0070 God was with him

God was with him.

God wants us to prosper and be fruitful

How we do determine if God was with someone? (results)

~ you can see there is something about him that makes you say “God is with him.”

John 15:1-8

1. Success or fruit is noticeable and evident.

Timothy your success must be evident

2. God being with individual brings about the success.

~ Matthew 19:26 “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”

3. Everyone is destined for being with God.

~ Matthew 28:20 “…I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

~ John 14:16 “And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever.”

~ John 14:17 “…for He dwells with you, and will be in you.”

4. Your response to the invitation “Abide in Me” will result your fruitfulness or fruitfulness.

God made Himself available, we are to abide in Him

~ 2 Chronicles 15:2 “…The Lord is with you while you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.”

~ Matthew 12:30 “Who is not with Me is against Me, who doesn’t gather with Me scatters abroad.”

~ Abiding in Him has to grow (time, minus lay aside the things , add)

~ it has to be continues

5. Fruit belongs to the Vinedresser, not to branch.

Adam

Genesis 3:8 “and they heard the sound (voice) of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool (wind, breeze) of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.”

Enoch

Genesis 5:24 “And Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him.”

Genesis 6:3 “My Spirit shall not strive (abide) with men forever...”

Noah

Genesis 6:9 “…Noah walked with God.”

Abraham

Genesis 17:3 “…God talked with him…”

Genesis 21:22 “…God is with you in whatever you do…”

Jacob

Genesis 28:15 “…I will be with you…”

Joseph

Genesis 38:2 “The Lord was with Joseph” (success, authority)

Genesis 38:3 “…saw that the Lord was with him.” (prosper, favor)

Genesis 39:21 “But the Lord was with Joseph…” (mercy, favor)

Genesis 39:23 “…the Lord was with him” (authority; prosper)

Acts 7:9 “…but the Lord was with him.”

Moses & Joshua

Joshua 1:5 “…as I was with Moses so, shall I be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you.”

Gideon

Judges 6:12 “The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor!” “O, my lord if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? and where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about…”

Samuel

1 Samuel 2:11 “…but the child served to the Lord before Eli the priest.”

1 Samuel 2:18 “But Samuel ministered before the Lord even as a child…”

1 Samuel 2:26 “And the child Samuel grew in stature and in favor both with God and man.”

1 Samuel 3:1 “Now the boy Samuel ministered to the Lord before Eli…”

1 Samuel 3:19 “So Samuel grew and the Lord was with him…”

~ none of his words fell to the ground

~ has been established as a prophet

~ Lord revealed Himself

~ The word of the Lord came to Israel

Saul

1 Samuel 10:6-7 “Then the Spirit of the Lord will come upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man. And let it be, when these signs come to you, that you do as the occasion demands; for God is with you.”

1 Samuel 16:14 “But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul…”

David

1 Samuel 16:13 “…the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward…”

1 Samuel 16:18 “…the Lord is with him.”

1 Samuel 18:12 “…because the Lord was with him, but had departed from Saul.”

1 Samuel 18:14 “…the Lord was with him.” (wise behavior)

1 Samuel 18:28 “Thus Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with God…”

1 Chronicles 22:11 “…may the Lord be with you that you may prosper and build the house for the Lord…”

Elijah & Elisha

Hezekiah

2 Kings 18:7 “The Lord was with him…”

~ did what was right in the sight of God

~ removed idols

~ trusted God; held fast to the Lord; didn’t depart from God; kept His commandments

~ prospered

~ rebelled

~ subdued

Solomon

1 Chronicles 1:1 “the Lord his God was with him and exalted him exceedingly.”

Jesus “Emanuel” – God is with us. Matthew 1:23

Luke 2:52 “And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.”

John 3:2 “…Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for (because) no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.”

John 8:16 “…for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent Me”

John 8:29 “…And He who sent Me is with Me…”

Acts 10:38 “…for God was with Him.”

Disciples

Mark 16:20 “And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen.”

Acts 11:21 “And the hand of the Lord was with them and great number believed and turned to the Lord.”

John the Baptist

Luke 1:66 “…and the hand of the Lord was with him.”