Cornerstone Community Church Vodcast

As Christians, we see the importance of both faith and faithfulness, but have probably not delved into the difference between both and how they work together in our lives. Faithfulness is a fruit of the Holy Spirit, while faith appears as one of the gifts of the Holy Spirt. Both are intricately-linked to each other, and it’s easy to focus on one while neglecting the other. Finding the right balance to both is crucial.

We live in a word-created, word-upheld, word-sustained and word-dominated environment. Job 22 tells us, “You will also declare a thing, and it will be established for you.” The writer to the Hebrews tells us that Jesus ‘holds all things by the WORD of His power’. Paul says in Colossians, ‘In Him, all things are held together’. How? By the Spoken Word. This is the power of a decree from a pure heart. Not only will a decree establish a thing that wasn’t there before, it will also reverse what you or someone else have been experiencing. Learn the power of a DECREE.

Paul said that the message of the Cross is foolishness to those who are perishing. This is a strong statement. In fact, the word here is more appropriately translated as ‘madness’ or ‘insanity’. That is what the Cross is as a means through which God would bring salvation to all mankind. We must not seek to embellish the message of the Cross to make it more palatable or presentable, or we might inadvertently rob it of its power.

In our 2022 Vision Sunday address, hear a defining word as Pastor Yang shares what he believes to be 2 mandates for us this year as a church. May you encounter the power of the Holy Spirit in your lives like never before!

This weekend, I’d like to take the opportunity to honour a few men who have made a significant impact in my life. I’m sharing this with you in order that you may understand our heritage and inheritance because this is not just about me, it’s about us. The people God has connected me with is for your sake. One of the greatest privileges in my life is to be surrounded with many prophets and godly mentors who have all poured oil into my horn. I’m really who I am because of the people God has surrounded me with.

The law of the Nazarite in the Old Testament is a strange law. On the one hand, the Nazarite vow was esteemed as an admirable consecration, such that a Nazarite is equated to a prophet. However, the conclusion of a Nazarite vow required a sin offering to be presented. Beneath this internal contradiction lies a conundrum that those who seek after the Lord will all face. This is the dilemma of a saint and a sage.