{"id":9337,"date":"2025-10-12T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=9337"},"modified":"2025-10-17T14:12:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T11:12:34","slug":"three-important-needs-for-every-christian","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/?ctc_sermon=three-important-needs-for-every-christian","title":{"rendered":"THREE IMPORTANT NEEDS FOR EVERY CHRISTIAN\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>THREE IMPORTANT NEEDS FOR EVERY CHRISTIAN&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A Christian\u00a0<\/strong>is anyone who believes in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior of their life<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A need<\/strong>\u00a0is anything that is of great importance or necessity in a person\u2019s life<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This is saying \u2013 once a person gets that need \u2013 ones\u2019 life continues well\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If we say food, shelter, and clothing are the basic needs of human being; then\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>According to Paul (Christian perspective) \u2013\u00a0<strong>The Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Love of God, and the Fellowship of the Holy Spirit<\/strong>\u00a0are an essential need for every Christian \u2013\u00a0<strong>2 CHORNSIANS 13:14<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Apostle Paul showed the importance of these three needs in a Christian life by making those needs as his final greetings or last words of farewell to all the Christians and the churches that received his epistles \u2013\u00a0<strong>2 THESSALONIANS 3:17-18<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Based on what Paul was telling the believers in regard to his final words; we are to take them seriously as we take the final words from a dying person<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Those were the final words of farewell and blessing from the Apostle Paul to the early church and our church today<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NEED #1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<strong>THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Paul new the importance of Grace to the point he kept wishing this grace to the church\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The fact is that we are saved and we obtain salvation through grace \u2013\u00a0<strong>EPHESIANS 2:8-9<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paul prayed for the believers to have the grace knowing that the grace will create salvation for them, teach them to reject evils, enable them to do God\u2019s will, and live a godly life in the present age &#8211;\u00a0<strong>TITUS 2:11-12 (<em>The Same to us today<\/em><\/strong>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NEED #2.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>THE LOVE OF GOD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Apostle Paul did not only see the Grace, but also the Love of God which is the source for the believers to receive the grace and the gift of eternal life as well &#8211;\u00a0<strong>JOHN 3:16<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Love of God beyond giving us eternal life, this love has also reconciled us with God the Father and made Jesus Christ to die for our sins \u2013\u00a0<strong>1 JOHN 4:9-10<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NEED #3.\u00a0\u00a0<strong>THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Paul knew the need for a Christian to have a strong relationship with the Holy Spirit \u2013 because He is the helper and teaches believers to know God better \u2013\u00a0<strong>JOHN 14:16, 26<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Relationship with the Holy Spirit bears the fruits in a believers\u2019 life &#8211;\u00a0<strong>GALATIANS 5:22-23<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It also helps believers live a life full of joy, peace, trust, and hope in God due to the enablement of the Holy Spirit \u2013\u00a0<strong>ROMANS 15:13<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In conclusion,&nbsp;<\/strong>I wish and pray for each one of us not to lack the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the Love of God our Father, and an active fellowship with the Holy Spirit in our walk of faith.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LET US PRAY and share the Grace:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>\u201cMay the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us now and forever more, Amen\u201d.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THREE IMPORTANT NEEDS FOR EVERY CHRISTIAN&nbsp;&nbsp; NEED #1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0THE GRACE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST NEED #2.\u00a0\u00a0THE LOVE OF GOD NEED #3.\u00a0\u00a0THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT In conclusion,&nbsp;I wish and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"ctc_sermon_topic":[],"ctc_sermon_book":[],"ctc_sermon_series":[],"ctc_sermon_speaker":[266],"ctc_sermon_tag":[],"class_list":["post-9337","ctc_sermon","type-ctc_sermon","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ctc_sermon_speaker-philip-patroba"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/9337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/ctc_sermon"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9337"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/9337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9340,"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/ctc_sermon\/9337\/revisions\/9340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fctc_sermon_topic&post=9337"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fctc_sermon_book&post=9337"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fctc_sermon_series&post=9337"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fctc_sermon_speaker&post=9337"},{"taxonomy":"ctc_sermon_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dpc.or.tz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fctc_sermon_tag&post=9337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}