Words of Life|Pastor Balan Swaminathan|HIPM

Summary of what was discussed: - Love is not feelings, emotion, attraction and liking others, but love is how we behave and treat others - This study is important to keep unity among believers, protect marriage & children and to show Christ to others - The first and the great commandment is to love God, the second one is to love your neighbor as yourself - Love towards God, self, family, others an...

This is what we covered during this sermon: - Humility defined as a Christian character - Jesus - the model of humility - Ways to humble ourselves - Learning humility from the parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector - and a lot more Listen to the sermon to understand what God expects in you.

Here are the contents of the sermon: - Obedience – Defined - Obedience – A Christian Character - To whom should we obey?    - Children, obey your parents    - Servants obey your masters    - Obey to the Gospel of Jesus Christ    - Obey your spiritual authorities    - Obey to your husband ----more---- - Blessings of Obedience - Cost of disobedience – Life of Jonah - Spirit of Disobedience - Dangers...

Some of the areas we covered under this sermon topic are below: - Faith – A Christian Character - Doubtful believers - Not having Faith is life-threatening - Develop Faith, a fruit of the Spirit - Habakkuk’s Faith in God Listen to the sermon to know more.

Sermon outline: - What is Christian Character? - What we need is “Change” - Why is the development of Christian Character important? - How Is Christ-like Character Developed? - Developing Godly Character - Practical challenges for Character Development - Practical Character Development - How teachable are we? Listen to the introductory sermon of this series.

Here is the summary of what was preached: - Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden inside of us, joyfully we sacrifice everything within and around us to inherit the kingdom eternally  - Two key aspects of the mystery - The Joy of finding the treasure & the willingness to sacrifice  - We need to have the inexpressible joy of finding Jesus and for the hope of our inheritance in heaven  - If th...

Here is the summary of what we discussed. - Like any other kingdom, Kingdom of God is also governed by a set of laws and principles called by Jesus as "keys of the Kingdom"  - Mystery:1 Jesus said, "you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church" - Mystery 2: Jesus said, I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven - Mystery 3: The key to unlock the warehouse of haven is "prayer" - as...

Why Joyfully? - At times Christian life becomes so complicated - Christian life becomes so stressful - Becomes monotonous and we don’t rejoice over it - If we don’t enjoy, it becomes a pain - Christian life becomes a burden - If we don’t rejoice in Christ, other’s don’t see the joy in us, they don’t come to Christ - Birth of Christ brings “good tidings of great joy”

- Obeying the Gospel - 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9 taking vengeance on those who do not obey the Gospel - Obeying the truth - Galatians 3:1 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, Galatians 5:7 You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? - Obeying the commandments - Deuteronomy 28:1 - …. diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God… - Obeying the great...

- Not your ways, but His ways - Not your will, but His will - Living sacrifice - Walk humbly.

When you begin – You don’t need to know, take it by faith When you walk – Depend on God by faith, not on self When you struggle to walk – push away every hurdle and keep your eyes fixed at the author and finisher of our faith When you end your life – you will conquer this world by faith and inherit the eternal life by faith

You will find answers to the following questions regarding following Jesus faithfully: - Faithful to whom? - Faithful to what? - Faithful when? - Faithful how? - Faithful where?

Following God requires sacrifice: - Sacrifice means, Saying “No” to temptation - Doing something for God in your rest time - Losing your family time to go to prayer meeting - Giving from what you have kept as your savings - Using our talents for God - Being Christ-like to the world

Mary Magdalene followed Jesus intimately: - During His ministry - During the crucifixion - After the crucifixion - After the resurrection Listen to the sermon to learn how to follow Him intimately. 

If you follow God willingly: - You don’t complain, because you volunteered to follow when He called  - You don’t turn back, because you are following willingly  - Nothing can stop you, because you are following willingly - Nothing can separate you, because you are following willingly  - Nothing can divert you, because you are following willingly - Nothing can deceive you, because you are following...

God wants us to follow Him: - There are many observers, but not many followers - There are many believers, but not many followers - There are many fans, but not many followers - There are many visitors, but not many followers - There are many beneficiaries, but not many followers God is looking for followers, Only those who follow Christ on earth can follow him in eternity.  Unless we follow Him,...

Breadth of Discipleship is Serving Christ. What does service mean? - Promoting the relational aspect of Christianity - Witnessing Christ - Sharing the Good News of the Gospel - Sharing the burden of Christ by praying and interceding for the lost - Serving God by serving others - the poor, needy, widows, orphans, social outcasts, alcoholic, all kind of sinners - Son of Man has come to seek and to s...

Depth of Discipleship is walking with Jesus.  What made the disciples to start walking with Jesus ( Luke 5:1-11)? - Strong work ethic (V2) - Realization of ownership (V3) - Honoring God and His Word (V5) - Blessings bringing Peter down to his knees (V8) - Being ready for higher responsibility (V10) - Not holding on to the past (V11) Listen to the sermon to start your walk with the Lord.

How do we experience Christ on this earth? - We know who Christ is - We know what He has done to us - We speak to Him in prayer - We listen to Him through His Words - We experience Him in our spirit with the help of the Holy Spirit - We know one day we will see Him face to face Height of discipleship is explained in detail with the help of the incident that took place on the Mt. of Transfiguration...

Ruth followed Naomi (Ruth 1:14-17). Ruth, a type of a disciple following Jesus - Wherever you go I will go - Wherever you lodge, I will lodge - Your people shall be my people - Your God, my God - Wherever you will die, I will die and be buried - Nothing can separate us but death Being a disciple of Jesus Christ is a life long affair. Listen to the sermon to know more about that.

Five Stages of Discipleship: - Spiritually dead - Infant - Child - Young adult - Parent Which stage you are in? Find out the answer by listening to the sermon.

Listen to this introductory sermon on Discipleship. Few questions are answered to introduce the topic and had a look at the teaching of Jesus on this topic. Who is a disciple? What is discipleship? Why should we make disciples? - Discipleship is rooted in relationship - Discipleship is dying to self - Discipleship is a lifelong commitment - Discipleship is following Christ not for material gain -...