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Sermon #27: THE BATTLE BELONGS TO THE LORD

  “But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand compels him. So I will stretch out my hand …” Exodus 3: 19-20 I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless a mighty hand compels him,” God said to Moses. I rephrase this statement as follows: “I know that the devil will not leave you alone unless a mighty hand compels him.” That sounds totally true. Satan has to be compelled to leave you alone, to let you go. He will never willingly let you go. This goes to show the determination that Satan has when it comes to constraining the children of God; he wants to keep them in bondage forever. Christians, therefore, need to be more determined than the devil to free themselves from his shackles. Unfortunately, a number of Christians are too lukewarm or absent-minded to even think of getting their freedom; such Christians, therefore, remain under Satan’s bondage in various areas of their lives. The devil is determined to bind you forever. If the devil i...
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Sermon #20: YOU SHALL LAUGH AGAIN

Sarah said, “God has brought me laughter, and everyone who hears about this will laugh with me.” And she added, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.” Genesis 21:6-7 As we learned earlier, when Sarah heard the angels promise Abraham a son, she laughed. The reason Sarah laughed is clear; she was Abraham’s  wife,  and she was old. In fact, at 90 years of age, Sarah was very old. It was extremely difficult for her to visualize the possibility of bearing a child at such an advanced age. Even the community would most probably have found the prophecy quite unbelievable! So, when Sarah laughed at the promise, it was like saying, “Wait! You are joking, right?” or “No way; that just cannot be, given my condition!” You probably are in a situation that you now consider barren, beyond redemption, or plainly just impossible. You may have resigned and taken such a situation as your fate. Like Sarah, you’ve probably laugh...
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Sermon #19: GOD WILL REMEMBER YOU

  “So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, he remembered Abraham, and he brought Lot out of the catastrophe that overthrew the cities where Lot had lived.” Genesis 19:29 The thought that God remembers me in challenging times is quite comforting. God remembered Abraham. There is no reason He will fail to remember you too. But it looks like there are preconditions to it. Let us consider the kind of person Abraham was before God’s eyes. We are told that Abraham had faith in God; he is actually referred to as our father in matters of faith. We are further told that Abraham believed God, and God credited this to him as righteousness. So, by believing God, Abraham stood righteous Him. Then there is this other quality. Abraham walked in total obedience to God. God asked for Abraham’s son, and Abraham was ready to give his son to Him. Abraham can be considered to have given his son to God because he was just about to do it and did not even know that it was only a test! Abraham behav...
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Sermon #18: NEVER LOOK BACK

  As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, “Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!” Genesis 19:17 Picture this. God is about to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah because of the massive scale of sin associated with these cities. Angels are already on the ground to carry out the assignment. However, because of Abraham the Faithful, and a man after God’s own heart, the angels seek to spare the lives of Lot and his family. The angels had to grab Lot and his family by hand, seeing they were delaying and led them out of Sodom, to a safe place. As soon as they had brought them out, one of [the angels] said, “Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!”  Genesis 19:17 Clear instructions, these are. The instructions are as relevant to the Christians of today as they were when the angel uttered them. It would...
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Sermon #17: STAND IN THE GAP

  Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked?   What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it?”   Genesis 18:23-24 ‘Standing in the gap’ p robably is one of the most important activities that God requires of every Christian. We normally refer to it as ‘interceding’. Standing in the gap is one of the most profitable undertakings for a Christian and by that, I mean one of the most fulfilling undertakings of our lives. The opening Bible verses clearly show that Abraham was so concerned about the impending destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah that he decided to stand between God and Sodom and Gomorrah, in a bid to avert the destruction. Unfortunately, Abraham thought there was a significant number of righteous people in Sodom and Gomorrah, which sadly wasn’t the case. In the opening Bible verses, Abraham asked God if He wou...
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Sermon #16: IS ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD?

  “Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’ Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son.” Genesis 18:13-14 We all  pass thro ugh challenges at some point in our lives as Christians. When we face challenges we also tend to ask lots of questions in our hearts. Some of the questions originate from doubt and unbelief. We have measured things in the natural for far too long. We have also observed events for far too long. From all this, we have, in our wisdom, determined what is possible or impossible, what can be done and what cannot be done. We have relied on science so much, to the extent that we have concluded that whatever is not scientifically possible can never be possible by any other means. You say, “Jesus rose from the dead.” Science says it’s impossible; He had not really died. You say, “Jesus ascended to Heaven.” Science says i...
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Sermon #15: STAYING FAITHFUL TO GOD

  “When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty; walk before me faithfully…”   Genesis 17:1 O that we may walk before God as God requires of us! Many ask, “How should the believer walk with or before God?” We may say many things in answer to this question, but the above-cited Bible verse gives a very simple answer –  a believer should walk before God faithfully . If you really want to walk with God better, and were wondering how you could do it, then right here is the solution to your wondering;  all you need to do is to walk with Him faithfully . After examining how you have walked with God till now, you will surely identify some areas, a handful or numerous of them, in which you have deviated from the faithfulness that’s required of you. Correct each one of them today, right now, because the next minute is not guaranteed to you. But what’s the definition of faithful? English is a second language for me, so I need to ch...
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Sermon #14: GOD, WHERE ARE YOU?

She gave this name to the LORD who spoke to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.”  Genesis 16:13 It seems every C hristian gets to this point at least once in their lifetime, the point at which they wonder whether God is still with them. “God, where are you?” the believer whispers. “God, why have you left me alone?” others hazard to conclude. This teaching is meant to motivate you and also strengthen you so that you will face difficulties with faith and courage. It is usually when one goes through difficult times that one wonders if God is still with them. Consider Hagar. She had fled home because she had been mistreated by Sarai. Evidently, Hagar was in the wrong for despising Sarai, the hand that had fed her, but that’s beside the point. After fleeing from Sarai, Hagar went into the desert, a place of extreme difficulty. I don’t think Hagar knew where she was headed. I don’t think she had any specific destination in mind; sh...
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