BE CAREFUL OF HOW YOU SEE WHAT YOU SEE
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“BE CAREFUL OF HOW YOU SEE WHAT YOU SEE.” -
“BE CAREFUL OF HOW YOU SEE WHAT YOU SEE.” -
WHEN A PERSON GETS MARRIED IT GETS REALLY REAL!
· FIRST IT WAS ALL OF THE LOVE NOTES
· THE BUTTER FLIES
· THE HEART LEAPING WHEN YOU SEE THEIR NAME IN A TEXT TO YOU
THEN YOU GET MARRIED. NOW MARRIAGE IS NOT BAD – GOD MADE MARRIAGE. WHAT MAKES MARRIAGE TOUGH AND WE OFTEN FORGET THIS REALITY WHICH IS THIS: EVERYDAY YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE YOUR SPOUSE. IS THAT EVERY SO OFTEN IN
- INFACT, IF YOU FAIL TO CHOOSE THEM REGULARLY THEY WILL BEGIN TO QUESTION NOT SIMPLY IF YOU LOVE THEM, BUT IF YOUR CHOICE OF THEM WAS ALL THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
- MARRIAGE IS ALL ABOUT CHOOSING, DAILY, OUR SPOUSE AND IN OUR DAILY CHOICE OF THEM THEY KNOW OUR LOVE AND COMMITMENT TO THEM
WELL, ITS LIKE THAT WITH GOD.
WHEN YOU MAKE A MOVE FOR GOD YOU ARE NOW ENTERING INTO A PLACE WHERE IT GETS REAL.
· WHEN YOU MADE THE MOVE THAT YOU COULD NOT SEE GOD LANDED HIM IN A LAND FULL OF ENEMIES. WHY?
o BECAUSE LIVING FOR GOD DEMANDS THE DAILY DECISION TO CHOOSE GOD OVER COMPETING VISIONS. TO CHOOSE HIS WAY OVER COMPETING WAYS
BY VISION I MEAN NARRATIVE - COMPETING STORIES ABOUT WHAT’S GOOD FOR YOU AND WHAT RIGHT FOR YOU AND WHAT TRUE HAPPINESS AND JOY IS
o GOD KNOWS YOU BELIEVE HIM AND TRUST HIM WHEN YOU CHOOSE HIM WHEN THE COMPETITION IS STIFF, DEEP AND COMPELLING TO YOUR PASSIONS.
RAY CHARLES
BRIEF STORY
QUOTE
“JUST BECAUSE YOU CANT SEE DOES’NT MEAN YOU SHOULD SHUT YOUR EYES.” ~ RAY CHARLES
“JUST BECAUSE YOU CANT SEE DOES’NT MEAN YOU SHOULD SHUT YOUR EYES.” ~ RAY CHARLES
KNOW THIS: IT IS NEVER THAT THE LORD IS NOT THERE, OR THAT HIS PROMISES TO YOU HAVE FAILED; IT IS ONLY THAT OUR NATURAL SEEING CLOSES OUR SPIRITUAL EYES.
THE NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE TELLS US IN
THE NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE TELLS US IN
for we walk by faith, not by sight.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE ARE ALWAYS AND ONLY SEEING WTIH OUR NATURAL EYES
RAY CHARLES
INTRODUCTION
SERMON SERIES RECAP
SERMON SERIES RECAP
BRIEF STORY
Explain the particulars
Explain the particulars
QUOTE
NOTE THIS TRUTH:
FAITH HAS THE POWER TO PRODUCE A SIGHTEDNESS THAT SEEING COULD NEVER PRODUCE.
FAITH HAS THE POWER TO PRODUCE A SIGHTEDNESS THAT SEEING COULD NEVER PRODUCE.
INTRODUCTION
SERMON SERIES RECAP
Explain the particulars
THE NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE TELLS US IN
So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight.
for we walk by faith, not by sight.
for we walk by faith, not by sight.
SERMON SERIES RECAP
Explain the particulars
One of the ways that we are sidetracked regarding God’s promises to us is that we are operating on the principle seeing is believing. This means if I could see it then I can believe it but the reverses if I can’t see it then I don’t believe it. Therefore, when what’s in front of us clouds what God has promised us if we are seeking to believe in we will falter and fail to see what God promised us. THE CHALLENGE YOUR FACE IS TO BELIEVE IN SPITE OF WHAT YOU SEE.
One of the ways that we are sidetracked regarding God’s promises to us is that we are operating on the principle seeing is believing. This means if I could see it then I can believe it but the reverses if I can’t see it then I don’t believe it. Therefore, when what’s in front of us clouds what God has promised us if we are seeking to believe in we will falter and fail to see what God promised us. THE CHALLENGE YOUR FACE IS TO BELIEVE IN SPITE OF WHAT YOU SEE.
HERE’S THE THEY IT WORKS
God gives you a promise and then-when God gives you a promise and what faith must do is believe the sight of that promise in order to get the physical manifestation of that promise.
Therefore, we must operate under the reality that God always operates in The spiritual first and then in the natural and because he operates this way he calls us to think this way.
When we walk by sight we only get the natural consequences of what you see. That is important because in when he saw she only got the natural consequence of her site which was corruption expulsion from the presence of God. I want you to know today that if you only move when you can see something you will get something but it will ONMY be the The natural consequences of what you see not the super natural consequences of believing in spite of what you say. When you look at your life the decay and the corruption and the destruction that is a part of it is often times representative of the consequences of site living not faith living. It is true that you reap what you sow if you so site living you will get site consequences. In other words if in order to believe god you have to see something you will see something and it won’t be gone because faith does not lead to see first faith believes before it sees
THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE ARE ALWAYS AND ONLY SEEING WTIH OUR NATURAL EYES
RAY CHARLES
BRIEF STORY
QUOTE
“JUST BECAUSE YOU CANT SEE DOES’NT MEAN YOU SHOULD SHUT YOUR EYES”
“JUST BECAUSE YOU CANT SEE DOES’NT MEAN YOU SHOULD SHUT YOUR EYES”
“THE RAY CHARLES EFFECT”
A week of temporary blindness may help to tune up your hearing – a phenomenon dubbed the "Ray Charles effect", scientists believe.
In tests, researchers found that keeping mice in the dark for several days rewired circuits in the brain and improved their hearing
But if you’re not in the word then you’re not hearing what God has for you and if you’re not hearing what God has for you you were only living by sight and that my face. To live by faith is to live in the particular operation that God has specifically planned for you. God has a plan for each of us and our lives must be centered around playing in the face is centered around the play but if we don’t know that plan and we are living only buy what we see operating on the basis of what we want and getting only what we can get. When you believe what God has for you before you see it your entire life changes. You start to live in orchestrating plan and design your life around something that got hit specifically told you he had for you. You start connecting relationally and living spiritually around what God has for you. Everything becomes central toward GodHas for you-but-if you don’t know it and if you haven’t heard his word for you in the question becomes for what purpose are you living? The only purpose you can live for if you don’t know God’s purpose for your life the only purpose you can live for other purposes you design and the purposes you design our site purposes things you can see that anything you need to believe and have faith for
THE DANGERS OF SEEING WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE
THE DANGERS OF SEEING WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE
WHEN A PERSON GETS MARRIED IT GETS REALLY REAL!
· FIRST IT WAS ALL OF THE LOVE NOTES
· THE BUTTER FLIES
· THE HEART LEAPING WHEN YOU SEE THEIR NAME IN A TEXT TO YOU
THEN YOU GET MARRIED. NOW MARRIAGE IS NOT BAD – GOD MADE MARRIAGE. WHAT MAKES MARRIAGE TOUGH AND WE OFTEN FORGET THIS REALITY WHICH IS THIS: EVERYDAY YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE YOUR SPOUSE. IS THAT EVERY SO OFTEN IN
- INFACT, IF YOU FAIL TO CHOOSE THEM REGULARLY THEY WILL BEGIN TO QUESTION NOT SIMPLY IF YOU LOVE THEM, BUT IF YOUR CHOICE OF THEM WAS ALL THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
- MARRIAGE IS ALL ABOUT CHOOSING, DAILY, OUR SPOUSE AND IN OUR DAILY CHOICE OF THEM THEY KNOW OUR LOVE AND COMMITMENT TO THEM
WELL, ITS LIKE THAT WITH GOD.
WHEN YOU MAKE A MOVE FOR GOD YOU ARE NOW ENTERING INTO A PLACE WHERE IT GETS REAL.
· WHEN YOU MADE THE MOVE THAT YOU COULD NOT SEE GOD LANDED HIM IN A LAND FULL OF ENEMIES. WHY?
o BECAUSE LIVING FOR GOD DEMANDS THE DAILY DECISION TO CHOOSE GOD OVER COMPETING VISIONS. TO CHOOSE HIS WAY OVER COMPETING WAYS
BY VISION I MEAN NARRATIVE - COMPETING STORIES ABOUT WHAT’S GOOD FOR YOU AND WHAT RIGHT FOR YOU AND WHAT TRUE HAPPINESS AND JOY IS
o GOD KNOWS YOU BELIEVE HIM AND TRUST HIM WHEN YOU CHOOSE HIM WHEN THE COMPETITION IS STIFF, DEEP AND COMPELLING TO YOUR PASSIONS.
LOT LIFTED HIS EYES
The land was “like, Eden…etc THIS IS HOW LOT SAW IT
LOT’S CHOICE WAS A SELFISH CHOICE
RISK FUELD BY PASSION
NOW GET THIS: BEFORE HE MADE THE CHOICE TO WALK BY WHAT HE SAW, HERE IS HOW HE IS DESCRIBED
BEFORE HE MADE THE CHOICE TO WALK BY WHAT HE SAW, HERE IS HOW HE IS DESCRIBED
so that the land could not support both of them dwelling together; for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together,
And Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents, so that the land could not support both of them dwelling together; for their possessions were so great that they could not dwell together,
WE LEARN FROM THE NEW TESTAMENT WHAT LIFE IS LIKE WHEN WE CHOOSES TO WALK BY WHAT WE SEE
GENE 13:5
if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked
2 PETER
(for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard);
I WANT YOU TO SEE HOW LOT IS DESCRIBED AS RIGHTEOUS THREE TIMES!!!!!
IT IS POSSIBLE FOR GODLY PEOPLE TO WALK BY WHAT THEY SEE. TO MAKE CHOICES BASED ON THEIR PASSION FOR GAIN, ETC.
IT IS POSSIBLE FOR GODLY PEOPLE TO WALK BY WHAT THEY SEE. TO MAKE CHOICES BASED ON THEIR PASSION FOR GAIN, ETC.
KNOW THIS ABOUT YOURSELF
REMEMBER THIS WHEN OTHERS MAKE THIS CHOICE
and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked
BUT I ALSO NOTE HOW THE BIBLE DESCRIBES HIS INNER FEELINGS - HIS SOUL
“RIGHTEOUS LOT (V7)
and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard);
2 PETER 2
DISTRESSED BY THE SENSUAL CONDUCT OF THE WICKED
“to be oppressed; caused to suffer
A GODLY PERSON WILL NOT AND CANNOT BE HAPPY OR CONTENT WITH THE RESULTS OF HIS OR HER CHOICE
A GODLY PERSON WILL NOT AND CANNOT BE HAPPY OR CONTENT WITH THE RESULTS OF HIS OR HER CHOICE
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE MADE A DECISION THAT WAS NOT OF FAITH:
BUT I ALSO WANT YOU TO SEE HOW THE BIBLE DESCRIBES HIS INNER FEELINGS - HIS SOUL
- DISTRESSED BY THE SENSUAL CONDUCT OF THE WICKED
DISTRESSED BY THE SENSUAL CONDUCT OF THE WICKED
“to be oppressed; caused to suffer
- TORMENTED
TORTURED LIKE AN UNENDING PLAGUE
POSITIVELY SPEAKING
“In the testing of metal an essential role was played by the thought of testing and proving genuineness”
In the testing of metal an essential role was played by the thought of testing and proving genuineness
BUT EVEN THIS IS A MEASURE OF GOD’S CHASTISING GRACE. WHEN YOUR SOUL IS TORMENTED BY WHAT YOU ARE EXPERIENCING BECAUSE OF YOUR CHOICE: THIS TORMENT IS A GOD GIVEN MEANS OF TURNING YOU BACK TO THE WAY OF FAITH.
MARTYRDOM: THIS TORMENT IS TRYING TO KILL WITHIN YOU THAT WHICH CAUSED YOU TO MAKE THIS DECISION. DEATH BY TRANSFORMATION
The Theological Dictionary of the New Testament βάσανος, βασανίζω, βασανισμός, βασανιστής
In the testing of metal an essential role was played by the thought of testing and proving genuineness
The Theological Dictionary of the New Testament βάσανος, βασανίζω, βασανισμός, βασανιστής
In the testing of metal an essential role was played by the thought of testing and proving genuineness
A Greek-English Lexicon βᾰσᾰνίζω
rub upon the touch-stone
KNOW THIS ABOUT YOURSELF
REMEMBER THIS WHEN OTHERS MAKE THIS CHOICE
REMEMBER THIS WHEN OTHERS MAKE THIS CHOICE
BUT I ALSO WANT YOU TO SEE THIS:
A GODLY PERSON WILL NOT AND CANNOT BE HAPPY OR CONTENT WITH THE RESULTS OF HIS OR HER CHOICE
A GODLY PERSON WILL NOT AND CANNOT BE HAPPY OR CONTENT WITH THE RESULTS OF HIS OR HER CHOICE
3. BUT AFTER HIS CHOICE, WE WILL FIND IN THAT LOT LOST EVERYTHING!!!!
LET ME GIVE YOU A PRINCIPLE HERE
IF YOU WALK IN THE NATURAL YOU WILL REAP THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE NATURAL
IF YOU WALK IN THE NATURAL YOU WILL REAP THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE NATURAL
IF YOU MAKE FLESHLY CHOICES, YOU WILL REAP FLESHLY CONSEQUENCES BECAUSE THAT IS THE DIVINE PRINCIPLE OF SCRIPTURE -. PAUL SAYS IN
Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
(SEE THIS INFO ABOVE)
For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
(SEE THIS INFO ABOVE)
· SO, IF WE WALK BY THE NATURAL IN ORDER TO GET THE SPIRITUAL, WE WILL GET THE FALSE SPIRITUAL. DO YOU SEE THIS? HAS THIS HAPPENED TO YOU
o HAVE YOU ACTED ON WHAT YOU SAW ONLY TO END UP IN THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY OR IN SITUATIONS THAT WERE DISASTROUS. YOU KNOW WHY
II. THE DELIGHT OF SEEING WHAT YOU SEE THE WAY GOD SEES IT.
II. THE DELIGHT OF SEEING WHAT YOU SEE THE WAY GOD SEES IT.
GOD TOLD ABRAM TO LIFT HIS EYES - LOOK AT VERSE 14
The Lord said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, “Lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,
NOTE THAT LOT LIFTED HIS EYES
BUT GOD TOLD ABRAM TO LIFT HIS!!!!
TRIGGER
We have to have A GOD TRIGGER SO THAT WHEN SOMETHING IN FRONT OF US CAUSES US TO THINK ABOUT SOMETHING NEGATIVE IN THE PAST OR MAKES US LONG FOR SOMETHING WE DO NOT WANT, WE NEED AN OVERPOWERING GOD TRIGGER THAT MAKES US WANT WHAT GOD PROMISES, NOT WHAT THE WORLD PUTS IN FRONT OF US.
LOT HAD A TRIGGER THAT FUELED HIS LUSTFUL PASSIONS
ABRAM HAD A TRIGGER THAT FUELED GOD’S CERTAIN PROMISE:
LOT HAD A PASSION TRIGGER
ABRAM HAD A PROMISE TRIGGER
TO WALK BY FAITH MEANS TO WALK ON THE CUE OF GOD. IT IS THE DECISION TO CHOOSE GOD’S PERSPECTIVE OVER EVERY YOUR OWN.
MARRIAGE ILLUSTRATION: CHOOSING DAILY TO ENSURE THAT WE LOVE
WHEN A PERSON GETS MARRIED IT GETS REALLY REAL!
· FIRST IT WAS ALL OF THE LOVE NOTES, BUTTERFLIES, EXCITED TO SEE THE OTHER
· THE BUTTER FLIES
· THE HEART LEAPING WHEN YOU SEE THEIR NAME IN A TEXT TO YOU
THEN YOU GET MARRIED. NOW MARRIAGE IS NOT BAD – GOD MADE MARRIAGE. WHAT MAKES MARRIAGE TOUGH AND WE OFTEN FORGET THIS REALITY WHICH IS THIS: EVERYDAY YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE YOUR SPOUSE. IS THAT EVERY SO OFTEN IN
- INFACT, IF YOU FAIL TO CHOOSE THEM REGULARLY THEY WILL BEGIN TO QUESTION NOT SIMPLY IF YOU LOVE THEM, BUT IF YOUR CHOICE OF THEM WAS ALL THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
MARRIAGE IS ALL ABOUT CHOOSING, DAILY, OUR SPOUSE AND IN OUR DAILY CHOICE OF THEM THEY KNOW OUR LOVE AND COMMITMENT TO THEM
WELL, ITS LIKE THAT WITH GOD.
WHEN YOU MAKE A MOVE FOR GOD YOU ARE NOW ENTERING INTO A PLACE WHERE IT GETS REAL.
· WHEN YOU MADE THE MOVE THAT YOU COULD NOT SEE GOD LANDED HIM IN A LAND FULL OF ENEMIES. WHY?
BECAUSE LIVING FOR GOD DEMANDS THE DAILY DECISION TO CHOOSE GOD OVER COMPETING VISIONS. TO CHOOSE HIS WAY OVER COMPETING WAYS
BY VISION I MEAN NARRATIVE - COMPETING STORIES ABOUT WHAT’S GOOD FOR YOU AND WHAT RIGHT FOR YOU AND WHAT TRUE HAPPINESS AND JOY IS
GOD KNOWS YOU BELIEVE HIM AND TRUST HIM WHEN YOU CHOOSE HIM WHEN THE COMPETITION IS STIFF, DEEP AND COMPELLING TO YOUR PASSIONS.
EVERY THING IN FRONT OF YOU: DECISIONS, CIRCUMSTANCES, EVENTS, HOPES, DREAMS, ETC - ALL OF THESE ARE VISIONS THAT WANT TO BE YOUR CHOICE.
BUT WHEN GOD CALL YOU TO LIFT YOUR EYES, SOMETHING BIG IS ON THE HORIZON
· When God tells you to lift your eyes He is about to show you something that you can only see in the spiritual, not the natural.
He is about to show you something that you can only see in the spiritual, not the natural.
· He is about to show you something that will not be there actually, but something that is truly
He is about to show you something that will not actually BE THERE, but something that is truly THERE
He is about to show you something that will not actually BE THERE, but something that is truly THERE
WHEN LOT LIFTED HIS EYES HE WAS WHAT WAS ACTUALLY THERE
WHEN GOD TOLD ABRAM TO LIFE HIS EYES HE SHOWS HIM WHAT WAS TRULY THERE
I BELIEVE THAT THE REASON WHY SO MANY BELIEVERS EXPERIENCE DEFEAT IN OUR LIVES IS NOT BECAUSE WE ARE VOID OF:
· PROMISE – WE GOT PROMISES
· POWER – GOD RESIDES WITHIN US
PAUL TELLS US IN :9-14
The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one.
But, as it is written,
“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has prepared for those who love him”—
The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.
For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
1 OR 2 10
Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.
THE HOLY SPIRIT GIVES US THE PERSPECTIVE OF GOD ON WHAT WE SEE.
PAUL TELLS US IN 2
But, as it is written,
“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,
nor the heart of man imagined,
what God has prepared for those who love him”—
FOR THE CHRISTIAN OUR MODUS OPERANDI (OUR MODE OF OPERATION) IS DIFFERENT
these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.
Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.
FOR THE CHRISTIAN OUR MODUS OPERANDI (OUR MODE OF OPERATION) IS DIFFERENT
WE DO NOT NEED TO SEE IN ORDER TO BELIEVE. WE BELIEVE IN ORDER TO SEE
WE DO NOT NEED TO SEE IN ORDER TO BELIEVE. WE BELIEVE IN ORDER TO SEE
· The Christian must operate by a principle that is, to the mind, illogical and to the world, ignorant. That principal is this: We see in the spiritual and then act in the physical because that is how God works:
GOD ALWAYS WORKS HIS PLANS AND PROMISES OUT IN THE SPIRITUAL BEFORE WE SEE IT MANIFESTED IN THE NATURAL.
GOD ALWAYS WORKS HIS PLANS AND PROMISES OUT IN THE SPIRITUAL BEFORE WE SEE IT MANIFESTED IN THE NATURAL.
HE TOLD ABRAM TO LOOK NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST (V14) THEN
for all the land that you see I will give to you and to your offspring forever.
I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.
GEN 13:
_ showed him East west etc…BUT MORE THAN THAT
- God made Abram to see more than what he saw. He made Abram see what He, the Lord was going to do with the land
GOD SHOWED ABRAHAM A REALITY IN THE LAND WHICH THE EYE COULD NOT SEE - BUT BY FAITH IS THERE
He showed Abram a great nation, where there was none – yet. Do you hear me?
God showed Abram THE fulfillment of His promise – where there was none yet.
THAT’S THE CHALLENGE: BELIEVING WHAT GOD TELL YOU EVEN THOUGH YOU CANT SEE IT
BUT THERE’S MORE HERE...
TO WALK BY FAITH IS WALKING IN THE SPIRITUAL LIKE YOU HAVE THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF IT
TO WALK BY FAITH IS WALKING IN THE SPIRITUAL LIKE YOU HAVE THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF IT
Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.”
Arise, walk through the length and the breadth of the land, for I will give it to you.” So Abram moved his tent and came and settled by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.
ABRAM HEARD FROM THE LORD - LOT LISTENED TO HIMSELF
When God told him to walk through the land. He wasn’t saying talk a stroll; He was telling Him to act like what God promised was already there.
Act like you got what I promised you.
When you walk around, don’t simply see trees and plains, and valleys and rivers: see people – a lot of them. See generations and generations of people:
WALK LIKE ITS HERE
ACT LIKE ITS HERE
THINK LIKE ITS HERE
PLAN LIKE ITS HERE
We see God‘s promises to Abram but the question is what is God saying to you?
GOD AS A PLAN/ PURPOSE FOR YOU ALL ROOTED IN PARTICULAR PROMISES FOR YOU BUT WE ARE NOT WALKING BY FAITH BECAUSE WE ARE ALWAYS AND ONLY SEEING WITH OUR NATURAL EYES, NOT HEARING FROM GOD
· PROMISE – WE GOT PROMISES
THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE ARE ALWAYS AND ONLY SEEING WITH OUR NATURAL EYES
“THE RAY CHARLES EFFECT”
BRIEF STORY
BRIEF STORY
A week of temporary blindness may help to tune up your hearing – a phenomenon dubbed the "Ray Charles effect", scientists believe.
QUOTE
In tests, researchers found that keeping mice in the dark for several days rewired circuits in the brain and improved their hearing
QUOTE
“JUST BECAUSE YOU CANT SEE DOES’NT MEAN YOU SHOULD SHUT YOUR EYES.” ~ RAY CHARLES
“JUST BECAUSE YOU CANT SEE DOES’NT MEAN YOU SHOULD SHUT YOUR EYES.” ~ RAY CHARLES
A week of temporary blindness may help to tune up your hearing – a phenomenon dubbed the "Ray Charles effect", scientists believe.
In tests, researchers found that keeping mice in the dark for several days rewired circuits in the brain and improved their hearing
· POWER – GOD RESIDES WITHIN US
To live by faith is to live in the particular operation that God has specifically planned for you. But if we don’t know that plan and we CAN ONLY LIVE BY WHAT WE SEE IN THE NATURAL. BUT OH WHEN YOU BEGIN HEARING FROM THE LORD AND SEEING WHAT HE HAS FOR YOU STUFF CHANGES. YOU BEGIN TO BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS ALREADY IN THE SPIRITUAL ORDAINED YOUR STEPS IN THE NATURAL.
YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT PAUL MEANS IN
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
THEN YOU AND I ARE CALLED BY GOD, LIKE ABRAM, TO WALK AROUND THE LAND.
IF HE PROMISED YOU YOUR WILL COME HOME: WALK LIKE HE’S BACK
IF HE PROMISED YOU THAT YOUR MIND WOULD BE STRONG: WALK LIKE IT’S STRONG
IF HE PROMISED YOU THAT YOU WOULD BE HEALED: WALK LIKE YOU’RE HEALED
IF HE PROMISED YOU THAT YOUR MINISTRY WILL PROSPER: WALK LIKE IT’S PROPSEROUS.
NOW I DON’T KNOW IF HE PROMISED THESE THINGS TO YOU BUT HERES WHAT I KNOW IS THAT HE HAS PROMISED US, THAT IN CHRIST JESUS
HE HAS FORGIVEN US - WALK LIKE IT
HE MAKES US MORE THAN A CONQUEROR - WALK LIKE A CONQUEROR
HE CALL US HIS DELIGHT - WALK LIKE IT
HE LOVES US WITH AN EVERLASTING LOVE - WALK LIKE IT
HE KEEPS US BY HIS POWER - WALK LIKE IT
HE IS OUR COMFORT IN SORROW - WALK LIKE IT
HE IS OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS - WALK LIKE IT
HE IS
OUR SHEILD;
OUR REFUGE;
OUR STRENGTH;
OUR STRONG TOWER
OUR DEFENSE
OUR ROCK
THE LIFTER OF OUR HEAD
HE IS OUR SAVIOR AND OUR LORD
HE IS OUR RETURNING KING
I BELIEVE WE ARE DEFEATED OFTEN BECAUSE WE DONT UNDERSTAND THE POWER OF SEEING!
FOR THE CHRISTIAN OUR MODUS OPERANDI (OUR MODE OF OPERATION) IS DIFFERENT
WE DO NOT NEED TO SEE IN ORDER TO BELIEVE. WE BELIEVE IN ORDER TO SEE
WE DO NOT NEED TO SEE IN ORDER TO BELIEVE. WE BELIEVE IN ORDER TO SEE
· The Christian must operate by a principle that is, to the mind, illogical and to the world, ignorant. That principal is this: We see in the spiritual and then act in the physical because that is how God works:
GOD ALWAYS WORKS HIS PLANS AND PROMISES OUT IN THE SPIRITUAL BEFORE WE SEE IT MANIFESTED IN THE NATURAL.
GOD ALWAYS WORKS HIS PLANS AND PROMISES OUT IN THE SPIRITUAL BEFORE WE SEE IT MANIFESTED IN THE NATURAL.
HE ORDERED YOUR STEPS BEFORE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD
USE ABRAM’S WALKING AROUND THE LAND (N, SO , E, W)
USE OUR SPECIAL OP (MATERIAL HERE)
o HAVE YOU ACTED ON WHAT YOU SAW ONLY TO END UP IN THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY OR IN SITUATIONS THAT WERE DISASTEROUS. YOU KNOW WHY
§ THAT PRINCIPL: WE Walk by faith and not by sight
SOMEWHERE USE :// THEIR PROBLEM WAS THAT THEY SAW; JESUS WISHED THEY WOULD BE BLIND.
· THAT’S A HARD WORD! BUT IT IS A HELPFUL WORD BECAUSE IN THE WAYS OF GOD TO SEE IS TO HAVE BLIND; TO BE BLIND IS TO BE SIGHTED.
EVERYTHING GOES BACK TO THE GARDEN BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE EVERYTHING BAGN. THE CREATION OF MAN AND THE CHAOS OF MAN.
IT IS WHERE WE NEED TO GO WHEN WE ARE STRUGGLING IN LIFE AND IT IS WHERE WE NEED TO GO WHEN WE DESIRE TO KNOW WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO WALK WITH GOD IN THE COOL OF THE DAY.
THIS IS WHY THE ENEMY HAS CALLED INTO QUESTION AND CONFUSION THE REALITY OF THE BIBLICAL ADAM. WAS HE REAL OR A MADE UP MYTH TO GIVE MAN story of how things might have happened.
IT ALL STARTED WITH MAN AND GOD AND THAT RELATIONSHIP CHANGED, GOT ON THE DOWNWARD SLOPE, BY THE EYES OF EVE.
IT WAS NOT THAT SHE SAW THE TREE, IT WS, RATHER HOW SHE MADE TO RE-SEE THE TREE.
SEEING IS A MATTER, NOT OF WHAT WE SEE IN FRONT OF US, BUT THE PERSPECTIVE FROM WHICH WE SEE IT. FOR THE BELIEVER THEN, WALKING BY FAITH IS WALKING IN OR BY THE SPIRIT. THAT IS, WALKING BY FAITH IS WALKING IN AND WITH THE SIGHT OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD. IN OTHER WORDS, WALKING BY FAITH IS SEEING THINGS, BY THE SPIRIT, IN THE WAY (PERSPECTIVE) OF GOD HIMSELF (SEE KEENER, THE MIND OF SPIRIT, PAGE 27)
SEE TEXT MESSAGES FROM THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON (MAY 28TH)