ELECT INT

JESUS IS THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE.
Sermon 1
By Pr. Samuel Muwanguzi
John 14:6, Jesus told him “I am the Way, the Truth, and d the Life.No one can come to the Father except through me.”
- John recorded a conversation in which the Lord stated that He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life
- These are actually three descriptions of the character of Jesus.
1. JESUS THE WAY
- Jesus as the Way speaks to us ultimately concerning the crucifixion of His Body that would open a new and living way for mankind to enter into relationship and fellowship with God (Heb 5:9, 10:19-23).
- From this ultimate sacrifice of Christ offering His Body, we can see other aspects of Jesus being the “Way” from other Scriptures
a. Jesus is the only Way (door) to God (Mt. 7:14,Jn. 10:1-9, Jn.)
b. Jesus is the only way of escape from the wrath of God that will come upon ungodliness (Rom 5:9; 1Thes 5:9).
c. Peter shares with us that Jesus is the way of truth (1Pet. 2:2), the right way (2:15), and the way of righteousness (2:21)
- What gives credence to all the other aspects of Jesus being the way is His work at Calvary, removing the wall of partition between God and man.
- Jesus is the way into the Holy of Holies (Heb. 9:8-15).
- Through faith in the redemptive work of Christ on the cross, we now have access to the Father by a new and living Way.
- All of the feasts of the Lord, recorded in the Old Testament were mere shadows, teaching us of the reality that would come in another dispensation.
- For eternal purposes, shadows cannot supply what is needed.
- Therefore, shadows must give way to the real
- The dispensation of the reality has come.
- The redemptive work of Christ was successful to supply us with the real.
- Thus we must seek the living Christ and enter into the works He has accomplished.
- It was not the offering of the bulls and goats that offered a living way to fellowship with God because they could only supply the worshiper with a few moments in the presence of God and not a lifestyle.
- They could only supply the worshiper with a visit into the Holy of Holies and not a dwelling in God’s presence or continuous fellowship.
- Our right to the presence of the Father was set in motion as Christ’s body (flesh) hung on the cross and was established for all time when He sprinkled His own blood in the True Holy of Holies.
- This sacrifice of His body opened access to God for us, a new and living way.
- This new and living Way has given mankind an opportunity to enter into fellowship with God.
- On the day that Jesus was crucified, right before He committed His spirit into the Father’s hands, He declared, “IT IS FINISHED,”(John 19:30)
- All the work needful to satisfy the Universal Court which had declared mankind guilty of treason against God had been completed

By Pr. Muwanguzi
THE SECRET OF WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST
Rev 5:10, "And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth".
-We are kings & priests. But, most of us who claim Christ as our Lord & saviour have a problem with that thinking.
-We have aproblem daring to believe that we have ruler-ship in our hands.
-Most christians do not have a true perception of who they really are.
-It is common all over the church world.
-Having been programmed by the world, we tend to answer according to our programming, or we do not answer at all.
-Few, with revelation know the truth; we are kings & priests to our God Ex 19;6, Rev 1;6, Rev 5;10
-We should notice that God says He has already made us kings & priests.
-The scripture is in the past tense, indicating that it has already happened for those who believe & know it.
-We are to reign as kings & priests in this life.
-Even now, with Christ as our head, we are to reign on the earth.
-The church is responsible for what is going on, like it or not.
-Our responsibility is to proclaim as He proclaimed, "Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done".(Mt 6:10)
-Individuals reign now in their own lives & influence; then the church will universally reign with Him.
-Our responsibility today is to speak not "words" but the Word concerning the things that we see are illegal in heaven & bind them up, so as to require them to stop, Mt 16;19, Mt 18;18
-This should be done all over the world. But it seems the church has sat so long on her "do-nothing" attitude & self assurance that the nation is going to a hot place in a hand-basket
-We have authority to bind & loose, prayer is the most important work of the believer.
-This is a call to all, wake-up & pray.
-Our commission is to call in the fire we need to take out the enemy.
-Mk 13;36-37, "Don't let Him find you sleeping when He arrives without warning. I say to you what i say to every one; watch for Him".