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DUET.6:10-13, 18-19, 23
“ HE BROUGHT US OUT FROM THERE IN ORDER TO BRING US IN ”
GOD NEVER DELIVERS YOU FROM W/O HAVING SOMETHING TO DELIVER YOU TO.
OUT IN
WORLD KINGDOM LIVING
FLESH SPIRIT
COMPROMISE COMMITMENT
UNBELIEF FAITH
DEATH ABUNDANT LIFE
A LAND WHERE YOU CAN EAT THE FRUITS OF THE KINGDOM.....
LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, AND SELF-CONTROL.
FOR EVERY PROMISED LAND EXPERIENCED, THERE SEEMS TO BE A CROSSING OVER TEST. “LOSERS LOOK AT WHAT THEY’RE GOING THROUGH,WINNERS LOOK AT WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO.”
* BEFORE ABRAHAM BECAME FATHER/NATIONS =>GIVE UP SON
(UNUSUAL SACRIFICE)
* BEFORE DAVID TO BE KING => A GOLIATH
(UNUSUAL COURAGE)
* BEFORE MOSES ENTERED PROM. LAND => RED SEA
(UNUSUAL FAITH)
* BEFORE JESUS EARTHLY MINISTRY => WILDERNESS EXPERIENCE
(UNUSUAL COMMITMENT) RATHER DIE THAN COMPROMISE OR QUIT.
OBTAINING THE VICTORY
1CHRON.14:11 “ SO THEY CAME UP TO BAAL-PERAZIM AND DAVID DEFEATED THE PHILISTINES THERE; AND DAVID SAID, “GOD HAS BROKEN THROUGH MY ENEMIES BY MY HAND, LIKE THE BREAKTHROUGH OF WATERS”
BAAL-PERIZIM = “ GOD IS THE MASTER OF THE BREAKTHROUGH”
EXAMPLE:
WHEN I WAS PERFORMING WITH THE “POWER TEAM” (A GROUP OF WORLD CLASS ATHLETES), IT WAS MY NIGHT TO ATTEMPT TO RUN THROUGH FIVE, TWELVE FOOT LONG, TWO-BY-FOURS, ACROSS MY 62 INCH CHEST.
WE HAPPENED TO BE IN AN ARENA IN TULSA HOLDING ABOUT 15,000 SPECTATORS. TWO MAMMOTH MEN, WEIGHING IN OVER 300 POUNDS EACH WOULD LINE UP ACROSS THE STAGE. HOISTING THE FIVE BOARDS CHEST HIGH, THESE MEN WOULD SPRINT, AT FULL SPEED TOWARD ME. I WAS TO IMPACT THE BOARDS, SHATTERING THEM IN TWO LIKE A BUZZ SAW. AT LEAST THAT WAS THE PLAN!
THE MOMENT WAS AT HAND. THE MUSIC BLASTED MY ADRENALINE SKY HIGH. I TOOK OFF LIKE A ROCKET ACROSS THE STAGE ON A DIRECT COLLISION COARSE WITH THE FIVE TWO-BY-FOURS. WHAM! I HIT THOSE BOARDS WITH ALL THAT WAS IN ME BUT THEY REFUSED TO BRAKE. IMAGINE THE “OOOH’S” THAT FLARED UP THROUGH THE CROWD AS THEY WITNESSED ME,
(A 315 POUND MAN) LAUNCHED LIKE A SLING SHOT FIFTEEN FEET THROUGH THE AIR! I LOOKED LIKE A REJECTED CRASH CAR DUMMY.
BUT, AS I PICKED MYSELF UP OFF THE GROUND AND COLLECTED WHAT WAS LEFT OF MY THOUGHTS, A BIBLE VERSE CAME TO ME. I GRABBED THE MICROPHONE AND ADDRESSED THE CROWD, “HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN KNOCKED DOWN IN YOUR FAITH, OR YOUR GOALS, OR YOUR DREAMS? MICAH 7:8 SAYS, ‘WHEN I FALL, I SHALL ARISE.’ CHAMPIONS ARE NOT THOSE WHO NEVER GET KNOCKED DOWN. THEY ARE THOSE WHO NEVER GIVE UP!”
A GREAT ROAR WENT UP THROUGH THE CROWD AND I DECLARED,
“LET’S GET IT ON ONE MORE TIME.”
I ASKED GOD TO GIVE ME THE COURAGE AND STRENGTH TO MAKE A VICTORIOUS SECOND ATTEMPT AND WITH HIS HELP, SPLINTERED THE BOARDS. THE PLACE WEND CRAZY! OVER TWO THOUSAND WHO HAD BACKSLID OR SUFFERED SETBACKS OF SOME KIND, REDEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO JESUS THAT NIGHT.
SOME OF YOU MAY NEED A CROSS OVER (BRAKE THROUGH) EXPERIENCE TODAY !
THERE IS A PROMISED LAND FOR YOUR MARRIAGE, FAMILY, FINANCES, CAREER, YOUR HEALTH, THIS CHURCH.
“THE DEVIL, MANY TIMES WILL NOT RESIST YOUR SALVATION EXPERIENCE NEARLY AS MUCH AS HE WILL RESIST YOU IN YOUR DESTINY.”
EX. IN THE BOOK OF JOSHUA (12:24) GOD SAID , “THE FIRST ONE’S ON ME BOYS”. AND THEY TOOK OUT JERICHO. BUT THE NEXT 30 BATTLES IT WAS NOTHING BUT LONG HARD BATTLES (JOSH11:18).
IT WAS LIKE WHEN WE GOT SAVED, IT WAS A “FREEBIE” , EVERYTHING WAS SO EASY. THEY USED TO CALL ME TOMMY TESTIMONY, FAITH WAS EASY TO USE. YOUR STAYING SAVED , LOVING GOD, SINGING “KUMBIYA” BUT JUST AS SOON AS YOU TRY TO MAKE AN IMPACT FOR GOD. WHAM , ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE AND YOU ARE IN A DOG FIGHT.
JUST LIKE OUR SALVATION; IT’S NOT EARNED NOR DESERVED. IT’S A FREE GIFT. YOU’RE NOT SAVED “BY WORKS” BUT “FOR WORKS’’
THE DEVIL CAN’T CHALLENGE THE FREE GIFT OF GOD, BUT HE SURE CAN CHALLENGE THE DESTINY (MAX. POTENTIAL), (THE GOOD WORKS) HE HAS FOR YOUR LIFE. THAT IS WHY SO MANY BELIEVERS LIVE BELOW THE LEVEL OF LIFE THAT GOD HAS FOR THEM. (HOME- WORK FINANCES)
5 REASONS YOU WON’T ENTER THE PROMISED LAND
THE SAME FIVE SINS THAT DISQUALIFIED THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FROM ENTERING THEIR PROMISE LAND, ARE THE SAME FIVE SINS THAT WILL CAUSE YOU OR I TO FAIL OUR PROMISED LAND.
SAME 5 SINS WILL KEEP: CHRISTIANS FROM THEIR DESTINY/
PEOPLE FROM MATURITY/ CHURCHES FROM GROWING and NATIONS FROM GREATNESS
1COR. 10: 1-12
* WHY DID PAUL WRITE THIS CHAPTER??
-- DISORDERLY PRACTICES
-- IMMORALITY IN THE CHURCH Without A REBUKE
* HOW DO YOU PLEASE GOD? WHAT’S EXPECTED OF US?
-- THIS WAS A GENERATION WRAPPED UP IN SIN / SELFISHNESS
* THE STORY TELLS US THAT GOD DOESN’T WINK AT SIN.
-- 10 COMMANDMENTS NOT THE 10 SUGGESTIONS!!
* WHY DID AN 11 DAY JOURNEY TAKE 40 YEARS?
“ONE ELDERLY WOMAN JOKE, “I KNOW WHY. A MAN WAS LEADING AND WOULDN’T STOP FOR DIRECTIONS.”
--* EX. OF HUMAN NATURE. UNTIL WE GET IT RIGHT.......... “LETS GO AROUND THAT MOUNTAIN ONE MORE TIME.”
THE FIVE DISQUALIFICATION’S
1) IDOLATRY (1COR.10:7)
“A VALUE SYSTEM CREATED IN WHICH SOMETHING ELSE IS MORE WORTHY OF YOUR DEVOTION, THAN YOUR DEVOTION TO GOD.”
A) (EZ.14:1-3) “THESE MEN HAVE SET UP THEIR IDOLS IN THEIR HEARTS, AND PUT RIGHT BEFORE THEIR FACES THE STUMBLING BLOCK OF THEIR INIQUITY, SHOULD I BE CONSULTED BY THEM AT ALL?”
EX.---- THE RICH YOUNG RULER. (MATT.19:16-27)
* I’VE DONE ALL THESE THINGS, WHAT AM I STILL LACK-
ING? (HE WAS RELIGIOUS. BUT RELIGION NEVER SAVED
ANYONE. RELIGION IS MANS BEST ATTEMPT TO GET TO
GOD.)
* “HE WENT AWAY GRIEVED BECAUSE HE OWNED MUCH
PROPERTY” THE TRUTH WAS THE PROPERTY OWNED HIM”
IDOLATRY TEST. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT MOST? AND IF IT’S NOT GODLY OR FOR GOD’S GLORY, YOU ARE GUILTY OF IDOLATRY.
** “SIN ALWAYS PROMISES TO SERVE AND PLEASE, BUT ONLY ENSLAVES AND DOMINATES.”
ANSWER???----LORDSHIP!!! “PICK UP YOUR CROSS AND WALK”
(MAT.7:21)
EX. A.C. W/ LAKERS
L.A. LAKER POWER GUARD A.C. GREEN is one example of a man who will stand for the truth
at all costs.
I knew A.C. during his rookie season with the Lakers. Like all rookies, he had to
endure harassment and practical jokes. As he started to practice one day, a teammate came
up to him and told him he had a phone call.
Later he told me, Tommy, I knew if I got that call, I would be late to practice.
That phone was a long way away, and if I were late to practice, I’d be in big
trouble.
Trouble meant extra laps after practice. But being a naive rookie, he thought,Well, maybe I’d better get it.
Off he ran to answer the call. He picked up the receiver ... sure enough ... nothing
but a dial tone. Sprinting back, A.C. said to himself, “They got me. I can’t believe
it. They got me good.”
When A.C. burst through the door, practice had already started. The players laughed, “Ha, ha, ha, look at the rookie! Hey, A.C.! Did you get the call?”
“Yeah”, he nodded, embarrassed. “I got it all right.”
Magic Johnson chimed in, “Oh yeah, Ace, who called?”
After a momentary silence, A.C. blurted out, “It’s my Father and He wants to talk
to you!”
All season, A.C. kept going back to Magic to challenge him, “Hey Earvin, have you answered the Call Yet? My Dad’s still on the line waiting.”
That’s my question to you as well. Will you answer the Father’s call?
V.8) IMMORALITY (HEB.12:10) “HE DISCIPLINES US FOR OUR GOOD, THAT WE MAY SHARE HIS HOLINESS.”
1 JOHN 2:15-17 “ DO NOT LOVE THE WORLD NOR THE THINGS IN THE WORLD. IF ANYONE LOVES THE WORLD, THE LOVE OF THE FATHER IS NOT IN HIM. FOR ALL THAT’S IN THE WORLD, THE LUST OF THE FLESH, THE LUST OF THE EYES, AND THE BOASTFUL PRIDE OF LIFE IS NOT FROM THE FATHER, BUT FROM THE WORLD. AND THE WORLD IS PASSING AWAY , AND ALSO IT’S LUST, BUT THE ONE WHO DOES THE WILL OF GOD ABIDES FOREVER”.
LUST IS NEVER SATISFIED. LOVE IS EASILY SATISFIED.
DR. JOYCE BROTHERS, “MEN ARE FINDING OUT THAT INSTANT SEX IS ABOUT AS SATISFYING AS A SNEEZE !
* A.C. GREEN => commenting on, “YOU’RE MISSING OUT”(on sex), when one of the high profile players on his team announced his retirement due to getting the HIV virus.
“ I MISSED OUT ON PRACTICE ONCE, WHEN ALL THE OTHER GUYS WENT RUNNING OFF TO THE CLINIC TO SEE WHAT S.T.D. THEY HAD PICKED UP, BECAUSE MANY HAD BEEN SLEEPING AROUND WITH THE SAME WOMAN”.
* (GAL5:19-21) “THOSE WHO PRACTICE SUCH THINGS SHALL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.”
* (EPH5:5) “ FOR THIS YOU KNOW WITH CERTAINTY, THAT NO IMMORAL, IMPURE PERSON... HAS AN INHERITANCE IN THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST”. V.6 “LET NO ONE DECEIVE YOU WITH EMPTY WORDS,FOR BECAUSE OF THESE THINGS, THE WRATH OF GOD COMES UPON THE SONS OF DISOBEDIENCE.”
DUET.23:14 “SINCE THE LORD GOD WALKS IN THE MIDST OF YOUR CAMP TO DELIVER YOU AND TO DEFEAT YOUR ENEMIES BEFORE YOU, THEREFORE YOUR CAMP MUST BE HOLY: AND HE MUST NOT SEE ANYTHING INDECENT AMONG YOU LEST HE TURN AWAY FROM YOU.”
“ IT IS TIME TO PUT AWAY THE INDECENT THINGS ”
* MARRIAGE TESTIMONY => SAFE SEX? Slip on a WEDDING RING not a CONDOM!
V.9) TRYING THE LORD
“DEMANDING THAT GOD DO WHAT IS CONTRARY TO HIS WILL OR AGAINST HIS CHARACTER”.
*BUSINESSMAN, “GOD BLESS MY BUSINESS AND PROSPER ME”
THEN COMMITS UNETHICAL PRACTICES OR CHEATS ON INCOME TAX.
*STUDENT, “GOD BLESS MY STUDIES” BUT SHOWS NO DILIGENCE TO STUDY AND COMPENSATES BY CHEATING.”
*YOUNG COUPLE “BLESS OUR RELATIONSHIP” =>COMMITS IMMORAL ACTIONS.
EX. CAFETERIA CHRISTIANS, PICKING AND CHOOSING HOW TO SERVE GOD.
EX. “HOW MANY BEERS=>STILL SAVED? (HOW CLOSE TO THAT DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL CAN I GET W/O FALLING OVER.)
EX. MARRIAGE DAY VOWS => “I DO” IS A COMMITMENT REGARDLESS OF EMOTIONS AND NOT DEPENDENT UPON CIRCUMSTANCES.
“I Do”. means I Do You And You Do Me And We don’t Do Anybody Else!”
TITUS1:15-16 CONFESS W/MOUTH => DENY W/ DEEDS
JAMES 4:4 “YOU ADULTERESSES... WHOEVER WISHES TO BE A FRIEND OF THE WORLD, MAKES HIMSELF AN ENEMY OF GOD.”
#4) V.10 GRUMBLING IS A SIGN OF UNBELIEF AND ONE OF THE PRIME STUMBLING BLOCKS THAT TRIPPED UP THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL .
( UNGRATEFUL, COMPLAINING, UNFORGIVENESS, STRIFE. )
#5) V.6 CRAVING EVIL “YOU ARE OUT OF EGYPT BUT EGYPT IS STILL IN YOUR HEART!” ==>> “IT IS WHERE YOU HAVE AN OUTWARD RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE W/O AN INWARD CHANGE OF THE HEART.”
EX. DEBATE W/ PROF. AT U.S.C. (OVER COMMUNISM). A STREET PERSON COMES UP. The Prof. points out. “COMMUNISM CAN PUT A NEW COAT ON THAT MAN.
I retort: "YEAH, BUT JESUS CAN PUT A NEW MAN IN THE COAT!”
