified, He is looking for the available.
- Breakthrough has come and His name is Jesus Christ
- Quite blaming the soil for our lack of growth
- Discipleship start with our response to follow Him.
- Intimacy with Jesus leads to influence
- “Lean In” – It starts with our response
2. Step Out
- Religion = obsessed with me. Relationship = obsessed with Jesus.
- Religion = obsessed with where you’ve been. Jesus is obsessed with where He is taking
you.
- True Obedience:
o is immediate. Delayed obedience is disobedience
o is complete. Don’t obey halfway.
o is Costly.
§ Don’t ask God to use us and then we leave because we feel used.
- Obedience is seed sown into your future.
- Radical futures demand radical obedience.
- Seeds sown in faith leads to future.
- Obedience leads to Future – “Step Out”
3. Raise Up
- It’s not about me, it’s about other people.
- Maturity is sowing seeds into other people’s lives.
- On the other side of your obedience people are waiting – “Raise Up”
Life Group Suggestions for Discussion:
Welcome to go through the notes and ask the question: What touched me through this
message?

Make a move

Gabe Phillips – September 2, Sunday AM

The Gospel is about moving forward.
Hebrews 11:24-26 (NLT)
“It was by faith that Moses, when he grew up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.
He chose to share the oppression of God’s people instead of enjoying the fleeting pleasures of
sin. He thought it was better to suffer for the sake of Christ than to own the treasures of Egypt,
for he was looking ahead to his great reward.”
Moses did 3 things:
1. Make a Move to Refuse.
- He violently rejected illegitimate identity.
- Don’t tolerate what God called you to exterminate.
- Move by faith, not by intellect or reason.
- Violently refuse the words unqualified
2. Make a Move to Choose
- Faith is an active word. It’s more important what you say YES to than what you
say NO to.
- Moses chose to share in the oppression of God’s people instead of enjoying the
fleeting pleasures of sin.
- Sometimes God gives us off ramps. Is it your off ramp? Should you make a
move?
- We not victims of circumstance, we prisoners of hope. Do you want to get well
and be set free? Make a move.
3. Make a Move to Look Ahead
- Moses was looking ahead to his great reward.
- Don’t be overwhelmed with the right now.
- Christ is our power and pleasure.
- Christ is the rewarder, but also the great Reward
- Christ is the one who sets free, but He is also our freedom.
- Christ is the one who provides, but He is also my provision
- If our eyes are low, so our expectations.
- Where are you looking for your joy and future? Don’t be strangled by what is
around you.
John 5 - Man at the pool - Move, Just do It. (NIKE), stop the excuses.
Are you stuck:
- Between your pain and your potent?
- Between your comfort and your calling?
- Between your frustration and your future?
Today you can decide to “Make a Move”.
Life Group Suggestion for Discussion:
Welcome to go through the notes and ask the question: Where do I need to Move OR what
touched me through this message.

Courage to live in South Africa

Listen and Obey

Adrian and Antoinette Quinlivan on the coming Church plant in Stellenbosh.

The Call 2018 – Session 07

The Call 2018 – Session 06

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The Call 2018 – Session 04

The Call 2018 – Session 03

The Call 2018 – Session 02

The Call 2018 - Session 01

George Geogiou

7 People,1 Saviour – The criminal - Part 2

7 People,1 Saviour – The criminal - Part 1

7 People,1 Saviour – The sinful Woman

7 People,1 Saviour – Zacchaeus PM

Even tax collectors can meet Jesus.
Crowd hated Zacchaeus. That’s why he didn’t go into the crowd.
Maybe he wanted to see Jesus, but the crowd that followed Jesus prevented him.
We don’t, not serve Jesus in everything because we don’t love Him, but because we love something else a bit more. That is idolatry.
Idolatry doesn’t make sense, but only make sense if you love something else more than you love Jesus.
Zacchaeus loved money more. What do we love more?
If the idols get dealt with, it will be replaced with something far greater. Zacchaeus let go of his love of money, and Jesus stepped in.
We could be Zacchaeus? OR
We could be the crowd?
The crowd who followed Jesus, hated what Jesus did when He paid attention to Zacchaeus. Are we sometimes stumbling blocks for others to have an encounter with Jesus?
When Zacchaeus responded to Jesus, Jesus didn’t address his issues, Jesus loved him. Jesus was prepared to go outside of His own culture to love people.
We love influential people and talk about them. We love power.
Are we prepared to hang out with people outside of your culture and comfort? Hospitality is a Biblical requirement. Hospitality is part of the Gospel.
Corinthians = if I do not have love, I am worth nothing.
Are we loving people? Are we being hospitable?
Hospitality is not to entertain! It’s an attitude of loving people.
Luke 4 says: Jesus left. He went to the other town. We also need to continue to go. Luke 18:9....(Read the rest)
“To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.”.......
⁃ Jesus tells a parable. We have a choice: be like the one or the other.
Luke 18:18.... (read the story)
“A certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone.”....
Zacchaeus’ story similar.
⁃ Jesus loved both, Zacchaeus and the rich you man.
⁃ The one did what Jesus said, the other did not.
⁃ The ones household was saved, the other not.
⁃ The one let go of his idol, and the other not.
What do we need to let go of in order to take hold of ..... ?
Jesus demands that we have His presence.
When we get what Jesus did and continues to do for us it will revolutionize us. Let’s allow Him to complete to good work He started in us.

7 People,1 Saviour – Zacchaeus AM

7 People,1 Saviour – The Leper

7 People,1 Saviour – A thirsty Woman

7 People,1 Saviour – The blind man

7 People,1 Saviour - Nicodemus

Adopted To Sonship

Exodus Part 25

Exodus 3:7-8

What do we learn about God’s heart and intentions from this text? (rescue & bless)

OUT OF = Rescue (deliverance)
INTO = Blessing (inheritance)

Main theme = The motivation for living well is found in the ‘OUT OF’ and ‘INTO’ reality of God’s saving work.

NT text that supports this notion; 1 John 3:2-3
OUT OF = ‘we are children of God’
INTO = ‘we shall be like him’

What happens when we put our hope in these two things? (righteous living is an inevitable consequence = ‘all who have this hope, purify themselves')

What happens when we focus on righteous living directly? (we become religious)

How does focusing on the cross of Christ (OUT OF) and the future inheritance (INTO) impact our lives when it comes to things like Identity, Intimacy, Purity, Humility and Security?

Exodus Part 24

The high priest in Exodus is a shadow of our High Priest – Jesus Christ. The High Priest is not the pastor. The High Priest is Christ.

Ex 39 - The robe of the high priest

The robe: BLUE, PURPLE AND SCARLET
-    BLUE = the color of heaven.
-    PURPLE = represents the king
-    SCARLET = color of blood

All 3 points to Jesus.

Breast piece of double folded Gold to show how valuable we are to God. Many kinds of stones
- All people close to Him
– God loves all kinds of people.
– God always keeps us close to Him.  Breast piece does not swing out . In difficult times we don’t feel close to God, that is only our perception. He is always close to us.

Why the turban / hat on his head? Your hair is your glory. Jesus had wavy black hair. Turban over it hides it. Turban covers your glory.
Jesus humbled himself and covered his glory.

Written on the forehead “HOLY TO THE LORD” – When we look at Jesus He confirms our destiny. Big shoulders - I’m carried there. I’m also carried on his chest (breastplate)

At the bottom, the garments surrounded by pomegranates and bells. There is Music and Fruit when we follow Jesus.  We produce golden bells music and fruit filled seeds when we follow Jesus.

The most important women to Jesus was His mother. On the cross Jesus said: John, there is your mother and Mother there is your son. John lay on Jesus’ chest. Now the church is the most important women (His Bride) to Him. Who does He entrust this women (Bride) to? The ones who lie on his chest, you and I.

1. Sympathy: Heb. 4:14
Such a great High Priest, sympathies with our weaknesses. Weakness means cannot control it. It’s outside your control. In weakness cry out to the great High Priest. If it depends on men, they will buckle. This role is only for Jesus, not for anyone else, not even a leader in the church.

2. Wholeness: Heb. 7:23
Jesus saves to the uttermost. Even the worst of the sinners can be saved. Jesus saves completely.

3. Clear Conscience Heb. 9:14
The High Priest cleanses my conscience. If I am saved, I should have a clear conscience from sin I have confessed.

4. Sat Down: Heb. 10:11
In the Old testament, the high priest had to sacrifice Day after day, Again and Again. We don’t have to offer sacrifices day after day - that never takes away sin. Jesus did it once for all and He sat down. I was once dead in my transgressions but now I’m seated with Him in heavenly places next to the High Priest. When I sin He is seated, not pacing up and down anxiously. No priest or elder can ever take the place of the High Priest
(Jesus)

Exodus Part 22

Exodus Part 23

Presence and Purpose of God - Story of the golden calf

Ex 32:1-3 the Israelites waited long for Moses to come down from the mountain and instead of waiting, they ended up doing their own thing. Vs6 the people rose early to sacrifice.

Outside the presence of God: Aaron said: “Take off your earrings” = lead to idolatry and bondage.
In the presence of God: God said to Moses “take off your shoes” = lead to deliverance.

Do not pursue the Purposes of God without the Presence of God.

Ex 33:1 Go to the land I promised. I will give it to your descendants. Vs3. “but I will not go with you!!” Vs 4 they mourned and no one put on ornaments. Vs 6 they stripped off their ornaments. THEN in Numbers 9 - God leads them in a pillar of cloud by day, pillar of fire by night. They learned to wait and only move when the presence of God moves. 

7 pictures of when we pursue the presence of God:

1. Ex 33:19 God will cause goodness to pass in front of you... Vs34:6 The Lord, the Lord....
2. Ex 34:10 I’m making a covenant with you. ... look what I will do for you ...
3. Ex 35:2 commands of the Lord. When to work and when to rest. God knows what we need.
4. On the mountain God spoke to Moses 40 times about Aaron. God dreams about you. Like Aaron, do we sometimes exchange the presence of God for counterfeit. Let the presence of God bring God’s purposes.
5. Ex 33:8 the people stood at the entrance to their tents when they saw Moses. When they saw the pillar of cloud, Ex 33:10 They stood and worshiped. Leaders, as Moses, we need to usher in the presence of God.
6. Vs 11. Young aide Joshua didn’t leave his tent. Moses had a generational impact.
7. In the presence of the Lord: Ex 36:4, 5 the people brought to the Lord. In the purposes of the Lord: Ex 35:10 skilled workers came and did the work to the Lord.

The Call of God on your life

Stand firm, Press on, and count for Jesus

Exodus Part 22

Exodus Part 21

Exodus Part 20

Exodus Part 19

Exodus Part 18

Exodus Part 17

Exodus Part 15

Exodus Part 14

Peace with God

The unyielding love of Jesus

Exodus Part 13

Exodus Part 12

Exodus Part 11

Exodus Part 10

Exodus Part 9

Exodus Part 8

Exodus Part 7

Exodus Part 6

Exodus Part 5

Exodus Part 4

Exodus Part 3

Exodus Part 2

Exodus - Part 1

Ships of 3Ci

The Ships of 3Ci

- Worship

- Sonship

- Discipleship

George Barna: Nine key components to discipleship

1.  Passion 

2. Depth - objective is to plumb the depths of the faith and own it 

3. Maturity - reaching the highest potential in Christ

4. Practice - Not only knowing, but being Spiritually mature

5. Process - Not a destination but a journey

  6. Interactive - done in community, not isolation

7. Multifaceted - variety of means toward being built up in Christ

8. Lifelong 

- Stewardship

  - Fellowship

- Partnership

- Leadership

- Friendship

The Working, Waiting and Wonder