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THE PERSON GOD USES

For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:

But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:

That no flesh should glory in his presence.

INTRODUCTION

This text tells me what kind of a person God uses.

It is evident that God’s measuring rod is different than ours.

He has the ability to look inside and see what we can not see.

Notice how many times Apostle Paul uses the words but God has chosen.

It is apparent that God does not choose men for their wisdom as men count wisdom, or at least wisdom from human standpoint.

God has chosen what the world calls foolish to shame the wise.

God has chosen what the world counts poor and insignificant.

He is the only One that can take what world cannot see and put their strongest to flight.

Look at Verse 29:

That no flesh should glory in his presence.

So there is no place for human pride in the presence of God.

A quick look through history will reveal that the people God chose and used were different from the norm.

For instance: John Wesley who was the founder of Methodist Church was such a person.

It was said of him, that he rode 20 miles a day for 40 years.

He preached 40,000 sermons, wrote 400 books.

In those early days of John Wesley’s ministry, one man wrote that he seemed to pray all the time.

In the early days of American frontier, the Methodist church had the foresight and devised a plan to reach the settlement on the edge of the wilderness.

They started what was called the circuit-riding preacher.

The circuit rider normally had a broken down swaybacked horse given to him by a farmer.

His library consisted of a Bible, hymnbook, and the Methodist discipline.

One writer said that the preachers in that day had only one verse that they used and it never grew old.

That verse was:

The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

Peter Cartright was described in this book called Sons of Thunder which was title Pulpit powers of the past.

The man of God who were rough, masculine, courageous and crude but at the same time they were gentle, kind, humble, and considerate toward the men and women to that preached the Word of God.

It was said of D.L. Moody that he was preaching in the Fifth Avenue Church in New York City.

And the people of this time and cultural were refined, and sophisticated church and they were on the edge of their seats when D.L. Moody preach.

He called Daniel, Dannal and Gideon “Gedgen” and he pronounced Jerusalem in two syllables, but the writer said that he had not gone far in his sermon until they were sitting on the edge of their seats in waiting expectancy.

One man summed it all up in one sermon, that D.L. Moody had what made the difference: That he dared to be used by God.

So the question tonight is very simple: Are you a person that dared to be used by God?

I believe that if you are that person then you will have some quantities.

1. God uses a person who is not afraid.

God uses a person who is not afraid.

There is a fear that is good and the Bible speaks of this kind of fear many times.

You must fear the LORD your God and serve Him.

"Don't be afraid of those who want to kill your body; they cannot touch your soul.

Fear only God, who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Now understand this: There’s a fear that brings torment and cause one to pull away from obedience to God.

The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.

Everyone who has ever been used by God has had to conquer his fear of man and his fear of failure.

In , we find the most unusual story of a young shepherd boy, probably in his mid-teens, who stood up to the giant Goliath, while all the armies of Israel hid in their tents afraid to show their faces.

David had been sent there by Jesse, his father, to bring some corn and bread to his brothers,the giant Goliath began to call insults to Israel.

The Word of God said that when the men of Israel saw the giant, they run away from him, and that they were afraid.

David asked the soldiers standing nearby, "What will a man get for killing this Philistine and ending his defiance of Israel?

Who is this pagan Philistine anyway, that he is allowed to defy the armies of the living God?"

And these men gave David the same reply.

They said, "Yes, that is the reward for killing him."

But when David's oldest brother, Eliab, heard David talking to the men, he was angry.

"What are you doing around here anyway?" he demanded.

"What about those few sheep you're supposed to be taking care of?

I know about your pride and deceit.

You just want to see the battle!"

Now this is what I want you to see, David never let the accusation of his brother, nor the size of the giant, scare him.

There are three reasons why David was not afraid.

1.

David had spiritual insight.

And David said, What have I now done?

Is there not a cause?

David had the spiritual insight to see that there was something greater going on there than just a giant.

He sense that it was a struggle between good and evil, and that God needed a champion.

David had the spiritual vision to see what needed to be done.

It is easy in these days of trouble to lose our spiritual vision to be caught looking at the problem and the difficulty and not at the magnificent size of our Savior’s power.

You will lose your spiritual vision if you are staring at the giant in your life and not at the great I am.

What are you looking at?

What is your eyes on, God or the giant in our life.

I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

This was a period of time where the church of Laodicea had been totally destroyed by an earthquake and it had so many wealthy people in the city that they rebuild the city without any help from the state.

Because of their wool industry they were very self-dependence and that bring you to why they had become very prideful people.

They were blind to the fact that it was all that God had blessed them with and that was the reason why they could rebuild.

Understand the giant doesn’t have to be a hardship but it could be a blessing and we are looking at the blessing and not the Blessor.

Many today need their eyes anointed so that they can have a spiritual vision again.

2. David had spiritual hindsight.

And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:

And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.

David tells this story that while he was watching his father’s sheep, there came a lion and a bear and they took a lamb out of the flock.

David said, I went out after him and killed him and pulled lamb out of his mouth and when he arose against me, I caught by his bread and killed him.

What I want you to understand that we that be each and everyone of us need to had spiritual hindsight.

You know the old saying hindsight is better than foresight.

Because if look back to what you been able to do in the past, then you will have confident that you can do it again.

Now I want to picture this:

Young David had such great confidence because of his experience of the Lords previous deliverance’s on his behalf.

Behalf, God wasn’t going to allow his reputation to be damaged by this Philistine.

God wasn’t going to allow his reputation to be damaged by this Philistine.

God wasn’t going to allow his reputation to be damaged

by this Philistine.

David had great faith that God would again deliver him from the evil SNARE!!!!

David had already been through an EYE OPENING, Faith building experience,- when he went up against a Lion and a Bear – and the Lord delivering him from both, He now had the confidence that he would be VICTORIOUS!!!!

Faith builder,- with him going up against a Lion and

A Bear – and the Lord delivering him from both, He now had the confidence that he would be VICTORIOUS!!!!

Goliath was the champion of the Philistine Army – and he was known as a great warrior.

Goliath was the champion of the Philistine Army – and he