Justified by Faith and faith alone

This Sunday(October 17,2010), Pr.Juxy Mathew from Dubai(Maranatha Full Gospel Church), was the speaker in Revival Centre AG church, Fathenagar.
He was talking on the very important and basic topic of justification by Faith and its benefits.

Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ(Romans 5:1)


This verse very clearly tells us how we are sanctified or how we became righteous, its only through faith

This righteousness includes two things
1. Positional righteousness
God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.(2Cori 5:21)

Its the righteousness of God through Christ, we became justifies

2. Progressive righteousness
Let him who does wrong continue to do wrong; let him who is vile continue to be vile; let him who does right continue to do right; and let him who is holy continue to be holy.(Revelation 22:11)

What are the benefits we receive after we are justified by faith?

1. Peace with God
....we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ(Romans 5:1)

Peace with God and peace of God are different

Peace with God includes three things
a. Reconciliation with God
For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship.And by him we cry, "Abba,Father." The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs -heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.(Romans 8:15-17)
When we are reconciled with God then without fear we can approach God's throne.
When we are reconciled with God then we became heirs of God's kingdom

b. Concord - agreement in views with God
c. Fellowship with God
And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ(1 John 1:3)

2. We stand in the grace of God
..through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand(Romans 5:2) This grace gives us the privilege to go before the Holiest of Holy, which was not the case in old testament.
This grace can remove your weakness. As conveyed to Paul "..My Grace is sufficient for you"

3. We rejoice in the hope of glory
...And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God(Romans 5:2)

4. We rejoice in sufferings
Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance..(Romans 5:3)

5. We have love of God in our hearts
And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us(Romans 5:5)

6. Saved from the wrath
Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him!(Romans 5:9)

7.Reconciliation by the blood of Jesus
For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!(Romans 5:10)

Good Bye - Anish & Madhu

Two of our brothers, Br:Anish & Br:Madhu moved to Chennai from Hyderabad. They were such a blessing to our church in Gachibowli. Our prayer and wish is that God use both of them in their workplaces and usew them for His glory.
God bless you Madhu
God bless you Anish

Hitec City Church - We moved to new location

After lots of prayer, God opened a door for us.
The Sunday worship service of Revival Centre AG church in Gachibowli is moved to a beautiful and spacious location.
We now gather every Sunday at 8:30 AM in Dine Valley Restaurant, Opposite Cyberabad Police Commissioner Off, Telecom Nagar , Gachibowli.
This is around 1 KM from Gachibowli junction towards tolichowki-mehadipatnam side.

The service is in English and will be over by 10:15 AM

True spirituality- How we identify?

This Sunday(March 7, 2010) . Pr.Sidney Potter was ministering in the malayalam service. The subject he taken was quite interesting especially these days. How we identify or how we test ourselves whether our spirituality is true or false.
Its very simple. There are four questions each one of us need to answer. And based on the answer we can very clearly distinguish whether our spirituality is true or not.
The questions are formulated based on the most famous sermon in the Bible, Sermon on the mount(Mathew Chapter 5 to 7)

1. How do you want other people to see you?
Is it that others want to see you much better that what you are Or you want to see yourself as exactly as you.

When people see you, if they are able to tell How great a God you believe, then you are on the right side.
Mathew 6:1-4


2. How do you see God?

Is it like you see God as gene who gives whatever you ask or you see God as your heavenly Father?

Mathew 6:9-13. Jesus taught his desciples how to pray. This prayer gives us the template so that we learn how to pray. We cannot command God.
Mathew 6:5-8

3. How do you see other people?
Is it that you see others with a condemning heart or see others with compassion?
If we can see others through God's heart, then we are in the right direction.
Mathew 7:1-5

4.How do you see yourself?
Do you think you are complete in all aspects(finished product) or do you think that you need to grow more?

New Year message : This field has everything needed for you

Pastor Mathew George gave a powerful and spiritually encouraging message on January1,2010 morning from the book of Ruth.
"..And a certain man of Bethlehem-judah went to live in the country of Moab, he and his wife and his two sons."(Ruth 1:1 )
1. When your facing a situation which forces you to take decision, take it with God.

But here Naomi and family decided to move to Moab from Bethlehem. That was a wrong decision.This has effect
- on their personal life
- on their generations
- on their future
2. When you knew that you made a wrong choice, better comeback
- Accept the mistake before God
- Correct it before God
Naomi did that.Ruth did that

3. If we take our decision with God,God will open field for you.
Ruth confessed that "your God is my God". God led her to field of Boas.
This field has some specialties

A. This is a Field of prosperity
Ruth 2:1
Ruth 2:8
This field has enough for you and much more than that
Psalms 1:1-3

B.This is a field of Fellowship
"...neither go away from here, but stay here close by my maidens"(Ruth 2:8)
C. This is a field of Security
"... Have I not commanded the young men that they shall not touch you?"(Ruth 2:9)

D. This is a field of Providence

Good bye 2009, welcome 2010

One more eventful year passed by. A new year is arriving.
We are closer to coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. Events around us is clearly pointing to that.

We wish all a peace filled and Christ centered 2010.

Instead of making a New Year's resolution
Consider committing to a biblical solution
Your promises are easily broken
Empty words, though earnestly spoken
But God's Word transforms the soul
By His Holy Spirit making you whole
As you spend time alone with Him
He will change you from within

-- Mary Fairchild

We had our New year service started from 8:30 PM on 31st December,2009 and ended at 1:30AM 1st January,2010. This year Telugu and Tamil worship services had separate time for testimony.
We entered to 2010 with praises to our living God

Why full humanity of Jesus Christ is necessary?

In our weekly Bible study in Gachibowli we are learning about "Christ-The person". Pastor Mathew George is taking the session in a very systematical way.

Jesus Christ is fully human and fully God at the same time. To understand this clearly we need to
study the two aspects of it
1. Humanity of Christ
2. The deity(divinity) of Christ

Today we learned about the topic "Is it necessary for Jesus to come as a human? And if so why?"

There are seven reasons why this is necessary?

1. Representative Obedience
Luke 4:13, Genesis 2:15-3:7, Romans 5:18,19
Therefore as by one offense sentence came on all men to condemnation, even so by the righteousness of One the free gift came to all men to justification of life.
For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of One shall many be made righteous.(Romans 5:18,19)

Adam's disobedience was cleared by the obedience of Christ.

2. Substitute Sacrifice
Hebrews 2:14-17
For surely it is not angels he helps, but Abraham's descendants(Heb 2:16)
To deliver the humanity from punishment of sin, He took the form of a man.

3. One mediator between God and man.
1 Timothy 2:5
For God is one, and there is one Mediator between God and man, the Man Christ Jesus
He is presently the mediator between God and man , since He knows our pains and temptations well. Because He went through all these

4. To full fill God's original purpose of man to rule over creation
When God created Adam, He gave him full authority over everything on earth. But Adam surrendered that to Satan by disobeying God.
But Jesus came to restore that
And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, All authority is given to Me in Heaven and in earth(Mathew 28:18)

5. To show an example and a pattern in our life
1 Peter 2:21, Hebrew 4:14-15, Hebrew 12:2
Since then we have a great High Priest who has passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.For we do not have a high priest who cannot be touched with the feelings of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted just as we are, yet without sin.(Heb 4:14,15)

6. To give us the pattern for redeemed bodies
1 Corinthians 15:42-44, Colossians 1:18
Jesus proved that and He is the first born after death. Our hope is that we all will receive this transformed which Jesus received after resurrection.

And He is the Head of the body, the church, who is the Beginning, the First-born from the dead, that He may be pre-eminent in all things.(Colo 1:18)

7. To sympathize with us as a High priest
Hebrews 2:8, Hebrews 4:16

To give us the confidence that you can reach out to the throne of Grace any time.

Jesus is fully man and fully God.