Words of Life|Pastor Balan Swaminathan|HIPM

Words of Life|Pastor Balan Swaminathan|HIPM

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Words of Life|Pastor Balan Swaminathan|HIPM episodes

  • Step Out

    2 Corinthians 4:5 (ESV) For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

    How do we share the Gospel with different kinds of people. Listen to the sermon to know more. Different kinds of people:

    1. Seekers

    2. Indifferent
    3. Neglected
    4. Haters
    5. Religious
    6. Followers of other gods
    7. Disobedient

    40 min
  • Sweat kept flowing, but tears dried up

    A Message that Challenges you to Love God. Must Listen Sermon.

    * Why do you follow Christ?
    * Why do you go to church?
    * Why do you give to God?
    * Why do you sing in the choir?
    * Why do you play instruments?
    * Why do you preach?
    * Why do you serve God?

    If any of these are not done out of love, you are wasting your life.

    Listen to get back to your first love.

    47 min
  • Message of Pentecost

    What is the message of Pentecost?

    1. Witnessing Christ

    2. Preaching the Gospel
    3. Baptizing people
    4. Casting out demons, speaking in tongues, laying hands on the sick, overcoming oppositions

    36 min
  • A Virtuous Woman

    Proverbs 31:10-31

    The Virtuous Wife
    10 Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies.
    11 The heart of her husband safely trusts her; So he will have no lack of gain.
    12 She does him good and not evil All the days of her life.
    13 She seeks wool and flax, And willingly works with her hands.
    14 She is like the merchant ships, She brings her food from afar.
    15 She also rises while it is yet night, And provides food for her household, And a portion for her maidservants. ----more----
    16 She considers a field and buys it; From her profits she plants a vineyard.
    17 She girds herself with strength, And strengthens her arms.
    18 She perceives that her merchandise is good, And her lamp does not go out by night.
    19 She stretches out her hands to the distaff, And her hand holds the spindle.
    20 She extends her hand to the poor, Yes, she reaches out her hands to the needy.
    21 She is not afraid of snow for her household, For all her household is clothed with scarlet.
    22 She makes tapestry for herself; Her clothing is fine linen and purple.
    23 Her husband is known in the gates, When he sits among the elders of the land.
    24 She makes linen garments and sells them, And supplies sashes for the merchants.
    25 Strength and honor are her clothing; She shall rejoice in time to come.
    26 She opens her mouth with wisdom, And on her tongue is the law of kindness.
    27 She watches over the ways of her household, And does not eat the bread of idleness.
    28 Her children rise up and call her blessed; Her husband also, and he praises her:
    29 “Many daughters have done well, But you excel them all.”
    30 Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.
    31 Give her of the fruit of her hands, And let her own works praise her in the gates.

    19 min
  • Set a Pillar, Build an Altar and Pitch a Tent

    This is what we learn from the life of Jacob.

    • Jacob sets up the stone that will remember what God has done to Him in Bethel. What is that stone in your life that you want to set as a pillar. Do something for God in the place where you are today.
    • Let us not worry about our future, let us worry about what we can do for God in the place where we are today
    • If you invest your life into something while you are here, God will bring you back to see the reward of your investment.
    • God is calling us to live a life that is separated from the world
    • Life on this earth is temporary. Only one life, it is going to go away soon, only what we have done for Christ is going to last.

    37 min
  • The Simplicity of Christ and the Complexity of Christianity

    If churches make religion too complex and present Jesus too hard to follow, we negate the purpose of God sending His Son to the world by denying the simplicity that is in Christ. No wonder the judgment to begin at the house of God. - Balan Swaminathan

    - Today Christianity is considered as the most complex religion on the face of this earth.

    - You can imagine the amount of hesitation when a non-Christian wants to become a Christian.
    - There is a great need to simplify everything we do.----more----

    The highlights of the sermon are,

    • Singleness and exclusiveness of Christ - He is the only way, He says, come to me, follow me, love me, ask me, abide in me
    • The Simplicity in Christ and in His teachings
    • God wants us to keep our theology simple.
    • God wants us to realize His grace in everything, not our work
    • Christ's teachings are simple, when we add a OT law or apostles teaching, we make it complex • Giving importance to what is important - Love God and Love Others
    • We don't want to be a stumbling block for non-Christians
    • We don't want to be hypocrites by not loving our brothers whom we have seen
    • God wants us to love God first, love others (spouse, family members, church people), even love strangers
    • God wants us to accept others, treat others better than we treat ourselves
    • Christ can be seen not in our Words, but through our lives

    40 min
  • Give me Strength to Do what I Must Do

    Genesis 22:1-12 - Abraham was called to sacrifice Isaac.

    2 Timothy 1:9 who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose

    What am I doing here in this part of the world leaving my family, parents, children, my known people, familiar environment, etc.?

    - The answer is God's Purpose God everyone has already gone form this world
    - my parents, my brother, my sister, my husband, my wife. Why are you keeping me alive in this world? ----more----
    - The answer is God's Purpose You are asking there are many who are capable, more eloquent, more smart looking, more talented, why am I Lord?
    - The answer is God's Purpose

    Outline:

    • Abraham was called to do something
    • Abraham was doing what God wanted him to do
    • Abraham never worried about the end

    Today when God calls us to do something, we worry about so many things

    1. We worry about our studies, our work, our family, our health, our future. But God wants us to know that our future is in God's hands
    2. We are so afraid to take any risk in God's kingdom. Abraham took a great risk - life of his child 3. We are afraid of people and worried about what they will think.
    4. We are afraid of family, we want to convince people, we seek men's acceptance

    Instead of worrying about our future, we must ask God to "Give us Strength to do what we Must do".

    35 min
  • Be an Encourager

    God has called you to encourage someone today! One thing that is wanted by every one is encouragement. Irrespective of the age, gender, nationality, color, and language, everyone is in need of encouragement. Our God is an encourager, He wants us to be encouragers too.

    How do we encourage someone?

    W - Word (by our words)
    A - Action (by our action)
    P - Prayer (by praying for the discouraged)

    God has given the ministry of encouragement in your hands. Listen to the sermon to know how God can use you in this ministry.

    37 min
  • Revive the Sleeping Child

    Scripture Reading: Mark 5:21 - 24, 35 - 43 Comparing the whole process of Jesus reviving the dead child with the revival that God is going to send upon the church. We can't think of revival of a thing which never lived before. Only the church can be revived, the rest of the mankind is going to see the impact of the revival and receive life.

    Need for revival - Jairus realized that his daughter is in need of revival. So he came to Jesus. We need a worldwide spiritual awakening now.----more----

    Believe for revival - Jesus wanted Jairus to believe that his daughter will revive. God wants us to believe the revival that is about to come upon this land. If God has done that in the past He will do it again.

    Be part of the revival - Only Peter, John and James were permitted in the revival. It is one thing to long for the revival, but it is another thing to be part of the revival. God wants us to be part of the revival by praying, preaching and facilitating.

    Impact of revival - When Jesus revived the child, not only she got revived, that revival brought great amazement. When revival comes its going to impact people with supernatural amazement.

    36 min
  • You are Enqueued for Resurrection

    Key points of this sermon:

    1. Resurrection is possible
    2. Resurrection is certain
    3. Resurrection is promised----more----

    Concluding thoughts: 

    - You are not made to die, you are made to rise 
    - Resurrection is the hope of Christianity 
    - God wants us to live as if we are going to live for ever 
    - Death is a transfer from earth to heaven 
    - Death is not going to hurt you, because Jesus broke the sting of death at the cross.

    27 min

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