₦Sermon 53
GOD USES ORDINARY PEOPLE
A Sermon delivered during a child dedication of Chizom from Umuozoche Igbodo Etche R/S
But the Lord Said: Go, for Saul is my chosen Instrument to take my message to the Gentiles and Kings as well as the people of Israel –Acts 9:15
Reading Texts: Acts 14:8-12, 1Samuel 17:40-51
Glory be to the name of the Most High God who made heaven and earth. He sent His only Son to come and die for entire humanity. He is the Lord and the reason that we are here today. It is only by His grace and unfailing love to be alive in this world of terror, anarchy and tragedies.
Our message today will graphically depict God’s nature of love and wills to select people of less importance in a society to perfect His word.
From the scripture, Paul was known as a troublesome person who wanted to execute the Christians at a time, but God averted his purpose by teaching him a lesson. Paul learnt that there is God. And then he repented because God has chosen him as His instrument to take his message to a people that do not know Him. He became a committed believer in spite of problems and obstacles. He was once slapped on the face by the orders of the high Priest called Ananias— Acts23:2 for preaching the message he was called on. The problem that Paul bumped into for the sake of the gospel did not stop him from what he believed. His devotion, faith and the love to preach the gospel really indicate that he was a true born again believer and God was so much with him.
Paul and Barnabas who were among the followers of the Lord Jesus Christ by faith were in a city called Lystra and they came across a crippled man. This crippled man had been in his terrible condition right from his birth. Probably he has been hearing the word of God before he was preached to by Paul. Now, Paul saw that this man has the faith to be healed and he shouted in a loud voice: “Stand up! And the man jumped to his feet and started walking – Acts 14:9-10. Thus, the call that the ordinary man called Paul received from Christ was that of power for healings and courage not to relent in preaching the message.
The healing of the ordinary man — the crippled man by ordinary man — Paul for extra-ordinary task baffled the whole crowd in Lystra. This made them to shout in their local vernacular that such Paul and Barnabas are gods in human form — Acts 14:11. They called Barnabas, Jupiter – a Greek god called Zeus and Paul was called Mercurius — Hermes because he was the chief speaker.
Now can we see the ordinary people God has chosen to do extra-ordinary tasks? Thus, what human beings look down is what God uses for mighty things. The kind of people God uses must be—
A. People that are committed in spite of troubles and obstacles: Despite the fact that Paul was slapped on the face by the directives of Ananias the high priest and was lashed with whips — Acts 23:2, 22:24, he still committed himself to take the message to the Gentiles and Israel. We, the contemporary Christians need to commit ourselves to work for God; we should not relent or stop from preaching the gospel when there are obstacles. The obstacles may come from brothers, sisters, parents, husbands, wives and or our personal affairs with this world.
B. People who are willing and committed in spite of oppositions: These people must be willing to uphold the truth even when people are against them. Paul stood on the ground that he was called to preach the message and the message he preached some Roman officers and Jews were opposing him and in spite of this opposition, Paul did not stop preaching the truth. The scripture says: Buy the truth, and sell it not — Prov. 23:23
C. People who are willing to accept all sorts of mockery and ridicules: Even, our Lord Jesus was ridiculed by the Jews. He was beaten and lashed with whips just like Paul. He was ridiculed as the King of the Jews when He was facing trials and unto His death. People who are not willing and touched by the Spirit of power and Courage can never resist ridicules. Some of us are like that, when people ridicule us, we begin to look for a way to sue them to court and some wicked ones might decide to poison them. Thus, when we are ridiculed because of the gospel, we should not revenge for vengeance is of the Lord.
We are ordinary people called by God through His Son Jesus Christ. We should strictly adhere and abide to the teachings of Jesus and by doing so, more powers will be granted to us. As Paul healed the crippled man born right from his birth, God will perfect His miracles and wonders in our lives. Those who are spiritually crippled will be healed and those who are physically or bodily crippled will also receive their healings in Jesus name, Amen.
We may wonder why our business is crippled down, how it is no longer booming as it used to be. Believe in God, your business will once again starting from today be flourishing in Jesus name, Amen.
Brethren, let all our trust be channeled in the Lord Jesus Christ and it will be well with our souls. May God see you through as you hear this message today.
———Meditation Point————
LORD I pray that any power that has crippled my life, business and my academics let it receive fire in the name of Jesus and from today I’m healed, amen!
GOD USES ORDINARY PEOPLE
A Sermon delivered during a child dedication of Chizom from Umuozoche Igbodo Etche R/S
But the Lord Said: Go, for Saul is my chosen Instrument to take my message to the Gentiles and Kings as well as the people of Israel –Acts 9:15
Reading Texts: Acts 14:8-12, 1Samuel 17:40-51
Glory be to the name of the Most High God who made heaven and earth. He sent His only Son to come and die for entire humanity. He is the Lord and the reason that we are here today. It is only by His grace and unfailing love to be alive in this world of terror, anarchy and tragedies.
Our message today will graphically depict God’s nature of love and wills to select people of less importance in a society to perfect His word.
From the scripture, Paul was known as a troublesome person who wanted to execute the Christians at a time, but God averted his purpose by teaching him a lesson. Paul learnt that there is God. And then he repented because God has chosen him as His instrument to take his message to a people that do not know Him. He became a committed believer in spite of problems and obstacles. He was once slapped on the face by the orders of the high Priest called Ananias— Acts23:2 for preaching the message he was called on. The problem that Paul bumped into for the sake of the gospel did not stop him from what he believed. His devotion, faith and the love to preach the gospel really indicate that he was a true born again believer and God was so much with him.
Paul and Barnabas who were among the followers of the Lord Jesus Christ by faith were in a city called Lystra and they came across a crippled man. This crippled man had been in his terrible condition right from his birth. Probably he has been hearing the word of God before he was preached to by Paul. Now, Paul saw that this man has the faith to be healed and he shouted in a loud voice: “Stand up! And the man jumped to his feet and started walking – Acts 14:9-10. Thus, the call that the ordinary man called Paul received from Christ was that of power for healings and courage not to relent in preaching the message.
The healing of the ordinary man — the crippled man by ordinary man — Paul for extra-ordinary task baffled the whole crowd in Lystra. This made them to shout in their local vernacular that such Paul and Barnabas are gods in human form — Acts 14:11. They called Barnabas, Jupiter – a Greek god called Zeus and Paul was called Mercurius — Hermes because he was the chief speaker.
Now can we see the ordinary people God has chosen to do extra-ordinary tasks? Thus, what human beings look down is what God uses for mighty things. The kind of people God uses must be—
A. People that are committed in spite of troubles and obstacles: Despite the fact that Paul was slapped on the face by the directives of Ananias the high priest and was lashed with whips — Acts 23:2, 22:24, he still committed himself to take the message to the Gentiles and Israel. We, the contemporary Christians need to commit ourselves to work for God; we should not relent or stop from preaching the gospel when there are obstacles. The obstacles may come from brothers, sisters, parents, husbands, wives and or our personal affairs with this world.
B. People who are willing and committed in spite of oppositions: These people must be willing to uphold the truth even when people are against them. Paul stood on the ground that he was called to preach the message and the message he preached some Roman officers and Jews were opposing him and in spite of this opposition, Paul did not stop preaching the truth. The scripture says: Buy the truth, and sell it not — Prov. 23:23
C. People who are willing to accept all sorts of mockery and ridicules: Even, our Lord Jesus was ridiculed by the Jews. He was beaten and lashed with whips just like Paul. He was ridiculed as the King of the Jews when He was facing trials and unto His death. People who are not willing and touched by the Spirit of power and Courage can never resist ridicules. Some of us are like that, when people ridicule us, we begin to look for a way to sue them to court and some wicked ones might decide to poison them. Thus, when we are ridiculed because of the gospel, we should not revenge for vengeance is of the Lord.
We are ordinary people called by God through His Son Jesus Christ. We should strictly adhere and abide to the teachings of Jesus and by doing so, more powers will be granted to us. As Paul healed the crippled man born right from his birth, God will perfect His miracles and wonders in our lives. Those who are spiritually crippled will be healed and those who are physically or bodily crippled will also receive their healings in Jesus name, Amen.
We may wonder why our business is crippled down, how it is no longer booming as it used to be. Believe in God, your business will once again starting from today be flourishing in Jesus name, Amen.
Brethren, let all our trust be channeled in the Lord Jesus Christ and it will be well with our souls. May God see you through as you hear this message today.
———Meditation Point————
LORD I pray that any power that has crippled my life, business and my academics let it receive fire in the name of Jesus and from today I’m healed, amen!
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