2 Co 4:7-8
(7)But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
(8)We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; (9) Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; (10) Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
We open this message with a most powerful statement concerning the power of God in us
Dan 6:23-24
4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
This verse sounds a note of victory in our spirits.
It has sister verses like:
1John 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
And
Php 4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
And
Lu 10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
If you have lived very long you know that life is not always fair, bad things happen to good people.
Sometimes Christians have financial problems, Sometimes Christians get sick, Sometimes Christians fight personal battles in their marriage, in their minds, even in their flesh, or their appetites.
In our text Paul says: I have been troubled on every side, and perplexed, persecuted and knocked down), but he also says (not
Distressed, not in despair, not forsaken, not destroyed.
I came to tell somebody today: That It does not matter what the enemy is working against you, or what your struggling with The bible says:
Isa 54:17
No weapon that is formed against you shall be able to prosper.
The bible did not say that satan would not form weapons against you, or that he would not launch them at you, or that they would not touch you.
But what the bible does say is: It shall not prosper, it shall not accomplish it�s intended purpose.
As a matter of fact: The bible teaches us that all things, work together for good to them who love the Lord and are the called according to his purpose. Ro 8:28
It doesn�t matter who you are or how spiritual you are, at some point life is going to deal you a blow (T.D Jakes refers to it as the Pot holes of Life). Unexpected Undesired situations and problems that catch you off guard, and send your life into a spin.
The good news is, that even though we all will at some point encounter these unexpected unplanned for attacks, problems, and circumstances.
We have the promise:
2Co 2:14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savor of his knowledge by us in every place.
And Rev 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony.
I want to talk to somebody today who has been knocked down, life has thrown you an unexpected curve,
Divorce, Sickness, A Financial disaster, Your child is on drugs, Your company down sized and they let you go.
Your church released you, Your dreams of ministry have been crushed.
It can be a thousand different things, But the bottom line is: You didn�t expect it and it hurt, It threw your life into a tail spin.
It knocked the breath out of you.
When I was a child I was jumping on the bed one day, and my grandmother called me from another room, I quickly jumped off the bed because I didn�t want grandma to catch me jumping on the bed.
The only problem was, I didn�t land on my feet I landed on my stomach and it knocked the breath out of me.
For a minute or two I could not breathe, I thought I was going to die.
That was over thirty five years ago and I�m still here it didn�t kill me.
Since that time life has thrown me some unexpected curves and there have been times when it has spiritually knocked the breath out of me, but It didn�t kill me I�m still here.
Paul had a similar experience:
Acts 14;19-20 And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having (stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead).
20 Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, (he rose up), and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.
They thought Paul was dead:
But he wasn�t: It just knocked the breath out of him.
I�m talking to somebody today who has taken a hard hit, and there�s no denying it, It hurt, it knocked you down, It knocked the breath out of you, It knocked you off your feet.
But your still here, It didn�t kill you.
It knocked you off your feet but this is the biggest mistake the devil made, because when a Christian is knocked off their feet they fall to their knees, and when they fall to their knees They touch heaven, and when they touch heaven hell trembles.
I came to tell somebody: You may have lost a round but you�re still in the fight, and it may have slipped your mind so I want to remind you (This fight is fixed)
Before you ever stepped into the ring it was already determined you were going to win.
I cannot say that I will never be knocked down
I cannot say that I will never be caught off guard
I cannot say that I will never be troubled or perplexed or even forsaken,
but I can say: (I�m going to make it).
I can say: Nothing shall separate me from the Love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
I can say: 2im 1:12 I know whom I have believed and I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I�ve committed unto him against that day.
I can say: Ro 8:28 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.
I can say: Ro 8:37-38 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
You may have lost a round, You may have had the breath knocked out of you, you may have a black eye, and a busted lip and a bloody nose.
But the best is yet to come:
Your set back, is just a setup, for a comeback.
And ye are of God little children and have overcome them for greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world. 1Jn 4:4
Somebody hearing this message today needs to know it ain�t over, the devil may have rung the bell and said it�s over, but that�s just the end of the round, the end of the chapter.
Your getting ready to start a new round and a new chapter,
I prophesy new strength, new anointing, new faith.
I prophesy a new chapter in your life.
It ain�t over
In fact it�s just getting started.
If I had more time I would talk a little bit about the 3 hebrew children and how they heated the fiery furnace up 7 times hotter, and how they bound them up and threw them into the fiery furnace.
the end.
(Not quite)
But it wasn�t the end, the wicked king looked into the furnace and saw not 3 but 4 men up loose walking around in the midst of the furnace and he said the fourth is like unto the son of God.
When the 3 hebrew boys came out of the fire, there was no hurt to them, and the smell of smoke was not on them, and not one hair of their body was singed.
And the king promoted them in the kingdom.
Or we could talk about Daniel and how because of his commitment to God, they threw him into a hungry den of lions
Dan 6:17 And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
(The End).
Not quite
Thats just chapter one:
Dan 6:19-20 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions.
20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?
Dan 6:21-22 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions�� mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.
24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
I want to tell somebody today that life and circumstances and people, may have thrown you into a fiery furnace and closed the door behind you, but
It ain�t over,
Or you may have been thrown into a den of lions, and they rolled the stone over the door, and said this time it�s over for sure.
But the same God that delivered the 3 Hebrew boys from the fiery furnace, and the same God that delivered Daniel from the den of lions, Is the same God that is lifting you up.
The devil sent it to take you out, but God is going to use it to lift you up.
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