Service from our Friday meeting 1-17-17
SPIRITUAL CONFIDENCE “VS” HUMAN
KNOWLEDGE
11 And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not,
and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which
thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
12 Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of
the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
God is
saying, I will bring you into a land, that He promised to Abraham, Isaac and
Jacob, and he will give to them great and goodly cities which they didn’t
build.
And houses
full of good things that they didn’t buy, and wells they didn’t dig, vineyards and
olive trees that they didn’t plant, and all the food you can eat.
And when
this takes place, beware lest thou forget the Lord.
How many
times has God blessed people, and they have never given God praise for it? How many
prayers have been answered, how many people have been healed, even our
salvation and have we ever given God
praise?
Justification,
sanctified made righteous, made holy before God.
These blessings
and many more, are the houses you didn’t build, the wells you didn’t dig, the
vineyards and olive trees you didn’t plant. How many times has God fed you with
money that came from the Job that he blessed you with?
Could it be
possible that God could give you something that you did nothing to get?
Hebrews 4:1-3 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being
left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them:
but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them
that heard it.
3 For we which have believed do enter
into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my
rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
Gods rest is
there for the people to enter, the Jewish Christians have been on the verge of
turning back from their rest in Christ Jesus, just as the people in Moses day
had turned back.
When we
trust in our own efforts instead of Christs power, we too are in danger of
turning back: away from His rest: he says, any of you should seem to come short
of it.
We must put
our confidence in what has already been done. People who are confident in
themselves only last for a short time, and end up in failure.
We need to
let God know that we need Him; so, we won’t do something to come short of His
rest, which is nothing more than trusting Him for the things he has already
done, and the things He will do in the future.
Psalms 46:10 10 Be still, and know
that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the
earth.
Sometimes we get so busy until the last thing we need is someone telling
us to be still. With a million different things facing us daily, but that is precisely
what God is saying.
When you get too busy to rest in God, you’re too busy. Be still long
enough to hear what God is saying to you. You may not know this, but God loves
to fellowship with you.
15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live,
and do this, or that.
16 But now ye rejoice in your
boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
It is good
to make plans, but they will disappoint us if we leave God out of them. There is
no point in making plans as though God does not exist. Because our future is in
His hands.
What would
you like to be doing ten years from now, one year from now, or even tomorrow? How
will you react if God steps in and rearranges your plans? Plan ahead, but ask
Gods guidance, seek Gods will in your planning. He will never disappoint you.
Life is
short, no matter how many years we live. Never be deceived into thinking that
you have lots of remaining time to live for Christ, or to enjoy your loved
ones, or to do what you know you should.
If we
continue to live for God today, then no matter when your life ends, or the
rapture comes, you will have fulfilled Gods plan for your life.
35 Cast not away therefore your
confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
The word
says: you were thrown into jail, when all you owned was taken from you, you
accepted it with Joy, for you knew you had better things waiting for you in
eternity.
We are never
to abandon our faith in times of persecution, but we are to show by our
endurance that our faith is real. Faith, love and resting in Christ Jesus is
trusting God for the manifestation of what has already been done and paid for,
through the cross. Our health, prosperity, power over the flesh world and the
devil.
37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come,
and will not tarry.
38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back,
my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
39 But we are not of them who draw back
unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
We need to
be patient, because after we have lived righteous before God, “which means you
have done his will” then you might receive the promise.
The promise
here is Gods unmerited favor upon your life, which means God is making things
happen in your life supernaturally,
things you
couldn’t make happen in the natural.
Another part
of the promise made is “in a little while”, he that is promised to come, “which
is Christ Jesus” will not tarry.
The just shall
live by faith, because it is impossible to please God without faith, but if any
man/woman draw back “or doubt and stop believing in the word” God says, my soul
shall have no pleasure in him/her.
Proverbs 15: 31-33 31 The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise.
32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he
that heareth reproof getteth understanding.
33 The fear of the Lord is the instruction of wisdom; and
before honour is humility.
We must stay
humble before God, we must remain wise and receive Godly instruction, the fear “or
reverence of God” is his instruction of wisdom, and before honor from the Lord,
is humility.
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