Summary: <br> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">1 John 2:1 “<span style="background: #FFFFFF;">My little children, these things write I<br> unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the<br> Father, Jesus Christ the righteous</span>”.</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Christianity<br> is founded on Christ Jesus. Anything done without Christ being the centre of it<br> is not of Christ. The church belongs to Jesus and therefore it is important for<br> us to emphasise Jesus in everything. The church is not a place for politics,<br> the church is a place where the lost must come and receive eternal life. It is<br> important for us to understand the purpose of the church. What you don’t understand<br> you will abuse. Where a purpose is not known, abuse is inevitable. We have to<br> understand the reason why we come to church and do what we do because Jesus Christ<br> is the centre of what we do. In the church we do not lift up the agenda of men<br> but the name of Jesus. In every church where Jesus is lifted up, the bible says<br> he will draw all men unto myself. When we start lifting up Jesus, what happens<br> is that we are lifted up with him. Every time you lift up Jesus, your life is<br> automatically lifted. You cannot lift up the name of Jesus and be down. Jesus is<br> the truth. </span><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">John 8:32 “<span style="background: #FFFFFF;">And ye shall know the truth, and the truth<br> shall make you free</span>”.</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> When the bible says you will know<br> the truth is means that you will have an intimate relationship with the truth. This<br> knowing is an intimate knowing where you will know him without a shadow of<br> doubt. The truth that you know, based on your level of intimacy, the truth that<br> you know will make you free. Not set you, it will make you free. When he makes<br> you free, he changes your mindset, he transforms you inside out. </span><b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Romans 1:16 “<span style="background: #FFFFFF;">For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the<br> power of God unto salvation to everyone that believeth; to the Jew first, and<br> also to the Greek</span>”.</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p></p>
