WORD AND POWER SERVICE (SUN. 31ST JULY 2022).

WORD AND POWER SERVICE (SUN. 31ST JULY 2022).

MESSAGE SERIES: THE IN-CHRIST REALITIES WITH Daddy-ken A. Bitere

KEY SCRIPTURE: EPHESIANS 1:1-22.

A believer that does not understand their right and privileges will suffer identity crisis. The Epistles were written for the believer as mirror for the believer. The believer or the man in Christ does not pray for acceptance. Acceptance is a product of the finished work of Christ. Man's rejection gave us God's acceptance.

A CHANGE YOU'VE NEVER ACCEPTED CAN NEVER REFLECT IN YOU

In LUKE 24:24-44; Christ explained the Scripture to His disciples. Notice something here, Christ compressed the whole of the Scripture into two sentences "suffering and glory". The believer is made for glory not for the suffering. The suffering of Christ was meant for Him alone. The signature of the believer is the "In-Christ" that's our eternal seal. Your effectiveness as a believer is predicated on the revelation of Christ. The believer functions by knowledge.

The believer is sanctified. The believer is God's handiwork or God's product, EPHESIANS 2:10;20. Only good proceeds out of the believer. As God's handiwork, therefore you are God's best. There can never be another you that's better than you. You are all that you can be.

God will not love you less when you did wrong, neither will He love you more when you did right. He loved all the same. You are created to be fruitful. You have the gift of Christ, the best gift any believer could receive is the gift of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit is our eternal hope in Christ, our hope in Christ is renewed daily. The gift of the Spirit is our eternal seal.

The believer has the mind of Christ, this is a product of His resurrection.

WE HAVE PEACE WITH THE FATHER; ROMANS 5:1.

Man became an enemy of God by the reason of the fall of Adam. Man could not access God, sin separated man from God. God didn't separate Himself from man, (SEE GENESIS 3:8-9). Paul said here in ROMANS 5:1, that through the sacrifice of Christ, we can access God face to face. Peace is contentment. Peace in this context is not the absence of trouble. Peace is eternal, peace is not a feeling, neither is peace is a statement. Peace is a person; Christ. When that person moves into you, it terminates pressure, MATTHEW 11:28-30; JOHN 14:27.

Thank you for staying in fellowship. Enjoy the blessing!