Sermon notes: Christmas service 2012

1. Piet my Vrou Syndrome
Jesus birth
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God had a plan!
Born from a women in this world under the LAW, so that we can be saved from the curse of the
LAW
Jesus was born to save the world and to save you and me.
This wasn’t the full plan, this birth was but only the beginning.
Jesus was born to overcome this world.
Now He was bron from a women and now wants to be born in the heart of each one.
Jesus born in us
1Jn 3:9 NKJV [9] Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him;
and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.
The moment I receive Jesus as my Lord and saviour. The moment I believe in Jesus.
Jesus is born inside of me. You are born again.
There is a seed placed inside of you with an immeasurable value.
This seed needs to be nourished and cared for, so that the potential of this seed can be multiplied.
What is part of the purpose of this seed
Joh 14:6 NKJV Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the
Father except through Me.
From this seed we receive:
The way forward
The truth
Life
Access to the Father in Heaven
We can experience this if we are willing to nourish and to care for this seed that was placed inside
of us.
Piet-my-vrou
An interesting fact about the Piet-my-Vrou is that it is a parasite breeder
The bird goes and lay a single egg in the nests of other birds.
It does this in less than 5 seconds
The egg incubates quicker than those of the host and consequently hatches earlier
so the hatchling is able to kick the other eggs out of the nest
and become the sole occupant
The host then raises as its own.
Soon this hatchling is bigger than his foster parents
It has been recorded that the females lay up to 20 eggs in one season.
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2. Piet-my-vrou Israelites
This was at the time when God gave the 10 Commandments to them. Israel was standing next to
the mountain.
Exo 20:18-20 NKJV Now all the people witnessed the thunderings, the lightning flashes, the
sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and
stood afar off. [19] Then they said to Moses, "You speak with us, and we will hear; but let not
God speak with us, lest we die." [20] And Moses said to the people, "Do not fear; for God has
come to test you, and that His fear may be before you, so that you may not sin."
The whole experience was way to overwhelming for them.
They became scared of God, they feared their life.
They gave away the one thing God wants to establish with His people, a personal relationship.
Just like the Piet-my-vrou, they took their egg and placed it in Moses nest.
They never became part in person to God’s plan.
God included them in His plan, but their hearts wasn’t in it.
Remember how they always complained, always were unhappy.
There hearts wasn’t part of God’s plan.
Piet-my-vrou Christians
God placed a seed with in us to enable us, empower us.
What did you do with the seed that was placed inside your heart?
Who is nurturing that seed of Jesus?
The things of God is sometimes to big for us, to overwhelming, just like Israel.
We think that if we give it to somebody to nurture it for us the seed will get to it’s full potential.
We feel not capable to nurture and tend to this seed.
The enemy is trying to trick us.
Be careful not to become a Piet-my-vrou Christian.
Don’t put your egg into another Christians nest.
Jesus says.
Php 2:12 NKJV Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only,
but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
It’s our responsibility to grow as believers.
No one can grow my faith for me.
No one can grow my relationship with Jesus for me.
The seed that God has placed inside of you wasn’t for some one else, it is for you.
It is so that you can meet with God.
It is so that you can have a relationship with God.
It is so that you can experience the fullness of a life with God.
If you have given away the birth of Jesus in you, I want to call upon you to take the responsibility
back.
If you have laid down or given away certain responsibilities, I want to call upon you to take
responsibility back in that area.
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