MAKE UP YOUR MIND TO BE A USEFUL INSTRUMENT FOR CHRIST
Sunday 12th August 2012
Sermon by
Elder EMMANUEL ASANTE GYIMAH
2
Timothy 2:20-21
Vs 20 In
a large house
there are articles not
only of gold and silver, but
also of wood
and clay; some are for
noble purposes and some
for ignoble.
Vs 21
If a man
cleanses himself from
the latter, he
will be an
instrument for noble
purposes, made holy, useful to the Master
and prepared to do
any good
work. In today’s sermon, I want to
encourage every believer
of Christ Jesus who
looks down upon
him or herself,
not to lose
hope and accept
this scripture as
a wakeup call
and a challenging one.
All
of us are called
by God and also, some
of us have
been chosen for a
particular assignment with
special gifts to
perform their task. This
does not make
you inferior in
the sight of
God, the Bible
says we are
all bought at
the same price
which is the blood
of Jesus.
Apostle Paul was chosen by God for a
specific assignment. Acts 9:15; But
the Lord said to Ananias “Go! This
man is my
chosen instrument to
carry my name before the
Gentiles and their
kings and before
the people of
Israel.
God
is looking for
whoever is ready to
send him or
her to do His
work, Matt.9:35-38; when Jesus
saw the crowds, the
Bible says he had
compassion on them , because they
were helpless like
the sheep without
a shepherd. Then He
told His disciples
to pray that
the Lord will
send more workers
into the harvest field.
Beloved
you may find yourself
ignoble, and no one
sees anything good in
you, take up this
challenge. God is ready
to use you
as a noble
vessel to carry
out his name
to those who are
perishing.
Look
around in your
community, at your workplace,
among your friends there is a
lot of work, take
up the task the scripture says
if a man
cleanses himself from
the latter, he will
be an instrument
for noble purposes.
What can you offer your church? Have you
thought of who you are in your church? 1 Cor. 12:14-26 tells us
the importance of our body
parts i.e. everyone is
important in our
churches, you can be the
ear, feet,nose,eye,head, so if the
whole body were an eye,
where would be
the hearing?
You are equally
important, make up your mind and
accept this challenge and
your life will never
be the same.
God richly bless you.
Thanks for this work. God bless you.
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