SOME GREAT
PRIVILEGES OF GOD'S PEOPLE THAT MANY TIMES CHRISTIANS DO NOT USE TO GLORIFY GOD
IN THEIR LIFE.
(John 1:12-13) [12]But as many as received him,
to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on
his name:
[13]Which were born, not of blood,
nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
priv·i·lege [noun] definition -: a right or immunity granted as a peculiar benefit,
advantage, or favor
INTRODUCTION:
a. Now that you and I became a child of God by accepting Jesus Christ as
your Lord and Saviour of your life the bible tells us the many privileges that
we have and enjoy if we only use all our spiritual privilege in our Christian
life.
The is literal and moral privilege. Example those who work in a nice
Company like in a Bank they privilege to have free medical insurance; they have
good salary compare to the small Company that have privilege to receive from
their company.
Those are who working with the high position in a Company have many
privileges. The Doctors are with many privileges also.
But we are talking of spiritual privilege of the Christian because we received
Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour of our life.
1. THE PRIVILEGE THAT WE ARE CALLED THE CHILDREN OF GOD.
( John 1:12-13 ) [12]But as many as received him,
to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on
his name:
[13]Which were born, not of blood,
nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
a. To be called as being the Children of God is our great privilege.
Because all God's creatures cannot be called the Children of God, only who
accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour of their life are the true
Children of God. Those who did accepted Christ are the Children of the Devil
the bible said.
( John 8:44 ) Ye are of your father the devil,
and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning,
and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh
a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
b. The Children of God are heavenly people of God and citizens of
heaven.
( Hebrews 11:15-16 )
[15]And
truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they
might have had opportunity to have returned.
[16]But now they desire a better
country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their
God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
c. The Children of God their sins are forgiven and forgotten by God.
( Ephesians 1:7 ) In whom we have redemption through
his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
( Hebrews 10:17 ) And their sins and iniquities will
I remember no more.
d. The Children of God are indwelt by the Holy Spirit after the received
Christ in their heart.
( 1 Corinthians
6:19-20 ) [19]What?
know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you,
which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
[20]For ye are bought with a
price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
( Romans 8:16 ) The Spirit itself beareth witness
with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
2. THE PRIVILEGE OF PRAYER TO GOD.
( Jeremiah 33:3 ) Call unto me, and I will answer
thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
( Luke 18:1 ) And he spake a parable unto them
to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;
a. One of the greatest privileges of the Christian is Prayer because we
come to the throne of the grace God in Prayer ask all request to Him in
prayers.
( Hebrews 4:16 ) Let us therefore come boldly unto
the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time
of need.
b. God answers the prayers of the righteous Christians.
(1 Peter 3:12 ) For the eyes of the Lord are over
the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the
Lord is against them that do evil.
3. THE PRIVILEGE SERVING GOD IN OUR CHRISTIAN LIFE.
( I Timothy 1: 12 ) And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord,
who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the
ministry;
a. Paul was very privilege to serve the Almighty and great God in his
Christian life. It was God who gave the talent and capability to Christians to
serve God.
b. God gave so many talents to Christians so that we can serve God.
( Romans 12:6-11 ) [6]Having then gifts differing
according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy
according to the proportion of faith;
[7]Or ministry, let us wait on our
ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;
[8]Or he that exhorteth, on
exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth,
with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
[9]Let love be without
dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
[10]Be kindly affectioned one to
another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
[11]Not slothful in business;
fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
c. Joshua and his family are so happy to serve the Lord.
( Joshua 24:15 ) And if it seem evil unto you to
serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which
your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of
the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve
the LORD.
d. The Church are one body of Christ with many different members with
different talents to serve the Lord with perfect unity.
( Psalms 133;1-3) [1](A Song of degrees of David.)
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in
unity!
[2]It is like the precious
ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that
went down to the skirts of his garments;
[3]As the dew of Hermon, and as
the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded
the blessing, even life for evermore.
4. THE PRIVILEGE OF FAITHFUL GIVING TO GOD OF OUR TITHES
AND OFFERING.
( Malachi 3:8-12 ) [8]Will a man rob God? Yet ye have
robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
[9]Ye are cursed with a curse: for
ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
[10]Bring ye all the tithes into
the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now
herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of
heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive
it.
[11]And I will rebuke the devourer
for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither
shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of
hosts.
[12]And all nations shall call you
blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.
a. God called the faithful giver of their tithes and offerings are
blessed Christian in the sight of God.
( Acts 20:35 ) I have shewed you all things, how
that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of
the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.
b. The Macedonian Church are good model in giving sacrificially.
( II Corinthians
8:1-5 ) [1]Moreover,
brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of
Macedonia;
[2]How that in a great trial of
affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the
riches of their liberality.
[3]For to their power, I bear
record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves;
[4]Praying us with much intreaty
that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the
ministering to the saints.
[5]And this they did, not as we
hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of
God.
c. God loveth a cheerful giver.
( II Corinthians
9:6-10 ) [6]But
this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which
soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
[7]Every man according as he
purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for
God loveth a cheerful giver.
[8]And God is able to make all
grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things,
may abound to every good work:
[9](As it is written, He hath
dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for
ever.
[10]Now he that ministereth seed
to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown,
and increase the fruits of your righteousness;) Amen and Amen!!!
5. THE PRIVILEGE OF SHARING OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST TO
LOST PEOPLE.
( I Corinthians 9:
19-22 ) [19]For
though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I
might gain the more.
[20]And unto the Jews I became as
a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the
law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
[21]To them that are without law,
as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,)
that I might gain them that are without law.
[22]To the weak became I as weak,
that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by
all means save some.
a. The Lord Jesus Christ is our prime model in winning lost people.
( John 9:4-5 ) [4]I must work the works of him
that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
[5]As long as I am in the world, I
am the light of the world.
b. The very reason why Christ came done earth is to seek and to save
that which was lost.
( Luke 19 :10 ) For the Son of man is come to seek
and to save that which was lost.
b. Christ encourage His disciples to look on the fields for they are
white already to harvest.
( John 4:35 ) Say not ye, There are yet four
months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and
look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
6. THE PRIVILEGE OF SUFFERING AS A CHRISTIAN FOR CHRIST
GLORY.
( I Peter 4: 13-16 )
[13]But
rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his
glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
[14]If ye be reproached for the
name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon
you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
[15]But let none of you suffer as
a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's
matters.
[16]Yet if any man suffer as a
Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
a. Christian expects to trials and persecution in Christian life. But
God is glorified when Christians are rejoicing in God for facing trouble and
trials in our Christian life.
b. If Christ also experience to face persecution we Christian also will
experience the same experience of the Lord Jesus Christ.
( John 17:14-15 ) [14]I have given them thy word;
and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am
not of the world.
[15]I pray not that thou shouldest
take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
c. The God of all grace will always strengthen and stablish us in times
of our trouble and trials in Christian life.
Amen.
( I Peter 5:10 ) But the God of all grace, who hath
called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a
while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
God bless you all always *
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