The Impossibility of Indifference
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Transcript
Turn to 2 Sam. 7:18...
Open in prayer
Intro: Things that Evoke a Response
Intro: Things that Evoke a Response
LOOK BACK OVER YOUR LIFE AND THINK OF A TIME WHEN YOU WERE TRULY IN AWE.
CHERRY SPRINGS— DIDN’T KNOW SO MANY STARS...
DARCI LYNN— CAN’T SING THAT GOOD W/ MOUTH OPEN
ALL HAVE MOMENTS: “THIS = AWESOME”
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WHEN THINGS = AWESOME,, “FILL US W/ AWE”… EVOKE a RESPONSE
OUTDOORS—DRAWN to WORSHIP
TELL FRIENDS (COOL THING)
SOME THINGS DRAW RESPONSES FROM EVERYONE:
PLAYOFF GAME—BUZZER BEATER 3 PT SHOT = EVERYONE OUT of SEATS,, NO MATTER HOW LAID BACK THEY WERE.
IT WAS INCREDIBLE…AWESOME...
BUT “AWESOME” SHOULD BE RESERVED ONLY FOR GOD & GOD’S WORK TOWARDS US...
NO ONE GREATER THAN OUR GOD… NO EVENT GREATER THAN HIS ACT of SAVING US...
§ CHURCH, I WANT TO TELL YOU THIS MORNING, THAT WITH SOMETHING AS AMAZING AS THE GRACE OF GOD, IT’S IMPOSSIBLE TO BE INDIFFERENT.
NEED: REMINDER,, CAN’T BE INDIFFERENT
NEED: REMINDER,, CAN’T BE INDIFFERENT
>>> GRACE EVOKES a RESPONSE <<<
IF YOU HAVE BEEN:
REDEEMED
TRANSFERRED FROM DOMAIN of DARKNESS
MADE INTO NEW CREATION
YOUR ETERNAL DESTINY FOREVER CHANGED...
(Q) HOW CAN WE HAVE an “EH” ATTITUDE TOWARDS THESE THINGS??
(T) I WANT YOU TO KEEP THESE THINGS IN MIND AS WE DIVE INTO OUR TEXT TODAY.
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Recap “Eternal Promises from an Eternal God”
Recap “Eternal Promises from an Eternal God”
Last Week:
WE SAW GOD SHOWER HIS GRACE UPON KING DAVID.
Background:
DAVID HAD EXPERIENCED A TIME OF PROSPERITY,
WHEN THINGS = PERFECT....HE SET HIS HEART TO BUILD A HOUSE FOR THE LORD.
DAVID DWELLING in HOUSE of CEDAR.... WHILE the ARK was DWELLING in TENT… = BACKWARDS
DAVID = EXEMPLARY—FOCUS on GOD DURING GOOD TIMES!
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**NOT GOD’S TIME… OR GOD’S PERSON for TEMPLE BUILDING**
GOD REPLIES: “DAVID I’LL BUILD YOU a HOUSE!” (LASTING DYNASTY)
GOD PROMISED—DAVID’S DESCENDANTS WOULD BE UPON the THRONE—ETERNITY
FULFILLED in JESUS CHRIST.
(T) SO, NOW, TODAY, WE’RE GOING TO SEE DAVID RESPOND TO THE IMMEASURABLE GRACE OF GOD THAT WE SAW IN THE COVENANT GOD ESTABLISHED WITH DAVID LAST WEEK.
LOOK WITH ME NOW AT VERSE 18, THE TEXT SAYS,
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Text: (v18-29) “David’s Response to God’s Grace”
Text: (v18-29) “David’s Response to God’s Grace”
Part 1 (V18-21)
Part 1 (V18-21)
18 Then King David went in and sat before the Lord and said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?
19 And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O Lord God. You have spoken also of your servant’s house for a great while to come, and this is instruction for mankind, O Lord God!
20 And what more can David say to you? For you know your servant, O Lord God!
21 Because of your promise, and according to your own heart, you have brought about all this greatness, to make your servant know it.
DAVID’S FIRST RESPONSE… HE BEGINS WITH AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT…GOD’S WORK = GRACE.
DAVID GOES HUMBLY B4 GOD:
ADDRESSING GOD = ADONAI, YAHWEH, “LORD” GOD
REFERENCING HIMSELF as SERVANT
GRACE = GOD’S UNDESERVED FAVOR & BLESSING...
**EVERY GOOD & UNDESERVED THING (EVERYTHING GOOD) = FUNCTION of GOD’S GRACE**
SO...DAVID RESPONDS: “WHO AM I???”
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REMEMBER...WHO DAVID IS:
THIS IS “KING” DAVID.
THE MAN AFTER GOD’S OWN HEART.
ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AND FAMOUS OLD TESTAMENT CHARACTERS.
GIANT-SLAYER,
KING OF GOD’S CHOOSING.
**DAVID, ALL IN ALL, WAS a PRETTY GREAT GUY.**
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YET HE REALIZES HOW WHOLLY UNDESERVING HE WAS.
DAVID DOESN’T GO TO GOD as the “GIANT-SLAYER”
HE DOESN’T GO BEFORE GOD as “KING DAVID”
INSTEAD: HE GOES HUMBLY....as a RECIPIENT OF GRACE.....SERVANT OF THE LORD.
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CHURCH: IN THE SIGHT OF GRACE, WE CAN’T BE BOASTFUL.
>>> DON’T EVER THINK “YOU DESERVED” ANYTHING FROM GOD. <<<
GOING B4 GOD—SHOULD BE HUMBLE—FOR WE’RE UNDESERVING
HOW COULD WE GO B4 GOD W/ LIST of MERITS...
HE = LORD of HEAVEN
WE = SERVANTS
HE = DESERVING of WORSHIP/PRAISE
WE = UNDESERVING of GRACE
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DAVID WRITES in ANOTHER PLACE:
Psalm 8:3-4... “WHEN I LOOK AT YOUR HEAVENS, THE WORK OF YOUR FINGERS, THE MOON AND THE STARS, WHICH YOU HAVE SET IN PLACE, 4 WHAT IS MAN THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL OF HIM, AND THE SON OF MAN THAT YOU CARE FOR HIM?”
WHEN YOU CONSIDER HOW GREAT GOD IS.
HOW INFINITE HE IS.
HOW AWESOME HE IS.
HOW HOLY HE IS.
HOW PERFECT HE IS.
THEN YOU CONSIDER HOW FINITE WE ARE.
HOW SMALL WE ARE IN THE SCOPE OF THE WORLD.
HOW UNHOLY WE ARE.
&& YOU SEE THAT:
GOD STILL LOVES US,
HE STILL BLESSES US,
HE STILL POURS HIS GRACE AND MERCY OUT UPON US.
(Q) HOW CAN YOU HEAR THAT AND NOT BE DRAWN TO WORSHIP AND THANKSGIVING??
(Q) HOW COULD WE HEAR OF GOD’S INCREDIBLE GRACE TOWARDS US THAT WE TOTALLY DON’T DESERVE AND BE INDIFFERENT TO IT AND NOT IN AWE.
HOW COULD WE NOT RESPOND in HUMBLE GRATITUDE
REMIND: EVERY GOOD GIFT COMES FROM GOD (JAMES 1:17)…
+ BLESSED BEYOND MEASURE:
ETERNAL & LIVING HOPE
GOD TAKES CARE of US in THIS LIFE...
GOD = GOOD...
IF YOU DON’T THINK GRACE IS A BIG DEAL...YOU’VE EITHER UNDERESTIMATED the GREATNESS & GLORY of GOD,, OR YOU’VE UNDERESTIMATED YOUR NEED,,
NEVER LOSE SIGHT of “AMAZING GRACE”
SAVED a WRETCH LIKE ME
ONCE WAS LOST—BUT NOW FOUND...
ONCE WAS BLIND—BUT NOW I SEE...
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· AFTER DAVID HUMBLY CLAIMS, “WHO AM I, AND WHO IS MY HOUSE?” (MAKING HIM KING)
THEN DAVID POINTS OUT—THESE THINGS = SMALL in GOD’S EYES
GOD HAD MORE in STORE!
GOD’S BLESSING WAS ALREADY INCREDIBLE.
IT WAS ENOUGH FOR DAVID.
BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT DAVID IS SAYING HERE IS THAT IT WASN’T ENOUGH FOR GOD.
>>> GOD = an EXPECTATION-EXCEEDING GOD!! <<<
CHURCH, WE SHOULD NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT GOD IS ABLE TO DO FAR MORE ABUNDANTLY THAN ALL WE CAN ASK OR THINK.
OUR IMAGINATION DOESN’T EVEN LIMIT GOD
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RECENT MONTHS: SELAH MAKING LISTS:
GOING to STORE = PAIN— “WE’LL ADD THIS to CHRISTMAS/BDAY LIST”… “WE’LL THINK ABOUT IT”
BIRTHDAY = COMING:
DRAWS ME a PICTURE (SWIRLS,, ETC.)
BRINGS to ME
“DAD CAN YOU BUILD ME a ROLLER-COASTER OUT of WOOD FOR MY BIRTHDAY??” (FOR NICOLE to VISIT)
BECAUSE I’VE BUILT a HANDFUL of THINGS AROUND the HOUSE...
SO SHE THINKS: WHY NOT a ROLLER-COASTER??
**I’M FLATTERED** BUT REPLY THAT IS TOO MUCH.
MY DAUGHTER’S HIGH ESTIMATION of MY ABILITY = SWEET,, BUT UNREALISTIC.
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CHURCH,, CAN I TELL YOU,, WE HAVE a HEAVENLY FATHER WE CANNOT OVERESTIMATE...
WHEN CONSIDERING ALL GOD HAS DONE FOR US...
FUTURE GOD HAS in STORE FOR US in GLORY...
>>> WE CAN’T LIMIT GOD,, EVEN BY OUR THINKING or IMAGINATION <<<
DOES THIS = PROSPERITY GOSPEL?? NO.
**GOD KNOWS,, LOTTERY-WINNING ISN’T GOOD FOR YOU ANYWAYS**
BUT GOD CAN EXCEED OUR EXPECTATIONS...
WHEN THINGS ARE in HIS WILL…THERE is NOTHING THAT LIMITS GOD!!
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DAVID: LIFE HAS BEEN GOOD
STABLE KINGDOM
FINALLY HAS REST
NEW CAPITAL CITY
ARK in JERUSALEM
PEACE ALL AROUND
GOD SURPASSES ALL of THIS W/ PROMISE of ETERNAL DYNASTY!
DAVID CAN ONLY RESPOND in WORSHIP & PRAISE for ALL GOD HAD DONE & PROMISED for the FUTURE...
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(V20) LOSS FOR WORDS: “WHAT MORE CAN DAVID SAY TO YOU?”
DAVID IS IN AWE OF THE WONDERFUL GRACE OF GOD:
THAT HE APPOINTED DAVID FOR THIS ROLE
THAT HE HAD PRESERVED HIS LIFE THROUGH EVERYTHING TILL THAT POINT
AND THEN MADE ETERNAL PROMISES TO HIM
REMEMBER—THIS = NEWS FOR DAVID,, HE DIDN’T KNOW THIS WAS COMING...
HE DIDN’T KNOW HE’D BE an ANCESTOR of the MESSIAH
>>> GOD’S GRACE LEFT DAVID SPEECHLESS <<<
(T) AND SO DAVID, GRASPING FOR WORDS, CONTINUES IN VERSE 22,
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Part 2 (v22-24)
Part 2 (v22-24)
22 Therefore you are great, O Lord God. For there is none like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
23 And who is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom God went to redeem to be his people, making himself a name and doing for them great and awesome things by driving out before your people, whom you redeemed for yourself from Egypt, a nation and its gods?
24 And you established for yourself your people Israel to be your people forever. And you, O Lord, became their God.
·· SO, DAVID PRAISES GOD:
“GOD FOR ALL THAT YOU’VE DONE FOR ME, YOU ARE GREAT!”
“THERE IS NONE LIKE YOU!”
“NO GOD HAS A REPUTATION LIKE YOU DO!” I’VE NEVER HEARD OF A RIVAL.
“GOD I MIGHT BE A NOBODY, I MIGHT NOT BE SIGNIFICANT, BUT GOD YOU ARE EVERYTHING, YOU ARE GREAT, YOU ARE MAGNIFICENT BEYOND COMPREHENSION!”
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DAVID CONTINUES THEN & TALKS of GOD’S BLESSINGS UPON ISRAEL
A PEOPLE GOD CHOSE
BEGINNING WITH A FAMILY WITH ABRAHAM
AND MOVING DOWN THROUGH ABRAHAM’S DESCENDANTS
**GOD HAD MADE IT PLAIN AT VARIOUS POINTS THAT HE DIDN’T CHOOSE THEM BECAUSE OF ANY MERIT OF THEIR OWN**
ISRAEL WAS ONLY SPECIAL,, BECAUSE GOD MADE THEM SPECIAL.
HE CHOSE THEM AS HIS OWN.
HE REDEEMED THEM.
HE BROUGHT THEM OUT OF EGYPT WITH GREAT SIGNS AND WONDERS AND MIRACLES.
GOD WORKED ON THEIR BEHALF TO ESTABLISH THEM AS HIS OWN AND SEPARATED THEM OUT FROM THE REST TO BE HIS PRIZED POSSESSION.
o CHURCH, HOW OFTEN DO YOU CONSIDER THE BLESSING IT IS TO BE A PART OF GOD’S PEOPLE?
GOD HAD SEPARATED the JEWS OUT as HIS PRIZED POSSESSION...
BUT THEN GOD GRANTED GENTILES in THROUGH HIS SON...
BECAUSE of SHEER GRACE,, GOD SET HIS LOVE ON US...
ONE DAY WE’LL BE PART of AN INNUMERABLE PEOPLE,,
EVERY TRIBE & TONGUE,,
&& WE’LL EXIST to WORSHIP GOD FOR ALL ETERNITY....
LET’S NOT LOSE SIGHT of the BLESSING it IS to BE the PEOPLE of GOD!!!
(T) AND NOW, DAVID IS GOING TO CLOSE HIS PRAYER WITH A PLEA FOR GOD TO EXECUTE ALL THAT HE HAD SPOKEN.
LOOK WITH ME AT VERSE 25. THE TEXT SAYS,
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Part 3 (v25-29)
Part 3 (v25-29)
25 And now, O Lord God, confirm forever the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, and do as you have spoken.
26 And your name will be magnified forever, saying, ‘The Lord of hosts is God over Israel,’ and the house of your servant David will be established before you.
27 For you, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have made this revelation to your servant, saying, ‘I will build you a house.’ Therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.
28 And now, O Lord God, you are God, and your words are true, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.
29 Now therefore may it please you to bless the house of your servant, so that it may continue forever before you. For you, O Lord God, have spoken, and with your blessing shall the house of your servant be blessed forever.”
DAVID CONCLUDES WITH A PRAYER THAT GOD WOULD FULFILL HIS WORD AND BLESS DAVID’S HOUSE
&& THAT GOD’D BE PRAISED as A RESULT
DAVID NOTES— THE SURETY of GOD’S PROMISE & WORD
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CHURCH,, WE SHOULD BE PRAYING the PROMISES of GOD
>>> PRAYER is ONE MEANS THAT GOD USES to ACCOMPLISH HIS ENDS <<<
· ISN’T THIS EXACTLY WHAT OUR LORD TAUGHT US TO PRAY IN THE LORD’S PRAYER?
o “YOUR KINGDOM COME, YOUR WILL BE DONE.”
WE’RE TAUGHT to PRAY the PROMISES of GOD
EARLY CHURCH: “COME LORD JESUS”
DALE DAVIS:“‘DO AS YOU HAVE PROMISED.’ THAT IS AT THE HEART OF OUR PRAYING. YAHWEH’S PROMISE GIVES PRAYER ITS PASSION, BOLDNESS, AND CONFIDENCE.”[1]
(T) AND SO WE SHOULD LEARN FROM THIS PASSAGE TODAY, THE IDEA THAT,
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HOMILETICAL IDEA
HOMILETICAL IDEA
GOD’S GRACE SHOULD RESULT IN GOD’S PRAISE FROM GOD’S PEOPLE.
REMEMBER: WE WILL ONLY UNDERESTIMATE THE CALIBER OF GOD’S GRACE IF:
WE OVERESTIMATE OUR OWN GREATNESS
OR UNDERESTIMATE GOD’S.
WHEN WE TRULY HAVE A PICTURE OF HOW UNDESERVING WE ARE,
&& WE SEE HOW GOOD GOD HAS BEEN…
IT SHOULD BRING US TO A PLACE OF PRAISE AND WORSHIP.
FOR THE GRACE OF GOD CANNOT BE OVERSTATED.
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GOSPEL: “THE SCANDAL OF GRACE”
GOSPEL: “THE SCANDAL OF GRACE”
· CHURCH, I WANT YOU TO THINK BACK THROUGH THE BIBLICAL WITNESS OF GOD’S GRACE:
o ABRAHAM DIDN’T DESERVE IT.
o JACOB DIDN’T DESERVE IT.
o THE NATION OF ISRAEL DIDN’T DESERVE IT.
o DAVID DIDN’T DESERVE IT.
o WE DON’T DESERVE IT.
IT’S CALLED GRACE.
LAST WK:
JESUS CHRIST—ETERNAL SON of DAVID UPON the THRONE...
CHURCH… HE’S the ONLY ONE WHO’S EVER DESERVED ANYTHING GOOD...
I LOVE LOOKING THROUGH HIS LINEAGE:
SEEING LIST of NOBODIES...
LIST of FAILURES
LIST of SCANDALS...
EYES of MEN: MYRIADS of PROBLEMS...
YET GOD WAS FAITHFUL to ACCOMPLISH HIS WILL...
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GOD = USED to TAKING NOBODIES,,
“ACCIDENTS” in EYES of WORLD...
MESSED UP PEOPLE
PAUL (1 COR. 1) POINTS OUT:
NOT MANY OF THEM WERE OF NOBLE BIRTH
OR WISE BY WORLDLY STANDARDS OR ANYTHING ELSE.
>>> YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE ANYONE GREAT TO BE A CANDIDATE FOR GRACE, THAT’S WHY IT’S CALLED GRACE. <<<
IF YOU THINK YOU’RE GREAT—YOU’LL NEVER REALIZE YOUR NEED.
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· GOD LOVES TO TAKE THE SHEPHERD BOY AND MAKE HIM A KING.
· AND EVEN MORE, HE LOVES TO TAKE SINNERS AND TO MAKE THEM HIS SAINTS, HIS HOLY ONES.
W/ GRACE… WE BRING ABSOLUTELY NO MERIT of OUR OWN.
ONLY THING WE BRING to SALVATION = the SIN THAT MAKES it NECESSARY...
OUR GOOD WORKS,,
OUR SUPPOSED RIGHTEOUSNESS
OUR MERIT
THEY’RE NEVER ENOUGH.
RIGHTEOUSNESS = FILTHY RAGS
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WHEN OUR DEBT WAS OFF the CHARTS...
GOD DIDN’T ENTER an INCOME-BASED REPAYMENT PLAN
GOD DIDN’T REQUIRE US to WORK AS HARD as WE CAN… AND THE REST = COVERED BY GRACE
DEBT SO GREAT—FORGIVEN.
RECORD of DEBTS = NAILED to the CROSS...
§ WHEN JESUS CHRIST DIED, HE CRIED OUT, “IT IS FINISHED!”
§ WE’RE JUST RECIPIENTS OF HIS GRACE. JESUS WAS THE ONE WHO FINISHED THE WORK
2 Corinthians 5:21 (ESV)
21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
HE TOOK the PUNISHMENT HE DIDN’T DESERVE
SO WE COULD RECEIVE GRACE THAT WE TOTALLY DON’T DESERVE.
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ALL of US ARE in NEED of GRACE
YOU CAN BE a RECIPIENT TODAY
OF NO WORK of YOUR OWN...
&& FOR ALL THOSE WHO BELIEVE,
WHO RECEIVE CHRIST AS SAVIOR AND LORD,
HE HAS SECURED FOR US AN ETERNAL REDEMPTION.
&& IF YOU’RE HERE,, & YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND THIS,, OR DON’T HAVE THIS HOPE....
PLACE YOUR FAITH in the SAVIOR...
TRUSTING in HIM for RIGHT-STANDING BEFORE GOD…
NOT of WORKS/INHERENT RIGHTEOUSNESS....
BELIEVING CHRIST DIED FOR YOU & WAS RAISED....
TURN FROM LIFE of SIN,, PROFESS CHRIST as LORD,,
YOU CAN BE SAVED,, TODAY.
**YOU CAN ENTER COVENANT W/ GOD, TODAY**
HAVE QUESTIONS,,
DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU STAND W/ GOD
TALK to US AFTER SERVICE.
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TAKEAWAYS:
TAKEAWAYS:
Learn about God?
Learn about God?
MOST PLAINLY, WE SEE TODAY THAT OUR GOD IS A GRACIOUS GOD.
REMEMBER, GOD DIDN’T REWARD DAVID’S TEMPLE BUILDING PROGRAM.
GOD POSTPONED THE PROGRAM AND SHOWERED HIS GRACE AND BLESSING UPON DAVID ANYWAYS.
IN ANTIQUITY COUNTLESS PEOPLE TRIED TO EARN THE FAVOR OF THE GODS THROUGH THEIR WORKS AND BUILDING PROGRAMS, BUT THE TRUE AND LIVING GOD WORKS DIFFERENTLY. HE IS A GOD OF GRACE...
A SECOND THOUGHT TODAY, IS THAT GOD IN HIS GRACE AND LOVE, WILL EXCEED OUR EXPECTATIONS.
HE IS AN EXPECTATION-EXCEEDING GOD.
HE IS AN ALL-POWERFUL AND ALMIGHTY GOD.
HE IS ABLE TO DO FAR MORE ABUNDANTLY THAN WE ASK OR THINK.
DAVID HAD HIS EXPECTATIONS IN LIFE MORE THAN MET. HIS LIFE WAS GOOD, AND EVEN THEN, GOD TAKES HIS BLESSINGS TO NEW HEIGHTS!
HOW AWESOME IS OUR GOD!
(T) AND WHAT DO WE LEARN FOR US?
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APP: HUMBLE PRAISE
APP: HUMBLE PRAISE
· I WANT TO REMIND US ALL HERE TODAY:
IF YOU HAVE BEEN SAVED, YOU ARE A RECIPIENT OF GRACE:GOD’S UNMERITED FAVOR AND BLESSING.
HE HAS SHOWERED YOU WITH GIFTS YOU DON’T DESERVE.
IN LIGHT OF THIS, “HOW DO YOU RESPOND?”
GRACE MUST EVOKE a RESPONSE in US....
NO ONE CAN BE a CASUAL RECIPIENT of GRACE...
IT’S IMPOSSIBLE to BE INDIFFERENT WHEN YOU SEE HOW GOOD GOD HAS BEEN to US
BECAUSE THERE’S NOTHING MORE AMAZING THAN GRACE
WE WILL ONLY UNDERESTIMATE THE CALIBER OF GOD’S GRACE IF WE OVERESTIMATE OUR OWN GREATNESS OR UNDERESTIMATE GOD’S.
NO ONE WILL BE BOASTING in HEAVEN
ELDERS CASTING THEIR CROWNS at HIS FEET...
NO ONE SEEING the KING in HIS SPLENDOR COULD HANG ON to THEIR CROWN…NO MATTER HOW GREAT THEY MIGHT BE...
GOD’S GRACE SHOULD BRING US to a POSITION of HUMBLE PRAISE of HIM:
WORSHIP
DEVOTING OUR LIVES to HIS SERVICE,, W/ OUR BODIES as LIVING SACRIFICES...
LIVING W/ a SERVANT MENTALITY W/ GOD AS OUR LORD...
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CHURCH,, WE SHOULD NEVER LOSE SIGHT of HOW WHOLLY UNDESERVING WE ARE AND HOW TRULY MAGNIFICENT OUR GOD IS.
· HE ALONE IS WORTHY. WE ARE UNWORTHY.
· HE ALONE IS HOLY. WE ARE UNHOLY.
· HE ALONE IS FAITHFUL. WE ARE FAITHLESS.
· HE ALONE IS AWESOME. WE ARE INSIGNIFICANT.
THIS GOD...
TOOK US & MADE US OBJECTS of HIS GRACE...
BY SENDING the ETERNAL SON of DAVID,, INTO THIS EARTH
TO DIE FOR OUR SIN
THAT is GRACE...
· THAT IS UNDESERVED.
THAT is a CAUSE FOR PRAISE & WORSHIP…FOREVER.
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· SO, I WANT TO ASK YOU THIS MORNING, CHURCH, HAVE YOU THANKED GOD FOR HIS GRACE LATELY?
o HAVE YOU THANKED HIM FOR HIS GRACE IN YOUR LIFE TODAY?
YESTERDAY?
THIS LAST WEEK?
THIS LAST MONTH?
IN THE LAST YEAR?
THANKSGIVING
PRAISE
LIVING in HIS SERVICE...
SHOULD BE REGULAR PARTS of the RHYTHM of OUR LIVES…IN RESPONSE to HIS AMAZING GRACE.
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