Faith II | Mid-Week Service | Pastor Benjamin Whyss

Faith is the delivery mechanism by which we lay hold of all that God has made available for us. 

Pastor Daniel Nwachinemere, in this powerful sermon, teaches us that our relationship with God is one of faith. Our faith must be based on God’s word and His faithfulness and not on what we can see. Faith is a spiritual conviction produced by revelation and this allows believers to treat unseen realities as present realities. 

Faith is not ‘mental awareness’, it is conviction. It is neither psychological optimism nor is it emotional confidence. Faith is a response, and it only operates within the boundary of the will of God.

In this sermon, we explore how we can enforce the victory we have received in Christ Jesus. Pastor Olumide Benjamin-Whyss explains that even though God has said something, there is still a part for us to play to receive what He has made available. There is a process by which spiritual truth becomes lived experience. 

The promises of God are real, but there needs to be movement, obedience and even confrontation in some cases on our part. 

Knowledge is important because we can not enforce what we know nothing about.

Christianity is majorly about a restored relationship with God. The eternal life that Jesus brought us is about the restoration of our relationship with God.

Pastor Daniel Nwachinemere, in this powerful Easter sermon, teaches us that because of the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, we have victory over sin and over the power of darkness. Easter is not just about what happened to Jesus, but what has happened to us because of what happened to Him. Because of what Jesus has done, we are now the righteousness of God in Him.

The fact that Jesus is alive is what validates Christianity. We have eternal life now and forever. The resurrection is not just a doctrine, but it demands a response from us. It demands that we live above sin, not by struggle, but by identity.

The believer walking in the will of God is guaranteed good outcomes, regardless of the circumstances or prevailing conditions because it always ends in victory for us. Our confidence is not in conditions, but in God, His leading and His faithfulness.

In this powerful sermon at This Green Church Lagos, Pastor Daniel Nwachinemere helps us see that God’s disposition towards us is eternally favourable. And even when things do not go as planned and situations contradict expectations, we must continually hold on to this truth: GOD IS STILL GOOD. GOD IS STILL WORKING and HE IS STILL LEADING US.

While we may not be able to directly control outcomes, we must always remember that with God, our outcomes are secure.

Spiritual formation is not complete until it brings about multiplication. The goal of the Christian life is multiplication. As believers, we are not called to just grow ourselves, but to help others grow.

Pastor Daniel Nwachinemere, in this sermon, highlights that the command to multiply was not given to Adam alone, but to all men. He explains that the gospel is not supposed to end with us, but we are to be vessels through which it passes on to others. The great commission is not a call for us to just make converts, but to make disciples. A disciple is one that is taught, formed, trained and sent.

As believers, we must be producing fruit. We have in us already, the capacity for exponential growth.

Spiritual formation is not complete without spiritual empowerment. As believers, we are not only called to be transformed in character, but also, to be empowered by the Holy Spirit to live supernaturally and advance the kingdom.

Pastor Daniel Nwachinemere, in this sermon highlights that Christian power is essential to the christian life and mission. He goes on to explain that the supernatural is a vital part of God’s agenda on the earth. We see this in the life and ministry of Jesus, how He went about demonstrating the kingdom through healings and miracles as He preached.

Christianity is not mere talk. Jesus received authority and has commanded us to act with that same authority.

The end goal of spiritual formation is that we become more like Jesus. True spiritual transformation brings about a character that is Christ-like. Pastor Daniel, in this powerful sermon reminds us that there should be a discernible difference in how we act, talk and conduct ourselves wherever we are. The believer does themself a huge disservice when they try to blend in with the world.

True grace produces discipline and transformation and true salvation produces fruit.

Through consistent study and application of the word of God, the believer is transformed. The believer can not have a desire and an ambition to grow spiritually and ignore the word of God. In this powerful sermon, we are taught that Christianity is not something to ‘figure out’ but we must be taught. Believers grow by receiving the truth of the word and by learning.

We study the word of God to grow in the knowledge of God and it deepens our relationship with Him. Growing in the word shapes our character and spiritual growth, it makes us effective in ministry and it gives us the ability to judge things correctly.

Spiritual growth requires a healthy feeding on the word.

In this message, Pastor Daniel Nwachinemere emphasised the place of prayer in the believer’s spiritual maturity process. Prayer and the word of God are the primary ways that believers are formed. The believer must make them a consistent practice, taking them to be serious business.

The believer never graduates from prayer and the study of the word. Prayer is so vital a concept to the life of the believer and it must be taught well. Prayer is communication with God and it begins from a place of relationship with God.

Prayer is a life-long discipline, Prayer sustains ministry and the believer that will grow is the believer that is given to much prayer.