Srikanth A Nair

All religions worship the same God, right? WRONG! I continue the "Why Christianity?" series by looking at how the God of the Bible isn't the same as gods of other religions. The God of the Bible IS NOT the same as the Allah of Islam or the gods of Hinduism. This is not meant to be an in depth look at this topic but nevertheless, I pray the LORD will speak to you through this brief message. God bless you. For notes, visit: https://www.actslikechurch.com/sermons/why-christianity…god-of-the-bible/ ‎

Why Christianity? What about other religions? This is not meant to be an in depth look at this topic but nevertheless, I pray the LORD will speak to you through this message. For notes, visit: https://www.actslikechurch.com/sermons/why-christianity-creation/

Message on Acts 12 For sermon notes, visit: https://www.actslikechurch.com/sermons/acts-12-2018/ God bless you! Sri

Message on Acts 11 For sermon notes, visit: https://www.actslikechurch.com/sermons/acts-11-2018/ God bless you! Sri

Message on Acts 10:17-48 For sermon notes, visit: https://www.actslikechurch.com/sermons/acts-10-17-48-2018/ God bless you! Sri

Message on Acts 10:9-16 For sermon notes, visit: https://www.actslikechurch.com/sermons/acts-10-9-16-2018/ God bless you!

Message on Acts 10:1-8 Don’t judge a book by its cover. Are you a devout God-fearing Christian? Is your faith “visible”? Are you a prayerful Christian? Is the Holy Spirit the Boss of you? Do you respond when God calls you? Do you do what God asks you to do? Cornelius knew God but he needed Jesus! Exodus 20:3 (First Commandment) Deuteronomy 6:4 Isaiah 44:6 Isaiah 44:6 John 14:6 We are on our Christian journey together. Jesus asks: Who do you say I AM? Do you believe that Jesus is God? Where are you going WHEN you die? Say YES to Jesus TODAY. RIGHT NOW. “..if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.” Romans 10:9 Are you a disciple of Jesus Christ?Is this truth visible in your life? Say YES to Jesus EVERY MOMENT. “Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.” Matthew 16:24 God bless you! Learn more about Calvary Chapel Brisbane here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Message on Acts 9:23-43 Summary of Acts 9:1-22 Saul was on his way to persecute the disciples of Jesus when he had a supernatural encounter with Jesus! Saul is blinded for three days, which he spends in prayer, until Ananias, sent by God, prays for his sight to be restored and for the Holy Spirit to come upon him. Saul gets baptised immediately and begins to preach that Jesus is the Son of God! Live by faith (in Jesus) or live in fear (of people). Challenge: Are you living by faith or living in fear? Be ready and willing to share the Gospel, anytime, anywhere, with anyone. Challenge: Are you like Barnabas or are you like the unnamed disciples who feared Saul? Are you ready to share your testimony at any time, willing to share the Gospel? Believe in the power of God and believe that He can use you to bless others! Challenge: Are you available to God and exercising your gifts for His glory? God bless you! Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Message on Acts 9:1-22 Summary of Acts 8 Stephen is stoned to death with Saul’s approval. Persecution has broken out against those following the Way (of Jesus). God uses Philip to share the Good News with those in Samaria and with a eunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians. Amidst persecution and hardship, God’s will can’t be thwarted. We are either led by our flesh OR led by God’s Holy Spirit. Challenge: Are you like “Saul”? Do you deal with a “Saul” as Christ would want you to? Comfort: Even if there is a “Saul” wanting to bring us down, the LORD is on our side! What we do with an encounter with God is our choice. Challenge: Have you asked the most important question ever: Who are You, Lord? Comfort: God will not turn away anyone who submits to Him, no matter who they are! When we humble ourselves and obey God, God’s will is done, people are transformed and we are blessed! Challenge: When God calls you, do you respond? Do you obey? Comfort: God loves us, even when we chicken out! Don’t downplay who Jesus is and what He’s called us to do. Who God saves, God uses! Challenge: What’s stopping you from stepping up to serve God? Comfort: God can use anyone, even us! God bless you! Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Message on Acts 8 Summary of Acts 7 The Holy Spirit speaks through Stephen, recounting Israel’s history and God’s hand upon them and accuses them of being “stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears” and always resisting the Holy Spirit, at which point, Stephen is stoned to death as Saul watches and consents, approves of this murder. God allowed persecution achieves God ordained purpose (v1-8) Challenge: Is your faith in Jesus strong enough to face hardships and persecution? Transforming faith that saves the soul is evident in a transformed life (v9-25) Challenge: Are you allowing the Holy Spirit to change you from the insider, to be like Jesus OR like Simon, are you poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity? Go where God leads you to go, not where you want to go or think you should be Challenge: Are you obedient to God/the Holy Spirit or yourself? Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Message on Acts 7. What can we learn from the life and death of Stephen? God can use ANYONE Challenge: Are you willing AND available? God wants us to know His Word Challenge: Do you spend enough time reading and studying God’s Word that you can share with others at a moment’s notice? God can make us bold Challenge: Are you emboldened in/by the Spirit or fearful and doubting in your flesh? God can help us be like Jesus Challenge: In Philippians 1:21, Paul says “For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” Are you willing to “die” – not necessarily a physical death but putting your flesh to death? Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Message on Acts 6. What can we learn from the problems the early church faced and the kind of Christian Stephen was? Church isn’t perfect (V1) Are you a peacemaker or the peace taker? Do what God has called you to do (V2-7) Are you willing to “wait tables” or only after the “glamorous positions”? Are you a Stephen? (V8-15) Are you filled with the Spirit or led by your flesh (like those who falsely accused Stephen)? Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Message on Acts 5:22-42. What can we learn from Peter, John and the other apostles as they faced the religious leaders? God’s will cannot be imprisoned (V22-25) Are you willing to trust God always? God can protect His people (V26-28) Do you believe that God can protect you when you obey His will? God equips us at the right time (V29-32) Do you “equip yourself” or do you wait on God to equip you? God can use anyone to come to our defence (V33-42) Despite how Christians are under attack for following Jesus, do you believe that God has raised up people, like Gamaliel, in the right places (government, work places etc)? Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Message on Acts 5:1-21. What can we learn from what happened to Ananias and Sapphira, who lied to the Holy Spirit, to God? What can we learn from Peter and John, who listened to and obeyed the Holy Spirit? Ananias and Sapphira (V1-16) Are you putting on a show, appearing to be a Christian? What are you holding back on, but making it seem like you are giving your all to the LORD? What work or prompting of the Holy Spirit are you ignoring, while appearing to be a follower of Jesus to everybody else? Prison to Preaching (V17-21) Are you being unfaithful on the inside, putting God to the test? Are you willing to be treated the same way the apostles were? Do you believe that the LORD can do a miracle in your life and release you from the prison you are in? Will you continue to obey the LORD, no matter what happens in your life, when things don’t go your way even if you are following Jesus? Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Message on Acts 4. Are you willing to suffer in the name of Christ, trusting the LORD to use your trials/suffering to minister to others? Are you willing to boldly speak what the Holy Spirit wants you to? Are you willing to face any threats made against you, for Jesus sake, so that He is glorified? Is Jesus evident in the way you think, speak and act? Are you in fellowship with other Christians, praising God and praying together for God’s will to be done? Are you relying on the Holy Spirit to be in a relationship with God, which is then evident in the relationship you have with fellow Christians? Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Message on Acts 3. Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Easter message. Notes and all Bible references here: https://www.actslikechurch.com/sermons/easter-2018/ Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Good Friday message. Notes available here: https://www.actslikechurch.com/sermons/good-friday-2018/ Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Message on Acts 2. Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Who is the Holy Spirit? Listen and learn from the Bible that the Holy Spirit is God (a Person, not a thing or an impersonal force), He indwells those who believe in Jesus and that He is at work in the world, convicting people of sin and pointing people to Jesus! Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Message on Acts 1. Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Message on the Matthew 28:11-20. Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Message on the Matthew 28:1-10. Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Message on the Matthew 27:32-66. Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Message on the Matthew 27:1-31. Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Message on the Matthew 26:36-75. Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Message on the Matthew 26:1-35. Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Message on the Matthew 25. Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Message on the Matthew 24:29-51. Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

The message appears to end abruptly because I asked everyone to share what they would like God to help them with in 2018 and then we prayed for each other :) I pray you have a wonderful and blessed 2018, where you draw closer to Jesus and trust Him with everything! Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com God bless you! Sri  

Jesus was in the beginning. Jesus is on the way. Jesus is finally here. I pray that God will use this message to help you learn who Jesus really is and why each one of us need to make a personal decision about Him. Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones. Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com Sri

Message on the Matthew 24:1-28. Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Message on the Matthew 23. Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Message on the Matthew 22. Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Message on the Matthew 21:28-46. Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Message on the Matthew 21:1-27. Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Message on the Matthew 20. Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Message on the Matthew 19. Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Message on the Matthew 18:21-35. Please not that the message on Matthew 18:1-20 is unavailable. Apologies for the incovenience. Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com

Message on the Matthew 17. Learn more about Acts like Church (previously Calvary Chapel Brisbane) here: https://www.actslikechurch.com