KNOWING THE VOICE OF GOD

KNOWING THE VOICE OF GOD

JOHN 10:27

My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

I.             My sheep hear my voice

1.    hear - to be endowed with the faculty  means a capacity or ability that somebody is born with or learns or (power, ability, gift, talent) of hearing, not deaf

a.       Most of the time an individual is born with the faculty to hear.

b.      We pray all the time but this hearing of noise has to be distinguish.

c.       We learn what sounds mean what, we learn our language,

d.      We have to learn what every sound of the spirit means and the lanuage of the spirit.

e.       Every sound has to be inturpt. Why, because every spiritual sound has a meaning.

f.       You may say you are trying to get to deep.

g.      But think about it there are sounds all the time in the physical most of them you don’t even response right. But some of them you have to respond.

h.      Same way in the spirit we don’t  respond to every sound but some you have to. And those are the ones we don’t want to miss.

THE POWER TO CHOOSE

THE POWER TO choose

Intro:

• Few people make a deliberate choice between good and evil. The choice is between what we want to do and what we ought to do.
• We have a free will
• Wise people sometimes change their minds fools don’t
• We chose to live by faith or fear.
• We can operate by faith because of our will to choose.
• Let’s see how the bible define faith
• Proverb 3:5

I.       Angels can chose but not by faith.

A.    Humans have a free will to choice, angles have a free will to choice

B.     Humans are children of God and the angels are servants of God.

a.       Acts 26:23   

          1.  light- the power of understanding esp. moral and spiritual truth

b.      1Jo 4:9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

1.      God’s whole plan was for us to live thru. Jesus

2.      Jhn 1:14  And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

c.       Can you just image for a minute how lucifier was able to talk a third of the angels to come against God.  Revelation 12:3, 4

The language is highly figurative, of course, and it's true that "numbers are not the issue," but many interpreters and informal Bible students alike take Satan to be the "fiery red dragon" of this passage, and his angels the "stars of heaven" that were thrown down to earth. IF SO, Satan appropriated a third of the angels to his service.

d.      Jesus is our expmple to follow and the devil is our example no to follow.

e.       Hbr 1:13-14  

f.       They are not permitted to disobey a command

1.      How do they receive their commands?

2.      by His words. 

a.  2Ti 3:16   read fro ami.

II.          Your faith has effect on more than you.

A.    Deu 30:19-20

B.     Matt. 22:23-

a.       The Sadducees were the liberal theologians of that day, denying the resurrection of the body, the existence of angels, and miracles. In fact, their denials were more numerous than their affirmations

b.      (Deut. 25:5). Under that law, if an Israelite died without leaving children, his brother was supposed to marry the widow to preserve the family name in Israel and keep the inheritance within the family.

c.       Then came the question designed to humiliate Him who is the resurrection (John 11:25): “Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her.”

d.      22:25–28 Their riddle concerned a woman who lost her husband, then married one of his brothers. The second brother died, so she married the third—and so on, down to the seventh. Finally, the woman died. Then came the question designed to humiliate Him who is the resurrection (John 11:25): “Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had her.”

e.       22:29 Basically, they argued that the idea of resurrection posed insuperable difficulties, hence it was not reasonable, therefore it was not true. Jesus answered that the difficulty was not in the doctrine but in their minds; they were ignorant of the Scriptures and the power of God.

f.       First of all, they were ignorant of the Scriptures. The Bible never says the husband-wife relationship will be continued in heaven. While men will be recognizable as men, and women as women, they will all be like angels in the sense that they neither marry nor are given in marriage.

g.      Secondly, they were ignorant of the power of God. If He could create men from dust, could He not as easily raise the dust of those who had died and refashion it into bodies of glory

C.     Your faith is to be use for more than you.

a.      Jos 2:12-14

b.      Hbr 11:31  By faith the harlot Rahab perished

c.       Jam 2:25  Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works

III.       One of the most powerful truths a believer have to understand is the devil can’t make them do anything.

Living by faith is a choice to put every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God first , not to tempt the Lord thy God, and to worship the Lord thy God only.

A.                Mat. 4

B.                 Rom 8:39  no thing can separate us from the love of God.

THE Kingdom of God TAKES IT BY FORCE pt 2

THE Kingdom of God TAKES IT BY FORCE

A.   Man was created to have dominion and establish the Kingdom of God on earth.

1.     Satan wanted to be like God and he was cast out of heaven because of his desire (Isaiah 14:12-15).

a.     Man has authority in the earth and dominion over angels              (Ephesians 1:22; Psalm 8:4-6).

b.     Man was created in the image and likeness of God (Genesis 1:26, 27).

2.     Man was created to share in God's dominion. Eventually the Kingdom of God will be turned back over to God (1 Corinthians 15:24).

3.     Man has authority on earth.

B.   God's kingdom is within you (Luke 17:21).

1.     Your heart is the soil that receives the seed of God's Word.

2.     If you are lacking something in your life (prosperity, healing, deliverance), "grow" it by planting the Word of God in your heart.

3.     God's blessing is the "fertilizer" that grows the Word you have planted in your heart.

4.     The Believer's job is to protect what has been planted in his or her heart.

a.     Guard your eyes and ears and monitor what comes out of your mouth; don't speak words that are contrary to the Word of God.

5.     Whether or not a person dominates in the Kingdom of God is determined by the type of seed planted and cultivated in his or her heart.

C.   Satan uses the Kingdom of God system of seedtime and harvest to try and exert his will in your life.

1.     Satan tries to invade your heart with his words.

a.     He will use your eyes, ears and mouth as entry gates to get his words in your heart.

2.     Don't let the world seduce you into thinking that words don't matter.

3.     The battle is over the type of seed you allow in your heart.

D.   The Christian's weapons against the enemy are not carnal, but spiritual. Cast down negative thoughts and tear down strongholds by speaking the Word of God (2 Corinthians 10:3-5).

1.     Strongholds are fortified "houses" of thoughts that have been nourished over long periods of time.

a.     Strongholds will cause you to tell yourself, "This is just who I am and I can't change."

b.     Words produce thoughts, which produce images that form the blueprint for construction of those images in your life.

c.      Desires are created by the things on which you focus your attention.

                                                                               i.            Lust is an intense appetite or desire.

                                                                             ii.            Turn away from desires that go against the Word of God                (1 Peter 2:11).

                                                                          iii.            If you allow yourself to develop an appetite for something apart from the Word of God, you create another war for your soul to fight; why create a new battle in your life?

2.     Don't fight ungodly thoughts with positive thoughts; speak the Word of God to cast them down.

3.     Become a good "custodian" over your thought life.

4.     Train yourself to capture ungodly thoughts.

5.     Hold on to the prophetic word that has been spoken over your life                     (1 Timothy 1:18, 19).

a.     When you stop holding on to the Word of God, your faith will become shipwrecked.

6.     Jesus won battles by speaking what was written in the Word of God      (Matthew 4:3, 4).

a.     God is not the tempter; Satan is.

b.     God doesn't pressure people to do things. He allows us to make decisions of our own free will. 

THE Kingdom of God TAKES IT BY FORCE pt 1

THE Kingdom of God TAKES IT BY FORCE

Mat 11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and   the violent take it by force.

Intro:

The battle for the Kingdom of God is a battle over what type of seed you allow to grow in the soil of your heart. Satan wants you to believe his words over the Word of God so that he can exert his will in your life. Guard against his attacks by planting the incorruptible seed of God's Word in your heart and capturing negative thoughts immediately with the Word.

Isaiah 14:12-15

The Fall of Lucifer

    ¹² “ How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations! ¹³ For you have said in your heart: ‘ I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north; ¹⁴ I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.’ ¹⁵ Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, To the lowest depths of the Pit.

Ephesians 1:22 ²² And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,

Psalm 8:4-6   ⁴ What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him? ⁵ For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor. ⁶ You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands;
You have put all things under his feet,

Genesis 1:26- 27  Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” ²⁷ So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

1 Corinthians 15:24  ²⁴ Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power.

Luke 17:21 ²¹ nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God   is within you.”

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 ³ For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. ⁴ For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, ⁵ casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

Peter 2:11¹¹ Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,

1 Timothy 1:18-19 ¹⁸ This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, ¹⁹ having faith and a good conscience, which some having rejected, concerning the faith have suffered shipwreck,

Matthew 4:3-4 ³ Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”
⁴ But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’”

The Man of God pt 2

I.                  Who you listen to determines your domination in the earth.

1.    Gen 3:8-11   And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

II.            God is still teaching us how to live in this earth today and dominate as mankind.

1.    I believe this is the same thing God was teaching Adam in the garden to live an upright life before Him.

2.    2Ti 3:16-17  ¹⁶ All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:  ¹⁷ That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

a.    Profitable meaning  superior position

b.    Doctrine - teaching

c.     for reproof - that by which a thing is proved or tested

d.    for correction - restoration to an upright or right state

e.    for instruction in righteousness - integrity, virtue, purity of life, correctness of thinking feeling, and acting

3.    2Ti 3:16-17  That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

a.    perfect meaning fitted

b.    strong and healthy

c.     furnish  or equip or supply

In closing: God told Adam to keep and protect the Garden?

He was to teach and show Eve and his family how to keep and protect the garden 

The Man of God pt 1

The man of God

Intro:  As a man God has placed a great responsibility upon us.  The thing that we have to come to grip with is that it can only be accomplished in Him.

I know for me I have tried many times and some of them not knowing or realizing I was leaning to my on understanding.

Men are built to lead, to be the provider, the protector of the family, the one that knows what to do when no one else knows.

But only as God directs.  That’s the part that was lost in the fall of mankind in the garden. The emery knew, he had to break that relationship. 

Relationship meaning that association, that connection, that bond, or that link.

Take for example when you have been in a close association with someone for a period of time.  Husbands and wives began to think alike; team mates began to think alike, co-workers began to think alike.  When you spend time with someone you began to notice by their look what that are thinking.

So the enemy said I have to break this relationship up. Because the more he bond with God, the more he will be like God.  And the easier he will be able to recognize me.   The more I understand about holiness the more I know about being unholy.

Mal 3:6

For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

I.                 What was God’s original purpose in the beginning?

1.    to teach Adam how to have dominion in the earth

2.    Gen 1:26-28

3.    1Cr 15:45   And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [was made] a quickening spirit.

4.    1Cr 15:47  The first man [is] of the earth, earthy: the second man [is] the Lord from heaven.

5.    Hebrews 13:8  Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

6.    Luk 2:40  And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.

7.    Hbr 5:8  Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;

Living a Life of Contentment pt 2

II.              Mark 4:35-5:17   And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. ³⁶ And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. ³⁷ And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. ³⁸ And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? ³⁹ And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. ⁴⁰ And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? ⁴¹ And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

1.      What type of storm is you in that seem so great?

2.      Is it s Doctors report, is it an economic situation, is it marriages problems, adultery, fornication, lying what is it that seems so great that your faith can’t handle.

3.      1Cr 10:11-13   ¹¹ Now all these things happened unto them for examples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.  ¹² Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.  ¹³ There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

III.           How is it that you have no faith?

1.      A question like that tells you that they should have been prepared.

2.      You can ask anybody do they have faith in God. And the first thing they will say is they do.

3.      How can I tell if I have faith in God?  I will do what He says.

4.      Faith along is not enough. You have to add to your faith. 

5.      Third, Peter's heavy stress upon the importance of "these things" is phenomenal.

Þ  Note 2 Peter 1:12: Peter says that he is going to always preach these things despite the fact that the believer already knows them. But this is not all.

Þ  Note 2 Peter 1:13: Peter says that as long as he is living, he is going to stir up the believers by reminding them of these things. But this is not all.

Þ  Note 2 Peter 1:14-15: Peter says that these things are so important that he is going to see to it that the believers are reminded of them even after his death.

6.      2Pe 1:5 – 10

a.      Add "virtue": moral excellence and goodness of character; moral strength and moral courage. It means manliness; being an excellent person in life, a real man or a real woman in life; living life just like one should, in the most excellent way. It means always choosing the excellent way.

b.    Add "knowledge": practical intelligence, practical knowledge, practical insight. It means knowing what to do in every situation and doing it; it is practical, day to day knowledge that sees situations and knows how to handle them. It is seeing the trials and temptations of life and knowing what to do with them and doing it. Remember the charge: we must add knowledge to our faith. We must give diligent attention to the situations of life and figure out how to conquer them.

c.     Add "temperance" : to master and control the body or the flesh with all of its lusts. It means self-control, the master of desire, appetite and passion, especially sensual urges and cravings. It means to be strong and controlled and restrained. It means to stand against the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eye and the pride of life (1 John 2:15-16).

       Þ  The believer is to know that self-control is of God, a fruit of    the Holy Spirit.

d.    Add "patience": endurance, fortitude, steadfastness, constancy, perseverance. The word is not passive; it is active. It is not the spirit that just sits back and puts up with the trials of life, taking whatever may come. Rather it is the spirit that stands up and faces life's trials, that actively goes about conquering and overcoming them. When trials confront a man who is truly justified, he is stirred to arise and face the trials head on. He immediately sets out to conquer and overcome them. He knows that God is allowing the trials in order to teach him more and more patience (endurance).

e.    Add godliness is living like God and being a godly person. It is living life like it should be lived. God gave man life; therefore, God knows what life should be, and above all things life should be godly just like God. The word "godliness" actually means to live in the reverence and awe of God; to be so conscious of God's presence that one lives just as God would live if He were walking upon earth. It means to live seeking to be like God; to seek to possess the very character, nature, and behavior of God. The man of God follows and runs after godliness. He seeks to gain a consciousness of God's presence—a consciousness so intense that he actually lives as God would live if He were on earth.

Note: godliness means to be Christlike. Godliness is Christlikeness: it is living upon earth just as Christ lived.

f.      Add "brotherly kindness": the very special love that exists between brothers and sisters within a loving family, brothers and sisters who truly cherish one another. It is the kind of love...

g.    Add "love": the love of the mind, of the reason, of the will. It is the agapē love of God, the love that goes so far...

· That it loves regardless of feelings—whether a person feels like loving or not.

                                        · That it loves a person even if the person does not deserve to be loved.

                                        ·  That it actually loves the person who is utterly unworthy of being loved.

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Living a Life of Contentment pt 1

Living a Life of Contentment

Intro:  With so much going on in the world today, how can we live a life of contentment?

1.    Last week we just had tarnish trying to board a plane with a bomb headed for the United States. 

2.    The out break of tornados we have had lately.

3.    JP Morgan billions dollar lost that just happen.

4.    Gas prices are just starting to fall, after being predicted to rise this summer.

5.    A president that just openly admitted he is for same sex marriages.

6.    And then top all that the economic position the world is in.

7.    How do you stay content with so much devastation around you?

8.    When we need answers to life and any other situation as a born again believer we should turn to the word of God for the answer.

9.    Less look at two individuals that had a crisis in their life and less see how they handle it.

I.                  Less look at Paul when his money was funny.

1.      Phil 4:11  Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, [therewith] to be content.

2.      learned meaning to learn by use and practice and to increase one's knowledge, to be increased in knowledge ( experience, familiarity, awareness)

3.      content meaning independent of external circumstances, contented with one's lot, with one's means, though the slenderest

4.      What are you learning?

5.      To learn something that means someone was teaching.

6.      What is God trying to teach you, using the situation that you are in right now?

7.      Phil 4:13  I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

8.      strengtheneth - to receive strength, be strengthened, increase in strength

Angel Power Confession

Pastor Creflo Dollar

Because I am the righteousness of God, angels have been sent to minister to me. They respond to the Word of God which I speak. Therefore, I loose angels with the words of my mouth.

I say today, let the Lord be magnified who takes pleasure in my prosperity. In the name of Jesus, I command the angels to bring to me prosperity in my spirit, in my home, in my body, in my family life, and in my finances.

I declare promotion and command the angels to bring promotion into my life. I have a blood-bought covenant promise from God Almighty to multiply exceedingly. Therefore, I confess I am exceedingly fruitful and blessed, right now, in Jesus’ name! I command the angels of God to go and bring this covenant to pass in my life now! I have the power to get wealth, and release the angels to bring wealth into my life.

I declare right now that I am healthy, healed, delivered, and freed from the bondage of sin. I am the head always, and never the tail. I am above only, and never beneath. I lend, not borrow, and everything I put my hands to prospers.

I walk in the favor of God and my favor is increased even as I am speaking. I have more than enough money to pay every bill that comes in, and I declare I am totally debt-free now! I have the authority of Heaven and in the name of Jesus, I declare that whatever I bind on the Earth, is bound in Heaven, and whatever I loose on the Earth, is loosed in Heaven.

I am free from unforgiveness and I set my will to forgive anybody for anything, no matter what! I walk in the love of God toward everyone, no exceptions! I send my angels forth right now, to do God’s pleasure and bring these words to pass. Angels, go now, and minister prosperity unto me, in Jesus’ name!

Father, I thank You in advance for all You have done on my behalf. Like You, I’ve declared what will be and am committed to calling those things that be not as though they are. Right now I rejoice, and I’m exceedingly glad that you have granted to me the petitions I have requested, while I am yet speaking. My total life prosperity is settled now, and with great expectation, I will continuously speak faith-filled words, and allow my every word and thought to confirm what I believe I have received, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Scripture References:

• Psalm 103:20, 21
• Psalm 35:27
• Hebrews 1:13
• Matthew 16:19
• Psalm 5:12
• Deuteronomy 28:1-13
• 1 Peter 2:24
• 1 Corinthians 13