THE ESSENCE OF MAN

THE ESSENCE OF MAN

Man is God’s creature. He created man to please Him and enjoy all the best of life. Man was made to show forth the praise of God and represent Him in every sphere of life.

“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light-1Peter 2:9”

WHY DID GOD CREATE MAN?

To worship/praise Him

To prove to Satan and fallen angels the supremacy of God

To occupy and engage the earth – Gen. 3:28

And God blessed them, and God said unto them, be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

To teach the erring generation the way of the Lord and restore them back to God - Ezek. 3:17

Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. And of some have compassion, making a difference: And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

(Jude 1:20-23)

WHAT IS MAN? - Psalms 8:4

 Man is a dust – Gen. 3:17-19

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it was thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

(Gen 3:17-19)

Man is as grass - James 1:10, 1Peters 1:24

But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways.

For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

(1Peter 1:24)

Man is a mortal – Job 4:17

Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his maker?

A man born of a man is but a few days – Job 14:1

Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

Man inherits death and will die sooner or later

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal [must] put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

(1Co 15:53-54)

THE UTMOST DUTIES OF MAN

Fear of God – Eccl. 12:13

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

(Eccl. 12:13)

Soul winning – Dan. 12:3, 2Corinth. 5:18 – 19

And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

(Dan 12:3)

And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.

(2Co 5:18-19)

Love of others – Luke 10:27

And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

(Luk 10:27)

WHAT WILL YOU BE REMEMBERED FOR?

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

(2Cor. 5:10)

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

(Heb 9:27-28)

PASTOR FEMI ATODE

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THE POWER OF VISION

TOPIC: THE POWER OF VISION

What is vision?

The sense or ability of sight

A mental picture of a targeted end or an image

Vision means ability to see beyond the physical what ordinarily one could not see. It sees into the future. Goal setting largely depends on vision; otherwise, planning becomes a dream that cannot come through.

There is no limit to the extent one can go in life except that which one sets before himself. If you can see it, you can get there. If you can think of it, then you can achieve it. You have the power to become who you want to be. There is no stopping you in life except you.

Text: 1Kings 18:41 – 46

 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for [there is] a sound of abundance of rain.  42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,  43  And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, [There is] nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.  44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare [thy chariot], and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.  45 And it came to pass in the meanwhile, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.  46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

How does God design our eyes to see?

1. God expects us to see clearly. Mark 8:22-25

And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. After that he put [his] hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.

2. He expects us to see with the eye of faith – Gen. 13:14-17, Heb. 11:11

And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, [then] shall thy seed also be numbered. Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.

 Heb 11:11

Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. 

  

3. He expects us to see far beyond our prevailing circumstances – Psm. -27:3, Job 22:29

What you see is what you get, what do you see?

Who has believed or message? To whom will the Lord reveal his saving power? Isaiah 53:1

While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen [are] temporal; but the things which are not seen [are] eternal.  - 2Co 4:18

 

Defeat or Victory – Psm 91:2-3

If you can see far you can go far. What you see is what you get.

1. I can do all thins through Christ. - Phil. 4:13

2. As you think in your heart that’s what you become. Pro 23:7 

How to develop the right vision

Through the word of God 2 Tim3:15 - 16

Through prayers

Exercising the word of faith

 

PASTOR FEMI ATODE

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