Sunday Service 3-21-10

Living the Victorious Life- Part 17

Not by Might

NOTES FROM SERMON HEARD AT: Spirit of Fire Evangelistic Ministries Pastor Jerry Begin To listen to the sermon, visit:http://www.spiritoffire.org/ To Comment on this sermon, look for the small "comment" button at the bottom of this Sunday's sermon. If you go to the bottom of the whole blog to comment, you will have scanned through notes of several earlier sermons. Note: sometimes the post does not come up, in which case press the preview button after you have written and then submit.

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God sent His Son just for you personally. He has forgiven your sins, continually forgiven your sins. He is not out to condemn you, but to forgive you.

We miss out on Jesus because we don’t allow Him to minister to us.

Jesus washed us by His Blood.

Rev 3:14-19

(14) And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;

(15) I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

(16) So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

(17) Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

(18) I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.

(19) As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

God wants us hot or cold because “If you are cold I will leave you alone, If you are hot I will do something with you.”

We are wretched,

miserable,

poor (you are poor spiritually),

blind (blind leading the blind- He has set you free from the old nature),

naked (spiritually naked).

Is your faith hot? Are you bold before the Lord?

I counsel thee to buy of me (the market place- I have a market of things)

gold (glory) tried in the fire (purified, transparent gold)

and white raiment (soul needs something to encase it in)

anoint thine eyes with eyesalve , that thou mayest see (exactly how we are)

I rebuke (to teach) and chasten (be correct): be zealous (jealous for those things) therefore, and repent.

(20) Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

Is anyone asking Him to come in? If you invite Him in, you will have an intimate relationship.

(21) To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. (authority and power so that we can move in the Kingdom and destroy the work of the enemy)

Most of the time we try to do things by ourselves. This is where we make a mistake. He wants to draw us into a relationship with Him.

Ergo- means works- God gets annoyed because we are trying to do it in our own works. We can’t wash ourselves, guide ourselves. We are just going to make ourselves exhausted, frustrated, tired because we aren’t going anywhere. We need to humble ourselves in the sight of the Lord and confess “I can’t do it in my own effort. I am a mess.”

Then the dynamos power of God comes and does it for you.

Every time we try to do things religiously we fall flat on our face and then blame God. We can’t do it on our own. We do not have it within ourselves to meet the need. We need dynamos power. The Lord has to work.

Dynamos- explosive power, God alone has it. We must not do it on our own.

MOST OF THE TIME THAT WE DO NOT FIND SUCCESS IS BECAUSE WE TRIED TO DO IT ON OUR OWN POWER.

DO YOU AVAIL YOURSELF OF THE KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM, POWER AND WHATEVER IS NECESSARY? ARE YOU DOING IT ON YOUR OWN OR ALLOWING GOD TO DO IT WITH YOU?

Wait and pray and be endued with power.

Sometimes we don’t know what to say or do. We need to ask God.

1. God wants to wash you

2. He wants to correct and teach you

3. Let Me be the eternal Kingdom energy (power) behind you

Not By Might

Zec 4:6

(6) Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

Joshua, Gideon, and David thought that they would lose their battles. They needed God.

It will take a spiritual witness to wake up a world who thinks they will do it on their own.

We are like Zerubbabel – we need to get it into our head and heart, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.

It is not by might. By My Spirit.

GOD DOES NOT CHANGE!

It is not by my might. Not by my power. Let Your Spirit in Lord!

Everything comes from the eternal Kingdom. There is nothing on this earth. Even the life and the energy that you need to go to work with does not come from here. God is that life

Jesus alone gives that life. All you need to do is ask, open the door and say, “Come in!”

Mat 4:1

(1) Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

Luk 4:1

(1) And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

Mat 12:28

(28) But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.

Act 10:38

(38) How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

Jesus depended on the leading of the Holy Spirit. God was with Him.

You don’t need to have the ability. You need to have Him. God does it. Not you.

God never changes. What He did before, He will do now. It just takes a special group of people who believe and allow Him to do the work.