Stronger: Breastpiece of Righteousness: Do not Fear
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What do believe God wants us to know? To not let our hearts be troubled…Do not fear
Why? Fear holds us back from God’s best for us
What do believe God wants us to do? Do not fear
Why? Fear holds us back from God’s best for us
ME/WE
We have been wrestling through how to do we get victory in the battles that we are facing?
Why didn’t I say the war? War is over
-Jesus defeated our greatest enemy of sin death and shame by His death and resurrection!
And Good New about King Jesus
Beautiful news is that King Jesus DOESN’T SAY I WON THE WAR NOW YOU GO FIGHT THE BATTLES…HE GIVES US THE ABILITY TO HAVE VICTORY IN OUR BATTLES BY GIVING US TWO THINGS
EPH 6:10-20
HIS MUSCLES 1 John 4:4
Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
HIS ARMOR
We started a couple weeks ago going through the 6 pieces of armor.
First the piece is the most PIVOTAL PIECE, that we don’t often think is a piece of armor
What is the piece?
BELT OF TRUTH
How is that PIVOTAL in a real physical battle? No sword too
HOW IS THE BELT OF TRUTH PIVOTAL IN THE SPIRITUAL BATTLE?
LET THEM ANSWER
LAST WEEK WE TALKED ABOUT THE MOST VITAL 1A PIECE OF THE ARMOR….WHAT WAS THAT PIECE?
-BREAST PLATE
WHY IS THE BREAST PLATE A VITAL PIECE OF THE ARMOR IN PHYISCAL BATTLE?
PROTECTS THE VITAL ORGANS…we can lose a arm or toe or leg and still stand and win in battle, but the vital organ can be devistaing or deadly
WHAT ABOUT IN THE SPIRITUAL BATTLE WHY IS THE BREAST PIECE OF RIGHTOUSNESS VITAL?
What we read in scripture is that our heart is vital important to our life…that where our heart is there we are….
Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
Heart is mentioned 830 times in the scriptures with only a handful of times it being mentioned as a physical heart…the other times it is mentioned it is referring to our SPIRITUAL HEART….where your heart is there you are…we are lovers.
HERE’S OUR REALITY the four principlaties or darkness know whatever has our heart has us and so where do you think the enemy is trying to attack…HE DOESN’T JUST WANT TO WOUND
WHERE DO YOU THINK THEY WANT TO ATTAK? YOUR ARM? YOUR EYE? NO YOUR HEART
The enemy knows that where our heart is there we so one of the places the enemy comes to attack us is our heart
BUT HOW DOES HE ATTACK OUR HEART?
EYES AND EARS
“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light,
but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Last week we talked about on the things the enemy wants us to do is do FOLLY: SIN
Come on lie, cheat, steal, lust, be prideful, be sinfully angry
All over the Bible, Garden of Eden, David, Kings and Judges
THE ENEMY WANTS US TO DO FOLLY: SIN BECAUSE SIN LEADS US TO DESTRUCTION TO YOU AND OTHERS
There is another thing that the enemy wants us to do that is attached to our HEART is HE WANTS US TO LIVE IN FEAR OR BE FEARFUL
This is nothing nobody in this room has struggled with right?
Nobody has a fear of
Fear of not have enough money
Fear of man
Fear of what ifs
Fear of the future
Fear of will God come through for me
Fear if I stand out for Jesus what will they say
Fear of failure
Fear what if my sin is found out
Fear of health
We have lots of natural reasons to be FEARFUL
you see your bank account
you see the health report
you have seen what happens when people take a stand for Jesus
WHAT DO WE DO WITH OUR FEARS….MANY OF US IN THIS ROOM ARE THINKING OF OUR FEARS
MINE: I CAN FEAR PEOPLE NOT LIKING ME…WHAT IF PEOPLE DON’T LIKE ME…AND THE REALITY IS PEOPLE WILL NOT LIKE ME…HEAD KNOWS THAT
Do we just be ok with our FEARS???
NO
God over and over says do not fear! over 100 times
fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
Behold, all who are incensed against you shall be put to shame and confounded; those who strive against you shall be as nothing and shall perish.
You shall seek those who contend with you, but you shall not find them; those who war against you shall be as nothing at all.
For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Fear not, I am the one who helps you.”
WHY?
Our fears DEPRESSES US AND DEFEATS US immobilize us ANDand prevent us from living in the land of milk and honey that God has for us.
STORY OF THE NATION OF ISRAEL WHEN THEY LEAVE SLAVERY, CROSS RED SEE, 11 DAYS,THEN THEY GO TO SPY THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY..
AND WHAT HAPPENS
GOD IS GOING TO SEND THEM TO THE LAND FLOWING FROM MILK AND HONEY
SPIES SEE THE LAND IS VERY GOOD, BUT THEIR ARE GIANTS IN THE LAND
At the end of forty days they returned from spying out the land.
And they came to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the people of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh. They brought back word to them and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land.
And they told him, “We came to the land to which you sent us. It flows with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
However, the people who dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. And besides, we saw the descendants of Anak there.
The Amalekites dwell in the land of the Negeb. The Hittites, the Jebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the hill country. And the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and along the Jordan.”
But Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “Let us go up at once and occupy it, for we are well able to overcome it.”
Then the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are stronger than we are.”
So they brought to the people of Israel a bad report of the land that they had spied out, saying, “The land, through which we have gone to spy it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people that we saw in it are of great height.
And there we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak, who come from the Nephilim), and we seemed to ourselves like grasshoppers, and so we seemed to them.”
Then all the congregation raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night.
And all the people of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron. The whole congregation said to them, “Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness!
Why is the Lord bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become a prey. Would it not be better for us to go back to Egypt?”
And they said to one another, “Let us choose a leader and go back to Egypt.”
WHAT THEY SAW DEFEAT THEIR HEARTS, and immoblizes them
WE NEED SOME CALEBS
HOW DID CALEB HAVE SUCH CONFIDENCE SUCH FAITH, SUCH CONFIDENCE?
BECAUSE HIS HEART WAS FULL OF FAITH
THIS IS THE SAME WITH DAVID AND GOIATH…DAVID IS A NOT EVEN YOUNG ENOUGH TO FIGHT IN BATTLE, HE WAS JUST COMING TO GIVE FOOD TO HIS BROTHERS and check on the well being
HOW DO WE GET FAITH INTO OUR HEART….IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO KNOW IT….MANY OF US KNOW NOT FEAR, BUT WE STILL FEAR
HOW DO WE GET FAITH IN OUR HEART AND FEAR OUT
REJOICE
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice.
David was always rejoicing and one of the things rejoicing does is it gets the truth into our hearts.
God you deliver ME
God you protect me
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling. Selah
“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!”
The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
PRAYER
do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
PREACH
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
GO
What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
THIS IS WHAT IS AT STAKE
I CAN’T DO IT
YOU ARE RIGHT BUT
Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
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