Sermons & Devotionals by Zac Poonen
Zac Poonen
Overcoming Satan through Praise
In Psalm 8:2, we read this statement which Jesus quoted once in the Temple when the little children were shouting and praising God. As we read in Matthew 21: 15-16, they held palm branches and lay down their clothes on the road for Jesus to ride on a donkey into Jerusalem. At that time when Jesus ca... Read More
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Perfect Security
We have an Almighty Father and so we're certainly not orphans. Let's not behave like orphans then. When you're fearful or anxious, you're insulting your heavenly Father - for you are thereby saying that you have no confidence in Him, that you feel He can't do anything for you in your difficult situa... Read More
Zac Poonen
Persecution Is Inevitable
We read in Daniel 11:33, that in the last days, godly people will be attacked, imprisoned and killed. True servants of God are always persecuted. James was killed by King Herod (Acts 12:2). No angel came to set him free. Abel was killed. Every true prophet in the Old Testament was persecuted. (Acts ... Read More
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Peter's Attitude To Money And Correction
God had a great calling for Simon Peter. But it could not be fulfilled until he had been tested and approved. Peter however had no idea about God's wonderful plan, at the time that Jesus called him. God unfolds His plan to us only one step at a time. One day Jesus came into Peter's boat and told him... Read More
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Peter's Experience Of A Miracle
In John 21:3, we read of Peter telling His fellow- apostles, "I am going fishing". He didn't mean that he was going to fish just that evening. What he meant was that he was quitting being an apostle - because he had been a failure at that - and was going back to fishing permanently! Peter had given ... Read More
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Pharisees accuse others
"The Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court, they said to Him, 'Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act. Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women; what then do You say?' They were saying this, testing Him, so ... Read More
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Pharisees are ascetics
"Why do the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?" (Matthew 9:14). Pharisees forced people to fast and pray. They emphasised bodily disciplines like fasting as a means of becoming spiritual and they boasted about it. Jesus fasted even more than the Pharisees. But He did not fast in order t... Read More
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Pharisees are easily offended
"The disciples came and said to Jesus, 'Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?' Jesus said, 'Leave them alone.'" (Matthew 15:12-14). When Jesus corrected the Pharisees for teaching people to dishonour their parents (as we saw above), they were offended. Pharisee... Read More
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Pharisees are hard-hearted
"This people honour Me with their lips, but their heart is far away from Me." (Matthew 15:8). The heart of a Pharisee is hard, because it is far from God. If you place butter close to a fire, it will melt immediately. But if you put it in the freezer, it will become hard. It can even become as hard ... Read More
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Pharisees are hypocrites
"Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees which is hypocrisy" (Luke 12:1). The word "hypocrite" is actually a Greek word that has been imported into the English language and means "actor". If you went to Greece in the first century and asked people where all the hypocrites were, they would have replied... Read More
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Pharisees are jealous of those who can do miracles that they cannot do
"The Pharisees said, 'What are we doing? For this man is performing many miracles'. From that day on they planned together to kill Him" (John 11:47, 53). Here, in John 11, Jesus had just raised Lazarus from the dead. The Pharisees should have been excited about it. But they were not - because the Ma... Read More
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Pharisees are liars and murderers
Jesus said, "You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies." (Jo... Read More
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Pharisees are motivated by jealousy and hatred
"The Pharisees went out and conspired against Jesus, as to how they might destroy Him" (Matthew 12:14). Your jealousy of someone may not reach the point where you kill him. But you must remember that jealousy and hatred are the first steps to murder. This was how Cain progressed: Jealousy....atred..... Read More
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Pharisees are spiritually blind
Jesus said, "They are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit" (Matthew 15:14). Pharisees are great scholars of the Bible. But they are spiritually blind and so they don't have any revelation on spiritual realities. And when these blind leaders lea... Read More
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Pharisees are sticklers for the letter of the law
"You Pharisees tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law" (Matthew 23:23). Pharisees take some small aspect of a commandment in Scripture, and emphasise that. They "major on minors". There is a lot of preaching like that today. Such preaching will make a ... Read More
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Pharisees are suspicious and assume the worst about other people
"The Pharisees said, "This man casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons." (Matthew 12:24). When Jesus cast out a demon, the crowds said, "This must be the Son of David (the promised Messiah)" (Matthew 12:23). But the Pharisees were disturbed by the fact that Jesus did something the... Read More
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Pharisees are very careless in their speech
The Pharisees said, "This man casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons" (Matthew 12:24). Pharisees speak rude and hurtful words about others carelessly and pass judgement on others in their speech. Imagine calling the Son of God, the "head of the demons"! How did Jesus respond to t... Read More
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Pharisees are very critical of others in small matters
"The Pharisees said to Jesus, 'Look, Your disciples do what is not lawful to do on a Sabbath.'" (Matthew 12:2) The Pharisees knew that the Law permitted the Israelites to pluck grain to eat, when they walked through anyone's field. But what they questioned here was why the disciples were doing this ... Read More
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Pharisees bind heavy burdens on others
"They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as a finger" (Matthew 23:4). Pharisees try to appear spiritual by preaching high standards for others to follow but do not follow those standards themselves. I remember a youth cam... Read More
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Pharisees boast about their accomplishments
"God, I thank You that I am not a swindler, or unjust, or an adulterer. I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.... (Luke 18:11, 12). We face a great danger whenever we give a report of what the Lord has done through us. We must give our testimony for the glory of God - but we have to be... 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.