01-07-2018
Matthew 13:44-46 New King James Version (NKJV)
The Parable of the Hidden Treasure
44 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a
field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all
that he has and buys that field.
The Parable of the Pearl of Great Price
45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking
beautiful pearls, 46 who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and
sold all that he had and bought it.
Maybe you weren't looking for Christ because the Lord found you.
But something very valuable was discovered.
The evidence of a changed life is action.
1) The Physical poverty (1st service)
2) The Gospel or Spiritual poverty (2nd service)
Keep the gospel central in your life.
Do not commit the sin of silence.
Let us not turn the great commission into the great omission.
Matthew 5:14 New King James Version (NKJV)
14 “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill
cannot be hidden.
Don't be an undercover Christian.
Let us live our faith out publicly for Jesus.
The surpassing power belongs to God.
We shy away from sharing our faith.
It is always about me, me and me.
It is not about you.
It is about the surpassing power of God in us.
2 Corinthians 4:7 New International Version (NIV)
7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this
all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.
1 Corinthians 2:4 New King James Version (NKJV)
4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of
human[a] wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
Romans 1:16 New King James Version (NKJV)
The Just Live by Faith
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel [a]of Christ, for it is the
power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also
for the Greek.
Power is dunamis or dynamite.
It is powerful and it will change your life forever.
"If I believe in Jesus, I have eternal life."
"If I believe in Jesus, my sicknesses will be healed."
Genesis 1:1-3 New King James Version (NKJV)
The History of Creation
1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The
earth was without form, and void; and darkness [a]was on the face of the deep.
And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.
The Holy Spirit is waiting for the Word to be released so that He would execute the Word.
Ezekiel 37:4-7 New King James Version (NKJV)
4 Again He said to me, “Prophesy to these bones, and say to them,
‘O dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! 5 Thus says the Lord God to these
bones: “Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live. 6 I
will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put
breath in you; and you shall live. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.” ’ ”
7 So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to bone.
In Acts 2, Jesus went up; the Holy Spirit came out; the disciples went out.
Absolutely nothing will happen until you release the gospel.
In the Great Commission, there is the prayer leg and the preaching leg.
We can pray all we want but absolutely nothing will happen until we preach.
The gospel is so precious and important but often times we still don't do it.
Why?
Because we have never truly found the treasure in that field.
If your cup is empty you cannot satisfy somebody else's thirst.
The gospel is available to us and it will change our life.
Ephesians 2:8-9 New King James Version (NKJV)
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of
yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.
And because we also fear. "What if the person rejects me?" "What if I lose the friendship?"
The answer is in 1 John 4:18.
1 John 4:18 New King James Version (NKJV)
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear,
because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in
love.
Do you know the value of one soul in the eyes of God?
Mark 8:36-37 New King James Version (NKJV)
36 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and
loses his own soul? 37 Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
A soul is a soul that is precious in the eye of God.
We also do not share our faith because we simply do not know how to.
Romans 8:11 New King James Version (NKJV)
11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells
in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal
bodies [a]through His Spirit who dwells in you.
The same power that raised Jesus from the dead is in you. It is waiting to be activated by the word/for the word to be released.
It is a myth that sharing the gospel is scary.
Stop the excuses.
We do not share the gospel because of a lack of passion.
We are supposed to shine in a dark world.
Be connected to the power source.
The Holy Spirit is in you.
Courage is looking at fear in the face and say "I will do it anyway!"
"Attempt something so impossible that unless God is in it, it's doomed to failure." - John Haggai
Luke 19:1-10 New King James Version (NKJV)
Jesus Comes to Zacchaeus’ House
19 Then Jesus entered
and passed through Jericho. 2 Now behold, there
was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. 3 And
he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he
was of short stature. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed up into a
sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way. 5 And
when Jesus came to the place, He looked up [a]and
saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, [b]make
haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.” 6 So
he [c]made
haste and came down, and received Him joyfully. 7 But when
they saw it, they all [d]complained,
saying, “He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.”
8 Then
Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to
thepoor; and if I have taken anything from anyone byfalse accusation, I
restore fourfold.”
9 And Jesus
said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he also
is a son of Abraham;10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and
to save that which was lost.”
Be ready
and be willing to put on the shoes of the gospel of peace.
"Here
I am, Lord. Send me."
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