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 Zac Poonen ( - Present)
Read freely text sermons and articles by the speaker Zac Poonen in text and pdf format. God called brother Zac Poonen to a new work early on in his Christian experience. The movement is now called Christian Fellowship Churches where the New Covenant of New Testament Christianity is clearly preached.
Brother Zac Poonen has written 25 books most of them being on the deeper Christian life. Many of these have been translated into a number of languages and have been circulated widely around the world. He clearly and passionately shares the narrow way of Christian discipleship that is neglected by so many modern preachers.
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(A Spiritual Leader) 1. Called By God
A spiritual leader will first and foremost, have a calling from God. His work will not be his profession, but his calling.
No-one can appoint himself as a spiritual leader. "He has to be called by God for this work" (Heb.5:4-Living). This is a princi ... read more
(A Spiritual Leader) 10. Exercising Spiritual Authority
A spiritual leader will minister with spiritual authority.
The multitudes were amazed at Jesus’ preaching, because they saw a difference between the way He taught and the way the Pharisees had taught them for so many years. The Pharisees had a lot of k ... read more
(A Spiritual Leader) 11. Freed From All Fears
A spiritual leader will not take decisions based on the fear of men or of circumstances.
I have a large verse hanging in the front room of my house that reads, "If you fear God, you need fear nothing else". That’s the Living Bible paraphrase of Isaia ... read more
(A Spiritual Leader) 12. Freeing Others From Fear
A spiritual leader will never use fear as a means to get people to submit to him. On the contrary, he will seek to deliver people from fear.
Fear is a weapon found only in Satan’s armoury. Jesus came to deliver man from fear. Every spiritual leader has ... read more
(A Spiritual Leader) 13. Humbling Oneself
A spiritual leader will always be ready to humble himself.
God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. If we humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God,He will exalt us at the proper time (1Pet.5:5,6).
To be exalted does not mean that we ... read more
(A Spiritual Leader) 14. The Priesthood Of Melchizedek
A spiritual leader will be a priest according the order of Melchizedek, as his Master was, before him (Heb.6:20-7:7).
The priesthood of Melchizedek is very different from the priesthood of Levi (See Hebrews 7). The Levitical priesthood consisted of man ... read more
(A Spiritual Leader) 15. An Example
A spiritual leader will be such an example to others, that he will be able to say to them, "Follow me as I follow Christ". He will seek to lead others to be connected to Christ alone as their Head.
Many Christian leaders, however, seek to attach beli ... read more
(A Spiritual Leader) 2. Knowing God
A spiritual leader will be able to lead others along God’s ways because He knows God personally.
Daniel 11:32,33 speaks of two types of preachers who will be found on earth in the last days. There will be many who speak smooth words and turn people to ... read more
(A Spiritual Leader) 3. Fearing God
A spiritual leader will fear God greatly.
The more we get to know God the more we will fear Him. We won’t be afraid of God, but we will reverence Him.
In Psalm 34:11, David says, "Come you children listen to me, and I’ll teach you the fear of the L ... read more
(A Spiritual Leader) 4. Listening To God
A spiritual leader will take time to listen to God, every day.
A phrase that occurs frequently in the very first chapter of the Bible is this: "Then God said".
God said something on every one of those first six days, when He remade the chaotic ear ... read more
(A Spiritual Leader) 5. Balanced By The Body Of Christ
A spiritual leader will recognise that his ministry is imbalanced. So he will find his balance in the ministry of other members in the Body of Christ.
The Body of Christ can be compared to a hospital. When a man is sick and goes to a hospital, the hosp ... read more
(A Spiritual Leader) 6. Broken Through Submission
A spiritual leader will be a broken man.
God breaks us in our early years by setting some authority over us, to whom we have to submit. It is thus that He breaks us. Even Jesus had to submit to the authority of Joseph and Mary for 30 years before God g ... read more
(A Spiritual Leader) 7. Responsible For Others
A spiritual leader will keep watch over the souls in his flock, since he has to give an account to God one day for each of them (Heb.13:17).
I’ve told my co-workers in our churches in India that I’ll be responsible for their souls, since they look up t ... read more
(A Spiritual Leader) 8. Ministering From Life
A spiritual leader ministers to others from his life and not from his intellect.
Under the old covenant, God used men even when their private lives were immoral. Samson could deliver the Israelites even when he was living in sin. The Spirit of God didn ... read more
(A Spiritual Leader) 9. Serving By God's Power
A spiritual leader does all of his work in the will of God, by the power of God, and for the glory of God. Therefore it will come through the final fire of testing as gold, silver and precious stones (1Cor.3:12-15).
In 2 Corinthians 3:5,6, Paul says th ... read more
(Exchanging our Self-life for Christ's life) 2. The pathway to the Christ-life (I) : Being broken
One of the verses which clearly describes the pathway that leads us out of our self-life into the full beauty of the Christ-life, is Galatians 2:20: "I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live. But it is no longer I that live but Christ Who lives in ... read more
(Exchanging our Self-life for Christ's life) 1. The corruption of the self-life
We can never enjoy deliverance from our self-life before we see something of its total corruption. Let us look at the elder son (in the parable in Luke 15), for he illustrates, perhaps better than anyone else in the Bible, the utter rottenness of the self ... read more
(Exchanging our Self-life for Christ's life) 3. The pathway to the Christ-life (II) : Being emptied
The way of the cross involves not only being broken but also being emptied.
“It is no longer I", said Paul. He had allowed himself to be emptied of the “I", so that Christ might live and rule in him. Even Jesus emptied Himself when He came down from th ... read more
(Exchanging our Self-life for Christ's life) 4. The beauty of the Christ-life
Christ came to give us “beauty for ashes” - the beauty of His own Divine life for the ashes of our self-life. We have seen some of the characteristics of the self-life. And we have also seen that the way of the cross – the way of being broken and being em ... read more
(Finding God's Will) 1. God's plan for your life
Man's greatest honour and privilege is to do the will of God. This was what the Lord Jesus taught His disciples. He once said that only those who did His Father's will would enter the kingdom of Heaven (Matt. 7:21). He also said that His true brothers a ... read more
(Finding God's Will) 2. Conditions for finding God's will
Divine guidance cannot be considered by itself apart from our personal relationship with God. Many desire the gifts but not the Giver. If we long for guidance but do not thirst for God Himself, we shall not obtain the guidance we seek.
A person must be ... read more
(Finding God's Will) 3. Guidance through the inner witness
When we come to the subject of the means by which God guides us, we must bear in mind that Biblical principles are more important than the experiences of even godly men and women. God is not limited to work in any pattern we lay down. He is Sovereign and ... read more
(Finding God's Will) 4. Guidance through external means
The Holy Spirit speaks to our spirits through the following external means also, when we are seeking His guidance:-
(i) The teaching of the Bible.
(ii) The witness of circumstances.
(iii) The advice of other believers.
If we have ascertained the wil ... read more
(Finding God's Will) 5. Vocational calling
One of the first major problems of guidance usually faced by young people is knowing what vocation God wants them to take up and where they should work.
God's perfect will in vocation needs to be sought not only by those contemplating full-time Christ ... read more
(Finding God's Will) 6. Final consideration
It should be evident to the reader by now that no perfect formula exists for infallible guidance. Very often we shall be faced with perplexity when seeking to know God's will. God permits this so that we may press closer to Him and thus know more of His ... read more
(Gaining God's Approval) 1. Called, chosen and faithful
It is one thing to be accepted by God; it is quite another thing to be APPROVED by God.
The Faithful Remnant
The book of Revelation speaks of the triumph of the Lamb of God. But we are told that the Lamb has an army of disciples through whom He f ... read more
(Gaining God's Approval) 10. The company of God's approved ones
In Revelation 14:1-5, we read of a small company of disciples who followed the Lord wholeheartedly in their earthly lives. They stand with Jesus in the final day, as overcomers - for God was able to accomplish His full purpose in their lives.
Those who ... read more
(Gaining God's Approval) 2. Well-pleasing to the Father
In the New Testament, we read of One with Whom the Father was well-pleased, and also of a group of people with whom God was not well-pleased. A study of this contrast is most interesting.
God Was Not Well-Pleased With Them
Of the 600,000 Israelite ... read more
(Gaining God's Approval) 3. The testing of Adam and Eve
God had great plans in mind for Adam and Eve, when He created them. But these plans could not be fulfilled apart from their being tested. And so He placed in Eden an attractive tree with luscious fruit called the tree of knowledge of good and evil. And He ... read more
(Gaining God's Approval) 4. The testing of Job
The biographies of men of God and of those who failed God have been written in the Bible for our instruction and our warning. There is much that we can learn, if we meditate on them, with an ear attuned to the voice of the Spirit.
When reading of peopl ... read more
(Gaining God's Approval) 5. The testing of Abraham
A day came in Abraham's life, almost fifty years after God had first called him, when God Himself gave Abraham this certificate of approval, "Now I know that you are a fearer of God" (Gen. 22:12).
That was no cheap Bible college degree or honorary d ... read more
(Gaining God's Approval) 6. The testing of Moses
Moses was another man who got a certificate of approval from God, God said concerning him, "My servant Moses is faithful in all My household" (Num. 12:7).
It was recorded of Moses at his death that, "since then no prophet has risen in Israel like Mo ... read more
(Gaining God's Approval) 7. The testing of David
God testified concerning David saying, "I have found David, a man after My own heart, who will do all my will" (Acts 13:22).
Saul had been God's first choice as king of Israel. But Saul failed in both the tests that God gave him - through impatience ... read more
(Gaining God's Approval) 8. The testing of Elisha and Gehazi
At a critical time in the history of Israel, God raised up the prophet Elijah to be His witness to the nation. Elijah had a servant called Elisha whom God selected as the next prophet to the nation.
Elisha had a servant called Gehazi.
It is an inter ... read more
(Gaining God's Approval) 9. The testing of Peter and Judas
Among the twelve apostles that Jesus chose, perhaps the greatest contrast in personality was between Peter and Judas Iscariot. Peter was simple, unlearned and warm-hearted. Judas Iscariot was intelligent, shrewd and ambitious.
Peter's Attitude to Mo ... read more
(God-Centered Praying) 1. How Not to Pray
"When you pray, you are not to be as the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners, in order to be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. But you, when you pray, go into your inner r ... read more
(God-Centered Praying) 2. God Who is Our Father
"Our Father Who art in heaven"
Children usually pray to the Lord Jesus and there is nothing wrong with that. But it is good to remember that in the only prayer Jesus ever taught His disciples, He taught them to address their prayers to God the Father ... read more
(God-Centered Praying) 3. The Glory of God's Name
"Hallowed be Thy Name"
Prayer is essentially a matter of our life, and that is why Jesus told us to pray always (Lk. 18:1). That does not mean that we are to be on our knees all the time. We do have seasons when we go on our knees for a time. But we ... read more
(God-Centered Praying) 4. The Kingdom of God
"Thy kingdom come"
True salvation should give us a longing to be delivered from self-centredness, so that God now becomes the centre of our lives and the centre of our petitions in prayer. We who were wrong side up at one time, have been straightened ... read more
(God-Centered Praying) 5. The Will of God
"Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven"
We can call Jesus Lord only when we are willing to do His will in our daily life. True conversion takes place, not when a man is stirred in his intellect and his emotions, but when he yields his will say ... read more
(God-Centered Praying) 6. Our Physical Needs
"Give us this day our daily bread"
God is interested in meeting all our bodily needs. But these needs have to be met in such a way that we are not harmed thereby. Material prosperity and physical blessing have a way of ruining people spiritually if t ... read more
(God-Centered Praying) 7. Forgiveness of Sins
"Forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors"
Sin is a debt to God - whether that sin be a coming short of God's standards or a trespassing and going beyond what God has permitted.
The Value of Conscience
Only man, of all crea ... read more
(God-Centered Praying) 8. Freedom from Evil
"Do not lead us into temptation but deliver us from evil"
There are two sides to this petition - one, asking God to protect us, and the other, asking Him to deliver us.
Having prayed for deliverance from the guilt of sin in the previous petition, ... read more
(God-Centered Praying) 9. To God be the Glory
"For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."
This prayer begins with God, "Hallowed be Thy Name, Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done", and it ends with God, "Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory."
God has ... read more
(Knowing God's Way) 1. Knowing God's Ways
"God made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the sons of Israel" (Psa.103:7).
"This is eternal life that they may know Thee the only true God and Jesus Christ Whom Thou hast sent" (Jn.17:3).
There is a lot of difference between observing God' ... read more
(Knowing God's Way) 10. Lessons From Cain and Abel
Reading: Genesis 4:1-12.
This is the first incident recorded in the Bible after Adam and Eve were turned out of the garden of Eden.
Here were two children brought up in the same home, under absolutely identical circumstances, with the same backgroun ... read more
(Knowing God's Way) 11. Owe No Man Anything
God is never in debt to any person. Under the new covenant, we are called to partake of God's nature. So we too are commanded to "owe no man anything" (Romans 13:8). Having to borrow from others was part of the curse of the law - a curse that God said ... read more
(Knowing God's Way) 12. Do You Accuse Or Do You Intercede?
Are you a co-worker with Satan or with the Lord Jesus?
We read in Revelation 12:10 that Satan is the `Accuser of the brothers', and that he accuses them before God day and night. This is a full time ministry that Satan is engaged in. And in this minis ... read more
(Knowing God's Way) 13. A Consuming Fire In The Midst of The Church
"Our God is a consuming fire...." (Heb.12:29).
We have often seen the words "God is love" hanging on the wall in many homes. But have you ever seen the words "God is a consuming fire" hanging anywhere? Both these verses are in the New Testament. ... read more
(Knowing God's Way) 14. Valuing The Church
"Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her" (Eph.5:25).
We will not give up our lives for anyone and everyone. But for certain people we will give up even our very lives.
For example, if your child is dying and needs your kidney, you wou ... read more
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