SUNDAY SERMON (MAY 28,2017)

YOUR IDENTITY IS TIED TO YOUR POSSESION.
In Jude verse 12,the Scripture speaks about spots in our feasts:
-Stains in our character,
-Blemishes in our lives,
-Unbeffiting characters,
-Your dishonesty,filthiness ,
-vain bravery and vain pride.

Message title:-
Your Identity Is Tied To Your Possession.

Scripture Reading:-
Mark 10:17-25

Beloved,straight away,
2 questions comes to mind :-
-Who are you in Christ
-Who did men say you are?

This mans story of salvation is an unusual one.
You have to sell all you have and give to the poor and then you are welcome.
It’s unusual.

This story reminds me of Elisha
He too let go.
Elisha let go all his life saving and start from the scratch.

One of our hymns says,
I laid down my life to save you,
What have you done for me…

In Luke 12:15,
Our Lord was teaching on this subject.
He said:-
Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

Furthermore,He gave us the parable of the rich man.
In vs 16-23.

Let us look at the mirror of our lives and see some tags that is identified with our behaviour:-

Fill in the gap beloved:-
If you have:-
-lying spirit,men called you…(Liar)
-you cannot read and write….(Illiterate)
-cannot see(blind)
-no money (Poor)
-you have money(Rich)
-puffed up (Egoistic)

Now let us look at the church,
When you mentioned:-
-Pst Adeboye,(Humility)
-Pst Kumuyi(Holiness)
-Reinhard Bonke,(Healing crusader)
-Pst Olukoya(fire and die)

This is just but a few of your possesion that makes men to identify you.

So,look at your life,
How do men describe you?
-stubborn,
-aggressive,
-liar,
-glutton,

Eccl 1:8
Be often mindful of the saying:
“The eye is not satisfied with seeing nor the ear satisfied with hearing”.

Strive therefore to turn away thy heart from the love of the things that are seen and set it upon those things that are not seen.

Those that follow after their own fleshly lusts defile their conscience and destroy the grace of God.

It is vanities to seek after and trust in those things that perishes.

Dwell upon the life of Jesus.
Imitate Him.
Everyday,Ask yourself so many times this question:
-will Jesus do this i want to do?

YOUR IDENTITY IS TIED TO YOUR POSSESION.

Its time to surrender all
You have to let go anything you received from the world.

Vs 30 is saying whatever you give up you get back 100 times.
Now let us move further to building ourselves.
1-Empowerment for example.
You must give up your:-
-sleep
-apetite
-will
-understanding
-ways

When you surrender this,what do i get:
-real understanding of Whom God is.
-easy obedience
-wisdom comes
-Your Words are honoured in heaven
-fire comes
-you know the secret things.
When a man is lying you know.

YOUR IDENTITY IS TIED TO YOUR POSSESSION.

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