Words of Life|Pastor Balan Swaminathan|HIPM

Words of Life|Pastor Balan Swaminathan|HIPM

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  • Church's Social Responsibility

    Church’s Social Responsibility: Two Extreme Christians

    1. Christians who try to change the legal, political, economic systems to conform to the Biblical standards

    2. Christians who isolate themselves from the social issues taking Jesus at His word "My kingdom is not of this world" Let us look at Jesus - Jesus never tried to bring any political or economical changes. At the same time He was not ignoring the social issues.----more----

    There is a great shift in the evangelistic paradigm In the 1900s unchurched are brought to Christ through evangelical crusades, but in the 2000s unchurched are brought to Christ by addressing the social causes.

    Today church is expected to address the causes. There is a great need for addressing these causes,

    - Everyone needs a cause that is greater than their life. If they don’t have it, then their life is meaningless and frustrating.
    - A church not addressing the causes of the society is alienated from the community.
    - A church not involving directly with the cause of the society will lose its younger generation as they don’t find meaning in what is done within four walls.
    - Causes are not necessarily physical needs, they can be emotional and spiritual. Who else can address these if not the church?

    Jesus was dealing with the social causes through His teachings, demonstrations, parables and miracles. Some of the causes addressed by Jesus we are going to deal with in this sermon are, Untouchability, Inequality, racial discrimination, gender inequality torture, murder and outcast. Also a final touch up on a great deal of teachings by Jesus on social justice.

    46 min
  • Religious Complexity

    What do others say about Christians?

    • Christianity is self condemning
  • Christians live a life of comparison
  • Christians behave as if God owes them
  • Christians live a double life
    • 56 min
  • Dealing with Discouragement

    Dealing with Discouragement

    - Discouragement is a loss of hope or confidence.
    - It is Satan's strategy to disable and try to take Christians out of God's plan
    - We are good at getting discouraged even for simple reason.
    - Discouragement can drain us of spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical strength.

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    - If not dealt with on time, any disappointment can become discouragement and eventually can lead to depression.
    - Discouragement can easily make one discouraged
    - What is the way out?

    Learn from our savior Lord Jesus Christ. He had all the reason to get discouraged. His birth, childhood, ministry, the kind of hatred from people, rejection and finally the death. But Jesus overcame discouragement He handled every situation with endurance, patience and with great stamina.

    – Heb. 12:1-2 He continued with the eternal perspective, not worrying about the temporary situation
    – Heb. 12:1-2 He never stopped, He kept working
    - John 9:4, Gal. 6:9 He prayed often to God for strength
    - Psalm 55:22; 1 Peter 5:6-7 He was thankful to God even in a little thing when the situation was so discouraging
    - John 11:41, John 6:11 Another example from the Bible is Nehemiah. God called him to build a wall around Jerusalem. As he was building, the people came against him and discouraged the worker.

    This is how Nehemiah handled discouragement. (Nehemiah 4:3-20) Nehemiah reorganized his workers

    – V 13 He reminded that God is with them always
    – V 14 He encouraged them to resist the discouragement
    – V 14, 16-18 He asked everyone to return to work He encouraged them to be together in times of distress
    – V 19-20 Finally, never allow discouragement to overpower your life, always resist, fight back with the power of God. You will be an over comer.

    - based on today’s sermon at HIPM

    48 min
  • Rejoice in the Lord
    • People of this world are driven by momentary happiness, but a child of God is by joy
  • If driven by happiness, can’t stand times of sorrow
  • Allow joy to drive your live, you will experience heaven in earth
    • 40 min
  • You are Not Just A Showpiece
    • Life is not just a cushion (bed of roses)
  • Life is full of challenges
  • Adversities don’t harm us, they make us
  • True that we get damaged
  • We all require maintenance or repair
  • Hardships get us ready for the future
    • 46 min

About Words of Life|Pastor Balan Swaminathan|HIPM

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House of Intercessory Prayer Ministries (HIPM) is a multinational church in Halifax, NS Canada. We believe sound teaching of the Word of God is the true source of power that operates through Holy…