Just Walking by Faith
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· 12 viewsIn the life of every believer there there will be times we face unknown variables in life. It is not the challenges that define us but how we face them. There is one reality that is ever existent in every generations and among every people and culture. Proverbs 14:34 ...Sin is a reproach to any people.
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Just Walking by Faith
Just Walking by Faith
41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
1 Kings 18:41-43
Life is full of Variables
Life is full of Variables
Life is full of Variables
Life is full of Variables
41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,
43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
1 Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble.
33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
How can these words bring peace in the word as it is today?
How can these words bring peace in the word as it is today?
Today our World has changed
++Violence is on the rise
++Sacred institutions undermined
Safe Places are not safe anymore
++Churches
++Law Offices
++Public Transportation
++Schools
This is the definition of trouble.
These are not terrorist plots
++Not acts of war
++Not terrorist plots
++The acting out of evil
This is not an evil that is on the outside
++It rages within
++Not within society
++But within us
Why is there such an attraction to violence in man?
Why is there such an attraction to violence in man?
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Light & Darkness
++They are not opposites
++They oppose each other
++The are antagonistic to one another
++They cannot coexist in the same place
Have ever met someone that just rubs you wrong?
Your just want to get away from them.
12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
John 8
Light dispels darkness
++Darkness must exist before light can come
++Darkness presence the greatest opportunity
++Light empowers sight
++Light
++Light allows our Eyes to see
Matthe
23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
What are you looking at?
We live in perilous times
We live in perilous times
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
1700-1799
1700-1799
1700-1799
++1 School Shooting
++10 Deaths
1764, July 26 - Enoch Brown (10 deaths)
1800-1899
1800s
++2 School Shootings
++10 Deaths
1893, December 13 - Charleston - (6 deaths)
1893, March 26 - Plain Dealing high school - (4 deaths)
1900-1999
++9 School Shootings
++68 Deaths
1999, 20 April - Columbine High School massacre - (15 deaths)
1998, May 21 - Thurston High School shooting - (4 deaths)
1998, March 24 - Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden - (5 deaths)
1991, 1 November - University of Iowa shooting - (6 deaths)
1976, 12 July - Fulerton, California - (7 deaths)
1970, 4 May - Kent State shootings (4 deaths)
2017, November 14 - Rancho Tehama Reserve shootings - (6 dead)
1966, 12 November - Mesa, Arizona - (5 deaths)
2015, 1 October - Umpqua Community College shooting - (10 dead)
1966, 1 August - University of Texas tower shooting - (17 deaths)
2014, October 24- Marysville Pilchuck High School shooting - (5 dead)
2013, June 7 - 2013 Santa Monica shooting - (6 dead)
2012, December 14- Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings - (28 deaths)
2012, 2 April - Oikos University shooting - (7 deaths)
2008, February 14 - Northern Illinois University shooting - (6 deaths)
2007, 6 April - Virginia Tech massacre - (33 deaths)
2006, October 2 - West Nickel Mines School shooting - (6 deaths)
2005, 21 March - Red Lake shootings - (10 deaths)
2000s
1940, May 6 - Pasadena - (5 deaths)
2000-present
1998, May 21 - Thurston High School shooting - (4 deaths)
++11 School Shootings
++134 Deaths
1998, March 24 - Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden - (5 deaths)
2018, 14 February - Marjory Stoneman Douglas High school shootings - (17 dead)
1991, 1 November - University of Iowa shooting - (6 deaths)
2017, November 14 - Rancho Tehama Reserve shootings - (6 dead)
2015, 1 October - Umpqua Community College shooting - (10 dead)
2014, October 24- Marysville Pilchuck High School shooting - (5 dead)
2013, June 7 - 2013 Santa Monica shooting - (6 dead)
2012, December 14- Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings - (28 deaths)
1976, 12 July - Fulerton, California - (7 deaths)
2012, 2 April - Oikos University shooting - (7 deaths)
2008, February 14 - Northern Illinois University shooting - (6 deaths)
2007, 6 April - Virginia Tech massacre - (33 deaths)
1970, 4 May - Kent State shootings (4 deaths)
2006, October 2 - West Nickel Mines School shooting - (6 deaths)
1966, 12 November - Mesa, Arizona - (5 deaths)
2005, 21 March - Red Lake shootings - (10 deaths)
1966, 1 August - University of Texas tower shooting - (17 deaths)
1940, May 6 - Pasadena - (5 deaths)
Today our World has changed
++9 Shootings
++68 Deaths
++Including 1999 Columbine High (15 deaths)
1999, 20 April - Columbine High School massacre - (15 deaths)
1998, May 21 - Thurston High School shooting - (4 deaths)
1998, March 24 - Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden - (5 deaths)
Violence is on the rise
1991, 1 November - University of Iowa shooting - (6 deaths)
1976, 12 July - Fulerton, California - (7 deaths)
1970, 4 May - Kent State shootings (4 deaths)
Sacred institutions undermined
1966, 12 November - Mesa, Arizona - (5 deaths)
1966, 1 August - University of Texas tower shooting - (17 deaths)
1940, May 6 - Pasadena - (5 deaths)
++No respect for any Authority
++2 shootings
++10 Deaths
1893, December 13 - Charleston - (6 deaths)
1893, December 13 - Charleston - (6 deaths)
2018, 14 February - Marjory Stoneman Douglas High school shootings - (17 dead) 2017, November 14 - Rancho Tehama Reserve shootings - (6 dead) 2015, 1 October - Umpqua Community College shooting - (10 dead) 2014, October 24- Marysville Pilchuck High School shooting - (5 dead) 2013, June 7 - 2013 Santa Monica shooting - (6 dead) 2012, December 14- Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings - (28 deaths) 2012, 2 April - Oikos University shooting - (7 deaths) 2008, February 14 - Northern Illinois University shooting - (6 deaths) 2007, 6 April - Virginia Tech massacre - (33 deaths) 2006, October 2 - West Nickel Mines School shooting - (6 deaths) 2005, 21 March - Red Lake shootings - (10 deaths) 1999, 20 April - Columbine High School massacre - (15 deaths) 1998, May 21 - Thurston High School shooting - (4 deaths) 1998, March 24 - Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden - (5 deaths) 1991, 1 November - University of Iowa shooting - (6 deaths) 1976, 12 July - Fulerton, California - (7 deaths) 1970, 4 May - Kent State shootings (4 deaths) 1966, 12 November - Mesa, Arizona - (5 deaths) 1966, 1 August - University of Texas tower shooting - (17 deaths) 1940, May 6 - Pasadena - (5 deaths) 1893, December 13 - Charleston - (6 deaths) 1893, March 26 - Plain Dealing high school - (4 deaths) 1764, July 26 - Enoch Brown (10 deaths)
1893, March 26 - Plain Dealing high school - (4 deaths)
++Sacred institutions undermined
++No respect for any Authority
++Have peace
++Anarchy reigns
++Our land is full of trouble
33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
John
Jesus offers peace
++Be of good cheer
++In advance
How can tribulation
++for the situation
The provision of God
++is not limited
++is not measured
++is more than enough
4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
6 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
There was no person more connected to God than Jesus.
++He was the only begotten Son of God
Is Jesus all Power
++In essence He was God
3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
Why did he send more fish than their nets would hold?
Why did he send more fish than their nets would hold?
Colossians 1:17
7 And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.
Luke
Why send so much fish that the boats began to sink?
Why send so much fish that the boats began to sink?
God is Good
++He is a giver
++He gives in abundance
20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Ephe
10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be meat in mine house, And prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, If I will not open you the windows of heaven, And pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
The problem
++Wasn’t God’s provision
++The size of the net
++The size of the boat
God works in in Faith
++Faith is an atmosphere of expectation.
God works be
++Faith is a function of trust
++Faith operates by the word of God
5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
Gala 3
17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Jesus brings confidence
++How can tribulation
++Help us understand thi
++Pronouncement
That you might have peace
++Preparation
++Clarity
In the world you will have tribulation
++Proclamation
Be of Good Cheer
++Promise
I have overcome the world
33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
When I look at the world
Thing don’t look go
++Thing don’t look good
++Violence is on the rise
++Sacred institutions undermined
++Violence
++Bigotry
++No respect for any Authority
++Anarchy reigns
++Racism
++Hatred
++Our land is full of trouble
God says to us “Look again!”
++It may be dark right now
++Light is Coming
++
++Darkness must flee
++Jesus has won the Victory
43 And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.
44 And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.
45 And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.
1 kings 18:43-45