The most highly paid gift to mankind | Erastus Njenga | April 7 2013

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Salvation is of The Lord it is the most highly paid gift to mankind.

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Salvation
Means rescue from sin and death
This was the first thing that God promised after Adam and eve sinned.
Genesis 3:15 the seed of the woman shall bruise the head of the serpent.
The seed of the serpent shall bruise the heel of the seed of the woman.
This was before any child was born = therefore what Adam and Eve did affected all human race. This brought sin and separation from God. Enmity between man and the serpent started here
No one can be able to earn salvation
Salvation is given by GRACE alone through FAITH in the atoning work of Jesus Christ Ephesian 2 – 8 :9 .

AT CONVERSION
Immediately a sinner becomes a saint, not free from sin in this life but free from the death , penalty brought on  by sin.Amen…

SANTIFICATION.
Once born again – you are just like a newly born child – the growth process is through out the Christian life sprung to become Christ likeness. This happens through feeding of the word of God – This process of GOD setting us apart  is called sanctification.

IT’S A COMPLETE GIFT FOR NONE  IS RIGHTEOUS
Isaiah 64-6

But we are all as an unclean thing and all our Righteousness are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
ARE BETTER THAN THE JEWS.
No in no wise; for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they ALL UNDER SIN. ROMANS 3:9
verse 10 As it is written , there is none righteous , no not one.
Psalm 14: 3- they are all gone aside they are altogether become filthy or corrupt. There is none that doeth good NO not ONE.
WE are living with a generation which is saying today that it is good. The bible declares that no generation is good no individual either.

Rom 3-12 All Gone out way

ALL are gone astray ALL are lost.
All gone out of the way.

All Unprofitable
Rom 3 – 12   they are all together become unprofitable. There is none that profiteth.
None is Doing good
Rom 3-12  There is none that doeth good no not one.

        All Like Open Graves
Have you smelled a dead Cat or Dog?
Have you smelt a dead mans body.
The bible declares that all are like open sepulcher (Grave).
Speaking that comes out of their throat is full of dead smell.
You and I know it because– maybe you work or go to school with some of them- but yours is only good because you are saved.
In their tongues they have used deceit the poison of asps is under their lips.
My daughter wairimu read me a sad story of two boys as young as young as 10 years old conspiring to kill. They told the judge 0penly that they if let out they will kill. This happened on Feb. 7, 2013 and now they are saying they will kill whoever told the story to the  police .What are we going to do ?
Rom 3-14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness
vs. 16 Destruction and misery are in their ways .
THE WAY OF PEACE.
V17 and the way of peace have they not known, and there is no fear of God in them.
Law Does Not Help
V19 We know that what things so ever the law saith , it saith to them who are under the law. that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
V20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight.
Law is knowledge of sin. The law doesn’t make you good either.

***
No one understands No one Seeks after GOD.
Rom 3:11 There is none that understands , there is none that seeks after God.
If then all is lost and none understand and none seeks God how can one get saved?
Good question.

**    BY HEARING THE WORD OF GOD **
.You must hear the word of God .
The word of God must be preached to you.
You have to make a decision (choice)

Act upon the word of God
IT’S Two ways decision;
1. In obedience  - brings saving faith
2. In disobedience – brings condemnation
He that does not believe the wrath of God abides with him or in him, very, very serious matter.
Salvation is 100% entirely the gift of God .
Without God opening your inner hearing you will not hear neither will you understands what you are hearing
God gives you faith
No one can come to GOD by himself
The more I study the word of God the more I have come to know that salvation entirely is a gift of God.
You cannot SEE nor ENTER (John 3 – verse 3 and verse 5 Jesus declares)
He makes your eyes see and He (Jesus) lights your path, that you may  SEE and ENTER in THE IN THIS BEAUTIFULL SALVATION OF OUR LORD,AMEN.
Understanding the gospel is a gift of God.   THE HOLY SPIRIT gives you understanding By Faith
Jesus is the Author and the finisher of our faith
.HEBREWS 12:2
Righteousness
No one is righteous no not one
Righteousness is IMPUITED- That is it is put in or INJECTED IN YOU.
Jesus told his disciples many a times that he is going to be killed and then resurrect at the third day. That is destroy this temple and I will raise it in 3 days
They could not understand this at all.
When Jesus was hanged on the cross, the disciples went and locked themselves in – and went into hiding.
Jesus come looking for them
Adam and Eve went hiding after sin they did not go looking for God – God Went to get them where they were hiding. No one understands, no one seeks after God.
The word of God is like a hammer , according  Jeremiah 23:29(is not my word like as a FIRE? Says the LORD and like a hammer that breaks the ROCK in pieces?
The word of God is like a sword dividing asunder . Heb . 4-12(for the word of GOD is quick and powerful and sharper than any two edged sword,piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit and of joints and marrow,

Religion
Adam– religion was the fig tree leaves
Today is all decollated than ever before
The Natural man
The natural man understands not the thing of God.
1 cor. 2-17 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Jesus gives us understanding
1 John 5- 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know HIM that is true, and we are in HIM that is true, even in HIS Son Jesus Christ. This is the true GOD AND ETERNAL LIFE.
The word of God is the scalpel or operation knife
Col 2:12(buried with him in baptism wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of GOD who hath raised him from the dead.)
Col 2-2(hearts might be comforted)
Col 3-3(for ye dead and your life is hid with Christ in GOD).
God help us to understand
God help our poor understand
God help us to grow there in
.ITS BROTHER NJENGA saying GOD bless you SHAlOM,

The Risen Christ | Pastor Paul Kiilu | March 31 2013

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The Risen Christ — His Peace, Power, and Purpose
John 20:19-23,

Three Facts and How Jesus Deals With Us.

1. The doors were locked.
Jesus did not have to knock. He did not even have to open the door. He simply was there. And he wasn’t a ghost. Look at verse 20: “He showed them his hands and his side.” In another place he said, “Touch me, and see.

For a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have” (Luke 24:39).

2. They were afraid.

Verse 19: “The doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews . . .” Their leader had just been crucified as threat to Caesar. Their fear is totally understandable. And into that fear Jesus comes.

3. Jesus comes to them and stands in their midst.

Verse 19: “. . . the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them.”

Three Gifts in What Jesus Says

the gift of peace, the gift of power, and the gift of purpose.

1). “Peace Be With You
Verse 20 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you.”

Five relationships where the crucified and risen Christ brings peace into your life:

1) Peace between us and him. He is standing there among them offering them himself as a friend and helper, not a judge.

2) Peace between us and God. God makes peace with us by substituting his Son’s suffering for our penalty. Now he comes to us as a loving Father.

3) Peace between us and others who are in Christ. “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus” (Galatians 3:28)

4)Peace between us and our own souls. The New Testament letter to the Hebrews says, “The blood of Christ . . . will purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God” (Hebrews 9:14).

5). Peace with the world. Colossians 1:19–20 so that someday, in God’s time, all evil will be cast into outer darkness and the entire new creation will be full of peace and righteousness.

Isaiah 9:7 “Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end . . . with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore”

How Do You Receive This Peace?

John 1:12 “To all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God”
Romans 5:1.“Since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ”

2). Power by the Spirit

Acts 1:8  But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you”

The work of the Holy Spirit that Jesus gives is that he makes us able to do what we are simply not able to do on our own. He gives us power.

John 20: 22 Jesus performs a kind of acted out parable. “He breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit.’”

John 14:18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you”

3. Our Central Purpose for Existence

John 20:22, 23 NKJV And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”

The Moral of the story | Pastor Paul Kiilu | March 24 2013

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..and the moral of the story is..

• Obedience.

Verses

Matthew 21:1-15 | Zacharia 9:9

Biblical duties of a proper parent | Pastor Paul Kiilu | March 17 2013

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THE BIBLICAL DUTIES OF A PROPER PARENT

1.  To govern with kindness:

2.  To instruct children in righteousness:

3.  To provide for their children:

4.  To set a good example:

5.    Fathers are to direct their households:

6.  To discipline their children:

7.  To reflect God’s love in their love:

Verses

Matthew 18:1 | Mark 10:13 | Ephesians 6:4 | Colossians 3:21 | Deuteronomy 11:18 | Proverbs 29:15-17

The Ultimate Rest | Erastus Njenga | March 10 2013

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THE ULTIMATE REST

Rest means         i – Inactivity after work or exertion
ii – Relief from anything distressing , annoying , tiring etc
iii – peace of mind , emotional and mental calm. Tranquility.
iv – A period or occasion of inactivity
v – The repose of death or absence of motion or immobility

Salvation is rest = also knowing that you are saved it gives you rest, mentally and emotionally

Sabbath rest = Exodus 20:9-10 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns.

Exodus 20:11 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

Romans 8:28 28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[i] have been called according to his purpose.

Exodus 31:1717 It will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.’”

(sabbath is for israel alone – A covenant for my children israel 2 God)

2 Peter 1:20 20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.

Hebrew 4:1-8 Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. 2 For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because they did not share the faith of those who obeyed.[a] 3 Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said,
“So I declared on oath in my anger,
‘They shall never enter my rest.’”[b]
And yet his works have been finished since the creation of the world. 4 For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: “On the seventh day God rested from all his works.”[c] 5 And again in the passage above he says, “They shall never enter my rest.”
6 Therefore since it still remains for some to enter that rest, and since those who formerly had the good news proclaimed to them did not go in because of their disobedience, 7 God again set a certain day, calling it “Today.” This he did when a long time later he spoke through David, as in the passage already quoted:
“Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts.”[d]
8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

Hebrews 4:99 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; 10 for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works,[e] just as God did from his.

_ There is a rest for the people of God

_In Genesis God created and finished everything in six days , he rested the         7th day.

_These were 24 littral days of 24 hour clock

_This is also prophetic day

_Why do i say these

_I want you to listen to me very carefully. Please don’t loose me here.

2 Peter 3:88  But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up

Psalms 90:4 For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night.

-One thousand years is as one day to our lord

-ISRAEL calendar starts from 0 to today . Their calender is approaching 6000 years since the time man was created.

-This is just 6 days as to the Lord

-The seventh day the whole of the earth will enter into rest.

THE WHOLE CREATION GROANS

Romans 8:22-25 21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.

2 Corinthians 5:2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:

THERE IS A DAY WHICH IS COMING

-The rest one thousand years = 1 day to our Lord

-We are approaching 6000 years = 6 day to our Lord

-The seventh day or the 7000 year is the rest for all creation

Revelation 20:1-3 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

***Satan will be bound in a bottomless pit before whole earth rests.***

IT IS ONLY 2 DAYS SINCE JESUS CAME INTO THE WORLD

Hosea 6:1-2 Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

TIE IT UP

1 Thessalonians 4:17  Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

BENEDICTIONS

-Are you ready for this big day that is coming
-If so how are you planning for it
-Do you have Jesus in your heart
-If so you are really and
-If not you are  in big trouble
-If you hear my word

Maximize your potential | Pastor Paul Kiilu | March 3 2013

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MAXIMIZE YOUR POTENTIAL :BE ALL THAT GOD WANTS YOU TO BE

1.INCLINATION

Romans 12:6-8
We can maximize our potential when we allow our natural giftings and inclinations to develop and mature.

Do not settle | Apostle Lucy Muthami | February 24 2013

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Do not settle.

• “We advance we do not settle”.
• We are covenant people, we are not settlers, so move on and advance.
• Take off the park and put on drive, don’t settle.
• The enemy comes to take over when you settle in one place
• The enemy is crafty and he will look for ways to engage you when you settle.
• God is ready to fight the enemies of the plains.

Verses

Genesis 11:1-10 | Nehemiah 8:1

Active Faith, Growing Our Faith By Giving it Away | Pastor Paul Kiilu | February 17 2013

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Active Faith—Growing Our Faith By Giving it Away:

Matthew 9:29, Jesus said this, “According to your faith will it be done to you.”

What is Jesus saying?  He’s saying, your faith matters.

James 2:14-17, ⁴ what is the use (profit), my brethren, for anyone to profess to have faith if he has no [good] works [to show for it]? Can [such] faith save [his soul]?¹⁵ If a brother or sister is poorly clad and lacks food for each day,¹⁶ And one of you says to him, Good-bye! Keep [yourself] warm and well fed, without giving him the necessities for the body, what good does that do?¹⁷ So also faith, if it does not have works (deeds and actions of obedience to back it up), by itself is destitute of power (inoperative, dead).         

How do I activate my faith?

1.         Ask God to use me.

II Chronicles 16:9, For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to show Himself strong in behalf of those whose hearts are blameless toward Him. You have done foolishly in this; therefore, from now on you shall have wars.

     God is looking for people to be used.

-And God is not looking for the extraordinary.  God is looking for the ordinary people just like me and just like you and with ordinary people,

Isaiah 6:7-9and with it he touched my mouth and said, Behold, this has touched your lips; your iniquity and guilt are taken away, and your sin is completely atoned for and forgiven.⁸ Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send? And who will go for Us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.

2.         Cultivate divine opportunities.

Colossians 4:5.  “Live wisely among those who are not Christians and make the most of every opportunity

 Other times they can be planned opportunities.

-The issue is not, whether you will have the opportunity.  The issue is will you make the most of those?

-Daily opportunities that God gives you to make a difference.  They are everywhere, but so many times, we say—goodbye, God bless you, and the need is so clear it is the size Mountain.  Moreover, our faith remains dormant.

Three types of divine opportunities you get every day.

• To Serve someone.

-sometimes we are looking for these big things, but these daily opportunities are there.  What could you do starting today to serve someone?  You know the second greatest commandment, Jesus said, is to love your neighbor as yourself.

• To show God’s love,

-Be a visual expression of God’s love in action.  And really, God’s love it’s as much as what we do in here, it’s really about what we do out there.

• To share God’s plan.

-Every day you have an opportunity to share God’s plan

- People say—well, my life is worthless.  You get to step up and say—no, God has a purpose for your life.  Your life is not an accident.

-People say—well, I feel empty inside.  You get to speak up and say—that’s not God’s best for you.

- Other people don’t know what’s going on, but you get a chance to share with them God’s plan.

3.Take action every day.

1 John 3:18 Little children, let us not love [merely] in theory or in speech but in deed and in truth (in practice and in sincerity)

-Don’t let a day go by without action.

-And you will want to do that everyday.

an apple a day. . .keeps the doctor away.

-an apple a day is good for  your physical health, an action a day is  good for your spiritual health.

-And if you take care of your health, why not take care of your spirit and every day put it into action.

Active faith calendar.

Monday, we could take this action—we could pray for our boss and our co-workers.

 Tuesday, help at least one person today.  Tuesday would be like helpful Tuesday.  There would be so many people being helped that day.

Wednesday, encourage someone in your group.  Just remembering them.  Praying for them.  Helping meet some kind of need they have.

-Thursday, making the city or neighborhood  a better place.  Stoping down to pick up a piece of trash.

-Friday, invite a friend to church.  Just get a little deeper into some of those deeper needs that people have where they need to hear about how God loves them and has a plan for their life.

-Saturday, connecting with your family.  Most of you are not from here and it would be easy to get out of touch.  Family, we could encourage them, and they could encourage us in our faith.-

-Sunday, praying for our church.  I know many of you do this.  Praying for the pastor, praise team, Sunday schoolteachers…

The power of prophetic prayers | Apostle Lucy Muthami – February 10 2013

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The power of prophetic prayers.

• Elijah was a man just like us, but he prayed.
• Prophetic prayer puts order to the things to come.
• Prophetic prayer is an awareness call to those listening about how things are going to be.

Verses

Ezekiel 37: 1-10 | Psalm 2:7 | James 5:17 |  Jeremiah 1:10 | Psalm 2:7 | Isaiah 40:28