SCHOOL OF WORSHIP CONFERENCE 2017

School of Worship Conferences exist to inspire and motivate worship leaders, pastors, and creatives. Each of our conference speakers are hand selected because of the passionate and thoughtful message they bring.

If you want to grow in your understanding of worship, God, and the church then strive to attend this years Conference and you will never regret you did.

God Bless you and Keep you.

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ANGER

“Be angry, and do not sin”: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil. -  Ephesians 4:26-27

This Bible verse tells us that anger gives the devil an opportunity to enter our lives, but it also tells us to be angry and continues to say do not to sin when you get angry. How will we know that our anger is sinful or not?

The Bible helps us to understand in Mark 3:5 that Jesus, our Lord and Savior became angry at the Pharisees for their lack of compassion on the people. He became angry but didn’t lose control of Himself.

Jesus became angry again in Mark 11:15 when He saw people making money in the name of religion in the Temple. He drove them out.

Jesus does not lose control of Himself but he may be angry at people in our world today who like the Pharisees have no compassion for poor suffering people or when He sees people today making money in the Temple in the name of religion.

Such anger when it concerns the Glory of God and the good of other people is not Sin but anger that concerns our own glory is Sin(I am are angry because somebody cheated me or somebody inconvenienced me or somebody disturbed my plans or made things difficult for me).

When Jesus was slapped, He never said anything but He forgave them. So when the Bible says be angry but don’t sin, we need to recognize what type of anger is SIN and what type is not SIN.

1.     Anger that has got nothing to do with us but only with the glory of God and the good of others is righteous anger.

2.      Anger that has got anything connected to us is sin(the way somebody treats me or hurt me is sin)

The Bible continues to say, if you sin in this way (that is, got angry because of your own glory), make sure your anger doesn’t stay with you for more than 12 hours.

Our heavenly father gives us this second offer for our own salvation because He recognizes that a lot of believers are not wholeheartedly enough to have victory offer the wrong type of anger and therefore cannot choose the best that he offers.

Make sure the sun does not set over your anger. Which means don’t go to sleep with an unresolved anger.

Brother Zac was talking on this issue and he said, many of us before we go to bed make sure to brush our teeth to be certain there is no particle of food still there in our teeth. How much more careful we should be to make sure that some left over bitterness or anger is not still there in our hearts not cleansed away before we go to sleep.

This means husbands and wives should resolve every matter before they go to sleep. Brother Zac said Seek to overcome anger but until you do, make sure you settle it before you go to bed.

WHAT SHALL WE SAY THEN ABOUT BELIEVERS WHO CARRY ANGER, BITTERNESS AND HATRED IN THEIR HEARTS AGAINST OTHERS FOR DAYS, MONTHS AND EVEN YEARS?

WE CAN SAY, THEY HAVE NO FEAR OF GOD OR RESPECT FOR THE WORD OF GOD.

Are you jealous because somebody younger than you is more blessed than you?

Do you rejoice like you should for him or are you jealous? That jealousy will turn into anger and you will never know what the final result will be.

When you let anger stay in your heart, you give the devil an opportunity – Ephesians 4:27

1.      You give the devil an opportunity to possess and control you.

2.      To destroy you.

3.      To bring confusion in your life.

4.      Anger can also lead to murder.

We have to be good examples of Christ but we cannot do that until we seek after the word of God.

Jesus Christ came to save us from all sin so what is the point if we continue to stay in our sins without growing to the level he would love us to be at, let’s seek God with all of our heart and ask Him to deliver us from the habit of anger.

YOUNG MINISTERS CONFERENCE - TAKORADI

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YOUNG MINISTERS CONFERENCE - CAPE COAST, GHANA

How are we, as young preachers and church leaders directing and encouraging our members and communities to please God?
This Conference seeks to inspire, strengthen and challenge you to go back to the word as a precious leader of our beloved church and walk away invigorated and equipped with resources for every good work.
Who Should attend;
Young preachers, Church leaders, Gospel musicians and instrumentalist, Ushers, Choristers and all who desire to be ministers of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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THE WORK OF JESUS ON THE CROSS

Today, we remind ourselves of the perfect work of the perfect man (Jesus Christ) on the cross at Calvary to perfect forever those who are being sanctified and I want to share with all our friends here “THE WORK OF JESUS ON THE CROSS”.

Hebrews 10:14 says “For by ONE OFFERING He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.”

The emphasis is the “ONE OFFERING” and that is the offering or sacrifice JESUS made of Himself on the cross, and by that ONE OFFERING, He provided every need for time and eternity, in every area of the life of every individual who trust and believe in Him.

With this in mind, there is nothing more that JESUS has to do, He has done it all. What JESUS did was once and for all.

When you read the New Testament of the Bible, you will realise that one of the last words of JESUS on the cross was “IT IS FINISHED – John 19:30”. Which signifies that something was done and completed.

Talking about THE WORK OF JESUS ON THE CROSS, we must understand that before JESUS could say IT IS FINISHED on the cross, a DIVINELY ORDAINED EXCHANGE MIGHT HAVE TAKEN PLACE.

All the evil that was due to the human race by justice was visited upon JESUS that all the good due to the obedience of JESUS might be made available to us or those whose BELIEVE.

It is at this point that many say “how can He die to save me since am not guilty of any sin” but the issue is we might not be guilty of drinking, fornicating, stealing, and chasing after peoples husbands and wives but we are all guilty of REBELLION (i.e. we have all turn to our own way). Isaiah 53:6

Romans 3:23 says “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” so there was the need for JESUS to restore the lost glory.

Before we go through the actual work on the cross or to put it in a better way, the exchange Jesus made on the cross, let’s look at the Prophecy by Prophet Isaiah in the Old Testament.

Isaiah 53 (NKJV)

Who has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

² For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,
And as a root out of dry ground.
He has no form or comeliness;
And when we see Him,
There is no beauty that we should desire Him.

³ He is despised and rejected by men,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

⁴ Surely He has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.

⁵ But He was wounded for our transgressions,
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His stripes we are healed.

⁶ All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

⁷ He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He opened not His mouth;
He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth.

⁸ He was taken from prison and from judgment,
And who will declare His generation?
For He was cut off from the land of the living;
For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.

⁹ And they made His grave with the wicked—
But with the rich at His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Nor was any deceit in His mouth.

¹⁰ Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise Him;
He has put Him to grief.
When You make His soul an offering for sin,
He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,
And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.

¹¹ He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied.
By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many,
For He shall bear their iniquities.

¹² Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great,
And He shall divide the spoil with the strong,
Because He poured out His soul unto death,
And He was numbered with the transgressors,
And He bore the sin of many,
And made intercession for the transgressors.

NOW THE EXCHANGE ON THE CROSS AT CALVARY.

1.      Isaiah 53:4-5; JESUS WAS PUNISHED THAT WE MIGHT BE FORGIVEN. Note: Forgiveness has been made possible because JESUS received the punishment for our transgressions.

2.      Isaiah 53:4; JESUS WAS WOUNDED THAT WE MIGHT BE HEALED. Note: Matthew confirmed this in Matthew 8:16-17 and the Apostle Peter in 1 Peter 2:24.

3.      Isaiah 53:10; JESUS WAS MADE SIN WITH OUR SINFULNESS THAT WE MIGHT BECOME RIGHTEOUS WITH HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS. Note: JESUS’ soul was made the sin offering. The Holy Spirit led the Apostle Paul to also confirm this in 2 Corinthians 5:21

4.      Hebrews 2:9; JESUS TASTED DEATH FOR US THAT WE MIGHT SHARE IN HIS ETERNAL LIFE. Note:  Romans 6:23 says the wages of sin is death so when JESUS was made sin, there was no way He could escape death.

5.      Galatians 3:13-14; JESUS WAS MADE A CURSE THAT WE MIGHT RECEIVE THE BLESSINGS OF THE FATHER. Note: JESUS on the cross became a curse. Deuteronomy 21:22-23.

6.      Hebrews 2:9-10; JESUS ENDURED OUR SHAME THAT WE MIGHT SHARE IN HIS GLORY.

7.      Matthew 27:45-51; JESUS ENDURED OUR REJECTION THAT WE MIGHT HAVE HIS ACCEPTANCE. Note: The veil or thick curtain of the temple was torn to signify our acceptance by God. Our Acceptance is again confirmed in Ephesians 1:3-6.

8.      2 Corinthians 8:9; JESUS ENDURED OUR POVERTY THAT WE MIGHT SHARE HIS ABUNDANCE.

Beloved friends and family, this is just a few of the wonderful exchange our Lord and saviour JESUS CHRIST did on the cross at Calvary for us.  You might ask “WHY WOULD HE GO THROUGH THAT FOR ME?” THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE “HE LOVES YOU”

ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS TO BELIEVE AND RECEIVE IT BY FAITH.

WE THANK YOU JESUS FOR DYING TO SAVE US. AMEN.

GLORY BE TO GOD.

#Christian Essel.