12 Oct 2025 Sunday Morning Service – Christ King Faith Mission

Emphasizes internal spiritual qualities over external appearances and warns against worldly fashions and behaviors that detract from a godly life.

Here are some points from the text, with relevant Bible verses integrated where possible, drawing from the context provided:

Steadfastness and Firmness: The text compares the moon to the church, noting its steadfastness. It encourages believers to be firm in prayer, faith, and their walk with Christ, with their hearts and spirits steadfast in God's word.
- Contextual reference: "We also read in Psalms 89 that the moon is a very firm one. We also saw about certain things in which all we have to be we have to stand for firm. We have to stand fast in our prayer. We have to stand fast in our faith. Our steps should be firm in our Christ. Our heart should be in a firm state with God our word. And it has to be steadfast in our spirit."
- Biblical principle: Colossians 1:23 speaks of remaining steadfast in faith.
True Beauty vs. Worldly Beauty: The text contrasts the fleeting beauty of the world with the enduring beauty that God desires. It highlights that God appreciates those who fear Him, not just outward appearances.
- Contextual reference: "Man is so happy seeing what all the things God has created in this world. We are also admired by the creation that God has done in this world, beloved people of God, God desires that we also have to be seen in that beauty which God desires in our spiritual life. God desires that we have to have this beauty of spiritual life. But today we like the beauty of the world... But the situation we say even if I'm black, I'm looking beautiful. We have to be seen as a beauty that God decides in us."
- Biblical reference: Proverbs 31:30 states, "Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised."
- Biblical reference: 1 Peter 3:3-4 advises, "Let your adornment not be merely outward—arranging of hair, wearing of gold, or putting on fine clothes— but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious."
Discretion and Spiritual Integrity: The text uses the analogy of a jewel of gold in a swine's snout to illustrate how a beautiful woman lacking discretion loses her value. It emphasizes that believers living without discretion tarnish their spiritual beauty.
- Contextual reference: "According to Proverbs 11:22 here it has been said, as a jewel of gold in a swine's knot, so is a fair woman which is without discretion. If a child of God lead a life in discretion, it has been said it is considered as a jewel of gold in a swine's snout... But here it has been said, she is a Fair woman. But because she is living a life in discretion, her beauty has been said, it has been destroyed here."
- Biblical reference: Proverbs 11:22 is directly quoted.
Avoiding Worldly Fashions and Practices: A significant portion of the text warns against adopting worldly fashions in hairstyles, beards, clothing, and adornments, citing examples like Absalom and Jezebel as cautionary tales. It urges believers to live a life that is pleasing to God, not to the world.
- Contextual reference: The text details various fashion trends like dyed hair, specific beard styles, tight clothing, and makeup, stating, "These are all the fashions as how a jewel is in the swine snout." It also mentions, "The Word of God says even though it is a gold of jewel, if it goes into the dirt it will get destroyed."
- Biblical reference: 1 Timothy 2:9-10 is referenced: "likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, but through good works, as is proper for women who profess godliness."
Bearing Fruit for God: The text emphasizes the importance of believers being fruitful, comparing it to the precious fruits brought forth by the sun and moon. It encourages believers to help others grow spiritually and to be a testimony.
- Contextual reference: "Here it has been said the precious fruit brought forth by the sun and the moon... So beloved people of God, we should not be the people who does not give fruits... We have to be seen as the people of God who bring forth fruits to God."
- Biblical reference: John 15:16 states, "You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide."
- Biblical reference: Colossians 1:10 is mentioned in the context of preaching and teaching to present everyone perfect in Christ.
Ruling Over Sin and Living in Peace: The text uses the moon ruling the night as a metaphor for believers ruling over sin. It stresses the importance of preserving peace with God, in the home, with children, and in one's heart, and having a peaceful end to life.
- Contextual reference: "The Moon Rules by night Here we read the moon rules by night. We the believers, we have to we should know to rule this night. The sin should not rule us, but we should have an overcoming life over this sin... The night didn't rule the moon. So sin should be. It should be a supplicit to us. It should not overcome us."
- Biblical reference: Romans 13:12-14 is referenced regarding putting away the works of darkness.
- Biblical reference: Psalm 72:7 speaks of righteousness flourishing and abundance of peace as long as the moon endures.
- Biblical reference: John 14:27 states, "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid."
- Biblical reference: Hebrews 12:14 encourages, "Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord."

The text consistently points towards an internal transformation and a life lived according to God's principles, rather than conforming to the transient trends and appearances of the world.