Sermons & Devotionals by Zac Poonen
Zac Poonen
(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 become great men in this world or in Christendom a... Read More
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(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 many rituals and external matters. The sons of Aaro... Read More
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(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 believers to themselves. And they’re happy when those ... Read More
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(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 ungodliness. On the other hand, there will be a ... Read More
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(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 Lord." It’s not an easy task to teach people the fear... Read More
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(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 earth. And each time God spoke, the earth became a bette... Read More
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(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 hospital has various departments to help him. Perhap... Read More
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(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 gave Him a ministry. The law of submission is an ... Read More
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(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 to me as their elder brother. And so I tell them ... Read More
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(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’t leave him even when he committed adultery. Go... Read More
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(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 that we can never become servants of the new coven... Read More
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(Amazing Facts) 1. Amazing Facts About The Universe
We are living in an age of scientific progress. In our generation we have seen man achieve some things that our forefathers considered impossible. The pace at which science is progressing is perpetually accelerating. It has been estimated that the entire scientific knowledge that man had acquired fr... Read More
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(Amazing Facts) 2. Amazing Facts About Man
Man is the crown of God's creation. Greater and more wonderful than the stars in the universe is the wonder of man himself. Look at our bodies first of all and see how wonderfully God has created them. Doctors tell us that the human brain has 30 billion nerve-cells, each operating at a potential of ... Read More
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(Amazing Facts) 3. Amazing Facts About True Revolution
There is a spirit of dissatisfaction in the world today - particularly among young people. There is a desire to overthrow the existing order and to seek for something better. Revolution is a popular word in our day. Revolution means change. We live in a day when there are social changes, economic ch... Read More
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(Amazing Facts) 4. Amazing Facts About Our Greatest Need
What is man's greatest need? Have you ever thought about that? Is it food or shelter or employment? There is no doubt that we need all these. Without them we could not exist. We need food for our bodies, we need clothing to wear, we need shelter and we need employment to support ourselves and our fa... Read More
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(Amazing Facts) 5. Amazing Facts About Addiction And Frustration
People all over the world are chasing after one or more of four things: PLEASURE, FAME, WEALTH and POWER. But there is a law connected with these that we would all do well to know in advance. We could call it the law of diminishing returns. Take for instance, the pursuit of pleasure as an example, t... Read More
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(Amazing Facts) 6. Amazing Facts About The Final Judgment
Life on this earth is not everything. Our life is a countdown to death. Day by day the count goes down to the day when we shall finally end up in the grave. And at death, like the space rocket, we take off. What is death? It is a separation of our soul and spirit from the body. The important questio... Read More
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(Amazing Facts) 7. Amazing Facts From History's Greatest Event
The death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ are the two most important events in the history of the world. They are also the two central facts on which the Christian faith is founded. There are at least four clear truths that we can learn from the death of Christ on the cross of Calvary: 1. ... Read More
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(Amazing Facts) 8. The Most Amazing Fact
We are all like people travelling in a desert, dying of thirst. If someone finds water somewhere, he will certainly want to inform others about it. He cannot compel them to drink. But he can point out the oasis to them. That's what we're doing too - pointing out where eternal life is available freel... Read More
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(Beauty For Ashes) 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-life. The younger son in the parable is usua... Read More
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Zac Poonen ( - Present)
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.
Recommends these books by Zac Poonen:
Through The Bible by Zac Poonen
The Final Triumph-A verse by verse study of the book of Revelation by Zac Poonen
Beauty for Ashes by Zac Poonen
Zac Poonen is a former Indian Naval Officer who has been in full time ministry in India for nearly 50 years as a Bible teacher and preacher. He holds responsibility for a number of churches in India and abroad. He currently pastors the Christian Fellowship Church in Bangalore, Karnataka.
He has written more than 25 books and numerous articles in English - which have been translated into many Indian and foreign languages. His messages are available on audio and video format.
Like the other elders in his church, Zac Poonen also supports himself and his family through what he describes as "tent-making" and does not receive any salary for his services. He does not receive any royalties for any of his books, CDs or DVDs, that are published by Christian Fellowship Centre, Bangalore.