The Kingdom The Power and The Glory Part 2 - Rev Okey Onuzo (January 12, 2024)

The Kingdom The Power and The Glory Part 1 - Rev Okey Onuzo (January 10, 2024)

God’s blessings are real.

God desires to fulfil His promises and make them a reality in the lives of His children.

God’s character is to bless. At creation He blessed. (Genesis 1:28)

Our Lord Jesus at the end of His ministry and time on earth, He blessed. (Luke 24:50-51)

The Lord our God is faithful, and He will keep all His promises, He has given us grace to walk with Him in Obedience and faith.

(Matthew 11:28-30) God is faithful [He is reliable, trustworthy, and ever true to His promise—He can be depended on], and through Him you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

(1 Corinthians 1:9 AMP) And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work. (2 Corinthians 9:8 ESV)

As we approach the end of the year 2023, I want us to do so on a note of gratitude to God and enter the year 2024 on a note of confidence – realizing that we have been exalted by grace.

POSITION in Christ, PLAN – God’s plan that provides these blessings and PURPOSE of God behind these blessings.

The Lord will Guide You Continually - Rev Peter Ameadaji (31 December, 2023 Crossover Service)

Christmas is the celebration of the Grace of God to man. The first Christmas celebration was held by the angels at the birth of Jesus. They were rejoicing that the birth of Jesus has brought God’s favour to men – His grace.

Luke 2:8-14

8And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 12This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

13Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,

14“Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”

To help us appreciate why Christmas is a great celebration of God’s grace, we will look at the What, the Why, the How and the When of the grace of God.

Bible Study Theme Wrap up Session :Glory of His Grace (December 27, 2023)

The concept of Grace and Glory is best typified by the personality of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Jesus is described as the “Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world” – John 1:29b. He is also described as the “Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David.” (Revelations 5:5b NKJV)

The Lamb and the Lion are very interesting mammals in many ways. But more interestingly, they represent the two ends of a pole. The one is meek, weak, gentle, and mostly used for sacrifice. The other is strong, courageous, fierce, and royal. The king of his kingdom, respected, feared, and merciless. The one is the embodiment of Grace; the other is the embodiment of Glory.

This morning, we shall be considering the personality of the Lord Jesus as;

1. The Embodiment of Grace (The Lamb), and

2. The Embodiment of Glory (The Lion)

Grace, like love, has been so used, and perhaps misused, that it has become somewhat of a cliché. We have to make sure it doesn't stay that way or else we would lose its essence and advantage. Grace is multi-faceted and we may be limited by attempting to define it. It may be best-described. As we go on looking at it, the Holy Spirit has a way to open our eyes of understanding to what it is, at least an aspect of it, so that we can have some perspective into what grace entails.