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‘Christian Hedonism’ : Is it right?
Download the file here Ambassador Baptist Church do not subscribe to Dr Peter Master’s position on Calvinism. His insights into this important topic of Christian Hedonism for Christians today is both helpful and insightful to those who want to walk aright with God. May this article help those who are seeking for the truth. Pastor Johnny
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Fasting in the Bible
Download Here Fasting in the Bible There are many different reasons people fast. The best way to understand this area of fasting is to study the many examples in the Bible. Looking closely in he bible, even within the examples in the Bible, there were different reasons for fasting. Moses Fasted Before Receiving the Commandments – Deuteronomy 9:9-18 Fasting in preparation for an important commission / work Moses fasted for 40 days when he went up to the mountain to receive the commandments of God written on stone tablets. This was an unusual and miraculous fast because the bible said that Moses did not eat nor drink water during the…
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Lesson 2 – Biblical Servanthood
Download here Lesson 2 “Characteristics of a Christian Servant” Introduction The Ministry as we saw last week is the Great Commission through the local church. The service is done by the Servants of the Lord who are Christians It is our spiritual duty to serve the Lord through the local church according to the will of God Matthew 4:8-10 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee…
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A Spiritual Rebuilder – Preparation for Building
Download here Introduction Nehemiah, prayerfully, seized the opportunity that God has given to him and all things appeared to be set for the rebuilding of the temple. Neh 2:9 Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me. Nehemiah has arrived at Jerusalem with the letters of authorisation to rebuild There was proper authorisation Matthew 28:18 – 20 We are given authorisation to do the work of God Matthew 16:18-19 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the…
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Neh 2: 1 – 8 A Rebuilder Seizes Opportunities
Download here A Rebuilder Prepares And Seizes Opportunities Introduction Nehemiah 2:1 And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence. Nehemiah 2:2 Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid, Nehemiah have been praying for 4 months (Chisleu – Nov to Nisan -March). This is the 20th Year of King Artaxerxes of Persia.…
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Neh 1 : 5 -11 – A Man of Prayer
download here “A Spiritual Rebuilder – A Person Of Prayer ” Nehemiah heard the ruins of Jerusalem and had a broken heart before God. Many people are concerned but not many have a broken heart enough to be a rebuilder. All spiritual rebuilding requires a starting point – a broken heart. Because when the heart is broken, then God can come in. Isaiah 66:2 For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. When a spiritual rebuilder has a…
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WHAT IS THE BIBLICAL MINISTRY? – Lesson 1
Downl;oad here Scope What is Ministry? The Great Commission The Ministry within the local church Work in the Ministry Who does the Ministry? WHAT IS MINISTRY? The word “ministry” means service, a work. Acts 1:17,25; Acts 6:4; Acts 12:25; Acts 20:24; Acts 21:19; Romans 12:7; 1 Cor 16:15; 2 Cor 4:1; 2 Cor 5:18; 2 Cor 6:3; Eph 4:12; Col 4:17; 1Tim 1:12; 2 Tim 4:5,11; Heb 8:6; Heb 9:21 The Hebrew and Greek word means the same thing: Root word: to run on errands as an attendant, a waiter (at table or in other menial duties); The Greek Word – Diakonos has the idea of serving. Same word as…
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All may come
Download here ALL MAY COME Acts 2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, [even] as many as the Lord our God shall call. Limited atonement is a teaching of Calvinism that says God chooses only some to be saved and elects all others to eternal damnation. Unfortunately, such a God and such a teaching is foreign to the bible. The Bible teaches clearly that God is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. 2 Peter 3: 9. God’s will is for all to be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth. The…
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Dealing with Sin
Download here Dealing with sin in a believer’s life is a command Col 3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: . After we are saved from sin, it is unthinkable for a believer to continue in sin. Yet, sin and the flesh are such strong enemies of the Christian and the Christian life, there needs to be a deliberate attempt to deal with sin. This resource was a Sunday School lesson that was written up and it is hoped that some believer struggling with sin, will be helped by this. Pastor Johnny Dealing with Sin Memory…
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Areas of lessons I learnt since leaving the Charismatic Movement
Download here LESSONS FROM MY PAST IN THE CHARISMATIC MOVEMENT. I learnt many lessons when I was in the Charismatic Movement, about the movement, about myself. The years of deception were between 1987 – 1989, 30 years ago. The following are my heart-felt lessons after reading, studying, learning and understanding the matters from the biblical context. Below are my learning: . TONGUES HAVE CEASED: Tongues in the Greek mean other earthly languages (like Hokkien, Malay etc) Acts 2:7-11 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were…