BA2007-01-09: Able to Look At

Prayer Meeting: January 25, 2007

Exodus 3: 6-10
ABLE TO LOOK AT
Pstr Manolito Ramos

Passage Exodus 3:6-10:
6Moreover he
said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the
God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
7And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of
my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their
taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
8And I am come down
to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of
that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey;
unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the
Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
9Now
therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have
also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them.
10Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh,
that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of
Egypt.

“We see things as we are, not as they are.” Ananis Nin

(Proverbs 23:7) For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:


The ableness of God to look at us is within His attributes.
- God’s attribute is consistent.

WHAT CAN WE FIND HERE IN HIS ABLENESS TO LOOK AT US?
1.) We have a SEEING GOD
“I have surely seen the affliction…”
IGNORANCE – loss of knowledge – “I don’t know”
APATHY – loss of care - “I don’t care”

2.) We have a SYMPATHIZING GOD
God knows our grief. Grief is always present. Grief – something is missing
EMPATHY – feeling with…. (you feel the pain)
SYMPATHY – feeling at … (you feel and carry the pain with you)

“Man is not able, because it took us a Mediator (Jesus Christ) to look upon God.”
He that hath seen me hath seen the Father (John 14:9)
Sinners are afraid to look upo God. (jz like Moses)


WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE ABLENESS TO LOOK AT GOD
1.) Eyes of Understanding – to be enlightened.

(Ephesisans 1:18) The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

2.) Eyes of Faith – to increase.

(Luke 17:5) And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.

3.) Eyes of being blessed.

(Matthew 13:16) But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

BA2007-01-08: BEATITUDES

Sunday: January 22, 2007
Matthew 5: 1 - 12
BEATITUDES

Passage Matthew 5:1-12:

1And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
2And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
3Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
5Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
6Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
7Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
9Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
10Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
12Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Sermon of the Mount: God’s Territory
1.) God’s Peak (ascensions)
2.) God’s Breeze
3.) God’s view (altitude)

From the Beatitudes:
1.) Complete opposite to the earth’s teachings.
- the race is not always to the swift and the mighty
- the world dominates but the kingdom distinguishes
- earth recedes, heaven is increased
2.) Rewards are both in heaven and earth. “What binds here, binds there”
- Virtues are still rewarded though its popularity has become insignificant.
- Pain is delayed gratification for greater recognition.
3.) It gets you closer to God.
- Broken – “come unto me…”
- Blessed –
Content:
1.) Use to riches
2.) Condition of Greek gods- can get anything they want.
4.) Brightened - rejoice

BA2007-01-07: PRESERVING FAITH

Sunday: January 22, 2007

Matthew 15:21 - 28
PRESERVING FAITH
PMR

Mat 15:21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and
Sidon.
Mat 15:22 And, behold, a woman5 of Canaan came
out of thesamecoasts,and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy
on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter4 is
grievously vexed with a devil.
Mat 15:23 But he
answered her not a word. And his disciples came and
besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth
after us.
Mat 15:24 But he answered and said, I
am not sent but unto the lostsheep of the

Mat 15:25 Then came she and worshiped
him, saying, Lord, help me.
Mat 15:26 But1 he
answered and said,It is not meet to take the
children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
Mat 15:27
And1161 she said, Truth,Lord: yet the dogs eat
of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.
Mat 15:28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her,
O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even
as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from
that very hour.

FAITH: A serious topic to ponder about

1.) One soteriological (doctrine of Salvation) blessing
2.) Because not all people have faith in God
- loss faith about goodness

AS BELIEVERS, WE ARE PREDICATED BY FAITH
1.) Measured – “according to your faith…”
2.) Motivated – “without faith, it is impossible to please Him” Heb. 11:6
3.) Marked – “the just shall live by faith” Heb. 10:28

FAITH
1.) Spiritual in Nature – Heb. 11:6
2.) Substantial in Form – Heb. 11:1 – the substance of God. When we have faith, we carry God with us.
3.) Source of life – Heb. 10:38

WHY PERSEVERE IN FAITH?
1.) Active Faith – keeps on believing what is the truth
2.) Passive Faith – has a belief but nit moving
- not doing something for Christianity sake
PERSEVERANCE – to keep on something despite of difficulties

WHAT PAID OFF THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE PHOENECIAN WOMAN?
1.) The presence of problems in life. The woman represents to us the sudden appearance of prophetic people.

FIVE FACTS ABOUT PROBLEMS:
1.) Every human being has a problem.
2.) Every problem has a stand (it will stop someday).
3.) Each problem holds spiritual or positive realities (problems can become a source of blessing).
4.) You can choose what your problem can do for you.

“You will be remembered for two things in your life. The problems you solved and the problems you caused.”

PEOPLE SADDENED WITH PROBLEMS NEEDS:
1.) Mercy - v.22 – You have nothing but God gives you
2.) Motivation (course) v.23 – “send her away…”3.) Ministering – v.24,25 – “lost sheep ---Lord help me”

BA2007-01-06: ABLE TO LISTEN

Thursday: January 18, 2007

Isaiah 59:1
Able to Listen
PMR

Isa 59:1 Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened,
that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:

Communication – (latin) meaning to share or partake

In communication, God has not only imparted, but He’s also a partaker of our desires and prayers.

God listens (“Talk to me…”)

To be a good communicator, one must be a good listener. (Focus, content, emotion)

God applies active listening skills.
God manifests thru Revelation (I Corinthians 2:9-14) – God has certain good plans to those who love Him.

Nature of Revelation
1.) Verbal – thru dreams and visions
2.) Anthropomorphy – representing God having human bodily parts
3.) Intervention in History
4.) Religious observance
5.) Nature (Psalms 19:1)
6.) Conscience – intuitive in knowledge
7.) Miracles
8.) In Christ (Hebrews 1:2)
9.) Thru the church (I Peter 2:9) God’s Testimony

God Listens to us - - -
1.) Periodically – Psalms 55:17
a.) God knows we live through times and we can arrange our time.
b.) We’re not always conscious on Him
c.) God has set us seasons to remind us of the temper times.

2.) Systematically – Matthew 7:7
a.) God in His sovereignty has already seen our needs and our prayers can’t alter His plan.
b.) But God id the God of order. He sets paradigmatic law to comply orderliness.(Ecclesiastes 5:1)
c.) In God’s system, we simply obey.

3.) Wonderfully – Jeremiah 33:3
a.) He is accessible. It is us that get short circuit (sin). V.2
Iniquity – violation of God’s will
b.) God’s answer is limitless. As He listens to us (great and mighty things which thou knowest not).
c.) God’s invitation to have wonderful time with Him.

4.) Intimately – I John 5:14
a.) Remember the sparrows (maya)
b.) Reflect the creation
c.) Regard the petition

BA2007-01-05: NEW TERITORIES: Finding God to New Beginnings

Sunday: January 14, 2007

Joshua 1: 1-8
NEW TERITORIES: Finding God to New Beginnings
PMR

Jos 1:1 Now after the death of Moses the
servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spoke unto Joshua the son of
Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
Jos 1:2 Moses my servant is dead; now
therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land
which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel.
Jos 1:3 Every
place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you,
as I said unto Moses.
Jos 1:4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon
even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites,
and unto the great sea toward the going downof the sun, shall be your coast.
Jos 1:5 There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the
days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail
thee, nor forsake thee.
Jos 1:6 Be strong and of a good courage: for
unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I
swore unto their fathers to give them.
Jos 1:7 Only be thou strong and
very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which
Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the
left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
Jos 1:8 This
book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate
therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is
written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou
shalt have good success.

Context: Joshua getting into a new beginning as the new leader when Moses died.

One great truth: All faded away except the Word of God. (1 Peter 1: 24 -25)

We must find God in new beginnings.

GOD IS THERE:
- IN CREATION: He was there. He spoke there. Prime Personality
- IN DISPENSATION: (period in time when God has a specific task) He acted on every period and events in the life of man. (Innocence, conscience, human government, law, kingdom)
- IN MAN’S ALIENATION: Man became a sinner. God took man to a new task and roles. Man as the provider and woman the keeper of the home.
- IN ETERNAL SALVATION: God is the instigator of new life in Jesus which promises eternal life.
- IN DAILY VISITATION OF GOD: God’s faithfulness is new every morning.

“God is there and God is not silent.” Francis Shaeffer

REALITIES:

1.) Surprises will Come
a. Downers
i. Expectation will not always happen
ii. Enjoyment can be hampered
iii. Energy may come to a halt
b. Uppers
i. Answer to your needs that was not prayed for
ii. Miracles of life by the Grace of God

2.) Struggles will Continue
- You simply change your place of struggle. (Ex. When going abroad)
- Job said, “Man that is born of woman is of few days and full of struggles.”
a. Conflict is inevitable (bound to happen)
i. “Conflict is inevitable but to combat is an option”
b. Crisis is inescapable
i. Crisis is concentrated information
ii. The greatest is the Crisis of Truth

3.) Separation will Conquer
a. Every day there is death
b. Death signals a new territory to face: Heaven or Hell
c. For the Living:
i. Death means a new beginning. A new perspective.
ii. Death means a barometer. A measurement
iii. Death means a breakthrough. Though Christ’s death, man is healed.

4.) Stability will Calm.
- In the Bible, stability means “not changing the structure”
a. Be Strong
b. Be Straight. V.7
c. Be Still. V.8

BA2007-01-04: ABLE TO LAST: Commitment

Prayer Meeting: January 11, 2007

John 6: 60-71
ABLE TO LAST: COMMITMENT
Pstr Manolito Ramos

Joh 6:60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they
had heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it?
Joh 6:61
When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them,
Doth this offend you?
Joh 6:62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man
ascend up where he was before?
Joh 6:63 It is the spirit that
quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing the words that I speak unto you, they
are spirit, and they are life.
Joh 6:64 But there are some of you that
believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not,
and who should betray him.
Joh 6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto
you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
Joh 6:66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no
more with him.
Joh 6:67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also
go away?
Joh 6:68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall
we go? thou hast the wordsof eternal life.
Joh 6:69 And we believe and
are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
Joh
6:70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is
a devil?
Joh 6:71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he
it was that should betrayhim, being one of the twelve.

Two Attitudes that PMR Noticed w/in the week:
1.) Impatient
2.) Imbibing

Christian Race
1.) Patient
2.) Personifying

“Christianity is a marathon and not a race.” So run with Endurance.

Grey headed people as they grow old.
1.) Tested by Times – Psalms 37:5 (David)
Psa 37:5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

2.) Tried to Strength – Joshua 14:11 (Caleb)
Jos 24:11 And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.

3.) Deepened by Experience – Genesis 30:27 (Laban)
Gen 30:27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.


CONTEXT: The Disciples are Tested by Jesus’ Teachings.
1.) Meat for the Belly – v.52 – (the disciples thought)
2.) Meat for Eternity- v,48, 51 (what Jesus meant)

WHY PEOPLE CAN’T MAKE A COMMITMENT AND LAST LONG?
1.) Lack of understanding to true plans of God. V.60
a. Jesus wants people to absorb Him. V-56
b. The Disciples
i. A Hard Saying. V.60
ii. Complaints. V.61 – we question the power of God
2.) A life that’s fleshly in motivation. V.63
a. Church is used for Spiritual Reformation
i. It takes time and money (against Work)
ii. Interferes with leisure and rest
iii. Competes with personal ambition
3.) A lost of belief. V.64
a. Check: Why is one cold in Christ?
i. Are you saved and elected? V.65
ii. Are you still walking with God? V.66
4.) A look to other alternatives. V.67-68
a. They think God is not enough
b. God is absolute and there should not be an alterntive
(Thou shalt have no other God)

INTEREST – we pursue as long as it is convenient
COMMITMENT – we pursue even it isn’t convenient

BA2007-01-03: CHAIN REACTION

Sunday Vesper: January 7, 2007

II Timothy 3: 10-17
CHAIN REACTION
PMR

2Ti 3:10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose,
faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
2Ti 3:11 Persecutions,
afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what
persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
2Ti
3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer
persecution.
2Ti 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and
worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
2Ti 3:14 But continue thou in
the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom
thou hast learned them;
2Ti 3:15 And that from a child thou hast known
the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee unto salvation through faith
which is in Christ Jesus.
2Ti 3:16 All Scripture is given by
inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction,
for instruction in righteousness:
2Ti 3:17 That the man of God may be
perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

1.) CREATION – no man is an island
2.) RELATION – people not things that make life worthwhile
3.) CONDEMNATION – sowing and reaping principle (Romans 5:12)
4.) SALVATION – one man’s death is a result of life

PAUL’S CHAIN
1.) Consequences of a Godly Life (v. 10-12)
- Noble Effect
- Disabling Effect
- Nature: Individual, Universal, Remedial
2.) Contamination of Evil
- Presence of pain & suffering
- We live in a Spiritual world
- Evil: Prolongs, Pressures, Practice more
3.) Continuity of Learning
- Be Steadfast (v.14)
- Be Striving (v. 15)
- Be Scriptural (v. 14-17)

BA2007-01-02: DOING IT RIGHT

Sunday: January 7, 2007

Genesis 18:23-33
DOING IT RIGHT
PMR

(Gen 18:23) And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the
righteous withthe wicked?

(Gen 18:24) Peradventure there be
fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place
for the fifty righteous that are therein?

(Gen 18:25) That be
far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked:
and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not
the Judge of all the earth do right?

(Gen 18:26) And the LORD
said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will
spare all the place for their sakes.

(Gen 18:27) And Abraham
answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord,
which am but dust and ashes:

(Gen 18:28) Peradventure there
shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack
of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy
it.

(Gen 18:29) And he spoke unto him yet again, and said,
peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for
forty's sake.

(Gen 18:30) And he said unto him, Oh let not
the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found
there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

(Gen
18:31) And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the
Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not
destroy it for twenty's sake.

(Gen 18:32) And he said, Oh let
not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten
shall be found there, And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's
sake.

(Gen 18:33) And the LORD went his way, as soon as he
had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

In decision making, are you doing it right?
Romans 11:29: Walang pagsisi sa calling.

Abraham’s characteristics: Calm, calculated and composed in thoughts and manner
- we should calculate our decisions

Reasons why he left Ur to follow God’s calling:
1.) Needed to be removed from old friends and situations that might hinder his full obedience.
2.) A definite step of faith that contributed a Spiritual development.
3.) Shift the center of God’s working from Mesopotamia to Canaan.
- Usually, in following God, events shifts from convenience to conflict.
4.) His calling changed the whole complexion of God’s dealing with mankind.
- Abraham became the father of a nation, from where the blood line of Jesus came.

BA2007-01-01: ABLE TO LEAD

Prayer Meeting: January 4, 2007

Genesis 1:26 - 29
ABLE TO LEAD
PMR

Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let
them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and
over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth.
Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in
the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Gen 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and
replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea,
and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the
earth.
Gen 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing
seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is
the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

- God’s Consistent Pattern to Lead
- God shared Creation to man to lead it – “have dominion” v.26

i. Even
ii. Entreat
iii. Enjoy

- The KEY: Know who you are

i. God’s Image
ii. To Conform to Christ’s Image (Romans 8:29)
For whom
he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his
Son, that he might the firstborn among many brethren.

- The RESULT: Blessings (v.28) after knowing the Lord blessed them

i. INDIVIDUAL Blessings
ii. INSTANT Blessings
iii. Innumerable Blessings
(the hardest arithmetic)

- KEEP IN MIND

i. Be Faithful: Gain Something
ii. Be Multiplying: Growth
iii. Be Overseeing: Guide your work. Manage it well

Legends