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4TH SUNDAY IN JANUARY (SERMON AND SNAPSHOTS)

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Preacher: Evang. Omoboye Ayanfe
Topic: CHARACTER OF A GOOD CHRISTIAN

Text: Geneses 6:5, Psalm 15
Introduction: God that created heaven and earth knew all that He created including Human being. He knows them by names, Characters even more than how they know themselves.

WHAT IS CHARACTER:

·         Character is a sum of thoughts, intentions, desires and action.
·         Character is the aggregate of features traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing.   
EXAMPLE OF PEOPLE AND THEIR CHARACTERS
RUTH                     Ruth 3:11
JOB                        Job 2:3
DAVID                   Psalm 78:72
JOSEPH                 Gen. 39:7-9
MARY                    Luke 10:42
DISCIPLES             Act. 2
JESUS                    Mark 8:1

YES AND NO CHARACTER QUALITIES OF A GOOD CHRISTIAN
1.       Forgiveness vs. rejection (Ephesians 4:32)And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
2.        Generosity vs. stinginess (2 Corinthians 9:6)But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
3.        Gentleness vs. harshness (1 Thessalonians 2:7)
4.        Gratefulness vs. un-thankfulness (1 Corinthians 4:7)
5.        Hospitality vs. loneliness (Hebrews 13:2)
6.        Humility vs. pride (James 4:6)
7.        Joyfulness vs. self-pity  (Proverbs 15:13)
8.        Justice vs. fairness (Micah 6:8)
9.        Love vs. selfishness  (1 Corinthians 13:3)
10.    Loyalty vs. unfaithfulness (John 15:13)
11.    Patience vs. restlessness (Romans 5:34)
12.    Persuasiveness vs. contentiousness (2 Timothy 2:24)
13.   Self-control vs. self-indulgence (Galatians 5:24-25)
14.    Faith vs. presumption (Hebrews 11:1)
CONCLUSION

Grace might not speak for you in heaven when Jesus shall come to take away His own people, on Judgment day, this is the day of vengeance, where you will be accountable for all what you have done. Your character is a real picture of yourself. So therefore watch your character and subject yourself to a proper discipline over your characters.

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