What Is The True Taste Of Christianity?

The true taste of Christianity is in how much of Christ that is revealed. Christ manifests when anything is done in holiness. The glorifying of Jesus Christ is the true taste of Christianity. 2 Corinthians 4:2-7 says: But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.(KJV). This is what Christianity is all about. Christianity is the earthen vessel. A person can be naturally humble, there are some that are naturally patient, some are naturally discipline, they are born that way. That is very good but that is not what Christianity is. If you can sort your problems yourself that means you don’t need Jesus. Genuine Christianity is that which makes an arrogant person become very humble and a wicked person become very good and kind.

3 KINDS OF JUDGMENT WITH PST. YUGO

There are 3 kinds of Judgment the bible talks about.

1 Corinthians 6:1 says: Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?(KJV).

If you have a problem with another believer, there is a process of conflict resolution, if you exhausted that process, you can then take the person to the law court. 1 Corinthians 6:2 says: Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?(KJV)

Ephesians 4:10-12 says: He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:(KJV). You don’t  perfect someone who is already been made a saint. A believer is already crowned a saint, so you don’t judge him/her.

1^st Kind of judgment is The Judgment of The Angels.

 They are going to be rewarded according to their works. Angels are given as servants to minister to those who are heirs of salvation. 1 Corinthians 6:3 says:

Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?(KJV)

2^nd Kind of Judgment is The Judgment Seat of Christ:

Jesus is the judge here. He judges believers according to their works.

Rom14:10 Romans 14:10 says: But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.(KJV), the bible is taking about the believer here. 2 Corinthians 5:6-10

Therefore, though we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord-- for we walk by faith, not by sight -- yet we are confident and satisfied to be out of the body and at home with the Lord. Therefore, whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to be pleasing to Him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each may be repaid for what he has done in the body, whether good or bad.(HCSB).

We will all appear before the judgment seat of Christ and give account of what we’ve done

3^rd Kind of Judgment: The great white throne Judgment

Revelation 20:11-15

And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.(KJV). God is going to judge believers according to our works. Giving your life to Christ is not a certificate for heaven. What will make you receive reward is what you have done for others.

Romans 2:1-15 says: Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; Who will render to every man according to his deeds: To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: For there is no respect of persons with God. For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; (For not the hearers of the law [are] just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and [their] thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)(KJV).

A GRADUATE WITH 5 YEARS MENTAL PROBLEM HEALED

A GRADUATE WITH 5 YEARS MENTAL PROBLEM HEALED

Since 2008, this young man has been inside his room doing nothing. He does not want to talk to anybody and he doesn’t want to see his mum. He does not know why he refuses to see his mum.  He just doesn’t want to see his mother. His brother wrote a request in Dominion Mandate Healing Service placing his case as the most important. This man was at home when his brother wrote this request on Friday night (9^th of August, 2013). After the service, his brother went home and saw this man eagerly looking for his mother whom he has neglected according to him for six years. This he said happened suddenly as it suddenly occurred to him that he refuses to talk to anybody including his mother. The next day, he woke his brother up and told him “Let us go to your church nah”. He has not been to church for six years.

WHAT DO YOU DO WITH GOD’S WORD WHEN YOU RECEIVE IT?

Miracles cannot change a person. This is because the children of Israel experienced different kinds of power but that did not change them. For forty years they were in the wilderness. Psalm said they ate angel’s food, which was manner, but all these things did not change them. Every single message should yield miracles in your life. There are people who are shouting amen but they are struggling. The word of God is God’s number one agent of transformation. It has the power to change you and make you what he want you to be. The word of God has a creative energy, Gen 1:2-3 says: And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness [was] upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.(KJV).

 The 1^st creative agent of God is the Holy Spirit. Nothing changes if the Holy Spirit does not come. When he moves, he brings inspiration and vision. If you genuinely encounter him, you will leave with a new picture. Joe_2:28 says:  And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

The Holy Spirit brings faith for accomplishment. You cannot encounter the Holy Spirit without having faith. Supernatural faith is a gift, is anointing that dissolves all things when it comes upon you. If you are in the moment of crisis, there is a certain level that your faith will carry you. The spirit of God moved upon the surface of the waters and God said let there be light.

THE CREATIVE FORCE OF GOD

The Wisdom of God: It took God wisdom to prioritize, Mark 4:2-5 says: And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:(KJV).

There are 4 different types of soil the bible speaks about.

1^st is The Way Side. Mark 4:4 says: As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.(NIV)

2^nd is The Stony Ground: Mark 4:5-6 says: And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.(KJV)

3^rd is The Thorny Ground: Mark 4:7 says: And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.(KJV)

4^th Good Ground: Mark 4:8 says: And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.(KJV)

If the sower is doing his work, at least 25% will receive their harvest. What is the way side: Way side is the type of ground that is uncultivated, untilled, very hard ground. Why is it a hard ground? On the pathway where people always walk, that pathway does not grow any seed, the way side Christians are the Christians who do not retain the word that they receive. Mark 4:14-15 says: The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.(KJV).

God’s word has the potential to become something bigger because in every seed you see, there is fruit and inside the fruit there is tree and inside the tree there is forest. Satan comes immediately the word is spoken, he might not come when is time for testimonies, but he comes for the fundamental thing that the people receives and that takes them to the next level. He takes it away Mark 4:17. Hearing God’s word alone does not produce result, when a student passes exams that is when good result comes. The bible say the sun will come, that sun is persecution, temptation and affliction. Satan will want to pull you down, where there is no mess, there is no message. They fell away because they have no root. What is a root? A root is a foundation of a tree, it is the foundation that stabilizes a tree, they fell away because there is no stabilizing factor. A root is the invisible part of a tree. A root is the medium through which a tree receives nutrients and nourishment. When a person has no spiritual nourishment, the person has no root, if the bible study you do is the only one you do when you come to church, you have no root, if the prayer you are praying is the only one you do in church, then you have no root.

Thorny Ground: Mark 4:18-19, the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches. The thorns compete with the seed for attention and space. The thorns are the cares of this world which includes the expectations of the society e.g when you are worried about not getting married because people are saying you supposed to be married by now, this may cause you to compromise, that is stop trusting God. You cannot eat the king’s meat and end up where Daniel ended up. Everything the society demands from you makes you compromise. That is why God is not interested in promoting some people. Money, fame, position are amplifiers. The cares of this world are the demands, what the society expects from you. You need to understand that if you are on the right track, you don’t have to imitate others, imitation is limitation, money for instance has a deceitful nature, it has the tendency to make you feel you don’t need God or even your fellow humans. Sometimes when you are hungry and money gets into your pocket, you will hunger no more, that is the deceitfulness of money, that’s is why money must be included in the worship of God. 

Lust Of Other Things: lust for food, sleep, opposite sex. Lust is different from love, love benefits others, lust benefits at the detriment of others. The lust of other things can choke the word.

Good Ground: Mark 4:20 says: And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive [it], and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.(KJV). Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop--thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what was sown."(NIV). Those who hear the word of God, accept it and they bear fruits. Satan makes you feel that what is coming out is not relevant to you or the person saying it is saying it base on his understanding, that it does not come from God. There is hearing and there is accepting. The bible says blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God Mat 5:8.

Life is a classroom, when we see God as a lecturer we learn more. Those on the good ground produce thirtyfold, sixtyfold and hundredfold. In Luke is only hundredfold. Luke 8:8 says: Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown." When he said this, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear."(NIV). Every time there is a good heart you will always produce hundredfold not 30 or 60 folds. When somebody has a fallow heart nothing can penetrate, you must maintain a good heart before God.

How To Maintain A Good Heart

1. If you make a mistake, repent of it immediately, it is dangerous.

2. Work in love, don’t allow bitterness to occupy your heart, what you cannot say in the presence of someone don’t say it in his absence.

THE PRACTICAL OF SOUL WINNING

THE REASONS WHY PEOPLE DON’T WIN SOULS ARE:

1. They are afraid of rejection: they think people will avoid them when they preach the word of God. Devil knows how to paint good things evil. He is a specialist in turning good things to bad. Jesus said if you don’t confess me before men, I will not declare you before my father. Matt 10:32-33. Satan understands the principles that are behind proclaiming Christ. The weapons you can use to overcome satan is found in Rev 12:11 which says “And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.” The surd of the spirit which is the word of God, the belt of truth which is the revelation knowledge and offensive weapon. That is what put devil on the run every time. You need to understand what it means to confess person before God. An advocate is someone who argues a case. When you are declaring Jesus before men, he is also arguing your case before God. If you are not confessing him before men, you are holding him from doing his work of advocacy. Think about what you lose when you don’t evangelist. He ever liveth to make intercession for them says the word of God. Intercession is gotten from Latin word “inter” meaning "between," and “cedere” meaning "go." Acting as a go-between, is supplication, any earnest prayer meant for another person. It means stopping judgment. Jesus is our mediator. The Bible says “No man will come to me except through him” the bible said in Luke 12:8-9  ^“And I say unto you, Everyone who shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: but he that denieth me in the presence of men shall be denied in the presence of the angels of God.

2. Many churches do not emphasize on soul winning. Soul winning is an investment for you in eternity.