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as the teaching or the Word of God comes. Now,
the title of this teaching, right, is actually
Faith for Evangelism. Okay, so that's the title
of the teaching, right? Faith for Evangelism,
right? Faith for Evangelism. We're talking about
faith And we've seen a series of teachings on
faith. And this is just going to build on that
and around that. It's going to build on it and
around that. And I believe that it's going to
strengthen us very well for the work of ministry.
Now, to do greater works, we have been taught
that we have to work in faith, right? We have
to exercise faith. Greater works, they are done
in faith and one of the greater works that Jesus
said would do is the preaching of the gospel
right the preaching of the gospel is one of those
greater works that the believer would do right
that the believer will do after the resurrection
of Christ but most often what happens is that
we start in faith right we start let's say When
we believe, when we come to the knowledge of
Christ and we receive the Spirit, we receive
the Spirit by faith. A salvation is by faith.
We're going to see all of that across the teaching.
But what happens is that in the work of it, in
the manifestation of the things we need to do
as believers, fear, anxiety, worries do set in.
Right, so you find yourself giving expression
and you're working in faith in certain areas
and in other areas You are not working in faiths.
You're working in anxiety worry and you are thinking
a whole lot So the first thing we must understand
is that this walk or this life started by faiths
It's continuous also by faiths Okay, so the believers
live the Christian faiths the Christian life
Started by faith and it continues by faith It
continues by faith. So it therefore means That
at every interval every time and season we must
check ourselves, right? to ensure That we are
working in faith Right. We must check ourselves
to ensure that we are working in faith So and
that would mean that we must check in every aspects
of our work in every aspect of our work In every
aspect of our work in the manifestation of the
things of the spirits, right? When we stop my
investment we stop giving expression to the things
of the spirit Sometimes you need to check easy
that I'm stopping to believe it. In fact When
you don't walk in it give expression to things
of spring for a long time rights Your fix can
be weakened That is why in this church we regularly
say let's walk in the things. Let's give expression
to it You know, you can begin to doubt it Right.
Let's say for a long period of time we say people,
you know We don't give expression to the things
of spirit and all of a sudden we just come up
one day and you've not been doing it in your
house in your corners There is a possibility
that you begin to rethink it You begin to rethink
that which you have received Because you have
not been exercising so the walk is by faith the
manifestation of things of spirit is by faith
Evangelism is by faith as well every part of
this walk is by faith So we want to understand
the faith to go you know the faith to go which
is to go for evangelism and The faith of the
people to receive the word to receive the word
so the first thing we're going to examine is
to see the word Believe how is exercised right
in the book of John, right? We just see two two
areas where it is exercise in the book of John
the reason is because The faith for greater works
Right is the faith upon what Christ has done
and fulfilled Do we get it? Believe in me the
Christ was saying in John chapter 14 is upon
that which he will do Right so what we see the
same word believe used in other parts of John
and that really does have implication It really
does have implication because it affects You
know the people who? Had those beliefs so the
first thing we should go in to check in is To
write down believing Jesus as the Messiah the
Incarnate Messiah I think you can put the word
believing Jesus as the Incarnate Messiah intentionally
framed it that way One of the things we will
observe across the book of John is that there
are people who actually believe Jesus. They believe
him as the one God said would come. Right? But
does that kind of faith produce greater works?
The answer is no. Right? Let's see what kind
of action Such kind of believing in Jesus as
the Incarnate Messiah such kind of actions or
such kind of exercise of faith What does it produce
in those people right in those people? That's
actually believe in him as the Incarnate Messiah
Only now John chapter 4 verse 21 to 26 John chapter
4 John chapter 4 verse 21 26 Jesus said unto
a woman believe me the hour comments When ye
shall neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem,
nor yet at Jerusalem worship the Father, ye worship
ye know not, ye know not what. We know what we
worship for salvation is of the Jews, but it
are cometh, and now is when. The true worshippers
shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth.
For the Father seeketh such to worship him, God
the Spirit, and they that worship him must worship
him in spirit and in truth. And the woman said
unto him, I know that the Messiah cometh, which
is called Christ. When he comes, he will tell
us all things. And verse 26 says, Jesus said
unto her, I that speak unto thee, I am he. I'm
he. Right? So he said, I'm he. So meaning that
Jesus told her that I'm the Messiah you have
been told about. I'm the Messiah that was prophesied.
and that was to come now verse 28 can you just
skip to verse 28 the woman then left at water
port and went away into the city and said to
the man to the men come see a man who told me
all things that ever i did is this not is not
this the christ Then they went out of the city
and came unto him in the meanwhile the disciples
prayed saying master eats Now you can skip and
move to verse 39 And many of the Samaritans of
that city believed on him for the saying of the
woman which testified Which told me all that
ever I did And so when the Samaritans will come
unto him, they besought him that he would tarry
with them, and he abode there two days. And many
more believed because of what? Of its own word.
So many more believe because of the word of Christ.
Many more believe. Now, what are they believing
in this context is that he is the Messiah. Right?
It's the Messiah that is to come. And this believing
does not reflect believing in the death, burial
and resurrection of Jesus. Do we get it? But
they believe that this Messiah is the one that
God has promised to come. So we see that. Now
this affects their actions in many ways and we
can see other people who had the same form of
belief. Now let's just read a little bit verse
42 and said unto the woman, Now we believe not
because of thy saying but we have heard in ourselves
Know that this is indeed the Christ the Savior
of the world now after two days of the pilot
dance and went into Galilee So we still believe
in the context of these right believing Jesus
as the one who is to come good Let's go to Let's
go to verse 48 of the same John chapter 4 verse
48 then Jesus said unto him except yes see signs
and wonders Ye will not believe. Right? Ye will
not believe. Of course, this is also referring
to believing in Jesus based on Him as the Messiah
and the one they can save because this is in
the context of the healing of the official Son.
Right? So if we read from verse 46, it says,
So Jesus came again into Canaan of Galilee where
He made the water wine. And there was a certain
noble man whose son was sick at Capernaum. And
when he heard that Jesus was coming out of Judea
into Galilee, he went unto him and besought him
that it would come. It would come down and heal
his son, for he was at the point of death. He
was at the point of death. And then Jesus said
unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye
will not believe. So it means that people believe
Jesus also. for the miraculous, right? People
worked in believing Jesus as someone who can
do the miraculous and that by the signs and wonders
they will believe that he is the Messiah. Right?
So people already doubted this. Now let's go
to John chapter 5. John chapter 5 verse 38 to
37. Let's go again. Just the next page. I receive
not honor from men, but I know that ye have not
the love of God in you, and I come in my Father's
name, And ye receive me not, if another shall
come in his own name, him ye shall receive, ye
will receive. How can ye believe which receive
honor of another, and seek not the honor that
cometh from God only? Do not think that I will
accuse you to the Father that is one who accuseth
you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye
believed Moses, ye would have believed me, for
he wrote of me. But if ye believe not, in his
writings how shall you believe my words so also
jesus also does the same thing it does this pattern
of pointing to himself right as the messiah that
was promised that he might point them to the
resurrection exactly the same pattern with the
disciples jesus points himself so There is no
disconnection between the Old Testament and what
we call the New Testament. So when Jesus is teaching
people in certain contexts where they don't believe
he's the Messiah, he tries to connect first.
So what do they know? You believe Moses, he testifies
of me. You believe the scriptures, he testifies
of me. What does Moses and the scripture say?
The scripture and Moses refer to the Messiah
that would come. Right? Then when Jesus fathers
with them, then he explains further about the
resurrection and life. So he does not remove
the incarnation from his explanation to them
as well. He also acknowledges that because he
acknowledges the Saint Moses and the scriptures
wrote of me. Now the problem is that the people
stay here in this explanation alone. That becomes
the problem which the disciples also experience
a similar thing until Luke chapter 24. So We
see believing in Him as the Messiah to come.
John 6 verse 14 to 15. John chapter 6 verse 14.
Now let's see the implication of when people
stay on believing that He just came as the Messiah.
Let's see the implication of that. When they
just believe, oh, this is the Messiah, and they
don't follow up with a word, with His words rather.
John 15 verse 14 says, then those men, When they
had seen the miracle that he did so by signs
and wonders they believe is the Messiah By signs
and wonders they believe is Messiah When those
men when they had seen the miracles that Jesus
did this Jesus said oh, sorry, excuse me the
miracle that Jesus did said this is of a truth
that the prophet that should come into the world
when Jesus therefore perceived that they would
come and take him by force to make him a king,
he departed again onto a mountain himself alone.
See? When people stay in that part of the revelation
alone, right, it's incomplete. They can function
in a way of trying to make Jesus a king. So,
there's nobody who stays in this part, believing
Jesus as the incarnate Alone Right can come into
greater walks So you can stay here and come into
greater rather you walk by making him a king
or making him someone who has something To offer
you in the natural All right. Let's go to verse
28 and 36 of the same John 6 Then they said unto
him what shall we do that we might walk the works
of God and Jesus said unto them this is the work
of God that ye believe in him that he hath sent
to believe in him that he hath sent same verse
same chapter verse 68 verse 68 I think we can
we can stay in verse 28 sorry go back to verse
28 and we can read a little bit downwards How
much more can men do, right, when they believe
that Jesus is the incarnate? And as some people
will say, He is a prophet. How much more can
men do? Very little or nothing, right? So when
we go for evangelism and we meet people who say,
well, I believe He's a prophet. I believe He's
incarnate. I believe He existed. The question
is, can they work in greater works? The answer
is no, right? The answer is no. The Incarnate
is the Incarnation explaining only the Incarnation
does not bring a man into greater works. And
that is why you will see how they function when
they only held on to that message, right? So
you have to take it all together. We'll proceed.
Jesus said unto them, this is the work of God,
that ye believe on him, who mere saints. They
said, wherefore unto him? What signs showest
thou that we may see and believe thee? And does
thou walk? And those that walk, our Father did
eat manna in the desert, as it is written, He
gave them bread from heaven to eat. Then Jesus
said unto him, Verily, verily I say unto you,
Moses gave you not the bread from heaven, but
my Father gave it to you, the true bread from
heaven. For the bread of God is he which cometh
now from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
And he said unto him, Lord, evermore give us
this bread. And Jesus said unto them, I am the
bread of life, he that cometh to me shall never
hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never
taste. But I said unto you, that ye also have
seen me, and believe not." They have seen him
and believe not. They've seen him, they have
preached to them, and they believe not. So they
saw him, the Incarnate Jesus, they believe not.
They were asking for signs that they might believe
not. These kind of people barely could do much
when it comes to the work of ministry. verse
9 and Simon Peter said unto him same chapter
60 John 6 68 to 69 the Simon Peter answered him
Lord to whom shall we go thou art the word of
eternal life and we believe and are sure that
thou art the Christ the son of the living good
so the disciples as well join from here the Simon
Peter believe Jesus as the Messiah That is to
come Messiah that is to come The Messiah that
is to come now we knew the trajectory of Peter
after this period and How they also never believed
until Jesus appeared to them so we can say that
they also believed in the incarnation But they
could not also do much They couldn't come into
greater works until the revelation of the death,
burial, and resurrection of Christ was made known
to them. John 9 verse 14 to 25 John 9 verse 17
to 25 and he had been blind and he that had been
blind and received his sight until they called
the parent of him that had received his sight
and they asked them saying is this your son as
whom you say was blind how does he now see so
basically they didn't believe that this man was
blind in the first place so it's not the first
time that people will say miracles are not real
right in this context we see people saying well
this is not real Right. In fact, he was not blind
and they called the parents for a testimony and
we see them walking in unbelief as regards to
not the death by our resurrection of Christ but
their unbelief threats which we must know. The
Pharisees and the Sadducees' unbelief threats
is that they didn't believe that I was the Messiah.
Like that is the foundational problem that they
did have. So the Pharisees and Sadducees in their
communication with Jesus you observe that their
first problem was that they never believed that
he was the Messiah that is come from above so
this affected their ability to receive the resurrection
at the end but we had we also had people who
never believed Jesus incarnation but after resurrection
they understood right they understood so you
can just add this other scripture John 10 25
to 38. John 10 25 to 38. So most of them believe
him as the anointed one, which the one God has
anointed, right? They believe him that he could
heal the sick for them. They believe him that
he could heal them when they are sick. Others
believe him regarding miracles and they receive
and they raise many people to dead. To raise
many people to life, right? Raise the dead. Now
the question is to what extent can this Take
them to function in God's plan on it. Very limited.
Very limited. They can't function. Man cannot
function with the knowledge of the incarnation
of Christ alone. You cannot function. Now let's
see, the next part is, you can write, believe
in Jesus as the resurrected. Believe in Jesus
as the resurrected Christ. Believe in Jesus as
the rectorated Christ. The same way Jesus acknowledged
and said, well, this is He. I am He that the
scripture testifies of. He also said, yes, I
am He that would die and resurrect. I am He that
can give eternal life. I am He who is the resurrection
and the dead. Right? The resurrection and the
life. Right? He raised the dead. Raising Lazarus
at that point. Now, so let's check the scriptures.
John chapter 1 verse 12. John chapter 1 verse
12. You can write it down. But as many as receive
him, to them gave he power to become the sons
of God. Even to them that believe on his name.
Now this is from John chapter 1 and they are
already talking about believe on his name. Trust
me on that scripture. So he gave them power to
become the sons of God. Now the believe here
is not referring to the incarnation just the
incarnation but the reputation of Christ the
name the reputation of Christ at Resurrection
because only at resurrection could men Become
sons of God Okay, only at resurrection could
make so this one is referring to the sons of
God to them that believe on his name To them
that believe on his name. This is the context
of the sons of God and the belief that is exercised
So we know John already had a revelation and
putting it down in this sense simply means he
goes back and forth between what he has already
known and current events that are taking place
in his time. Now John 2 verse 22, John 2 verse
22, again, which Jesus had said. Now, what was
he talking about? If you read the context of
it, it's talking about the destruction of the
temple and to raise it in three days. So if you
read verse 19, it says Jesus answered unto them.
Verse 19. Destroy this temple and in three days
I will raise it up. Talking about his resurrection,
his death, there is a resurrection in this place.
And trying to say they believed that after it
was risen, right? They believed that after it
was risen. So we see acknowledgement of the believer
using of the word belief to refer to what happened
after resurrection John chapter 3 verse 15 to
16 John chapter 3 verse 15 to 16 Now Jesus himself
speaking said that whosoever believe in him should
not perish but have eternal life For God so loved
the world that he gave his only begotten son
that whosoever believed in him should not perish
but have everlasting life so jesus also while
he acknowledged that he is the messiah he acknowledged
also that is the one that will give eternal life
is the one that will give eternal life is the
one that will give eternal life verse 18 of that
same chapter 3 of the only begotten Son of God,
right? And this is a condemnation that the light
is coming to the world and men love darkness
rather than light because of their evil deeds.
So here again, it's saying that life comes from
Christ, right? Believe in Him, believe in Christ,
life comes from Christ. Now, verse 36, verse
36, just an addition, it said, He that believeth
on the Son hath everlasting life. And he that
believeth not the Son shall not see life, but
the word of God abideth on him." So believe it
on the Son, have everlasting life. This is expressing
faith in Christ as the resurrected Messiah, or
the one that is to resurrect and give eternal
life. John 6 verse 26, 29, giving us all the
scriptures because we would come to point now
John 6 verse 29 and you just said unto them this
is the work of God that ye believe on him whom
he has sent verse 35 to 40 35 to 40 I just send
on unto them I am the bread of life that cometh
he that cometh to me shall never hunger and he
that believeth in me shall never taste let's
add another scripture Let's add another scripture
Okay, John still John or let's see John 7 John
7 verse 37 John 7 verse 37 Is that in the last
day the great day of the feast Jesus stood and
cried saying If any man test, let him come unto
me and drink. He that believeth on me, as the
scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow
rivers of living water. Right? Out of his belly
shall flow rivers of living water. From verse
1 of chapter 7 tells us what is the great day
and what the last day refers to. So if we go
to verse 1 of chapter 7. Let's go to verse 1
of chapter 7. Verse 1 of chapter 7 is that after
these things Jesus walked in Galilee for he would
Not walk in Jewry because the Jews sought to
kill him now the Jews fists of the tabernacles
was at hand his brethren therefore unto him then
The parts hence and go into Judea that thy disciples
also may see the work that thou doest For there
is no man that doeth anything in secret and he
himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do
these things, show thyself to the world." Now
the first thing we see there in verse 2 is that
it's in the feast of the tabernacle. Okay, so
the last day of the feast is what is happening
in verse 37. The last day of the feast that we
find in verse 2, right, is what is happening
in verse 37. So it's the last day of the feast
and Jesus came to proclaim. So the feast of the
tabernacle is a feast of the Jews. Of course,
this is supposed to communicate Christ to them.
So the feast of the tabernacle is supposed to
communicate Christ to them. So on the last day
of the feast, Jesus came out and said that, He
that believeth on me, as the scripture says,
out of his belly shall flow rivers of living
water. Now this is referring to, I think we should
just read it, verse 39, which gives the clear
explanation. But they spake he of the spirits
Which day that believe on him should receive?
For the Holy Ghost was not yet given because
Jesus was not yet glorified So it's talking about
the spirit that Jesus would give again We can
say that during the last day of the face of this
Monarch or Jesus said I will give eternal life
and It is not an incarnation, but in the resurrection
Do we get it? It's not in the incarnation but
in the resurrection. It's not in the incarnation
but in the resurrection Now we can go to John
again still on John John 14 verse 1. I think
we'll just Move in that direction. There are
other scriptures. We can write them down John
14 verse 1 to 3 John 14 verse 1 to 3 John 11
verse 23 to 27 we can read those ones John 14
verse 1 to 3 which we're going to come back to
John 4 John 11 verse 23 to 27 John 13 verse 36
John 13 verse 36 Now upon this type of believing
it is upon these that a man can do greater works
when the spirit is given Men can do greater works.
When the spirit is given, men can do greater
works. When men believe and the spirit is given
and they receive the spirit, they can do greater
works. So let's add another scripture, Mark 16.
You cannot mark 16 there because it's the same
thing. This one clearly right at the end, Jesus
instructing them, Mark 16 verse 15, and said
unto them, Go ye into the world, and preach the
gospel to every creature. He that believeth is
baptized and shall be saved. He that believeth
and is baptized shall be saved. But he that believeth
not shall be them. Again, this context is talking
about what Jesus had done. Of course, this is
after resurrection, reiterating, he that will
believe in what Christ has done. So John 14,
which is our case scripture for the year. Right,
let's go to John 14 now and just explain a few
things. Then we'll progress from there. John,
chapter 14. So let not your heart be troubled,
yet believe in me, yet believe in God, believe
also in me. In my father's house are many mansions,
and if it were not so, I would not have told
you. I go to prepare a place for you and if I
go and prepare a place for you I'll come again
and receive you unto myself and that where I
am there ye may also be now the context of this
believing is also referring to what Jesus will
do after resurrection now all along they've believed
Jesus okay the disciples have believed Jesus
they believe that he is the Messiah right that
is to come to the world but there's a path that
they must understand, they must comprehend, and
believe that is also that Christ would die, resurrect,
and come to give them eternal life. Right? That
part is the part that has been emphasized here.
And also in verse 12, which is our key scripture,
So I do because I go to my father. So also again
talking about what Jesus would do After resurrection,
so when you believe in that you have eternal
life and you can do greater works Right and you
can do greater works now Let me highlight three
categories of people from all those readings
all those readings as you go for evangelism Right
three categories of people that you will meet
right three categories of people that would tend
to look as if they exercised faith in Jesus.
Okay? Three, uh, three, I'm sorry, four. I said
three, but I said four. We can make it four.
Yes, four. Four categories of people you'll meet
as you go out. You'll meet people who believe
in Jesus, His incarnation, His dead barrier and
resurrection. they believe that they have a spirit
so you'll meet people who believe in Jesus as
the Messiah that God prophesied by the scriptures
and they did not stop there they also believe
that he died he was buried and erected and also
that they have his life you'll meet those people
you will meet this kind of people and these people
are believers okay these people are believers
now our job when we meet believers or someone
comes to preach to you right let's let's start
from the first one our job when you meet believers
that is already in the faiths exercise faith
in christ is to encourage them in the greater
works right so when you meet believer and you're
doing evangelism and you meet the person say
oh i'm born again person oh i'm born again ask
the person tell me what you believe and the person
where i believe in Christ, death, burial and
resurrection. I also believe I have received
the spirit, right? And I can function in the
spirit. Don't just say, oh, good, awesome. You,
you are already in the kingdom. Then you move.
No, you encourage them to do the greater works.
You tell the person, do you go for evangelism?
You can join us in evangelism. We go out at this
time. We move at this time. This is the church.
So you don't just that is also a message for
them. The message is the greater works they must
do. The greater works too. Right? So they must
do the greater works. You encourage them towards
evangelism. Some of them might not even believe
that they should be doing evangelism. Some of
them might be struggling with anxiety, which
some of us do. Right? Over in the course of the
teaching, we would check. Sometimes when you
don't go for evangelism, it's not because you
don't have time. Sometimes it's anxiety that
keeps you in your houses. Sometimes it's fear
of, who am I going to go and meet there that
I've never met before? you know i don't know
the the fellow out there i don't know the response
right so many people just believe they receive
the spirit and they are calm and cool and they
are fine but you must tell them that the greater
works they must do because they have the spirit
of god in them so it means that you won't be
tearing up their fates when we come on wednesday
and as the teaching goes on man open wednesday
might extend beyond wednesday right we will see
that people can actually have faiths weakened
faith towards evangelism your faith might actually
be weakened so it means that when you want to
function and evangelize you are you are either
doubting if god will save the person or you are
doubting if the person will listen or you are
doubting the word of faith that you have in your
mouth do you get it so for those people that
have believed you encourage them for the greater
work that's the message for them too and you
can also for now the second people that you will
meet second people that you will meet now you
will meet people for example the disciples of
the brothers of jesus are in this category people
who never believed the they know about jesus
as the messiah right in the context of the brothers
of jesus they never believed him as the messiah
the one jesus the one the scriptures prophesied
about but they believe right sometimes I doubt
if we really do have these categories today but
they believe in the resurrection so they never
believed the incarnation of Jesus they never
accepted him which is the brothers of Jesus the
ones who are ready they said well go out and
show yourself to the people right so they never
believed the incarnation but they believe in
the resurrection later on right later on they
believe in the resurrection Christ and that was
why we read John 7 verse 1 to 5 and we will realize
that the people in this context are the brothers
of Jesus and he says and his bread and said unto
him verse 3 go into Judea that the disciples
may see the works that thou doest for there's
no man that doeth anything in secret that's and
and himself to get to be known openly right If
thou do these things, show thyself to the world.
Verse 5 says, for neither did his brethren believe
in him. Right? Neither did his brethren believe
in him. Neither did the brethren believe in him.
So you might meet people who do not believe that
God is the one that took on flesh and came out
on earth or appeared on earth to save man. You
might meet people like that. We're going to talk
about sects like that. So these ones, they don't
believe that the man Jesus is God. They don't
believe he's God. They don't believe in the incarnation
of God on Earth. But they say, well, we believe
in the resurrection. We believe he died, he rose
again, and his resurrection is true. Right. Now,
what's the problem with this? What's the problem
with this? The problem with this is that they
do not. They do not acknowledge that God is the
one that came to save man. But God sent an agent
to save man. Do we get a problem there? They
do not acknowledge that God is the one that saved
man. But they believe that God sent an agent
to save man. Now there's a very big problem in
this one. It means that the faith of people Would
not be well established in God So you met you
meet me. I mean you if you have been doing evangelism
You have met these people if you have read some
of their books you would have seen Now for this
set of people you have to preach to them again
and explain the incarnation of Christ and God
promise Hebrews chapter 2 Right, you have to
explain Hebrews chapter 2 to them that God took
on flesh to save man that no agent can save man
except God right so they believe Jesus is just
an agent but Jesus is not an agent Jesus is God
manifested on earth and all of that to feel to
save man from us and so God is the one that promised
God is the one that came and God is the one that
fulfilled God promised God came and got fulfilled
God promised he came and fulfilled So for them
you could be wondering the question you ask them
is if God promised that I will do I will Why
is he sending an agents and the question you
also ask them is All along he has been sending
agents from Moses in the name of a prophet, right?
prophets judges men who believe Abraham, David,
do you mean Jesus is just like one of them? It
means that they are not well established. They
are not established in faith. So you meet this
second category of people. For them, it's a struggle.
Many people come to ask me about the question
in the week. Sir, are they saved? We'll come
back to that, okay? This is the question they
ask me. If somebody believes in Jesus as an agent,
is he saved? If somebody believes that Jesus
His incarnation is not God, but just a manifestation.
Is the person say, but the person believe in
resurrection. You know, the person believe in
the resurrection of Jesus. We will come to that.
But I've told you what to do when you encounter
this kind of a people. Now the third people,
the people who neither believe the incarnation
nor did they believe the resurrection. They didn't
believe the incarnation. They didn't believe
it's the Messiah in the body. After the resurrection,
They orchestrated again to say that the resurrection
never took place. Right? So you need a lie to
cover a lie and a lie and a lie. So if they have
lied, that is not, which I will say it's a lie.
He said, you are, you are, you are the devil,
right? Your father. So this set of people, they
never believed in Jesus when he was alive in
his human form. Never believed it was God, the
question name, and they never believed in the
resurrection. Now the examples are the Pharisees
and the Sadducees. And truly you would find people
like that today. Right? You'll find people like
that today. They never believe in His incarnation,
Him in the body. And they never believe in His
resurrection. Now this one clearly they are the
unsaved. They are the unsaved. Some of them have
heard the gospel and they want to really prove
to you that Jesus never came and all of that.
So John you can put John 7 verse 45 to 53 John
chapter 7 verse 45 to 53 For these people there
is no greater works to do Right. There is no
possibility of a greater work. There's nothing
they can do. They don't have the spirits They
don't believe they don't have the spirit. They
cannot do greater works, right? So it is not
to partner with them but to rather Begin to reveal
from the scriptures what God has promised He
will do what God did and What he has fulfilled
so you can find this kind of a people so you
have to preach to them This one you need to open
the scripture extensively with them right and
teach them that Jesus is the Messiah so Now the
thought the fourth people which they are similar
to the second like the four people that you meet
It's others who believe he existed as a prophet
so others who believe he existed as a prophet
They believe he existed as a prophet and specifically
the word prophets Specifically the word prophets,
but did not resurrect so they denied the resurrection
again the denied the resurrection again They
denied the resurrection again. Now, for these
same people, they are also unbelievers, right?
So when somebody said, oh, I believe in Jesus,
right? You need to know what they believe about
Jesus. You need to know when they believe about
Jesus, like what, when and what. For example,
did you believe in him as the incarnate? Did
you believe him as one of the prophets? You believe
him as God? And did you believe in the resurrection?
Because believing is not believing in general.
Do we get it? Believing is not believing. Now
this is to equip us for evangelism. Do we get
it? This is to equip us so when you go out, your
mind is set, your mind is, you know, you have
understanding. You have understanding. And for
those of us that are believed in the death, burial,
and resurrection of Jesus, we have greater works
to do towards the three other category of people
to teach them more about the resurrection and
the ascension of Christ into the life of the
believer. Praise God. We'll continue on Thursday
on this discussion. I trust we have been blessed.
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