Made in U.S.A. or made in heaven?
A. When comes to faith in the Lord.
What do you look for?
In places where we shop, most merchandise are made in China.
Very few items are made in the U.S.A.
We know things made on earth by people can grow old and gone bad!
It is about the same in spiritual things!
Man made teachings make man’s worship to God become in vain! Mk.7:7
B. Is your faith rest on God’s word in the Bible?
1. Paul said: My message and my preaching were not with wise persuasive words,
but with a demonstration of the Spirit power,
so that your faith might not rest on men’s wisdom,
but on God’s power.1 Cor.2:4-52.
We do speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom
of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing!
3. We speak God’s secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been hidden and that
God destined for our glory before time began.
1 Cor.2:7
4. We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit
who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us. 2:12
5. This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom
but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing
spiritual truths in spiritual words. 1 Cor.2:13
6. For who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct him?
But we have the mind of Christ. 1 Cor.2:16
C. John the Baptist had this wisdom! John 3:26-31
1. Rabbi, that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan--
the one you testified about—
well, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him. Jn.3:26
2. John replied: A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
You can testify that I said: I am not the Christ but am sent ahead of him. 3:27,28
3. The bride belongs to the bridegroom.
The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him,
and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice.
That joy is mine, and it is now complete. Jn.3:29
4. He must become greater; I must become less.
"The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from
the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one
from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all. 3:30-31
D. Please listen to Apostle Peter’s advise!
1 Peter 1:22-251. Now that you have purified
yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have
sincere love for your brothers, love one another
deeply, from the heart. 1:22
2. For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of
imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. 1 Pe.1:23
3. For, "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the
flowers of the field; the grass withers and the
flowers fall. 1:24
But the word of the Lord stands forever."
And this is the word that was preached to you.
1 Peter 1:25
E. Jesus declared: Matt.24:35
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
May the Lord bless you and keep you always!
Preach this on Nov.14,2010.