Sermons & Devotionals by Zac Poonen
Zac Poonen
Taking God's Word Seriously
A bad habit that many believers have is that of taking God's Word lightly. Take Jesus' words in Matthew 12:36, 37 for example: "Every careless (idle) word that men shall speak, they shall render account for it in the day of judgement. For by your words you shall be justified and by your words you sh... Read More
Zac Poonen
Taking God’s Word Seriously
A bad habit that many believers have is that of taking God’s Word lightly. Take Jesus’ words in Matthew 12:36, 37 for example: "Every careless (idle) word that men shall speak, they shall render account for it in the day of judgement. For by your words you shall be justified and by your words you sh... Read More
Zac Poonen
Temptation and Sin
There is a difference between being tempted and sinning. The Bible says, "Each one is tempted when he is enticed by his own lust. Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin" (Jas.1:14,15). Sin is not born in our heart, until the desire of our flesh has been allowed to conceive. When Satan o... Read More
Zac Poonen
That Which Costs Us Everything
Abraham's devotion was tested that day when God asked him for Isaac (Gen22:1-2). Had God asked Abraham for 10,000 sheep or for 5,000 rams, that would have been far easier for Abraham to offer. But one Isaac cost him everything, and he decided to offer nothing less than what God asked for. Abraham co... Read More
Zac Poonen
The Assurance of Faith
God wants us to have perfect assurance in our hearts that we are indeed His children. He never wants us to be in doubt about that fact. Satan will try his best to keep us in doubt. But we need never be in doubt, for God has given us many promises in His Word to assure us. Just look at these promises... Read More
Zac Poonen
The Blessing of Abraham
The Bible says that the gift of the Holy Spirit is meant to bring to us "the blessing of Abraham" (Gal.3:14). When God blessed Abraham, He told him, "I will bless you and you will be a blessing. In you all the families of the earth will be blessed..." (Gen.12:2-3). There are two parts to that blessi... Read More
Zac Poonen
The Bull's Eye
Paul says in 1 Corinthians 9:26 that he had a very definite aim in what he was doing. He didn't fight or run aimlessly. He ran towards a definite goal. He fired at a definite target. I remember the days when we cadets were being taught to shoot with rifles in the military academy. We had to lie down... Read More
Zac Poonen
The Call to Overcome
Peter says, "Since all these things (the existing heavens and earth) are to be destroyed, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness" (2 Pet. 3:11,12). The message of the Spirit in these last days, can be summed up in one word : "OVERCOME " (See Rev.2:7, 11, 17, 26; 3:5, 12,21... Read More
Zac Poonen
The Church - The Body of Christ
The church is not a building, nor is it a denomination. The English word `church' in the New Testament is a translation of the Greek word `ekklesia', which means an assembly of people who are called out - in this case, called out of the world to be God's own possession. All over the world, those who... Read More
Zac Poonen
The Confession of Faith
The Bible says that we must confess what we believe. "If you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you shall be saved; for with the heart man believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation" (... Read More
Zac Poonen
The Cross Brings Victory
The message of the cross has a brighter side - a positive one. It is this, that the cross is not an end in itself. It is a pathway to the resurrection life. There is a joy set before all who are willing to accept the working of the cross (Heb. 12:2). The corn of wheat that falls into the ground and ... Read More
Zac Poonen
The Daily Sacrifice
We read in Daniel 11:31, that one of the things that the antichrist will put an end to is "THE DAILY SACRIFICE". Jesus constantly spoke to His disciples of a daily sacrifice - a daily sacrifice that he Himself had in His life: "If anyone will come after me let him deny himself and take up his cross ... Read More
Zac Poonen
The Danger of Depending on Human Wisdom
Ecclesiastes has been included in Scripture to show us that even the wisest man on earth can miss finding God when he depends on his human cleverness. Jesus once said, "I thank You, Father, that You have hidden these things from the clever and the intelligent, but You have revealed them unto babes" ... Read More
Zac Poonen
The Danger of Doing What Is Right in Your Own Eyes
In Judges, Chapters 17 to 21, we read about the idolatry, the immorality and the wars among the Israelites, which reveal the degraded state of a nation that God had chosen to be His representatives on earth. They had sunk as low as Sodom and Gomorrah. In Judges 17:7-13, we see the first case of a pa... Read More
Zac Poonen
The Danger of Using Our Human Reasoning in God's Work
We can create a lot of confusion in God's work and in our own lives when we use our human reasoning and try to help God according to our own understanding. "The Lord said to Abraham, `Look towards the heavens, and count the stars. So shall your descendants be.'...........Now Sarah had borne Abraham ... Read More
Zac Poonen
The Deception Of Satan
In Genesis 3:1, we can see how Satan attacks. It says there that the serpent was the craftiest of all the animals. Satan entered that serpent (just like the demons entered the pigs when Jesus cast them out of the man of Gadara). And Satan spoke to Eve through the serpent and asked her "Has God indee... Read More
Zac Poonen
The Defeat Of Satan
The greatest battle that ever took place on this earth is not written about in any of the world's history-books. It was on Calvary, when Jesus through His death defeated Satan, the prince of this world. One verse that we should never forget in our whole life is Hebrews 2:14,15. I am sure Satan would... Read More
Zac Poonen
The Difference Between Old and New Covenant
Let us look at a verse in Romans 6, which states the essential difference between the Old Covenant and the New Covenant in a nutshell. We read in Romans 6:14 : 'Sin shall not be master over you, when you are not under Law but under Grace'. The word 'Law' here symbolizes the Old Covenant, God's agree... Read More
Zac Poonen
The Difference between Old Covenant and New Covenant Servant
In 2 Corinthians Chapter 3, Paul speaks about a new covenant servant. There is a vast difference between new covenant servants and old covenant servants. In the old covenant, there were a few prophets like Hosea, Isaiah and Ezekiel who had to go through some trials for them to learn God's ways and t... Read More
Zac Poonen
THE END OF THIS AGE
There was no clear understanding in Old Testament times about life after death and about God's plan for the future. But Jesus taught very clearly about both these matters. It's good for us to know about these matters too. After Death What? Death has no terror for a disciple of Christ, for Jesus has ... 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.