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Saints Community Church - Chris Onayinka Ministries

59 minutes ago

Spiritual Growth(1)Growth is a sign of Life. It’s the proof of success in investment. It’s the joy of the parent. The trophy of hard work. The Crown of all efforts. Our parents experience much pleasure when we grow up as kids. Growth is not an increase in years. Time is such increase. It does not mean there is any growth.Spiritual growth ought to be the pursuit of every believer. It’s the proof of discipleship. It is not a right and privilege in Christ. It is no inheritance in Him. It is rather how much we have taken advantage of the same. The Epistles place premium on growth.The Old Testament foretells and foreshadows salvation.The four gospels speak of getting saved.The Epistles focus on growing up spiritually.Oftentimes preachers keep preaching salvation to believers who aren't growing spiritually. They think another altar call will solve the debacle. They see the believer act like a non-Christian. They doubt his salvation. Though our doubt is of no effect on the finished work. At times we preachers feel probably he was "once saved" but now "unsaved". We have created a loss of salvation and stripped the intercessor, guarantor and saviour of the believer of His role. No person guarantees his salvation. Christ guarantees His Work. You can’t keep what you didn't earn. It’s not in our hands to "keep saved”.To help the non-growing/ sinning Christian, we must start with teaching him where his salvation came from and the assurance/ guarantee of the same.Our understanding and simple agreement with the following scriptures will help: Ephesians 2: 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.The Believer is saved not of performance. This is present tense, not a past action.Titus 3: 4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.Hebrews 7: 22 By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.Jesus is the Guarantor of the New covenant. Unlike the Old which their conduct was to certify, Jesus is the key here!Hebrews 7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.The word uttermost means FOREVER. So if you aren't saved forever, be rest assured that Jesus didn't save you.Jude 24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy.He does the 'KEEPING FROM FALLING'. Thank God He does it perfectly!Romans 8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.Nothing can ever separate us from God’s love for us in Christ. He intercedes and stands surety of our salvation even when we fall short.1 John 2: 1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.Same truth- He is our 'case' Before the Father! We always have a well-argued case FOR us before judgment!1 Thessalonians 5: 23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.The word "I pray" is in italics. It’s a dangerous addition. You don't pray for sanctification. It is God’s work. Paul was affirming the faithfulness of God here. He will keep us wholly and Holy, safely. He will do it. He is faithful.John 5: 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.This is apt. The believer will NOT come to judgment!John 10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.In simple terms, this is ETERNAL SECURITY. Every believer should know his salvation isn't in his hands but in Christ's, in the Father. Jesus gives an absolute status here. No one (man there is italicized), Satan inclusive is able to "free us" from salvation!So every believer must start with this fact.Hence he will know spiritual growth isn’t an attempt to keep salvation. It’s also not the often aimless pursuit of making heaven!Just like every concept of growth, it is the pursuit of development, to enjoy the benefits of salvation, to walk in the Light of what Christ has done.Hence ALL commentaries of growth in the Epistles are toward knowledge!1 Peter 2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: 2 Peter 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.All of Paul’s prayers from the Epistles to the Ephesians, Colossians, Philippians, Philemon were prayers for insights into Christ "Done work".Blessed? Say Christ is the assurance of my salvation. I choose to grow spiritually not as an attempt to justify myself but rather to walk in the benefits of salvation! Jesus is lord,We win! ... See MoreSee Less

Saints Community Church - Chris Onayinka Ministries

9 hours ago

THE GREAT SPIRITUAL FORCES IN THE WORLDFEW of us realize that the greatest forces are not material but spiritual. The things that dominate men are not dollars nor bonds, nor lands, but they are spiritual forces that drive men after dollars and lands. There are two destructive forces in the world. We may call them the two major destructive forces that exist.There are two major constructive forces.Two of these forces emanate from God; two from the enemy.These great spiritual forces are dominating the human race now.There are three Wills, God's Will, Man's Will, and Satan's.Two forces head up in God, two head up in Satan. The two constructive forces are love and faith. The two destructive forces are hate and unbelief. There never was such a need for clear, intelligent teaching on love and faith as there is today. Every university should have a course in these two major forces that govern the human race. Men must be taught to believe if they are going to win. Hate and unbelief have caused all the insurrections in morals, in finances, economics, and nations down through the ages.Few people know the destructive power of unbelief or the constructive, creative power of faith. Hate and unbelief come from the same source. Love and faith are of God. God has been the constructive Force in all the ages.Hate and unbelief never produced a great soul, a great nation, or a great enterprise.They destroy every nation where they have gained the ascendancy. They are the enemy of prosperity and peace. Recently in Russia the head of the Educational Board has declared that love and faith, as taught in the New Testament, are the enemies of Communism; and that love must be destroyed or it will destroy the political dreams of the rulers of Russia. Love and faith have produced the highest civilization, the finest characters, and the greatest enterprises. God is Love. He acts and speaks by faith. He is the Author of all peace, of plenty, of happy homes, of hope, faith, and love.Satan is the author of hatred. He acts in the realm of unbelief. He is the author, the source of poverty, sickness, broken homes, the drink traffic, the dissensions, and hatred that dominate the human race. It is most important that we recognize the place that Jesus gave to faith in His three years' public ministry. We hear Him say: "If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can remove mountains," and "nothing shall be impossible to you." "All things are possible to him that believeth." Faith unites man with Omnipotence. Jesus said: "I am the vine; ye are the branches." Jesus was God's faith manifested. 1 John 4:7-8 is the definition of faith with a statement regarding it."Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love." There is a new definition of real Christianity, of the New Creation. Everyone that loveth is Born Again and knows God. He that loves not, knows not God. Love gives birth to Faith. Here is the statement of faith: "For God is love." Christianity is defined as a love life, a life dominated and ruled by love. The kind of love mentioned here is the new kind of love that Jesus brought to the world. There are two kinds of love in the world.The Greek words for them are Phileo and Agapa. Phileo is human love, the best thing that natural man has outside of Christ. It is a failure.The other kind of love is the Nature of God manifested in the New Creation. The human love is the goddess of the divorce courts. The new kind of Love has never been known to go to a divorce court. The new kind of Love that Jesus brought would be the solution of the family problem and of the home problem; it gives real faith in the family. The great fact is that God Himself is Love. He is a Love God. This makes Him the real Faith God.EW Kenyon ... See MoreSee Less

Saints Community Church - Chris Onayinka Ministries

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Saints Community Church - Chris Onayinka Ministries

13 hours ago

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