Sunday Service (2)

Sunday Service: The Passport

(10-03-2021) Ptr. Lynard Molo

=The Passport=

-used to verify one's country;

*John 3:1-5
"1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish ruling council.

-high-ranking official

2 He came to Jesus at night and said, "Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you are doing if God were not with him."
3 In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.
4 "How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!"
5 Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

Water= Word of God

*Ephesians 5:26
"26 to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

*Hebrews 12:14
"14 Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.

*John 15:3
"3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you."

*Ephesians 1:13
"13 And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,"

1. Heard the Word of God.
2. Believed the Word.
3. Repent of our sins.
4. Accept Jesus Christ.

"We become BORN AGAIN."

"The Seal of the HOLY SPIRIT."

+Receive the Seal
+Believed in the Word
+Heard the Word

What are the manifestation of the Holy Spirit in the Life of a Born Again Christian?

*Galatians 5:17-26
"17 For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want.
18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.
19 The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;
20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions,

*1 John 4:20
"20 If anyone says, "I love God," yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

*1 John 2:9
"9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness.

*Matthew 6:15
"15 But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

*Titus 3:10
"10 Warn a divisive person once, and then warn him a second time. After that, have nothing to do with him.

21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

*Matthew 7:22-23
"20 Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.
21 "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?'
23 Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!'

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2 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
24 Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires.
25 Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.
26 Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.

*1 John 3:9-10
"9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God."
10 This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not a child of God; nor is anyone who does not love his brother.