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CENTRAL THOUGHT Believers should continue in their first Love. TEXT: REV. 2:1-7 INTRODUCTION: It is expected that at the point of giving one’s life to the Lord and accepting Him as personal Lord and Savior, there is a total turnaround in the life of an individual. To most believers, as should be to all, the newfound love and Lord becomes the center of their lives. This drives them with commitment to live, please, and do His biddings. The resulting effect is manifested in the individual’s commitment, dedication, and faithfulness to the Lord. The zeal is subject to dwindle and wane with time.The church at Ephesus started very well. They kept the Christian standard and were zealous for the work of God. However, a time came when they failed to love God above every other thing. They were admonished to return to their first love. In this study, we shall examine very closely this church vis-à-vis our lives with a view to derive some lessons. LESSON OBJECTIVES 1. To know the meaning of the words ‘ first love’ 2. To discuss the marks of a believer who has left his first love 3. To appreciate the possible hope of returning to one’s first love 4. To discuss the implications of...

CENTRAL THOUGHT My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. TEXT: GALATIANS 3:1-6, 5:1-5; EXODUS 32:7-6INTRODUCTION:It is a great accomplishment to obtain liberty for oneself orfor another but is greater task to sustain the principles andprocess of that liberty. This scenario is more apt in theChristian race where at repentance; we are delivered fromthe darkness of sin and Satan and brought into themarvelous light of Christ’s gospel. What have we donewith this state of liberty? The tendency to drift into anotherform of bondage is high, through the conflicts and fusion ofthe old and new lives.There are very many practical trends in todays’ Church thatare clear evidences of bondage among believers. Theymanifest in lifestyles, self –imposed taboos and very poorunderstanding of the divine privileges associated withsalvation.This study is aimed at identifying the various forms ofbondage plaguing believers today and to proffer solutionsout of such captivity. LESSON OBJECTIVES To explain how one can be delivered and yet be in bondage. To identify the causes of bondage after deliverance. To discuss some biblical examples of people that were delivered andyet in bondage. To identify practices among believers that are evidences of bondage. To examine how we may truly remain delivered from bondage. BIBLE TRUTH:QUESTION 1) DISCUSS THE PHRASE ‘DELIVERED, YET IN BONDAGE’.In...

CENTRAL THOUGHT True worship leads to righteous living and righteous living enriches congregational worship. Hymn: “Oh Worship the King” TEXT: ISAIAH 6:1-5, JOHN 4:19-34, 2 CHRONICLES 5:1-14 INTRODUCTION: God Almighty, the Creator of the universe and everything therein and His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, who redeemed mankind from death, destruction, deserve our praise, thanks, honor, adoration and worship. We can do nothing without Him because He is our source. After creating the heavens and the earth, God created man in His image and likeness to live in comfort and enjoy His creation and reciprocate by serving and worshiping Him all the days of his life. When man sinned and became separated from God, He sent His only begotten Son to redeem him from death and destruction. For these reasons every living soul ought to serve and worship the Almighty God for His goodness, loving kindness and mercy. True worship arises from a heart that is fully or totally yielded unto God, which begins with the acceptance of the Lord Jesus Christ as Lord and personal Savior and is reflected in total obedience to the will of the Almighty.As believers we must acknowledge that we are privileged to be partakers of God’s divine grace, as made available in our...