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Ps Seth Asare Ofei Badu Remembering His Death, Expecting His Second Coming Pt. 1: Three Bear Testimony 1 John 5:8 – 10, Luke 12:35 – 48 INTRODUCTION: Water, Blood, Spirit as Witnesses on Earth John, the evangelist writes in his first letter that three things bear testimony to the identity of Jesus on earth: the water, the blood and the Spirit. Curiously, he did not restrict the testimony function of the three witnesses to Christ. Indeed the New Testament clearly teaches that these three also bear testimony to the identity of the believer. The testimony, in the case of the believer, progresses from the Blood to the Spirit. If anybody will be a true living testimony of Christ, and His worthy ambassador, he must cast himself on the agreement of the testimony of the blood, the water and the Spirit THE TESTIMONY OF THE WITNESSES Testimony of the Water – Water baptism signifies the death and burial of a person’s old self, and his resurrection unto a new life at the

by Pastor Seth Asare Ofei Badu But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. Ro 8:11 (NKJV) Before Jesus came, it was not possible for God’s Spirit to dwell (live) in a human being. This is because of man’s sinful nature. God’s Spirit could however come upon some people He chose, giving them ability to do some extraordinary things such as prophesying and raising the dead. Through Joel, one the people who could prophesy in those days, God promised that He would pour out His Spirit on all flesh (people) in some time to come. The time that was promised through Joel came when Jesus came, died for all people, arose from the dead and ascended to Heaven. Before Jesus ascended, He promised the disciples that the Holy Spirit will come and live (dwell) in them. When Jesus’ disciples were waiting for the promise Jesus gave them, the Holy Spirit

Seth A. Ofei Badu Main Readings: Leviticus 6:8 – 13, Romans 12: 1 - 8 Laws in the Old Covenant should be treated as principles in the New Testament because they proceed from the same God. In the Old Testament, the people of Israel were required to follow the law unquestionably. Those of us who are bought into the New Covenant through the sacrifice of Jesus ought to examine the dictates of the law to discover the mind of God behind them and excel the conduct of the Old Covenant people by applying the principles in His service. The burnt offering was a gift offering to God which was completely burnt with fire. It pre-dates the law, in that Abel, Noah and Abraham all successfully made such sacrifices to God. Through Moses God specified how He would like it to be done, and enshrined it in the law. Two key legal observances were: a.        The sacred fire must be stoked continually with fresh firewood b.       The ashes must be regularly removed to make way for fresh offeri