PASTOR ELIZEU RODRIGUES: NÃO SEJA CONTROLADO POR SEUS DESEJOS! - PREGAÇÃO ANGELICAL

👉 In this moving sermon, Pastor Elizeu Rodrigues uses Ephesians 2 to discuss God's grace as an undeserved favor that radically transforms the identity and position of the Christian. He emphasizes that, although humanity was dead in its sins and enslaved by carnal desires and the influences of the world, grace not only finds it in its condition but rescues it and seats it in the heavenly realms with Christ. The pastor highlights that salvation is a divine gift, not the result of human works or merit, and exhorts young people to maintain a daily commitment to renunciation and sanctification, combating immorality and superficial pleasures through the power of the Gospel, reaffirming that the true believer is someone who, living by grace, has been empowered to govern and walk in good works. 📌 Here are the main points of his sermon: ✔️ The nature of grace: The pastor emphasizes that grace is undeserved favor and the "greatest divine plan." He explains that grace not only meets the individual where he is, but "snatches" him from his condition of spiritual death and sin. ✔️ Change of position: One of the central themes is that, upon receiving grace, the Christian experiences a change of position. He ceases to be "dead in trespasses" and is resurrected and seated in the heavenly realms with Christ. ✔️ Grace versus Works: He clarifies that salvation is a gift from God, not from human works, so that no one may boast. The Christian is empowered by grace to do good works, not the other way around. ✔️ Struggle against the flesh and sin: The pastor exhorts the youth to flee from the appearance of evil and immorality, reinforcing that Christians face a daily challenge of crucifying their own flesh and choosing the life of God, especially in a world controlled by pleasures. ✔️ The sovereignty of Christ: He emphasizes that Christ is sovereign over the powers of the air and that, through the Gospel, young people have the power to no longer be slaves to sin, but to reign in Christ. 📖 Inspiring verse: ¹ And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, ² in which you once walked, according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience; ³ among whom also we all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; And we were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. ⁴ But God, who is rich in mercy, because of his great love for us, ⁵ made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in our sins (it is by grace you have been saved), ⁶ and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, ⁷ in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. ⁸ For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— ⁹ not by works, so that no one can boast. ¹⁰ For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:1-10 ~~~~~~~ Leave a like! 👍 Subscribe! 📩 Activate the bell! 🔔 ~~~~~~~ Welcome to the CENTRAL CORTES channel, we have new videos on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.