Sermons 2014
What Is Worship For?
(6.22.14) |
We have separated the benefit of worship from our worship of God! We have thought that worship was for God's benefit when it is for ours! God is blessed when we worship Him and receive the benefit of His nature, character, power, and blessing. God made us to worship Him so that we'd receive into our lives His glory! Salvation is about God in us through Christ and that causes us to worship.
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Our Standing In Christ Is Made Legal
(5.25.14) |
Our Salvation is not based pity or God overlooking the truth. It is rock solid and eternal—He made it legal. When God justifies the unrighteous by condemning the righteous One it is a legal exchange in divine proportions. Our prayers have changed from directing them towards God to directing them in proclamation towards the fallen facts of this realm. We don’t ask of God we command of this world. When we pray we are communing with God to grasp with confidence our right standing in His legal position and power. We pray to understand and receive revelation of who Christ is in us and our authority to exercise His will be done. We have the legal right to stand on legal grounds with God over against all the power of the enemy, the curse, and this fallen world.
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The Position of Grace
We Must Get Out Of The Boat (3.2.14) |
The position of God's grace is also the position of His power. If we stay in the boat we'll never walk on the water like Peter did (Matt. 14:29); however, if we'll get out then we'll see the supernatural power of God. What is the boat? The boat is naturalism. Naturalism is thinking, speaking, and acting according to this world's way of being--carnally minded. We need to see that God has born into us a new kingdom with new rules of engagement. We are in and with Jesus and seeing Him we are made like Him (II Cor. 3:18). We are supernatural beings made to walk in the Spirit--that's miraculous! We need a revelation of God's Spirit to leave naturalism to be supernatural in Jesus.
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Much More!
We're Not Just A Trophy Bride (3.9.14) |
Why didn't God fix the sin problem from His position in Heaven? Why go through all of the effort to provide the prophetic picture and fulfill it? Why send His son if all we are, are the sheep of His pasture? Or we are just a trophy bride in heaven? No, there is "much more" involved here and much more abundant grace given to us to do. We badly need a revelation and be established in this truth: Jesus came to reproduce Himself in us (John 12:24)! We are as He is, in all that means, this is the "much more" of Rom. 5:17!
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