12-05-2021 - Sermon - Being Fully Persuaded
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· 611 viewsAbraham was fully persuaded that what God had promised, He would perform. Abraham considered not, staggered not, and doubted not, but he stood on the promises of God. God's Word is full of exceedingly great and precious promises and we can claim those promises through Jesus Christ.
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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
John McKay of the NFL tells a story about duck hunting with Bear Bryant, the legendary coach of the University of Alabama. McKay says, “We were out shooting ducks, and finally, after about three hours, here comes one lonely duck. The Bear fires. And that duck kept on flying…and is still flying to this day. But Bear watched the duck flap away, looked at me and said, ‘John, you are witnessing a genuine miracle. There flies…a dead duck!”
Coach Bear Bryant was a confident man. He was fully persuaded that he was able to kill a duck every time he shot at one.
We too can be fully persuaded. Not in our own abilities, but in the promise keeping power of Almighty God. If God promises something, it will come to pass. It is God’s job to be faithful to His promises. It is our job to be faithful to God. We can be fully persuaded that if God promises something, He will also perform it.
Let’s look at what Paul writes in Romans 4 regarding Abraham.
SCRIPTURE
SCRIPTURE
19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:
20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
MESSAGE
MESSAGE
How was Abraham able to be fully persuaded? It is because he CONSIDERED NOT, he STAGGERED NOT, and he DOUBTED NOT.
ABRAHAM CONSIDERED NOT
Abraham did not consider whether the problem was too big for God.
19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb:
ABRAHAM CONSIDERED NOT
Abraham did not consider the limitations of his body or of that of his wife Sarah’s.
Abraham was nearly 100 years old.
Sarah was nearly 90 years old.
They were both well past the age of child bearing.
But Abraham was not weak in his faith.
Abraham was fully persuaded that God was able to fulfill the promise to give him and Sarah a son even in their old age.
David did not consider his limitations when he faced Goliath.
WE MUST CONSIDER NOT
What we think are limitations.
What others think about us.
We cannot be weak in our faith.
We cannot focus on our circumstances.
We must be be fully persuaded that God:
Can overcome our limitations,
Is able to overcome our circumstances, and
Can fulfill the promises in His Word.
ABRAHAM STAGGERED NOT
Abraham did not stagger at the promises of God through unbelief.
20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
ABRAHAM STAGGERED NOT
He staggered not at God’s promises of God through unbelief.
But he was strong in His faith.
He gave glory to God before the answer ever came.
Paul and Silas gave God the glory while they were still in prison.
WE MUST STAGGER NOT
We must not stagger at the promises of God.
But we must be strong in our faith.
We must give glory to God even before the answer comes.
We must be fully persuaded that God is working on our behalf and working everything out for our good and His glory.
ABRAHAM DOUBTED NOT
Abraham did not doubt, but was fully persuaded that God would follow through on His promises.
21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
ABRAHAM DOUBTED NOT
He was not partially convinced.
He was fully persuaded.
He was fully persuaded that if God promised it, He was able to perform it.
Abraham did not doubt when God asked him to offer his son Isaac as a sacrifice.
WE MUST DOUBT NOT
We must trust God’s faithfulness.
We must be fully persuaded.
We must believe, without doubting, that if He promised it, He will perform it.
CLOSING
CLOSING
SOME OF THE PROMISES IN GOD’S WORD
PROMISES OF STRENGTH
10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: Be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; Yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
PROMISES OF PEACE
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.
PROMISES OF REST
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
PROMISES OF GOOD PLANS
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
PROMISES OF HIS PRESENCE BEING WITH US
9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
PROMISES OF HEALING
24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
PROMISES OF DELIVERANCE
14 The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
PROMISES OF GOOD THINGS
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
PROMISES OF PROTECTION
17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; And every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.
PROMISES OF FORGIVENESS
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
PROMISES OF POWER OVER THE ENEMY
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
PROMISES OF REVIVAL AND RESTORATION
14 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.
PROMISES OF BLESSINGS
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.
PROMISES OF OUR NEEDS BEING MET
19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
PROMISES OF OUR PRAYERS BEING ANSWERED
24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
PROMISES OF ESCAPING CORRUPTION
4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
PROMISES OF EVERLASTING LIFE
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
PROMISES OF A HOME IN HEAVEN
1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
2 In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
WHICH OF THESE PROMISES DO YOU NEED TO LAY CLAIM TO?