Can You See Them?

CAN YOU SEE THEM?

2 TIM 1:7

INTRO: WHAT IS FEAR?

1: UNDERSTANDING FEAR

A) THE ANXIOUS FEELING YOU GET IN THE PIT OF YOUR STOMACH

B) THE TYPE OF FEAR THAT BRINGS AWE AND RESPECT LIKE THE FEAR OF GOD

C) WORRY FEAR CAN BRING ABOUT WORRY

POINT: THE THOUGHT OF BAD NEWS OR BAD RESULTS IS A FORM OF FEAR, FEAR CAUSES US TO FREEZE AT TIMES OR KEEPS US FROM REACHING OUR GOALS OR OBJECTIVES IT WILL CAUSE US TO ACT OR DO THINGS IN A WAY WE NORMALLY WOULD NOT DO THEM.

2: DOES GOD ENSTILL FEAR IN US?

A) HE WANTS US TO REVERENCE HIM

B) A HEALTHY FEAR OR RESPECT FOR HIS POWER AND RIGHTEOUSNESS

C) FEAR THAT HINDERS US IS NOT OF GOD NOT WHEN IT COMES TO ADVANCING OR PROCLAIMING THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.

POINT: MANY OF GOD’S PEOPLE ARE STUCK WITH A SPIRIT OF FEAR THEIR SCARED TO SHARE THERE FAITH SCARED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THEY HAVE AND WHO THEY REALLY ARE. GOD DID NOT DO THAT TO THESE PEOPLE.

BODY: SPIRIT OF POWER, LOVE, SOUND MIND.

1: POWER

A) JESUS GAVE POWER TO THE SEVENTY LUKE 10:19

B) LUKE 9:1 HE GAVE POWER TO HIS DISCIPLES TO CURE DISEASE AND CAST OUT DEVILS

C) ROMANS 1:16 THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST IS THE POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION TO EVERYONE THAT BELIEVETH

D) JOHN 1:12 AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM TO THEM HE GAVE POWER TO BECOME THE SONS OF GOD

POINT: JESUS CHRIST GIVES US POWER TO LIVE FOR HIM IF WE CHOOSE TOO. MORE IMPORTANTLY THOUGH, WHY DO WE NEED POWER? THINK OF THAT BROKEN HEARTED PERSON WHO HAS ALMOST COMPLETELY GIVEN UP. CAN YOU SEE THEM? WHAT IF THEY COULD SEE THE POWER OF CHRIST IN YOUR LIFE? WHAT IF YOU COULD SHOW IT TOO THEM? WHAT IF YOU COULD TAKE THE SCRIPTURE AND PROVE IT TO THEM?

2: LOVE

A) PAUL TELLS TIMOTHY POWER THEN LOVE

B) GOD IS LOVE 1 JOHN 4

C) GOD COMMENDETH HIS LOVE TOWARD US IN WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS CHRIST DIED FOR US ROMANS 5:8

D) THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT LOVE, JOY, PEACE, LONGSUFFERING, GENTLENESS, GOODNESS, FAITH, MEEKNESS, TEMPERANCE GAL5:22

E) ROOTED AND GROUNDED IN LOVE EPH 3:17

POINT: LOVE IS THE GREATEST GIFT. SO MANY PEOPLE FEEL AS THOUGH THEY ARE UNLOVED TODAY. THE GREATEST DECEPTION OF THE DEVIL IS NOT THAT GOD ISN’T REAL BUT THAT GOD DOESN’T CARE AND HE DOESN’T LOVE THEM. CAN YOU SEE THEM? THE LOST, THE LONELY, THE ONES WHO FEEL AS IF EVERYONE HAS FORGOTTEN, THE ABUSED AND NEGLECTED. WHAT IF THEY COULD SEE THE LOVE OF CHRIST IN YOU? WHAT IF YOU COULD EXPRESS TO THEM THAT NO ONE CAN SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF CHRIST.

3: SOUND MIND

A) PROVERBS 2:7 GOD LAYS UP SOUND WISDOM FOR THE RIGHTEOUS

B) ROMANS 12:2 TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND THAT YE MAY PROVE WHAT IS THAT GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE AND PERFECT WILL OF GOD.

C) SOUND MIND COMES BY ALLOWING CHRIST TO HAVE POWER OVER YOUR LIFE AND TRUSTING IN THE LOVE HE HAS FOR YOU.

POINT: A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE MESSED UP MENTALLY THEY HAVE TROUBLE WITH THEIR MINDS AND WHAT THEY THINK. CAN YOU SEE THEM? THE INSECURE, THE DEPRESSED, THE HOPELESS, THE PEOPLE WHO ONLY CONCERN THEMSELVES WITH THE RACE OF THE WORLD TO FIND THEY ARE EMPTY AND STILL WANTING AT THE END OF THE DAY. WHAT IF YOU COULD OBTAIN A SOUND MIND TO HELP THOSE WHO DON’T UNDERSTAND OR GUIDE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN MISLEAD?

CLOSING: POWER, LOVE, SOUND MIND

1: WHY THESE THREE?

A) THESE THINGS HELP THE CHRISTIAN TO BE WHAT OTHERS AROUND THEM NEED THEM TO BE.

B) A WITNESS

C) A LIVING TESTIMONY

D) A LIGHT

E) A HAND REACHING OUT WHEN ALL SEEMS LOST

POINT: WE CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST! GOD GAVE US THE SPIRIT OF POWER LOVE AND A SOUND MIND TO HELP OTHERS TO UNDERSTAND HIS GRACE TO FIND HIS WAY TO ACCEPT HIS PLAN AND PROVISION FOR ALL OF OUR LIVES.

CONCLUSION: REVELATION 20:11-15

GREAT WHITE THRONE JUDGEMENT THE SCRIPTURE GIVES A DESCRIPTION OF ALL WHO ARE TO BE ASSEMBLED THERE. CAN YOU SEE THEM? HOW MANY OF THEM IF IT WHERE TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW WOULD YOU KNOW?

GOD GAVE US ALL WE NEED TO KEEP OUR LOVED ONES FROM BEING THERE HE GIVES US EVERYTHING TO OVERCOME WHATEVER IS PUT IN FRONT OF US THROUGH HIS SON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST!!!!!!!!!!