Words of Life|Pastor Balan Swaminathan|HIPM

In Isaiah 55:12-13 the prophet Isaiah is foreseeing the kind of redemption and restoration God has planned for this earth.

- The restoration of Joy & Peace

Don't let locusts eat your blessings, Don't allow locusts eat away your days.  God wants to restore you.  You belong to the kingdom of God.  God wants you to walk as a kingdom citizen.

David says, in Psalm 138:2 Oh Lord  You have magnified Your word above all Your name.

Psalm 33:9 For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast.

Job 37:6 6 For He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth’; Likewise to the gentle rain and the heavy rain of His strength.

Realizing this fact, the centurion said, Lord only say the word, and my servant shall be healed.

Peter looked at Jesus and said, Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.  No matter how hard it is, how long it takes, God's Word will not return void, it accomplishes God's desire and the purpose for which it was sent.

When we have such a high calling in our lives, God wants us to live as children of hope.

Because God says, “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts."

- Thoughts of peace

- God is calling us to something which is very important.  God needs our full attention

But this invitation is a peculiar one as this invitation is exclusively for those who are thirsty, but have no money to buy even a drink. 

Listen to the sermon to hear what God is inviting you for. 

We learned quite a lot about faith, I want to ask you today, what is that God is asking you to do today?

- Is He asking you to take step of faith to live for Him?

I want you to respond to the voice of God.

The writer of Hebrews says, Through faith Gideon subdued kingdom, became valiant in battle and turned to flight the armies of aliens.  There is a challenge in front of us that we need to battle through.  We need faith.

- It may be a battle of establishing our future.

Rehab's faith resulted in a total transformation in her life. 

A new God - As a result of her faith, this Canaanite woman  entered into the Jewish faith.  It is similar to her future great granddaughter-in-law, Ruth the Moabitess would say to Naomi: "thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God" (Ruth 1:16). A new God and a new revelation.

A new husband - A woman with no husband married to a man named Salmon, Matthew 1:5-6. 

A new generation - She had been a heathen, a non-believer, but found favor with God because of her faith, which was shown by her works. Rahab's faith resulted in blessing for the world.  She became one of the ancestors of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 11:30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days.

God wants you to pull these walls down by faith today. 

- Wall No1: Walls of Jericho built within us - This wall is built by us, not seen by others

God wants us to take a step of faith to make a shout of praise so that these walls will fall trembling down. 

If we do that, God wants to build walls around us.  At times God build walls around us to get something done in our lives. 

This sermon explores the faith of the children of Israel as they crossed the Red Sea.

Hebrews 11:29  29 By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned.

Exodus 14:10-29 By faith children of Israel passed through the Red Sea

God wants us to forget our past, build up our faith and move forward. 

We see five achievements of Moses by the faith He had on God.

- By faith Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter

Matthew 11:30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”