NEW SPRING BAPTIST CHURCH, OGBOMOSO

  TOPIC: NEVER TAKE THE DEVIL FOR GRANTED TEXT: MATTHEW 12:22-30 A Message Delivered by Rev. Kayode Oke Matthew 12:22-30 (NIV) 22 Then they brought him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute, and Jesus healed him, so that he could both talk and see. 23 All the people were astonished and said, "Could this be the Son of David?" 24 But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, "It is only by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that this fellow drives out demons." 25 Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand. 26 If Satan drives out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then can his kingdom stand? 27 And if I drive out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your people drive them out? So then, they will be your judges. 28 But if I drive out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. 29 ...

  ELDERS’ APPRECIATION SUNDAY TOPIC:      AGE: A SINGLE LANE TO ETERNITY   TEXT:       JOEL 2:28; 1 COR. 2:9 Joel 2:28 (NIV) 28 'And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.   1 Corinthians 2:9 (NIV) 9 However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him"-- INTRODUCTION One common phrase is that ‘whatever goes up must come down’, while that is applicable to most things, it is not applicable to age. For as long as a person is alive, he/she grows older by the day. Just like someone said, aging is a special gift from God, we cannot earn it, buy it or even sell it . it is also something we must be eternally grateful for, because if we are not old, we would be dead. It is indeed a ‘Single lane to eternity’. Today, we are g...