Pastor Joseph Prince
(Live at Sydney Hillsongs Conference (30th June 2015))
(Also playback on 5 July 2015 in church)
Repentance (change of mind) is toward God first
Repentance towards man is a byproduct after
Jesus puts the grace in us, and then blesses us when we use the grace He first gave us!
Don't condemn people for not having faith or not confessing right etc. That turns faith into a work
Romans 1:16-17
Salvation = soteria = saved in the here and now, all encompassing
sozo = includes healing
We get the good we don't deserve because Someone (Jesus) took the bad He didn't deserve
We cannot sin away our righteousness, because then what Adam did is greater than what Jesus did
Don't condemn others who are preaching the law. That's not what grace does.
How much God hates sin is how much God loves you
E.g. We hate cancer, but we love the person
Judge the devil, separate the two
Is God merciful in making us righteous?
No! God is righteous in making us righteous
God is merciful in sending His Son
We are sinners because of Adam's sin
We are righteous because of Jesus' obedience
When sinners do good, does it make them righteous? No.
When righteous do bad, does it make them sinners? No.
Both being sinners before we were saved and being righteous now have nothing to do with us / our actions etc
Obedience of faith = right believing
How then? In the midst of ur drinking, confess "I am the righteousness of God IN Christ"
devil will say, "how can that be?!", "No, you're not! You're a hypocrite"
But faith = I believe, therefore I speak
1 John 4:17
As He is, so are we in this world
God defines us according to Jesus
devil defines us according to our actions
People are transformed by beholding, not by trying (2 Cor 3:18)
How do we behold? By singing unto Jesus, and by the spirit of the Lord
Grace of Christ is the gospel. Not the other / different gospel.
Acts 13:38-45
This is the only sermon of Paul that is recorded word for word
The final summary of the sermon is this
V39 Justified = made righteous from all things which couldn't have been made righteous by law
V40 quoting Habakkuk
V41 they found fault with Paul's sermon
Don't give up the grace message just because somebody failed.
Law churches also have people who fail. Don't let devil trick u.
But first, you have to believe in Jesus. It's not universal salvation.
Gal 1:6-9
V8 This is the NT curse = curse for those who pervert the gospel of Christ
V9 repeated = double curse
Why did Jesus put a curse? Because Jesus loves the people so much. This perverted gospel of law prevents His people from receiving from Him
We have been redeemed from OT curses in Jesus
Law demands, grace supplies. That's the essence.
Be grace / supply minded.
devil likes to use the pronoun "I" instead of "you" and make you think it's really you
E.g. "I am a failure"
What do u do? Don't look to self!
Say, "no, that's not me. As Jesus is, so am I in this world"
Romans 5:17
Receive = present active participle
How do we reign in life? By the conscious and active receiving of the abundance of grace & gift (not reward) of righteousness
2 Cor 5:21
In Him was no sin, He knew no sin.
How do we honour Him? By receiving His righteousness & reigning in life effortlessly through His finished work
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