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YOUR RIGHTS IN CHRIST: THE RIGHT TO ASK

Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. Matthew 7:7 REFERENCE Matthew 7:7-8 It is the right of every believer to ask and expect God to answer. Our text says, “Ask and it shall be given to you.” Ask here, (aiteo) means to demand for something due you. It is an open cheque given to all believers, but many are too afraid to ask…so they don’t look vain and ambitious. But God said, “…open your mouth wide and I will fill it.”(Psalm 81:10b). Your due is what...
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YOUR RIGHTS IN CHRIST: THE RIGHT TO DECIDE

“And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve…But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” Joshua 24:15 REFERENCE Joshua 24:2-21 To “decide” according to the dictionary, is to make a choice about something, after thinking about it. It is to select a course of action. God has given you a right to decide the trajectory for your life from the different alternatives life offers; He has given you free will. However, in His kindness, He prompts you to decide for life – to decide...
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WE HAVE RIGHTS IN CHRIST

By which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. II Peter 1:4 REFERENCE II Peter 1:1-4 With our placement in Christ comes rights and we need to learn to exercise those rights to live victoriously. It is by use that they translate into the Believer’s Authority. A RIGHT is that which justly belongs to a person, which he can demand as his own. Rights cannot be forced upon a person against his will. They must...
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DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?

O death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory? - I Corinthians 15:55   REFERENCE I Corinthians 15:50-57 Death is man’s greatest enemy. The bible calls it ‘the last enemy.’ The concept of death sends shivers down the spines of most people, and one of the commonest fears amongst people is the fear of death. The day of birth brings joy amongst men while the day of a man’s death (especially of a loved one) often brings sorrow. Death has separated loved ones, taken away infants, claimed youths while they blossomed and has whisked men of age...
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IT IS FINISHED!

So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!... ‭‭John‬ ‭19:30‬ ‭ REFERENCE John 19:28-30 What a proclamation Jesus made on the cross before He gave up the ghost at the cross. The Greek word for “It is finished” is “Tetelestai” which means, “To bring to an end.” “To fulfill.” “To complete.” “To accomplish.” “To perform.” “To make payment.” This means everything is now completely paid for, and every litigation against us is over. In those days, Tetelestai painted the picture of: (a) A servant who had completed His assigned Task – Jesus completed the task...
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I FIND NO FAULT IN HIM

Pilate then went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I am bringing Him out to you, that you may know that I find no fault in Him.” - John 19:4 REFERENCE John 19:1-6   The obvious and disturbing question that comes to mind in this passage is, “Mr. Pilate, if you found no fault in Him, why did you embarrass Him and have Him publicly flogged mercilessly?” Was it to please the people or for political correctness? More importantly however, the Levitical law stipulated that the Passover Lamb (or sin offering) was to be brought to the priests for...
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DEMONSTRATING THE VICTORY OF JESUS

Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.” Colossians 2:15   REFERENCE
 Colossians 2:13-15 Through Jesus’ death and resurrection, He broke every curse, stopped the unchecked reign of Satan over you, gave you all-authority, set you on a throne, gave you a scepter of authority and made you a light for the world… A light that lights men’s lives and which darkness cannot comprehend. Therefore, you must make it your aim to demonstrate the victory of Jesus in every area of your life. To demonstrate is “to clearly show the existence...
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I KNOW IT WAS THE CROSS

Then Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands knowingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn. – Genesis 48:14   REFERENCE Genesis 48:9-19   Joseph here brings his sons for Jacob to bless them. And as a good father, he dutifully places the firstborn (Manasseh) under Jacob’s right hand and the second born (Ephraim), under his left hand to be blessed. He understood that by the position, age, qualification and person of Manasseh, he should receive certain blessings and certain rights…but God doesn’t...
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LOVE ALIVE

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. - I John 4:11   REFERENCE I John 4:7-12   Many people are disillusioned by the word, ‘love,’ it is as though it is dead and buried. Many have been taken advantage of by people who claimed to love them, many have been heartbroken, abandoned and deserted by people who vowed to love them, and many use the word carelessly to manipulate and get what they want at a particular time. So several people have concluded that LOVE IS DEAD! However, Scripture makes us understand that love...
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THE POISON OF PARADISE: PRIDE

For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”~ Genesis 3:5   REFERENCE Genesis 3:1-6 Pride goes before a fall. It led to Satan’s fall and it played an active role in the fall of man in paradise. Satan (disguised as the serpent), knowing that he lost his place and prominence in the Angelic hierarchy in heaven through pride, understood that for man to lose his paradise, pride must be injected. He knew from experience, that when pride comes, a fall follows because...
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