Ok so I decided to share my Sunday sermons which I receive at church with everyone reading the blog. This is my interpretation of the word received. Please feel free to add whenever you feel like it. I love to hear other opinions as well even if it is not the same as mine. The sermons received are by the great men of the Okpo foreigner’s church whom unselfishly give up their time to preach or lead a group of people hungry to learn and love Jesus and the word more. So I cannot take credit for the postings at all credit goes to God Almighty as I believe these sermons are the Holy Spirit working in these men to give us Gods message Sunday after Sunday. So, thank you to the brave men, taking leadership, teaching and just giving a part of themselves every Sunday. I have not known a finer group of men.
This blog is not the sermon itself but the notes I took out of the sermon. What I found interesting, verses that I looked up and had a small home bible study on it. So if it doesn’t make sense. Sorry. It does for me.
Sunday 1 April
Sermon by Tyson Breedlove
A relationship with God through His word
- Taking a word out of the bible and believing it fully. Not just reading it, but believing it.
- If people’s words have such a great affect on our lives, should Gods word not have an even bigger affect on our lives?
- You have to take the whole bible, not just here and there. It’s the whole book or nothing.
John 6:63
The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
Dit is die Gees wat lewend maak, die vlees is van geen nut nie; die woorde wat Ek tot julle spreek, is gees en is lewe.
Heb 4:12
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
Want die word van God is lewend en kragtig en skerper as enige tweesnydende sward, en dring deur tot die skeiding van siel en gees en van gewrigte en murg, en is ‘n beoordeelaar van die oorlegginge en gedagtes van die hart.
- God can create, break, make and even change
1. The bible needs to be studied
Col 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom and as you sings psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
Laat die word van Christus ryklik in julle woon in alle wysheid. Leer en vermaan mekaar met psalms en lofsanhe en geestelike liedere, en sing in julle hart met dankbaarheid tot eer van die Here
I have always heard people talk about doing bible study in the mornings and never really understood why? What difference was it going to make? But the bible has that way of sculpting your faith. Refining your faith. And mostly giving answers to questions we have. Sometimes we don’t even realize that we have questions until you read the bible and you realize that you just read the answer. Also studying the bible acts as a guideline in living each day for me. When in doubt, open your bible.
2 Tim 2:15
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth
Le jou daarop toe om jou beproef voor God te stel as ‘n werker wat hom nie hoef te skaam nie, wat die word van die waarheid reg sny.
2. The bible needs to be stored up in your heart
Deut 11:18
Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your forehead.
Le dan hierdie woorde van my weg in julle hart en in julle siel, en bind dit as ‘n teken op julle hand en laat dit as ‘n voorhoofsband tussen julle oe wees.
The verses needs to be memorized so that you can carry it with you where ever you go. So that you can keep repeating it until you fully believe it is a promise God made and He will be true to his promises.
3. The bible must be rightly divided
John 14:24
He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.
Hy wat My nie life het nie, bewaar my woorde ; en die word wat julle hoor, is nie myne nie, maar is van die Vader wat My gestuur het.
- Rightly divided? I was like, “what the heck does that mean”?? But it makes perfect sense. We enjoy some books in the bible more than others. We tend to enjoy the writings of one author more than the other. But we need to study and listen equally to each book in the bible. Have the same kind of respect for all the books. The Lord speaks through all the authors, not just the popular ones.
- You need to read and listen to all the Authors in the bible, as the word still comes through the Holy Spirit and one book is not more important than the other.
4. The bible must be studied in community
Heb 10:24-25
And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another-and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
En laat ons op mekaar ag gee om tot liefde en goeie werke aan te spoor; en laat on sons onderlinge byeenkoms nie versuim soos sommige die gewoonte het nie, maar laat ons mekaar vermaan, en dit des te meer namate julle die dag sien nader kom.
It is fine to study your bible on your own, but the Lord tells us that it needs to happen with other people to. We have to share our studies. Encourage each other to read and study the bible together, if its once a week in a coffee shop, someone’s house, bible study group. It must be studied in community.
5. The bible must be studied with prayer
Psalms 119:18
Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law.
Open my oe, date k kan sien die wonders uit u wet.
1 cor 2:14
The man without the spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Maar die natuurlike mens neem die dinge van die Gees van God bie aan nie; want dit is vir hom dwaasheid, en hy kan dit nie verstaan nie, omdat dit gesstelik beoordeel word.
The bible can be read, but we need the presence of the Jesus to work in us while we read or do bible study. And we can find God and his presence through prayer. The Holy Spirit has a way of showing you the greatness of Jesus. You can read a verse and make the meaning of the verse something you want to read. Not necessarily what it really means. Our minds can play wonderful tricks on us to give us what we think we want. To ease our conscience when we know we are doing something wrong but don’t want to give it up. Pray. Pray before reading the bible. Ask for the Holy Spirit to guide you, so that you can read the truth, even if it’s not what we want to hear.
BE A MAN OR WOMEN OF ONE BOOK, THE BIBLE!
Loving this chuch, and the great group of people in it.
(photo by..I think Tyson)
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