JESUS

1. TODAY WE WILL BE LOOKING AT JESUS, WHO HE WAS, WHAT HE DID, THE

ATTRIBUTES DISPLAYED BY HIM.
MARK 8 AS ATYPICAL EXAMPLE HOW JESUS HANDLED REAL LIFE
SITUATIONS .
HIS LIFE AS A TEMPLATE FOR OURS.
WE WOULD PRAY ACCORDING TO THIS SCRIPTURE.
WE WOULD PRAY TO BE MORE LIKE HIM.
WE WOULD PRAY TO HANDLE LIFE SITUATIONS LIKE HE DID.

2. JESUS HAD AUTHORITY, HE DISPLAYED OVER WHELMING AUTHORITY TAUGHT

WITH AUTHORITY.
THIS AUTHORITY HE ALSO DISPLAYED OVER DEMONS. MARK 5:8
3. DEMONS RECOGNISED THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS UNCLEAN SPIRITS BOW TO THE
PERSON OF JESUS. MARK 5:12
OUR LIVES SHOULD DISPLAY THIS AUTHORITY EXHIBITED BY THE PERSON
OF JESUS, NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND DEMONS SHOULD SEE US COMING
AND TREMBLE.
IT IS COMMON FASHION AND I HOPE WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH ME
THAT ON HEARING A FELLOW IS DEMON POSSESSED WE EXHIBIT A VERY
DIFFERENT ATTITUDE OTHER THAT DISPLAYED BY THE PERSON OF JESUS
WHO IS ACTUALLY OUR TEMPLATE.
4, THE POWER OF JESUS BRINGS RESTORATION OF ALL WASTED YEARS AND
EFFORTS. MARK 5:15
ONE GENUINE ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS TURNS THE LIFE OF THE MAD MAN
OF GADARENES AROUND, JESUS HAVING COMPASSION ON HIM TURNED HIS
LIFE AROUND IN JUST THAT SINGLE ENCOUNTER.
MEN SHOULD ENCOUNTER US AND HAVE A TURN AROUND, WE SHOULD
MAKE CONTACTS WITH PEOPLE AND TURN THEIR LIFE AROUND, FROM
MOURNING TO JOY, FROM DARKNESS INTO LIGHT. FROM A SINFUL LIFESTYLE
TO A HOLY LIFESTYLE PLEASANT AND ACCEPTABLE IN THE EYES OF GOD
OUR MAKER, FROM OBSCURITY INTO FAME.
WE SHOULD INFLUENCE MEN BY THE HELP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN US, IN ME
AND IN YOU.

 EVERY OPPORTUNITY SHOULD BE CEASED TO PROMOTE THE KINGDOM OF

HEAVEN.
5. JESUS EMPHASIZES ON TESTIMONY . MARK 5: 19
AND THEY OVERCAME BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB AND BY THE WORD OF
THEIR TESTIMONY.
EACH TIME THEREFORE WE GIVE OUR TESTIMONY WE ACKNOWLEDGE
JESUS.
6. PEOPLE BELIEVED IN THE AUTHORITY JESUS HAD . MARK 5:23.
OUR LIVES SHOULD NOT BE SHORT OF THIS.
JESUS HAD AUTHORITY, HE DISPLAYED THIS AUTHORITY, PEOPLE BELIEVED
IN THIS AUTHORITY.
AS A CHILD OF GOD MEN AND WOMEN ALIKE SHOULD BELIEVE IN THE
AUTHORITY YOU WIELD
AUTHORITY COMES AS A RESULT OF EXERCISING IT IS IN USING THIS
AUTHORITY GIVEN TO US BY THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT THE INFLUENCE OF THS
AUTHORITY GROWS, BECAUSE SCRIPTURE SAYS AND YE SHALL RECEIVE
POWER AFTER THE HOLY GHOST HAS COME UPON THEE AND YE SHALL BE
WITNESSES..
7. JESUS PUTS AN END TO ILL- HEALTH, YEARS OF THE WOMAN WITH ISSUE
OF BLOOD, JESUS CHRIST WAS A PROBLEM SOLVER, JESUS HAD THE
REPUTATION OF BEING A PROBLEM SOLVER, JESUS ALWAYS HAD A WAY
AROUND PROBLEMS.
LIKE JESUS WE SHOULD BE THE SOLUTION TO CRISIS IN OUR NATION.
LIKE JESUS WE SHOULD BE THE ONE SOUGHT AFTER WHEN CHALLENGES
ARISE
WHEN THERE IS A CRISIS, A DIFFICULT SITUATION MEN SHOULD BE ABLE TO
SAY GO TO HIM.
THAT ONE SHOULD BE YOU.
BE THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEMS OF YOUR GENERATION.
8. JESUS DOES NOT GIVE ROOM FOR FEAR. MARK 5:36
PANIC IS NOT AN ATTRIBUTE OF JESUS.
JESUS NEVER DISPLAYED FEAR
JESUS ALWAYS HAD IT UNDER CONTROL.
LIKE JESUS THERE IS NOTHING WE SHOULD FEAR

 EVEN WHEN IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE IT FEAR SHOULD NEVER BE THE LAST
THING TO RESORT TO.
FAITH SHOULD BE EXPRESSED AT ALL TIMES.
9.JESUS SHOWED EXCEEDINGLY GREAT FAITH. MARK 5: 39, 41.
WE SHOULD ALWAYS GREAT FAITH NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCE
AND WHAT IS FAITH, FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR THE
EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN. HEBREWS 13: 1
FAITH IS A TAKING A STEP, WITHOUT SEEING WHERE IT TAKES YOU.
FAITH IS HEARING THE VOICE OF GOD AND IT SEEMS SO IMPOSSIBLE AND
YOU JUST OBEY JUST LIKE ABRAHAM DID WITHOUT ASKING QUESTIONS.
I BELIEVE IT IS BECAUSE OF THE FAITH WE HAVE THAT WHEN TWO OR MORE
ARE GATHERED IN HIS NAME HE IS PRESENT THAT IS THE REASON WE ARE
ALL PRESENT HERE TODAY!