Follow the Instruction Manual
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Intro and Engage
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In a Sermon Series | 4 Weeks = 9 Verses = We aren’t done yet | Week 1: Jesus Christ is in control of everything | week 2; Jesus is the head of the body and our lives | Last week: When Reconcilliation seems impossible | Which brings us here, week 4, the final week.
Off the cuff | 2 types of people:
Instruction People
Non - Instruction people
**Christmas Bike** - Dad’s put up your hands
Tension
Tension
You try and try and get the brake on and you just get nowhere | Try so hard, end up same place | Getting lost story | Didn’t know the principles of going driving in the bush with no reception |
We have been speaking about who Jesus Christ is - Do you know him? and the power he holds? Today, we are going to talk about principles.
Now some of you want to be used by God | Live a life that glorifies God | Find Peace in the Storm | Keep firm in faith
3 Little Piggies
Last piggie built the house according to the correct principles | Some of us have not built the correct structure to withold Storm.
Title: Follow the Instruction Manual
My Hope: through message you will understand how to build a solid structure -
Where are we? Colossians - I am going to read it all
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,
if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
3 Concepts here we will unpack;
the word “Continue”
“Esltablished + Firm”
“Gospel”
**Show Picture**
“Continue” = Epeniem = Construction = locality = staying in place.
**SHow Graphic with just base and storm cloud** - Talk through it, we move cause we have no protection
2. “Established + Firm” = Security, Infrucutre, pilllars - not just any pillars - the correct principles (our concentration today) - One of these pillars is who Jesus is and the power he has over your life.
3. Gospel = The ground, what everything is rooted in.
How do we stay firm in faith? We understand the principles that keep us safe, we understand who Jesus is and how he effects our life.
We become the third little piggie
V23: IF = Since. It means we KNOW something. Before Blessings, Before all that, there is a requireemnt, and that requirement is FAITH in the finished work of CROSS but noy only that, in Christ.
You must understand this.
And you know the way to where I am going.” Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”
Jesus is the way the truth and life - and Jesus is the what? The Word - Do you have faith in the principles of God, in the Word of God? What is your structure built out of?
What are these pillers?
What are these pillers?
Principles found in God’s Wrod. IF you learn Principles, first thing that will happen, is prayer life will change.
Car and Manual - Mechanic knows principles of car
Car + Fuel - Never pray to fill up your car
You will change from “Lord give me fuel” to “Where do you want me to drive this car”
If you learn principles of how to stay in faith, you won’t need to leave, because your life is built with solid principles
Point: If we violate God’s Principles, we violate ourselves. Don’t understand the finished work on cross, we try and do it ourselves by works. don’t understand Jesus holds it all together, we are going to try to.
Speeding Ticket
Blessed are those whose way is blameless,
who walk in the law of the Lord!
Blessed are those who keep his testimonies,
who seek him with their whole heart,
who also do no wrong,
but walk in his ways!
You have commanded your precepts
to be kept diligently.
Oh that my ways may be steadfast
in keeping your statutes!
Then I shall not be put to shame,
having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.
Jesus came to fulfull the Law
Commangments are good because God loves you
If it’s not a principle, it’s just an opinion | World of opinion
Creato knows
Why is Knowledge Important
Why is Knowledge Important
Satan = Prince of Darkness. Darkness in Greek = Ignorance = Ruler of Ignorance (first one)
When you don’t klnow the principles = Ignorant = Satan rules in that area = no structure, no pillars, satan gets in.
The area of your life where you are ignorant - Satan has the most rulership over you.
It’s where your structure is weak.
The area of my life, where I do not understand the principles of faith, of how to stay there in faith, is where Satan is going to attack. Don’t know how to manage finances? Attack? Don’t understand the principles of marriage? Attack, don’t understand how to pray? Attack.
Knowledge = Light = As soon as there is knowledge = Light comes in.
“You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
If you don’t have hte light on in an area it will hurt you = we are called to Light it up. **Someone say light it up**
Forgiveness = go to the word, hurting = go to word, get light, get healing.
Action
Action
Church lighthouse for our region how? Because God’s here, yes but why else? Because people within this room will get Lit up!
What are we? Faith-Filled, Spirit Led, Truth-seeking, warrriors of God.
How can a young man keep his way pure?
By guarding it according to your word.
With my whole heart I seek you;
let me not wander from your commandments!
I have stored up your word in my heart,
that I might not sin against you.
Follow principles and you will stay in faith.
There is a way that seems right to a man,
but its end is the way to death.
When a man’s ways please the Lord,
he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Knowledge = Understanding = Obedience = application = perserverance
back to jesus holding it all together. the word became flesh.
buy something = you get the manual. its the first thing in the box, but we throw it out. because we believe we can do it our way, or instagrams way.
Inspo
Inspo
We are doing a disservice to God by thinking we can do it better THAN GOD. My Hope is you will KNOW it’s advantegeous to read the word and let the WORD Minister to you. JESUS
I am here to EQUIP the SAINTS for SPIRITUAL WAR, Equipping, Building will bring you PEACE because you’ll KNOW GOD is FOR YOU
We aren’t always meant to DEFEND, we are Meant to put on the ARMOUR of GOD and ATTACK.
Can we make the Word of God the FINAL Authority on our LIVES?
Close
Close
Instruction: Failure to follow may cause death or serious injury.
Maybe your injured because you have the wrong pillers.
Analogy;
Basteball. Soccer Ball. Golf Club. Stick. Nails - provide Salvation, knowledge that it is DONE, take your hurt, take your pain and put them at the cross.
we are Done in series - You need to know who Jesus is- The Word became Flesh, climbed down to Reconcile - us to Him to GOD. to give us FREEDOM and FORGIVENESS.
**ALTAR CALL**
**PRAYER**