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OBEDIENCE – LET GOD DO EXTRAORDINARY THINGS IN YOUR LIFE

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Ps Seth Asare Ofei Badu As we gather around the Lord’s Table, it is clear that we are not aware of what exactly obedience to this ordinance brings: Some think that it brings healing, some think it has the psychological effect of making us re-examine our lives and motives. Paul said that, it is a way of proclaiming Christ’s death until He comes. We are however very certain that we are doing it as direct OBEDIENCE to the Lord’s ordinance in Luke 22:19.   In this and in all other aspects of our lives, God wants us to obey Him. Why does the Lord want us to just obey Him? 1.       Our natural lives are limited and cannot fully show the glory of God. 2.       Faith, without which no man can please God, finds expression only in obedience. In Obeying Godly instructions, we position ourselves for Divine intervention: We take our hands completely off the controls and let God do that for which He alone can take the credit – mira...

IMAGE MATTER (IN WHOSE IMAGE ARE YOU GROWING?)

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Sunday 2nd SEPTEMBER 2012 Sermon by Pastor SETH ASARE OFEIBADU Reading Genesis 1:26-27 and Romans 1: 23 together, we realize that the whole problem of man is an image problem . In the Garden of Eden man was deceived and confused about his level in creation, as the only creature in the image of God. He rather aspired to the forbidden level of being all in all (equal with God), and therefore came under God’s condemnation, and lost the right to God’s fellowship. Fallen man was corrupted and the image before him, what he aspired to be, came to include even animals that he was supposed to have rule over and be above. Man went downhill because the image before him was actually lower than his potential. God spoke through the prophets to present the right image for man to rise up to: A life of righteousness that is made up of rising above all creation (in discipline and holiness) and submitting to God . But when man’s ability to do this is gauged by the law God gave, he fails to...