Words of Life|Pastor Balan Swaminathan|HIPM

Flesh and the Spirit

Any area of our heart or mind that is not surrendered to Jesus Christ is an area vulnerable to satanic attack. We have a constant fight going on within us between flesh and Spirit, darkness and light, evil and God.  This fight will be on until we live in flesh.  Until our death.  The desires of our flesh sets our mind to do sin. 

Romans 8:6 6 (NIV) The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.

Colossians 3:2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.

Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Balm of Gilead

Jeremiah 8:22 Is there no balm in Gilead, Is there no physician there? Why then is there no recovery For the health of the daughter of my people?

As we read Jeremiah Chapter 8, the Spirit of God reveals these points very clearly:

- People are not willing to go to Gilead to get healed
- People are seeking alternate methods of recovery

Today we see the same trend among Christians. Don't seek alternate ways, come back to Jesus. 

He is calling you today.  Let Him apply His precious blood, the balm of Gilead so that you will be set free.

 

Are you Willing?

Mark 10:46-52
Blind Bartimaeus received his miracle on that day as he was

1. Not willing to be what he was
2. Willing to lose the lesser for the greater
3. Willing to look into the future

Listen from the life of this blind man.

False Senses

What is false sense?
- Truth distorted
- Truth falsely magnified
- The wrong understanding, opinions, ideas and lies we carry about ourselves and about some of the spiritual truths.

Read the rest of this entry »

Religious Complexity

What do others say about Christians?

• Christianity is self condemning
• Christians live a life of comparison
• Christians behave as if God owes them
• Christians live a double life

Roots

Generational curses going down up to 4th generation:
Curse of idol worship - Exodus 20:3-5 “You shall have no other gods before Me. 4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; 5 you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, Up to 10th generation:

Read the rest of this entry »

Compromise | Doctrinal Compromise

God is telling every one of us:

- It is important what we believe because it defines our identity in Christ
- God is asking us not to compromise what we believe
- God is asking us not to compromise the truth just for the sake of loving someone
- God is asking us not to make room for Satan by compromising the known truths
- God is asking us not to be under the bondage but to be set free by the truth
- God is also asking us to defend our faith

Read the rest of this entry »

Compromise | 10 Commandments Compromised - 2

God has spoken to us through this sermon. 

- God doesn't want us to harbor hatred in our heart compromising the sixth commandment
- God doesn't want us to dress like this world and act like this world  and be with lustful eyes and thoughts compromising the seventh commandment
- God doesn't want us to steal what doesn't belong to us, the materials, God given talents and gifts and even in out tithes and offerings compromising the eighth commandment
- God doesn't want us to stand as a false testimony compromising the 9th commandment
- God doesn't want us to covet what we don't own compromising the 10th commandment instead He wants us to be happy and content with what we have

Compromise | 10 Commandments Compromised - 1

God doesn't want us to compromise the ten commandments:

- He doesn’t want us to have any other God before Him
- He doesn't want us to worship anything else than Him and Him alone
- He doesn't want us to proclaim His name, but not live up to His name
- He doesn't want us to neglect Sunday morning service
- He doesn't want us to neglect our parents

Compromise | Spirit of Compromise - 2

Jesus said,

Rev 2: 21 And I gave her time to repent of her sexual immorality, and she did not repent. 22 Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their deeds. 23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your works.

If you are involved with a Jezebel, it is time for you to repent and turn away from her evil deeds and run before it's too late!