NOTES FROM SERMON HEARD AT:
Spirit of Fire Evangelistic Ministries
Pastor Jerry Begin
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Sunday Service 9-6-09
It is God’s intent to save- not condemn
Rom 8:1
(1) There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
His salvation is always there, available to us. All we need to do is reach out. He is always there to save, regardless of our condition.
God does know our condition, where it got its roots, including the past generations- i.e. fear may passed down through the generations.
(1) There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
His salvation is always there, available to us. All we need to do is reach out. He is always there to save, regardless of our condition.
God does know our condition, where it got its roots, including the past generations- i.e. fear may passed down through the generations.
Psa 43:5
(5) Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
We are to forget not all his benefits.
Psa 103:2-5
(2) Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
(3) Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
(4) Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
(5) Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
For some reason, God has incorporated man in the salvation message. God is always there to save us. It does not happen over- night in many situations- God knows how long it will take.
God is always there if you reach out and ask for your salvation.
He saves. Why don’t we avail ourselves of the tremendous gift of salvation in our lives?
He can save a bad marriage, finances, job, relationship- He is a God of salvation.
It is important to you to spread the Gospel that God saves .
Are you directly participating in bringing that message to everyone?
If not, it is because you are not availing yourself in your situation in asking God to save you- whatever the situation.
We need to not judge, but go to people and let them know God saves.
The first thing we should do when we see things not right, is pray “GOD, SAVE!”
By watching TV, regardless of the program, you can ask God to save.
We need to ask God to save us in all situations- He is our Savior- it is not a one time deal.
God wants us– more than we can imagine- to know the saving power available to through His Son.
GOD SAVE!- interact, intervene, we will trust in that!
The Church has forgotten the saving power available through all situations.
Watch God’s power move. It does not necessarily mean things will go how we like.
Nothing can separate me from God’s love.
God is a healer.
In the OT, He reveals Himself as Jehovah Rapha.
Does God still heal? His healing is not just for the physical body. We need healing also for our souls, for our broken spirits, for our disappointments
He not only is Savior, but He is a Healer
God has given us charge to bring the healing to others, to bring deliverance.
Let God heal you.
Are you also willing to be His ambassador to bring healing to others?
If Jesus is Savior, He is a healer. That is something that we appropriate by faith. If we bring the message of salvation, the message of healing goes along with it. He is here to heal- spirit, soul, and body.
He is the God of salvation and the God who heals me
Exo 15:26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
There are requirements- “get to know Me, follow My ways so you don’t get messed up with sin, and let Me heal you.”
Disease= Dis Ease= not being at ease= not being shalom.
Psa 103:3-6
(3) Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
(4) Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
(5) Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
(6) The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed.
Psa 147:3 He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.
1Pe 2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
Psa 107:19-21
(19) Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.
(20) He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
(21) Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Since God is a Healer- always been, always will be
GOD IS THE HEALER.
Man fell but God is the Healer.
We sin, but God is the Healer.
God is the Healer but we have a responsibility not to change that aspect of Who He is.
We have no right to debate that. He is the Healer. How He heals is up to Him.
Luk 10:30-35
(30) And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
Leaving the man half dead- on the balance to live or die depending on the situation. We face these people every day. God has chosen us to bring the healing to others
(31) And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
The word priest represents the lowest rank of the priesthood. We have a Christian world out there, and we passed by on the other side. We see people suffering. We never even stop to say “My God heals”. If God is a savior, He heals. When we present the salvation message, we must ask God to bring the healing process to heal what brought him to the situation.
(32) And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. He looked- saw- and then did everything he could to get on the other side so that he could ignore the whole thing. Don’t overlook the situation, when you can bring healing. There are a lot of hurting people out there. They are going to scratch and get angry with you, as a wounded animal. This world needs healing, and most of the time it will be your brothers and sisters. There is no debate. God heals. Does He heal your way? No. But God heals the best way for the situation. We don’t know what God is going to do. Sometimes it requires an inner healing for God to work.
(33) But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
Samaritan was a Jew who didn’t follow the rules as in Jerusalem.
He had compassion. We have lost the compassion of mankind. We need to say, “God save. God heal”. All it needs is someone here on the earth to cry out because we have compassion.
(34) And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
He invested his own money. Did the Samaritan owe this man anything? Yes. He owed him love. So he was willing to give of himself.
(35) And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
The guy got robbed, stripped. Today we would say that we would not help him because we would be sued. He was robbed, stripped, beaten, hanging between life and death. Most of the time people can’t repay. We saw the Levite- a messenger of God- making excuses to go around the situation .
Eze 34:1-4
(1) And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
(2) Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
(3) Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
(4) The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
The responsibility, anointing, power is for us who are priests, God’s people, royal priesthood.
Jas 5:14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
Jas 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
Mar 16:17-18
(17) And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
(18) They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
The Gospel of the Kingdom is God is a Savior and God is a Healer.
We have to make a choice this morning because there is a world that is hanging between life and death.
Preach that the Kingdom of God is at hand. God is the healer, but He needs our faith to work on the earth. He needs us. Peter had no silver or gold, But what he had was God, the healer, the deliverer.
Decision making time-
Either take the message and ignore it, or apply it to your life and see wonderful things. We will see wonderful things.
God is making a demand upon us to reconcile man to God, bringing the salvation message that God forgives and heals.
(32) And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. He looked- saw- and then did everything he could to get on the other side so that he could ignore the whole thing. Don’t overlook the situation, when you can bring healing. There are a lot of hurting people out there. They are going to scratch and get angry with you, as a wounded animal. This world needs healing, and most of the time it will be your brothers and sisters. There is no debate. God heals. Does He heal your way? No. But God heals the best way for the situation. We don’t know what God is going to do. Sometimes it requires an inner healing for God to work.
(33) But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
Samaritan was a Jew who didn’t follow the rules as in Jerusalem.
He had compassion. We have lost the compassion of mankind. We need to say, “God save. God heal”. All it needs is someone here on the earth to cry out because we have compassion.
(34) And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
He invested his own money. Did the Samaritan owe this man anything? Yes. He owed him love. So he was willing to give of himself.
(35) And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
The guy got robbed, stripped. Today we would say that we would not help him because we would be sued. He was robbed, stripped, beaten, hanging between life and death. Most of the time people can’t repay. We saw the Levite- a messenger of God- making excuses to go around the situation .
Eze 34:1-4
(1) And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
(2) Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
(3) Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
(4) The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
The responsibility, anointing, power is for us who are priests, God’s people, royal priesthood.
Jas 5:14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
Jas 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
Mar 16:17-18
(17) And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
(18) They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
The Gospel of the Kingdom is God is a Savior and God is a Healer.
We have to make a choice this morning because there is a world that is hanging between life and death.
Preach that the Kingdom of God is at hand. God is the healer, but He needs our faith to work on the earth. He needs us. Peter had no silver or gold, But what he had was God, the healer, the deliverer.
Decision making time-
Either take the message and ignore it, or apply it to your life and see wonderful things. We will see wonderful things.
God is making a demand upon us to reconcile man to God, bringing the salvation message that God forgives and heals.
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