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Monday Jun 17, 2024
Monday Jun 17, 2024
Monday Jun 17, 2024
Monday Jun 17, 2024
Monday Jun 17, 2024
A remarkable encounter in the home of Simon the Pharisee depicts the weight of God's forgiveness. There was the Lord Jesus, Simon his host and the woman scriptures record as being a sinner who came with her alabaster box of expensive ointment. One of the most popular exchanges in scriptures shows the heart of a publicly notorious sinner who saw her need for mercy in spite of how great her sins were. Smitten by her sinful state and realization of the savior in front of her, she wept and released her most prized possession to show her penitence, while Simon looked upon her in derision, consumed by his pride and lack of estimation of his own sinful state. He invited the savior into his home, but not into his heart.
The realization of the reality of God’s forgiveness must sink deep enough into our hearts to allow us to be transformed by it. Mary Magdalene realized this and she was transformed into a disciple of Christ. When sinners allow the truth of God’s forgiveness to really sink into our hearts, it produces a loving devotion to Christ, one that emanates from a heart that understands how great a forgiveness it has received.
Indeed, whoever has been forgiven greatly, loves greatly.
Sunday Jun 16, 2024
Sunday Jun 16, 2024
Sunday Jun 09, 2024
Sunday Jun 09, 2024
We live in a world dominated by marketing and messaging and all sorts of strategies designed to sell a good, service or idea. But in a world where there can be as many preferences and consumer biases as there are cultures, these marketing gimmicks never suffice across the board and are then subject to changes and modifications to fit consumer preferences because in our human reality, one size doesn't always fit all.
Not so with the gospel. We cannot modify, adapt or embellish the gospel so that it aligns with or appeals to the sensibilities of our varying cultural, social and political realities. This is because the gospel, being a matter of life and death, addresses something more fundamental. The gospel addresses life's biggest question; how are we saved?
Our deacon, Martin Obono, in delivering this sermon, sought to point our heart's
attention to life's most fundamental question; am I saved and how am I saved? He established that it is the gospel that saves and this gospel is overarching in its efficacy, the tampering of which, renders it ineffectual in its true ramification.
Listen to find out what the gospel is and why, unlike the world's offerings, it is enough in its true form for all mankind in all places and at all times to address the one problem we all have; sin.
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
Thursday Jun 06, 2024
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Self righteousness is a pollutant; it pollutes the heart of the self righteous one and the ones it comes in contact with. It is driven by a spirit that trusts in itself as upstanding and able to meet by performance, the unattainable standards of a holy God. Jesus identified this kind of heart when He told a parable about a Pharisee and a tax collector in Luke 18:9,
"He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt:".
He told this parable to highlight the dangers of a heart that trusts in itself as righteous and the futility of such a venture. Self righteousness, as seen in the posture of the Pharisee, leads only to God's disapproval and eventual destruction. A contrite heart, as displayed by the tax collector, is one that God delights in. God opposes the proud and gives grace to the humble. The one who considers their wretched state and finds no ability in themselves to fulfill the righteous demands of God is the one God lifts up and grants the gift of righteousness. Jesus came into the world to live the perfect life we could never live so that our righteousness is rooted only in him, not in ourselves. When we ascribe righteousness to our own deeds, we reject Christ and his sacrifice.
In this sermon, pastor Adeola points to the dangers of self righteousness and the blessings of a humble heart.