LIFE IN JESUS MINISTRIES

GRACE   “With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus and MUCH GRACE was with them all” (Acts4 : 33).   “From Attalia they sailed back to Antioch where they had been  COMMITTED TO THE GRACE OF GOD  for the work they had now completed” (Acts14 : 26). Why was the grace of God so important in the experience of the early Christians? Why did the church in Antioch pray that the GRACE of God would be upon Paul and Barnabas and later on Paul and Silas, as they set out on their missionary journeys?   A. THE MEANING OF GRACE   The most common understanding of the word “grace” is “God’s unmerited favor” in other words, even though we were sinners deserving of judgement God looked upon us in And forgave us.   This however is only half its meaning. It also means “God enabling power”. “May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God  our Father who loved us and by ...

Jesus  Christ is the Son of  God , equal with  God , and with authority from the Father “Then they all said, ‘Are You then the Son of  God ?’  So He said to them, ‘You rightly say that I am’” (Luke 22:70).  “For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is  My brother and sister and mother" (Matthew 12:50). “ Jesus  came and spoke to them, saying,  ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth’” (Matthew 28:18). “Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him,  because He not only broke the Sabbath,  but also said that  God  was His Father,  making Himself equal with  God ” (John 5:17-22). Jesus  Christ lived a sinless life "Can any one of you convict me of a  single misleading word, a single sinful act?  But if I'm telling the truth, why don't you believe me?" (John 8:46, The Message). Jesus  had the ability to sin; if He weren't able to sin...

Bible  Facts Today the  Bible  is the largest seller of all books published. Bible  Facts Bible  was written over a 1600 year period by approximately 40 men. The time of the writing was from 1500 BC to AD 100. Bible  Facts There are more than 168,000  Bibles  either sold or given away per day in the United States according to the Gideons, Wycliffe International and the International  Bible Societies. Bible  Facts There are more than 3,200 verses with fulfilled prophecy either within the  Bible  itself or since the  Bible  was written. But there are still more than 3,100 verses with unfulfilled prophecies.

Rev 3:20 :  Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. 1.      Door of sin   – Gen 4:7 ( If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.”) ,  Ps 51 talks about sin, Rom 3:23 ( 23  for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God),  & 6:23( For the wages of sin  is death)  – Lord has given us free will and freedom of choice, Lord does not force. Hence  beware,  do not go thru the door of sin again and again. Resist the temptation as per James  chp 4. As per 2 Thessalonians 5:17  pray without ceasing.  As per 1 Peter 5: 8  Be sober, be vigilant; because [ c ]  your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. – be careful and watchful as devil wants to devou...