RECEIVE YOUR POWER LUKE 24:44-53

INTRODUCTION

IT IS SAD BUT FOR THE MOST PART CHRISTIANITY HAS BECOME A BLESS ME CLUB

WE SEEK THE HAND OF GOD BUT FORGET ABOUT THE FACE OF GOD

SO MANY PEOPLE TALK ONLY ABOUT THE BLESSINGS

BUT, I DID NOT COME TO TALK ABOUT THE FEEL GOOD BLESSINGS

THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING MORE

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WHEN YOU GET GENUINELY BLESSED BUT THERE HAS TO BE MORE

IF YOU JUST WANT A BLESSING, THEN YOU ARE LEAVING THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OUT

LUKE’S WRITING IS ONE OF THE BEST WRITINGS OF HIS TIME AND HE IS JUST NOT PREPARING YOU FOR A TRIUMPHANT CONCLUSION-THE BLESS ME

HE IS PREPARING YOU FOR HIS SECOND WORK-THE PROMISE OF POWER FROM ON HIGH

IF THERE IS ANYTHING WE NEED TODAY, IT IS POWER FROM HEAVEN

WHAT CHRIST IS DOING IS MINISTERING TO HIS DISCIPLES OF THINGS PERTAINING TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD

HE IS NOT TALKING TO CROWDS ABOUT THE BEATITUDES OR FEEDING 5,000 MEN

THESE DISCUSSIONS ARE EXCLUSIVELY FOR HIS DISCIPLES

CAN YOU IMAGINE HAVING A BIBLE STUDY WITH CHRIST ON THINGS PERTAINING TO THE KINGDOM?

HE IS TEACHING THEM THE SECRETS BECAUSE

Psalm 25:14 KJV 1900

The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; And he will shew them his covenant.

MANY TIMES, GOD SHOWS BELIEVERS THINGS THAT THE WORLD IS NOT READY TO SEE.

1 Corinthians 2:14 KJV 1900

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

YOU CANNOT STAND OUTSIDE OF THE KINGDOM AND UNDERSTAND THE KINGDOM BECAUSE THE WORD IS SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED.

SINCE JESUS TELLS US OF A PLACE OF POWER, WE MUST LEAVE THE BLESS ME PLACE FOR POWER

HOW DO I GET TO THE PLACE OF POWER?

DO YOU REALLY WANT TO LEAVE THE BLESS ME PLACE FOR POWER?

BODY

A. COMMUNION CREATES POWER

WHEN JESUS WAS TALKING TO TWO OF HIS DISCIPLES ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS, THEY WERE WITH HIM BUT DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM

JESUS ACTED AS IF HE WAS GOING TO GO FURTHER

HE ACTED AS IF HE WAS GOING SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT THE DISCIPLES CONSTRAINED HIM

THE GREEK WORD IS PARA-BEE-AZOMAI AND IT MEANS TO FORCE, TO PREVAIL UPON

THEY PARA-BEE-AZOMAI MENO, WHICH MEANS TO STAY OR REMAIN WITH THEM.

IN OTHER WORDS THEY FORCED CHRIST TO STAY WITH THEM

YOU WILL NOT RECOGNIZE JESUS UNTIL YOU ARE IN COMMUNION WITH HIM

IT IS WHEN YOU HAVE A DAILY BREAKING OF BREAD THAT YOU WILL RECOGNIZE HIM AND SOMETIMES HE WILL TEST YOU

YOPU WILL FEEL A LITTLE OF HIS PRESENCE AND HAVE A LITTLE REVELATION OF HIS WORD

THESE ARE THE TIMES THAT YOU NEED TO FORCE HIM TO STAY WITH YOU

1. HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND WITH THE LORD?

MANY TIMES ALL YOU NEED IS MORE TIME WITH THE LORD

IT IS EASIER TO PREACH TO PEOPLE WITH A PRAYER LIFE, BECAUSE THEY COME WITH AN APPETITE FOR A “THUS SAITH THE LORD”

HE APPEARED TO THEM IN THE BREAKING OF BREAD AND WHEN HE APPEARED TO THEM HE OPENED THEIR EYES

YOU HAVE TO GET INTO THE PRESENCE OF GOD FOR HIM TO OPEN YOUR EYES OF REVELATION

THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INFORMATION AND REVELATION

REMEMBER, THEY DID NOT HAVE GENESIS TO REVELATION

THEY HAD GENESIS TO MALACHI

JESUS OPENED THEIR EYEYS ABOUT HIM FROM GENESIS TO MALACHI

2. OLD TESTAMENT CHRIST

HE SAID:

THE ANIMAL TRAPPED IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN TO COVER ADAM AND EVE’S SINS, THAT WAS ME

THE MORE EXCELLENT SACRIFICE THAT ABEL OFFERED, THAT WAS ME

WHEN JACOB WRESTLED WITH THE ANGEL, THAT WAS ME

THE LAMB’S BLOOD PUT ON THE DOORPOSTS IN EGYPT, THAT WAS ME

THE FIRE IN THE BUSH, THAT WAS ME

THE TREE BRANCH THAT MADE THE BITTER WATERS SWEET, THAT WAS ME

THE WATER THAT CAME FROM THE ROCK, THAT WAS ME

WHEN THEY WERE BITTEN BY SERPENTS, THE BRAZEN SERPENT, THAT WAS ME

THE FOURTH MAN IN THE FURNACE, THAT WAS ME

THE TABERNACLE FURNITURE, THAT WAS ME

HE TOLD THEM THAT HE WAS THE REALITY OF ALL OF THE SHADOWS IN THE O.T.

B. CONFESSION OF SIN CREATES POWER

JESUS THEN TELLS THEM THAT REPENTANCE AND REMISSION OF SINS SHOULD BE PREACHED IN HIS NAME

REPENTANCE WILL CHANGE SOMEONE’S MIND CONCERNING SIN

AS A RESULT, IT WILL CREATE GOOD FRUITS IN THE NEW LIFE OF THE PERSON

REPENTANCE IS THE CHANGE OF A PERSON’S MIND CONCERNING SIN AND AS A RESULT THERE IS A RELEASE OF THE GUILT AND PUNISHMENT

1. BETHANY-THE BLESS ME PLACE

THEN JESUS LED THEM OUT AS FAR AS BETHANY AND BLESSED THEM

THERE IS A BLESSING THAT HAPPENS AT BETHANY

IT IS A BLESSING TYO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE LORD

IT WAS A BLESSING TO RECEIVE REVELATION FROM THE LORD

BUT, JESUS DID NOT COME JUST SO THAT YOU COULD BE BLESSED

THE PROBLEM IS THAT PEOPLE ARE STUCH AT THE BLESS ME PLACE

PEOPLE DO EVERYTHING TO GET A BLESSING AND EVERYONE WANTS A BLESSING

HOWEVER, IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE I AM ALREADY BLESSED

Deuteronomy 28:1–8 KJV 1900

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Psalm 1 KJV 1900

Blessed is the man That walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; And in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, That bringeth forth his fruit in his season; His leaf also shall not wither; And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

MANY ARE STUCK IN THE BLESS ME PLACE

DON’T FALL IN LOVE WITH THE GIFT AND FORGET THE GIVER

LITTLE KUMAR

C. COMPLIANCE CREATES POWER

THE BIBLE SAYS THAT HE LED THEM TO BETHANY AND BLESSED THEM THERE, BUT HE DID NOT TELL THEM TO STAY THERE

MANY ARE STUCK IN BETHANY

JESUS TOLD THEM TO GO TO JERUSALEM UNTIL THEY RECEIVE POWER FROM ON HIGH

POWER FROM HEAVEN

DO YOU WANT SOME POWER FROM HEAVEN

DON’TR GET STUCK IN THE BLESS ME PLACE

MOV E TO THE PLACE OF POWER

BREAK THE SEKING OF BLESSING AND MOVE TO EFFECTIVENESS

THE DISCIPLES WENT TO JERUSALEM TO WAIT

PENTECOST DAYS AFTER PASSOVER

ONCE YOU HAVE A REAL PASSOVER EXPERIENCE, PENTECOST WILL COME UPON YOU

AS THEY WAITED,

Acts 2:1–4 KJV 1900

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

AS THEY WAITED, HE FILLED THEM

BUT NOT JUST THEM, HE FILLED EVERYTHING AROUND THEM

GOD WILL FILL EVERYTHING AROUND YOU

WE NEED TO GET PAST THE BLESSING TO HAVE FIRE ON OUR LIVES

FOR THIS TO HAPPEN YOU HAVE TO HUNGER AND THIRST AFTER GOD

YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PASSION FOR GOD

YOU HAVE TO STOP PLEASING PEOPLE AND SEPARATE YOURSELF

1 Chronicles 7:14 KJV 1900

The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:

2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV 1900

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

NOTHING WILL HAPPEN IF YOU JUST WANT A BLESSING

WE NEED HUNGRY PEOPLE, BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL COME FROM EVERYWHERE WHEN GOD IS MOVING.

ILLUSTRATION

LITTLE JIMMY. 3 TIMES MOMMY PUT LITTLE JIMMY TO BED, BUT EACH TIME HE FELL OUT. THE THIRD TIME HE WAS CRYING SO HARD AND ASKING HIS MOTHER TO FIX THE PROBLEM. SHE SAID, IT IS REAL EASY, THE REASON THAT YOU KEEP FALLING OUT IS BECAUSE YOU NEVER CLIMBED FAR ENOUGH IN

WE NEED TO CLIMB FAR ENOUGH IN WITH GOD.