I Owe You Nothing Part 2

Jesus came for us to be part of the new foundation that God has laid for us (through his Son Jesus Christ). What are these foundations that God had laid for us?

1. The foundation of love – in John 15:10, Jesus said, “If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in his love”. This love Jesus is talking about is agape love and not the world kind of love. The love that flows from within, the love that can effect change.

2. Foundation of forgiveness – without forgiveness none of us will be able to reap the joy of salvation. Forgiveness is one of the cardinal principles of the Christian faith. When there is the spirit of forgiveness it shows that there is genuine and true repentance, it shows that you have compassion, it shows that regeneration had taken place that leads to brokenness. So that people can point at you and say of a truth this person is a Christian.

3. The foundation of accommodation – are you accommodative like our Lord Jesus Christ? When you are not accommodative you cannot be humble.

4. The foundation of tolerance – can you tolerate people around you? Are you seeing yourself as more righteous than others? If you are like that, Satan will demand things from you, and you will not be able to say I owe you nothing.

5. The foundation of fellowship – We should be together in one place lifting up our holy hands to praise God and appreciate him for everything he has done for us (Hebrews 10:25), we should not forsake the assembly of the brethren, but many of us are forsaking that assembly and we are seeking answers to prayers, we are seeking for deliverance and miracles and all these things. Many of us don’t understand what Christianity is, many don’t understand what relationship is and because they don’t understand when they get married it fail. They have problem with their coworkers because they don’t have the understanding of the word of God or what Christianity is all about. They don’t know that coming together in fellowship increase their communication and make their public relations to be better, because we lack this public relation when God send his angels to us we don’t understand.

6. The foundation of patience – patience is a Christian virtue you must have, because sometimes you will need to wait. It is difficult to wait for answered prayers, but tough people do wait. It is because of impatience why many have fallen into the hands of emergency prophets and pastors that mess them up, because they refuse to wait. There is a timeline for every prayer to be answered you need to be patient to get what you want. Once you are not patient Holy Spirit will not trust you. You have to understand the journey God is taking you on first, because when you lack understanding when God give you that thing you will abuse it. Hebrews 10:36, you have need of patience, now that you have done the will of God you will receive your reward.

7. The foundation of Self-witnessing – How many persons since the year started have you told about the love of Christ? How many people have you tell about the love of Christ in your office, in your family, in the supermarket etc.? How many people have you told about what the Lord has done for you? Have you witnessed to your children? Many have failed as a mother and a father that is why the land is like this now. Each and every person shall give account of what they have done with the children God has given unto them.

8. The foundation of perseverance – many don’t know how to withstand pain, disappointment, temptations and trials. They hold it against others. There is a journey that we must follow, those that are Godly in Christ must suffer persecution (2 Timothy 3:12), Christianity is a battle of its own.

9. The foundation of kindness and hospitality; these are the things we find in Jesus Christ and his followers. We need to look at our Christian foundations. That is how we started being a Christian? Many of us don’t have foundation, it is one sickness or another that throw us into the church. You must love the word of God that will reveal Christ to you, that will discipline your life and show you if you do well or not.

10. The foundation of generosity – how generous are you? God is so generous as written in John 3:16, God so love the world that he gave his only begotten Son for us. God allowed Jesus to go through suffering to redeem us back to him, because the pathway that he has given to us before through Adam and Eve did not work out well. It is high time we respond to the generosity of God to us and give back in evangelism.

11. The foundation of fasting and prayer – Prayer is not only for when you have problem, bible says pray without ceasing. The fervent prayer of the righteous availeth much.