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Sunday 28 September 2014

'CHOOSE HOLINESS'

Rev. Canon George Sinclair
by Rev. Canon George Sinclair                           
 Pastor of the Church of the Messiah, Ottawa, ON.
 www.messiahchurch.ca 

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(Podcast of CFRA broadcast on Sunday, September 28th,  2014)
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Broadcast Notes:
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'Choose Holiness'


This is a shortened version of a sermon I gave at the church I serve in, Church of the Messiah, Ottawa. It was part of a series of sermons on First Thessalonians 5: 9-24, called Practical Discipleship. If you are interested in a longer version of this sermon, or the other sermons in the series, you can go to www.messiahchurch.ca.

This week’s talk is an exposition of First Thessalonians 5: 22. The text according to the English Standard Version is short but powerful, "Abstain from every form of evil

1. The knowledge of good and evil is present in every culture and confused in every culture.

 2. Evil is not a mere opinion. It is a power and it has dominion.

3. God is good and His very nature is the source of all goodness in the physical, spiritual, intellectual, emotional, social and moral realms.

4. Only God can break the power and dominion of evil. He did this in the death of Jesus for us.

5. When I become Christ's own, I come under the power and dominion of "the good", so I seek to draw closer to Jesus and abstain from evil.

6. Faith in Jesus is: turning to Him; inviting Him into Your life as the Saviour and Lord; giving Him permission to be the Saviour and Lord of every nook and cranny of who you are.

Let’s pray:

Father, thank you for Jesus, thank you for the cross, thank you that you don’t reveal evil just to condemn us, but to point us to Jesus. Thank you for His death upon the cross for us. Thank you for His mighty resurrection. Father, please make us disciples, gripped by the Gospel, living for your glory.


- Rev. Canon George Sinclair
Church of the Messiah
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Sunday 21 September 2014

'CHOOSE TO LISTEN TO GOD'

Rev. Canon George Sinclair
by Rev. Canon George Sinclair                           
 Pastor of the Church of the Messiah, Ottawa, ON.
 www.messiahchurch.ca 

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(Podcast of CFRA broadcast on Sunday, September 21st,  2014)
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Broadcast Notes:
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'Choose to listen to God' 


This is a shortened version of a sermon I gave at the church I serve in, Church of the Messiah, Ottawa. It was part of a series of sermons on First Thessalonians 5: 9-24, called Practical Discipleship. If you are interested in a longer version of this sermon, or the other sermons in the series, you can go to www.messiahchurch.ca.

Read First Thessalonians 5: 19-21. Here it is according to the English Standard version of the Bible, "Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophesies, but test everything; hold fast to what is good."

1. It is deeply human to want to hear the voice of God and it is deeply human to want to silence the voice of God.

2. A god that cannot speak cannot be the living God. The true and living God speaks and listens and acts.

3. Since humans speak as god, and the devil speaks as god, and the true and living God truly speaks; we need to test every claim to divine speech.

4. In a world with millions claiming to speak for god, the death and resurrection of Jesus Messiah is vindication that the person, work and words of Jesus are true and trustworthy.

5. The Bible is the true and final word from the true and living God; and the Bible's account of the person and work of Jesus is the key to knowing God and His word written.

6. God is always more willing to speak to me than I am willing to listen to Him.

7. God can speak directly to us, He can speak through other people, but each "word" must always be weighed by the prayerful, communal reading of God's word written.

Two very helpful prayers!

Dear Jesus, I hear You knocking on the door of my life. Please help me to open the door of my life to You. Please come into my life as my Saviour and my Lord. Please save me! Please be my Lord! I thank You that You will make Your home in me and never leave me or forsake me. AMEN.

Dear God, please help me to listen to You every day, as I humbly read Your word written. Please help me to pray every day for Your guidance and Your wisdom. Please help me to listen for Your answer. Please help me to dwell on Your word written in the company of Your people, as I prayerfully consider Your personal word to me. As I hear You, please help me to trust You and put Your word into action. Please help me to do all things for Your glory. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

- Rev. Canon George Sinclair
Church of the Messiah
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