Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Our foundation

  • righteousness and Justice
  • God's sovereignty
  • Unity
  • Love 

    Righteousness and Justice
    To be just, or righteous, is to have that character that leads one to always do that which is right.
       The Righteousness or Justice of God is that attribute that leads Him always to do right. It is not to be limited, as it so often is in modern theological usage, to His punitive justice
    According to Jesus’ words, it refers to whatever conforms to the revealed will of God, whatever has been appointed by God to be obeyed by man, and the sum total of the requirements of God and man’s duty to God. We could say that righteousness is the morally right way to think or act in accord with God’s character, will, and law.
    In our day it’s more about what a person perceives, feels or thinks is justice (man’s relative justice) and less about God’s absolute justice. It should not surprise us that in today’s world of relativism, humanism, secularism, and even spiritualism, in which man is placed at the center of the universe, most people do not truly want equal justice for all; they want justice for themselves or their cause, whatever it might be. Consequently, people see things differently, even when faced with the same set of facts. Simply, they see it through their prism, based on a variety of factors such as one’s culture, religion, race, sex, world view or life experiences, to name a few.
    When people are protesting or having demonstrations they never cry out for righteousness. In fact, in our modern day of enlightenment, the word righteousness is almost never used, except perhaps by some Christians. In our everyday language, especially what comes through the news media, righteousness is a forgotten word, and yet, righteousness is the only way to true and equal justice. We could say that righteousness is what defines justice. It is the moral foundation for justice.
    Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; lovingkindness and truth go before You. How blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! O LORD, they walk in the light of Your countenance. In Your name they rejoice all the day, and by Your righteousness they are exalted. (Psalm 89.14-16 NASB)
    Today, the nations of the world think they are better off without God ruling in the affairs of men, but it is only when the Lord establishes His throne of righteousness and justice on this earth that mankind will come into true joy and gladness it will bring peace on earth, and the earth will be full of the lovingkindness of the Lord; something that man has not known and it also extends to all creation.

Sovereignty of God
We acknowledge God as having absolute authority, rule, and governance over all that exist.
God’s sovereignty consists in the right of dominion and rule over all. His kingdom is over all, He is the God of the whole earth, He alone is God of all the kingdoms of the earth. He removes kings and sets up kings, for as the Most High He rules in the kingdom of men and gives it to whomsoever He wills. He sets up over them even the lowest of men. It is He who gives even to ungodly men the kingdom, the power, the strength, and the glory. He overthrows the throne and strength of kingdoms (Deut. 4:35, 39; II Kings 5:15; 19:15; Isa. 37:16; Dan. 4:17, 25; 5:18, 21; Hag. 2:22 Isa. 54:5).
He also exercises government over all in accordance with His perfections and in accordance with the rights that are His because of His ownership of all and the right of dominion over all. This sovereignty He exercises with omnipotent and irresistible efficiency. The mighty hand of God is the executor of His will. He is the great, the mighty, and the terrible. There is none that can deliver out of His hand for He frustrates the devices of the crafty and the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong. He breaks down and it cannot be built up again. There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against Him. None can stay His hand, nor say unto Him, what doest Thou? (Deut. 10:17; 33:26; Job 5:12, 13; 12:14; Prov. 21:30; Dan. 4:35; Isa. 31:3).
It is God who provides for all. It is God who gives rain upon the earth, and sends water upon the fields. He makes His sun to rise upon the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust. (Job 5:10; Matt. 5:45; Ps. 104:4; 14:24; 65:11; Hos. 2:8).
The powers of civil government are ordained by God to be the ministers of equity and good and peace for the punishment of evil doers and for the praise of them that do well (Rom. 13:3; I Pet. 2:14). Corrupt government which violates the very principles of government itself is still within the government of God and fulfils His sovereign purpose. (Isa. 10:12).

Friday, November 12, 2010

OUR VISION-TO SHARE THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST



Ephesians 3:17-19 (New King James Version)
17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— 19 to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
The love of Christ surpasses scientific knowledge, mental knowledge and the only way to understand it is by revelation by the spirit of God and when you understand that love you are filled by the fullness of God
The level to which you are filled with fullness of God depends on your compression of the dimension of the love of God
Width of God’s love
What’s is its coverage, how wide is that love, who does it include
 Jh 3:16 “For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life
It covers the whole world of men everybody
And the question we ask everyone can you love everybody does your love include everyone? And the answer is simply yes because the word of God says so because we have all received the fullness of Christ of Christ so we can be able to walk in the love of Christ ,
John 1:16 (Amplified Bible)
16For out of His fullness (abundance) we have all received [all had a share and we were all supplied with] one grace after another and spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing and even favor upon favor and gift [heaped] upon gift.
Colossians 2:9-10 (Amplified Bible)

9For in Him the whole fullness of Deity (the Godhead) continues to dwell in bodily form [giving complete expression of the divine nature].

    10And you [a]are in Him, made full and having come to fullness of life [in Christ you too are filled with the Godhead--Father, Son and Holy Spirit--and reach full spiritual stature]. And He is the Head of all rule and authority [of every angelic principality and power].
Walking in the agape love of Christ,
We should stir up the gift of God in us because we cannot be able to share or give what we don’t have
The length of God’s love
21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?”
 22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times
This was before the new covenant that was brought by Christ even then we are to forgive these many times
But under the new covenant
Colossians 3:13 (NIV)

13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you
Hebrews 8:12 (NIV)
12 For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more
How far can your love go can it reach the worst of sinners and  how much can you forgive ??
God length of love is seen in a case of Paul him being the worst of sinners
12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service. 13 Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. 14 The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
 15 Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. 16 But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life.
1 Corinthians 13 (New Living Translation)
So our love should be able to forgive, without putting a limit. Many people were affected by the 2007 election and we should exercise love to even to those who were directly cause of our hurt
The depth of God’s love
This describes the intensity of that love
God didn’t love us when we were good but even when we were still sinners He made away for us.
Eph 2:4-5
 4 But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, 5 that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s grace that you have been saved!)

An example of His great love is Paul though he was worst of all sinners God saved him
12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service. 13 Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. 14 The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
 15 Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners—of whom I am the worst. 16 But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his immense patience as an example for those who would believe in him and receive eternal life.
The height of God’s love
The superior manner of your character of love
It shows how excellent our love should be surpassing human weaknesses and failures
It should be so high that bitterness of others cannot drown it
It should accept others who don’t accept us
Speak well of others who even speak evil of us
1 Corinthians 13
Love Is the Greatest
 1 If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. 3 If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it;[a] but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.
 4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

 8 Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages[b] and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever! 9 Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture! 10 But when full understanding comes, these partial things will become useless.

 11 When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. 12 Now we see things imperfectly as in a cloudy mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity.[c] All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.

 13 Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love
So we must choose to be different and stay at the high level of love
We must talk differently and think differently an example is David he couldn’t destroy King Saul though he had many opportunities
We must see with the eyes of Jesus which are full of compassion and purity thus seeing God in all the people and seeing everyone as He see’s them..(Pastor Chris -Dimensions of Love)

OUR MISSION

We exist to help people understand the importance of the word of God. We seek to understand and teach Kenyans to respect the value of the word of God and as leaders called to carry these words, to be people who respect the value of our own words. Those who will carry the truth must be true.