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The leadership of HICC places a high priority on
the preached word. The fivefold imperative found in 2 Timothy 4:1-2
that states that the God's servant should "Preach the Word," "Be
ready," "Reprove," Rebuke," and "Exhort." This is the underlying
expositional objective of the senior pastor. The cutting-edge sermons
have four main ingredients; they are doctrinal, expository, ethical
and evangelistic. The whole thrust of HICC's ministry is for a person
to be Christ-centred and to live a victorious lifestyle that reflects
the nature of their Saviour. The exhortation is to "pursue righteousness,
godliness, faith, love, patience and gentleness" (1 Timothy 6:11).
How to live in the marketplace of life in the environment of sin
is the main problem of modern Christians and at HICC you'll be given
principles for overcoming on a daily basis. The traditional type
church, that has three sermons each week; Sunday morning, Sunday
evening and midweek Bible Study, is fading fast in the Western hemisphere.
The cutting-edge of prophetic teaching is also diminishing, as people
clamour for personal prophetic words. These have, to a large extent,
overtaken personal Bible study and individual revelation from the
scriptures through the Holy Spirit. We try to redress this imbalance
at HICC.
Those who regularly fail to read their Bible consistently,
which is God's word to change lives, increases as time restraint
pushes out private devotions. This, together with a diminished presentation
of the preached word, results in weak spiritual lives, where Christians
can sustain sermons that are no longer than a thirty minute TV soap
opera. The Book of Ecclesiastes says, "The words of the wise are
like goads, and the words of scholars are like well-driven nails,
given by one Shepherd." (12:11). Sermons should be like nails driven
securely home like clothes hooks so that the congregation can leave
the church and hang their spiritual life on something positive and
lasting. This is done by using modern technology for visual presentation
of the main sermon structure. A person will remember approximately
half what they see but only one tenth of what they hear. ::
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