Declaration of the Spirit
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Zechariah: 4:2-6
Zechariah: 4:2-6
And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord? Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying,
Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit,
Saith the LORD of hosts.
The Book of Zechariah
The Book of Zechariah
The Book of Zechariah is a book of repeating questions
The Dialog between the Angel and the prophet follows a repeating pattern.
The Angel ask- "What do you see?"
The Prophet asked "What are these?"
The Angel asked "You don't know this?"
The Prophet answer "no"
So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord? Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying,
Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit,
Saith the LORD of hosts.
The Spirit is saying Something
The Spirit is saying Something
What is the Spirit is Saying?
The Spirit is saying what might cannot say.
Might says
Might says
I've got this.
I can handle it
No Worries
Might is a word connected to capability due to outside strength.
Might is a word connected to capability due to outside strength.
Other words used connected to might are are property, competence, bravery and faculty. The Bible connects it with the capabilities of a mighty Army. The connotation is that even without God I have a sufficient assistance to complete the task.
Read Josua 7:2-5
And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few. So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.
And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.
Sometimes the battle is not about the numbers.
Sometimes the battle is not about the numbers.
In Judges 7, Gideon started with 32,000 men
Vs 2 God tells Gideon the people are to many for the victory
And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
Two test would curt the ranks to 10, 000 then to three Hundred
And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
Might relies on the help of supporting forces.
What is the Spirit is Saying?
The Spirit is saying what might cannot say.
The Spirit is saying what power cannot say.
Power says
Power says
It is within my control
It is in my authority.
I can do it myself
The Terms connected to this word is personal strength.
And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Power relies on self.
What is the Spirit is Saying?
The Spirit is saying what might cannot say.
The Spirit is saying what power cannot say.
Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain:
And he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.
The Spirit
Recognizes the mountain (problem)
The spirit speaks to the Mountain.
Doesn't minimize the problem (Great mountain)
Compares the mountain to Zerubbabel?
Reveals the problem its real position
The problem is not as big as it thinks it is.
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Revelation is a Declaration
Revelation is a Declaration
The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
By His Spirit
By His Spirit
Blind eyes are see
Death ears hear
Hearts ready to receive
The Spirit searches
The Spirit searches
all things
deep things of God
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
Let go
Let go
Hurts
Past
Disappointments
Let God
Let God
Have His way in you
Speak to your mountain
So what is my part?
So what is my part?
Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain:
And he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.
Pick up the pieces
Pick up the pieces
Head stone (Spoil of Victory)
With a Shout (of Praise)
What is that Shout?
What is that Shout?
Grace , Grace, Grace.
When the mountain is in your way shout Grace!
When the problem is to hard shout Grace!
Grace is a reminder
Grace is a reminder
To your problem of the favor of the Lord
To your problem that something else is speaking
It is not me
So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west,
And his glory from the rising of the sun.
When the enemy shall come in like a flood,
The Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly,
And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
Declaration of the Spirit
Declaration of the Spirit