TUESDAY LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
TUESDAY JANUARY 24, 2022
MESSAGE BY: PASTOR W F KUMUYI
BITTERNESS OR BLESSEDNESS, CHOOSE
ROMANS 15:4; GENESIS 49:5-7; 2 SAMUEL 2:26
SUB-TOPIC
1. THE BITTERNESS OF ANGER AND REVENGE
Genesis 49:5-7
i. The danger and defilement of aimless wanders
Genesis 34:1,2; 1 Timothy 5:13,12; Proverbs 21:16; 7:11,12,25-27
ii. The deception and damnation of angry wormwood
Genesis 34:7-9,13-17,25,26; Proverbs 5:4-13; Amos 5:6,7; Genesis 49:6,7
iii. The denunciation and destiny of assertive wilfulness
Genesis 49:6,7; Zechariah 7:11-13; Acts 5:31; Ezekiel 36:25-27
2. THE BLESSEDNESS OF THE ATTITUDE OF NON-RETALIATION
i. Marriage relationship with reprobates forbidden by God
Genesis 34:7-10; Deuteronomy 7:1,2; Joshua 23:12,13; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18
ii. Malicious revenge and retaliation found among the godless
Genesis 34:7,25-29; 27:41; 1John 3:12; Mark 6:18-20,24
iii. Merciful redemption and reconciliation founded on grace
Luke 18:13,14; Hebrews 2:17,18; 4:14-16; Jude :20,21
3. THE BELIEVERS WITH THE ARMOUR OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
i. The recklessness in the path of lawlessness
Genesis 34:30,31; 4:13-15; 37:19,20,31-35; 38:24-26
ii. The revelation during the period of the law
Leviticus 19:17,18; Proverbs 20:22; 24:29,17-19; 1 Samuel 24:17-22
iii. Our righteousness as partakers of his love
Romans 12:17-19; 1 Thessalonians 5:15; 1 Peter 2:21-25; 3:8-12.
