| Steps to Jesus, pride humble
Spiritual Sermons "Steps To Jesus" version 3
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Introduction
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Thank you my brother and sister to allow this servant to bring a message from Jesus to us to help us find salvation in His Name. Many of us are trapped with obstacles in the relationship steps to Jesus and we don't know how to overcome them. How do we overcome pride? How do I strengthen my will to choose Jesus everyday?
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| Steps to Jesus
1 Be willing..
2 Be learning..
3 Be praying..
4 Be sharing..
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In the book of Hosea chapter 14 and verses 1 through 2 are the chronological relationship steps all Christians need to maintain the growing we need in Jesus power every day of our lives.
Ho 14:1 O SINNER, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine guilt.
2 Take with you words, and return to the LORD:
3 .. say unto him, Take away all guilt, and receive us graciously:
4 ..so will we render the calves of our lips.
These steps are listed as follows: (write on blackboard)
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| Steps to Jesus
1 Be willing..humble
2 Be learning..mournful
3 Be praying..meek
4 Be sharing..hunger
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Most of us are familiar with The giving of the ten commandments at Mount Sina, but we are not familiar with it being Jesus who wrote them for Moses.
Acts 7:37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
And when Jesus spoke again on the Mount, He spoke attitudes that parallel the Ten Comamndments of GOD.
Notice in Matthew 5 verses 3 to 6
Mt 5:3 Blessed are the humble in spirit:
4 Blessed are they that mourn:
5 Blessed are the meek:
6 Blessed are they which do hunger..
(write on blackboard)
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| Steps to Jesus
1 Be willing..humble..Not proud ..do fasting
2 Be learning..mournful
3 Be praying..meek
4 Be sharing..hunger
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The problem is our spirit (character) is not willing, nor is it humble. Instead it is full of pride.
Notice this verse 1Peter 5:5 (last part) ... for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
So how does our will become more willing if it is full of pride, a relationship problem that refuses to come anywhere near Jesus? The Hebrew people are physical people because GOD made us that way. (Question" Does anybody know the Bible answer to making our will more willing?)
The answer is fasting. Fasting is a physical link to the stomach when it lack foods the stomach directly opposes appetite. The stomach has a vagrus nerve linking it to the brain, thus when you fast, pretty soon either your stomach with rule over you, or your mind with suddenly be calling to Jesus for power you do not have. The secret to making ourselves more willing, overcoming appetite and pride is to practice regular fasting. This means eating very simple food and water, regaining our will to choose Jesus again.
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| Steps to Jesus
1 Be willing..humble..Not proud ..do fasting
2 Be learning..mournful..Not proud..do Bible study
3 Be praying..meek
4 Be sharing..hunger
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The second step to having a relationship with Jesus is overcoming our neglect for Bible study...we simply allow other authorities rule over us instead of Jesus.
The problem was spoken by Jesus on the mount, we do not mourn the things we have lost from Jesus...Instead we are happy with our homes, our cars, our salaries and our status of living..And we rise in pride because of this. The rise of pride is the greatest obstacle that we must overcome everyday. Our stony hearts must be weathered into soil by Jesus so His seeds can find root into good soil, able to grow in His power. So how does one overcome our own self exaltation of pride?
Jer 23:29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?
The daily Bible taking of Jesus words does two very important things (1) It promises to weather our stony hearts into good soil and (2) It provides the words of Jesus which we speak back to Him in prayer and which He speaks back to us in prayer.
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| Steps to Jesus
1 Be willing..humble..Not proud ..do fasting
2 Be learning..mournful..Not proud..do Bible study
3 Be praying..meek..Not presumptous..praying in His word
4 Be sharing..hunger
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The third relationship step to Jesus is the pray with His strong flowing authority, so that His power flows through your life. Jesus speaks this requirement as the Beatitude of Meekness. How does one become meek in our prayer life?
If you read through Isaiah 29 verses 11 to 19, you will find an amazing prophecy spoken by Jesus.
For many of us the Bible is a sealed book, we find too hard to read...instead we live the Christian life by the precepts of men, the culture of doing things our way, rather than God's way..But Jesus says
Isa 29:14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder..
Isa 29:18 And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see..
Isa 29:19 The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD,..
Amazing miracles promised by Jesus, when you study His words in His book under this promise, Jesus will eventually make you meek to hear the still small voice of Jesus via the Holy Spirit of your conscience, you will feel the power of Jesus flowing through your life..The meek shall increase in joy in Jesus..there will be a strong flowing authority through your life..
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| Steps to Jesus
1 Be willing..humble..Not proud ..do fasting
2 Be learning..mournful..Not proud..do Bible study
3 Be praying..meek..Not presumptous..praying in His word
4 Be sharing..hunger..Not selfish..Give love away
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And when you do these three things daily, than Jesus will share you with other so His fruit will become a blessing to others as you share Jesus love.
Only by giving what you receive away will you remain hungry for Jesus, and thirsty for His love.
Ho 13:6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
Whne we come to Jesus we are happy and we are filled with His power, but than we forget Jesus and rise in pride. To remove this selfishness of pride, we have to give away that which we receive, so that in allowing our fruit to be eaten by others will Jesus power continue to flow through us bearing even more fruit in His Name.
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Summary
| Steps to Jesus
1 Be willing..humble..Not proud ..fasting
2 Be learning..mournful..Not proud..Bible study
3 Be praying..meek..Not presumptous..in His word
4 Be sharing..hunger..Not selfish..Give love away
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So what have we learned from Hosea 14:1 and 2 ; and from the Attitudes Jesus listed we need on the Mount?
Ho 14:1 � O sinner, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
To be willing to return to Jesus daily, we have to practice our will, not make a stronger will, but simply be willing to let Jesus into our life. To make our will more willing we should fast regularly, by not eating food and eating simple foods for a couple of days.
Ho 14:2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD:
Secondly to remove our pride we need to daily study Jesus words in His creation or His Bible, so our stony hearts is broken into soil, able to receive Jesus in the heart.
Hosea 14:2..say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously:
Thirdly we need to practice praying to Jesus with meekness not presumption. This is a promise of Jesus through deep Bible study that comes from a relationship of praying His words from Scripture in prayer.
Hosea 14:2..so will we render the calves of our lips.
And finally we must allow Jesus to complete us with His fruit and by giving away His fruit to others in a sharing loving way we will always be hungry for Jesus and thirsty for more of His love.
God bless your relationship with Him. Amen
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