Christ Diplomat (Exhortations)

TEXT: Luke 23:39-42   39  And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.  40  But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?  41  And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.  42  And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. MESSAGE The malefactor (as he is called in our text) is actually crucified and facing his last moments on earth, he seizes the moment. In one desperate cry he turned the course of his destiny. He is on the brink of everlasting torment in hell. But just before he falls into eternal doom, one sentence saves him. He calls to the Lord. He didn't have the time to weep over his sins and the consequence. He had an audacity of faith and dared to ask for life in paradise. Guess what? He g...

TEXT: Luke 23. 39-43  39  And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.  40  But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?  41  And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.  42  And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.  43  And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. MESSAGE One fateful day, a young man is led out for execution. He is a robber and full of evil. So bad is he that Crucifixion is the sentence deemed fit for him. But there on the cross and just within earshot is the Lord of righteousness. That is the turning point in His life! That is how a journey of doom was instantly changed and ended up in paradise just some few seconds before its final bus s...

HOW TO DESTROY YOUR OBASTACLES TEXT: Exodus 14:16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. MESSAGE When Moses needed to divide the red sea, all that God did was to teach him how to use the all purpose weapon that God has given to him. That which to Moses was the rod, is now to us as the Word of God. Many of us are in a fix today because we are still  unskilful in the word of righteousness  (Heb 5:13). The word of God is the sword of the Spirit that can vanquish any adversary. Its quick (that means its alive) and powerful and sharper than any twoedged sword. It can sever that cancer from your body.praise God! Your level of success in the use of this sword of the spirit is totally dependent on the level of your understanding of the word on righteousness  God told Moses to lift up the rod  God is teaching us today to lift up the word...

NOTABLE POWER TEXT: Exodus 14:15; Ephesians 1:18-20  15  And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: Ephesians 1:18-20 18  The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,  19  And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, note  20  Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, MESSAGE Moses was a man acquainted with the miraculous. He had seen the rod turn to snake. He has seen and done other miracles. But this is a sea! Is the rod going to create a ships or what? Parting the sea was totally incomprehensible. It was out of this world and beyond the imagi...

TEXT: Exodus 14:5&9 5   And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us? 9. But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses  and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth , before Baalzephon . MESSAGE: The children of Israel were delivered from bondage but their slave masters would not let them be. They made frantic efforts to bing them back to their slavery. You might have been saved from the world, sin, sickness, bad habits, bad friends, demonic oppression, and other power of the devil. But the devil will not just sit back and accept defeat. He will continue to make efforts to bring you under his dominion. He will send you old friends to try to lure you back to sin. They will blackmail, threaten and laugh at you. That is...

TEXT: Isaiah 41:8-13 8  But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. 9  Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. 10  Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 11  Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. 12  Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. 13  For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. Its the beginning of another new year. Glo...

Text Rev. 19:12-14  12  His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.  13  And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.  14  And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. Beloved, let me introduce you to one awesome personality. He's the strongest being in the universe and all realms.  He's called THE WORD OF GOD. The word of God carries the power of God. In John 1:1-3 we learn that He's God and all things were made by Him. In Heb. 1:3, we are told that the word of God is that by which He sustains all things. The word of God is the captain of the host of heaven. All the angels in heaven are under His command. In Psalms 103:20 we see that the angels who excel in might hearken to the Voice of the Word of God. Can you see that the Word of God is all powerful? Not...

TEXT: Act 16:22-26  And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them. And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.  MESSAGE You might just be going through some challenges now that seem to be too hard for you. The enemy might have you in a particular type of prison, physical or spiritual. You can end your jail term just now! You might be in your midnight hour when everything seem gloomy. Friends there's good news. Paul and Silas were in their mid night hour, but the...