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TOPIC: YOU CAN’T AFFORD TO DIE LIKE ABNER PREPARED AND PRESENTED BY PS. K. AFOAKWA – DUAH, COP – MANSO ATWERE TEXT: 2 SAM 3: 33 -35; NUM. 23: 10; HEB. 9:27 2Sa 3:33 And the king sang a lament over Abner and said: "Should Abner die as a fool dies? 34 Your hands were not bound Nor your feet put into fetters; As a man falls before wicked men, so you fell." Then all the people wept over him again. 35 And when all the people came to persuade David to eat food while it was still day, David took an oath, saying, "God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread or anything else till the sun goes down!" Nu 23:10 "Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number one-fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my end be like his!" Heb 9:27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, INTRODUCTION: Death is a necessary evil. Everybody wonders why God should give us such a friend. Everybody will go but how? Explain the main t...

Where should I start off my New Converts' training? What materials exist and how can I access them? On this blog, we are very interested in answering these questions, practically. In the first place several materials exist, with various approaches. We will be presenting and discussing them. The one we have a very ready access to and can make available to you online for free is the LESSONS FOR NEW FOLLOWERS OF JESUS. This material is a one-page guide of seven lessons. It is designed to be studied one lesson-per-day for seven days. The lessons are carefully selected Bible verses and passages grouped under seven basic injunctions that Jesus gave. Each lesson is very briefly introduced with one or two concise statements. The Disciple-maker or Teacher is very instrumental in the use of this material: 1. He or she must first study the material, reading most of the verses and passages from the Bible for easier discussions. 2. He or she should emphasize the instruction in the introd...

One very useful way of "unlocking" the Bible is to check how the Old Testament tells the story of the New Testament. After all the OT is said to be a shadow of the NT (Col 2:17, Heb 10:1). What would be our take on the following? Where do the realities of these shadows occur in the NT? 1. Journey to Egypt 2. Slaves to Pharaoh 3. The “futility” of all the plagues but one to weaken Pharaoh's grip 4. The Passover Lamb 5. Deaths of the firstborns that broke Pharaoh's grip 6. Pharaoh's pursuit 7. The Red Sea 8. The Desert 9. Pillar of Fire and Cloud 10. Manna 11. The Attacks in the Desert 12. The Apostasy and Punishments 13. The Midian Mix and the Grumblings 14. The Bronze serpent 15. Jordan 16. Manna stops 17. Warfare in Canaan 18. The Law 19. The Ark 20. The Tabernacle 21. The Gradual Take over If you really want to build people up, do not shy away from doing this. God contracted Israel mainly for the purpose of telling this story, to make salvation meaningful ...

When the Lord laid it on my heart to preach this on Lord's Supper Day, I just went dumb. How do I relate this to the bread and wine...wait a minute,...blood and body,...bingo! These are affected in warfare! Then silence again, how? The fact that the congregation I was billed to minister with could number not more than 20 made the enterprise no less daunting. This is what we ended up with: The first reading was Revelations 12:11 - " And they overcame him (Satan) because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, ..." and maybe we should have read in addition 2 Co. 10:2-5. Touching on the two phases in which the saints overcame Satan: First by the blood, the set L/S wine and bread came in handy to place emphasis on how Christ never wants us to forget the emblems of our EXIT victory. Those can never be replicated. He has already won the victory that has set us free from bondage to Satan and sin. Bringing in the illustration of Israel's exit from...