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Forgetting God Series
Contributed by Guy Glass on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: With the constant pressure of society, peers, work environment, generational issues, and even medical anomalies, forgetfulness is becoming epidemic in our circles. Even pregnancy is a cause for forgetfulness. What i would like to deal with today is forg
1. THE ISSUE HERE IS GRATITUDE FOR WHAT GOD HAD DONE.
2. WE ARE NOT FAST BECOMING, BUT HAVE ALREADY ARRIVED AS A SOCIETY OF THE HERE AND NOW.
3. WE NO LONGER LOOK BACK AT OUR BLESSING, ONLY FORWARD TO WHAT THE NEXT THIN IS.
4. WE ARE A PEOPLE OF “MORE IS ENOUGH”, AND NOT SATISFIED WITH WHAT GOD HAS ALREADY DONE
5. GOD HAD CARED FOR THE NATION EVERY STEP OF THE WAY FROM THE EXODUS TO THE PROMISED LAND.
6. THE PEOPLE COULD NOT TOUCH OR TASTE IT SO THEY NO LONGER ACKNOWLEDGE IT.
F. SELF-SUFFICIENCY – 11:6
1. GREED, SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND INDEPENDENCE FROM GOD HAPPENS WHEN WE SEEK OUR OWN SATISFACTION ABOVE ALL ELSE
2. “WHEN I FED THEM” OR “PASTURED” MEANS TO GRAZE PEACEFULLY.
3. THIS IS WHAT GOD HAD ULTIMATELY PROVIDED FOR THEM – PEACE.
4. PEACE IS WHAT ISRAEL HAD REJECTED IN FAVOR OF THEIR OWN PLEASURE
5. WHEN GOD HAS PROVIDED SO MUCH FOR US IT IS EASY TO DEVELOP AMNESIA TOWARDS GOD.
6. HOSEA SAYS THEY FORGOT GOD. THIS MEANS TO CEASE TO CARE, TO LET SOMETHING GO LEAN.
WHAT HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN ABOUT GOD?
G. STRIFE WITH GOD – 11:9
1. STRIFE IS BEING AGAINST GOD
H. SINFUL INFLUENCES
II. RESULTS OF FORGETTING GOD -- REMEMBERING ADAM AND EVE; WHEN THEY DIED
A. LOSS OF THE ABILITY TO SENSE AND COMMUNICATE WITH GOD
1. THEY HID FROM GOD
2. THEY KNEW THEY COULD NEVER APPROACH GOD IN THE SAME FASHION (THEY WERE CLOTHED YET TOLD GOD THEY WERE NAKED)
3. A FRACTURED RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AFFECTS MY ABILITY TO GO BEFORE GOD. GOD BRINGS CONVICTION TO MY LIFE!
B. LOSS OF OUR MORAL AND SPIRITUAL CHARACTER
1. WITH ADAM AND EVE WE SEE THIS IN THEIR ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS GOD POSSES
2. THEY BLAME SHIFT – HOW THEY TREAT EACH OTHER
3. THEY BLAME GOD
4. THEY TRIED TO EXCUSE THEIR BEHAVIOR INSTEAD OF CONFESSING THEIR GUILT. HOW OFTEN HAVE WE REFUSED THE CONFESSION OF OURSELVES BEFORE GOD?
5. FOR US TODAY, A FORGETFUL SPIRIT BEFORE GOD AFFECTS HOW WE DEAL MORALLY WITH OTHERS
C. ULTIMATELY, ADAM AND EVE DIED TOO. FROM DUST TO DUST.
1. FOR THE BELIEVER IN CHRIST WHO HAS “FORGOTTEN” GOD, THIS IS A CRUCIAL POINT. TO END THIS LIFE, BE TRANSLATED TO THE NEXT LIFE, WITH THINGS FOR GOD UNFINISHED.
2. FORGETTING GOD HAS PROHIBITED US FROM REDEEMING THE TIME WE HAD FOR HIM!
