OUR MESSAGE FOR TODAY SUNDAY SERVICE ON 7/13/2014 IS: MADE ALIVE IN CHRIST THROUGH THE GRACE OF GOD

OUR MESSAGE FOR TODAY SUNDAY SERVICE ON 7/13/2014 IS: SUBJECT: THE ANOINTING POWER IN GRACE AND PEACE TOPIC: MADE ALIVE IN CHRIST THROUGH GRACE OF GOD DATE: SUNDAY JULY 13, 2014 READING SCRIPTURES: EPHESIANS 2:1-22 (NIV) MADE ALIVE IN CHRIST THROUGH THE GRACE OF GOD: 1. It will interest you to know that without the grace of God we would have remain dead without any hope of eternal life. Jesus reversed the curse of law through Adam and Eve and gave us life through the grace of God which we did not merit. Please do not go back to the things of the world and flesh which leads to second death. See verses 1-5 2. We all need to know that it is by grace and faith in God that we are saved and not by works or might, judging by the standards of the world which is full of lust of the flesh, pride of life and lust of the eyes, no power would have been able to reconcile us to God the father to inherit eternal life but only Christ. Cherish your salvation and life through Jesus and bear fruits in good works. See verses 9-10. 3. Do you know that you were separated from God because of manmade laws, denied access to covenants and promises of God? Which the enemy Satan points at to hinder you from the citizenship of heaven as a heavenly candidate if not the grace of God through Jesus who gave you all that is in the benefits package of your salvation through his blood that was shed on the cross of Calvary. What are you doing to appreciate God for your life? See verse 11-15. 4. Do you know that Jesus did not come for the righteous alone? He came for the sinners and the righteous, Jews and Gentiles, Black and Caucasians, Poor and rich etc. Do not allow your status, class, and colour, guilt’s of the past or anybody including religions and traditions to deny you of what Jesus have already paid the prize for you. Rise up on your feet and take back all that belong to you that are in the hands of the enemy and fulfil your purpose on earth. See verses 16-18. 5. I want you to know this day that you have been divinely released from everything that would have denied you your place in the Kingdom of God, and that you are fellow citizens of heaven with Jesus and Gods people and also member of Gods household. See verse 19. 6. Finally I want you to know that you are built on a solid foundation with the Apostles, Prophets, Saints of God and Jesus the chief cornerstone to make a difference in your world, join yourself together with Jesus to become a holy temple. See verses 20-22. 7. My prayer for you today is to receive the Anointing power for grace and peace to walk with the understanding of Gods will for your life, and be made alive in Jesus to enjoy all the benefits of the Kingdom of God in Jesus name Amen. Read below: Ephesians 2:1-22New International Version (NIV) Made Alive in Christ 2 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, 2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh[a] and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature deserving of wrath. 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 7 in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. 8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Jew and Gentile Reconciled Through Christ 11 Therefore, remember that formerly you who are Gentiles by birth and called “uncircumcised” by those who call themselves “the circumcision” (which is done in the body by human hands)— 12 remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, excluded from citizenship in Israel and foreigners to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15 by setting aside in his flesh the law with its commands and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new humanity out of the two, thus making peace, 16 and in one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility. 17 He came and preached peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near. 18 For through him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit. 19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. 21 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. 22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit.