Will You Stand Against the Fury

Will You Stand Against The Fury? March 13, 2022 Will You Stand Against The Fury? 2 Kings 3 = Important Lessons For Life • We Must Know Where To Draw The Line • We Must Decide To Align With God • God’s Plan = Not Always Logical • God’s Plan = Always Powerful • For God -- Victory Is An Easy Thing • God Can Easily Do The Impossible Will You Stand Against The Fury? • God Is Able To Confuse The Enemy. • Satan Was Confused By Christ’s Blood • Satan Thought It Was The Blood Of His Victory -- Little Did He Know It Was The Blood Of His Defeat Will You Stand Against The Fury? • The King Of Moab Gets Desperate And Tries His Own Solution • 2 Ki 3:25 (NIV) "They [Israel And Judah] destroyed the towns, and each man threw a stone on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up all the springs and cut down every good tree. Only Kir Hareseth was left with its stones in place, but men armed with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well." Will You Stand Against The Fury? • As Long As We Stay In God's Plan Victory Is Assured • 2 Ki 3:26 (NIV) "When the king of Moab saw that the battle had gone against him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they failed." Will You Stand Against The Fury? • Those Without God's Guidance Can Be Easily Stirred Into A Frenzy Against God • They Oppose Him • They Run From Him • They Rebel Against Him • They Reject Him Will You Stand Against The Fury? •2 Corinthians 4:4 (NIV) — 4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. •Ecclesiastes 7:29 (NIV) — 29 This only have I found: God made mankind upright, but men have gone in search of many schemes.” Will You Stand Against The Fury? •Psalm 14:1 (NIV) — 1 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good. •Proverbs 28:26 (NIV) — 26 He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom (GODLY WISDOM) is kept safe. •Proverbs 19:3 (NLT) — 3 People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then are angry at the Lord. Will You Stand Against The Fury? •Fighting Against The Wisdom And Plan Of God Is Fruitless •2 Ki 3:27 (NIV) "Then he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him as a sacrifice on the city wall. The fury against Israel was great; they withdrew and returned to their own land." •Deuteronomy 18:10 (NIV) Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft, Will You Stand Against The Fury? At The Point Of Desperation Meesha: • Gave Up His Most Prized Possession • Ransomed His Family’s Future • Offered His Son As An Unnecessary Sacrifice To A Powerless God • He Was Determined To Do Everything He Could Do Will You Stand Against The Fury? • Many In Our World Are Serious About What They Believe • They Will Put It All On The Line • Looking For Answers Regarding The Captivity Of Their Lives... And Their Spirits • In Desperation They Are Willing To Try Anything To Restore Their Vanishing Freedom And Success Will You Stand Against The Fury? • The Fury Against Israel Was Great: • The Fury Against Israel Was So Great They Could Not Take It… So They Left That Battlefield And Returned Home • Meesha Was So Frenzied He Was Willing To Even Give Up His Own Son • The Level Of Fury Frightened Israel And Judah and Convinced Them that They Could Not Defeat Moab Will You Stand Against The Fury? • In Their Fear -- Israel & Judah Went Home Without The Victory That Had Already Been Given to Them • If They Would Have Stood Against The Fury -- God Would Have Shown Himself Faithful Will You Stand Against The Fury? • Are We Determined In What We Believe? • The Day We Are Living In Calls For Is A Spirit And Attitude Of Abandonment – It Says Lord, Let Me Leave Everything, Take Up My Cross And Follow You • Abandonment. Is Not A Means Of Defeat But Of Victory Will You Stand Against The Fury? • Revelation 12:11 (NIV84) — 11 They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. • Will We Stand And Believe God -- With The Same Or Greater Conviction Than Unbelievers Have In What They Believe ? Will You Stand Against The Fury? • Reasons We Fail To Stand Against The Fury • Why Did They Turn And Run • Believers Teamed Up With Non-Believers • The Going Got Tough • The Weak Link Was Exposed Will You Stand Against The Fury? •2 Cor 6:14 – “… For What Fellowship Can Light Have With Darkness?” • •This Is Why We Can’t Just Go Along To Get Along Will You Stand Against The Fury? •Colossians 2:8 (NIV84) — 8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ. • If We Continually Subject Our Mind To The Empty Philosophies Of This World: • We Will Struggle With Our Faith Level • We Will Struggle In Our Joy Level • “A Kingdom Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand” Will You Stand Against The Fury? • Jesus Christ: A Great Example Of One Who Stood Against The Fury • Jesus Did Not Let The Fury Of The Mob Sway His Opinion Will You Stand Against The Fury? • Jesus Teaches Us That The Only Power And Effect The Fury Has Is What We Allow It To Have • Against The Word Of God -- The Voice Of The Fury Is Nothing More Than Hot Air Will You Stand Against The Fury? • The Fury Has Already Been Dealt With • We Are To Conform, Bow, And Yield Only To The One True God