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Team Tuesday - December 20, 2016

12/20/2016

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CONFLICT – The Spiritual War
All inhabitants of earth deal with this, knowingly or unknowingly — directly or indirectly. Why? Because of Adam and Eve’s transgression in the Garden of Eden when they gave over their dominion of earth to the enemy of God. (Genesis 3:1-6)

All of humanity deals with the result, it’s called “the curse” — the transfer of dominion to an outlaw!
 
All are — Affected
Some are — Infected
Overcomers — Reject it

 
THE GIFT
Over thousands of years the prophets of the Old Testament prophesied of the coming of the Savior–the Messiah, the Seed of Abraham. The Deliverer would redeem man from the curse and restore The Blessing. (Deuteronomy 28:1-14)

The Savior has come!
 
God gives man the choice to hear the Gospel, repent, and accept His only plan for salvation: Jesus Christ. This Blessing of Restoration would come upon and into Believers as God wrote His Law into their hearts. (Hebrews 8:6-13)
 
“Okay, how come I’m not experiencing this blessing?”
 
To keep this explanation simple, the curse has not yet been removed from the earth.
That’s the reason why bad things happen to good people.
 
God has redeemed man from the curse only as man chooses God’s redemption plan. Those who are born again have been given an inheritance as heirs of God and joint heirs with Jesus Christ. (Romans 8:17)
 
This includes restoration of God’s original plan for man after the fall:
The Blessing… dominion over the curse (destruction) through the power of the Holy Spirit and the Anointed Word of God that is written in your Bible. (Genesis 1:26-28) But any promise which is written has to be spoken ... acted upon through faith.
 
The Blessing has dominion over the curse. (Galatians 3:14)
 
When the written Word is preached through a faith-filled Believer, that Word becomes infused with life. (John 6:63) When the hearer receives it in their heart, faith is resident to destroy yokes and bondages but faith requires corresponding action. (James 2:26)
 
Taking Your Dominion Rights
The thief comes to steal the Word from God’s child to remove their dominion, their armor to fight. Their God-given right to dominate is weakened.

Here’s what we know:
We are in a war.
We are to fight, use our dominion by using God’s armor and His weapons, both privately for ourselves and family, and corporately, as The Church has a mandate to establish God’s will on earth as it is done in Heaven. (Matthew 6:10) We can see a picture of this assignment when Joshua led the Israelites into the Promised Land of Canaan to take the land for His people. (Joshua 1:6)
 
TAKING THE LAND
PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM

“For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.” (Romans 5:17)
Can you see we can do nothing without Him? We reign through Him!
 
DISCIPLESHIP
We cannot accomplish our assignment on earth through fleshly, carnal ways.
 
  • Baby Christians
  • Lazy Christians
  • Scripturally Illiterate Christians
  • Disobedient Christians
 
Those who are born again are still in the world but not of the world. (John 17:16)
Those who only read their Bible at church on Sunday, and play around with the world and its ways of thinking and living all week, open themselves up to be a target. These same Christians, year after year, live lives of defeat, always depending on other Believers to meet their needs.

Why? Little Word ... little faith.
 
It’s one thing to feed a baby their food and change their diapers as they are growing up, but a 40 year-old soldier still wearing a diaper is not pleasing to the LORD!
 
“You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier.” (2 Timothy 2:3-4)
 
PAYING THE PRICE
There’s a price to pay for being a disciple of Jesus Christ.
It’s called — doing God’s will above what you want to do.
It’s called — hear and obey.
It’s called —  moving from only hearing teachings about sin and having faith in God (Hebrews 6:1) to maturity … to actually doing the greater works that Jesus wants The Glorious Church to move into now.
 
It’s time for the baby pacifier to be removed from The Church and for The Church to eat the meat of the Word and be “skilled in the word of righteousness!” Read Hebrews 5:12 – 6:3.

Whoever heard of soldiers at boot camp being fed baby food, day after day?
 
No, dear Saints, it’s up to us to make time to sit with our Father, open the Word of Life, and study for ourselves instead of depending on our Pastors to do all the studying for us. If we all study every day, when we assemble together it will make it easier on our Pastors to teach what the Holy Spirit is saying to The Church. Personal study opens our ears to hear the Word? Why? We’re fertile ground!
 
YOUR EXPECTATION IS GOD’S INVITATION
Do you know that your Pastor can only go as far as his Church receives?

You can help your Pastor by being attentive to what he is teaching and by pulling in the spirit. That means, on occasion, you’re saying on the inside, “Lord, I receive that,” or “Yes, LORD.” Your Pastor can feel when a congregation is in agreement or when they are resisting a teaching. 
 
PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM

YES ... ENGAGEMENT IS NECESSARY!
The LORD has given us specific instructions in how to overcome. THE BALL IS IN OUR COURT!

1.   “And He said to them, ‘I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” (Luke 10:18-19)
 
(Just think of Joshua leading the army to take Jericho; think of young David striking the head of the nation’s enemy and then cutting off his head; think of Gideon asking, “Where are all the miracles our fathers told us about?” and then how he led his army of 300 to a valiant victory! When these men pursued to do the will of God, God empowered them to defeat their enemy, without any harm to them!)
 
2.   “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 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…” (2 Corinthians 10:3-5) Any thoughts contrary to the Word of God ... SLAP THEM DOWN!
 
3.   “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
 
4.   “Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth,
having put on the breastplate of righteousness,
and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
above all, taking the shield of faith
with which you will be able
to quench all the fiery darts
of the wicked one.
And take the helmet of salvation,
and the sword of the Spirit,
which is the word of God;
praying always with all prayer
and supplication in the Spirit,
being watchful to this end
with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints--
and for me, that utterance may be given to me,
that I may open my mouth boldly
to make known the mystery of the gospel …” (Ephesians 6:10-19)
 
DO YOU NOT KNOW WHO YOU ARE?
 
DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT IF YOU DON’T EAT OF THE BREAD OF HEAVEN YOU WILL NOT HAVE GOD’S ARMOR?
 
DO YOU NOT KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO YOU?
 
DO YOU NOT KNOW ALL THAT JESUS CHRIST DIED TO GIVE YOU?

 
“Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree’), that the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.” (Galatians 3:13-14)
 
Although mankind is redeemed from the curse, if he doesn’t know it or if he refuses to believe it and be saved, he is living outside of God’s will, without eternal life.
 
This is why the gospel of the Kingdom must be preached in all nations.
(Matthew 24:14)

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All of God’s armor is a spiritual force that is made manifest by having the Word deposited in your spirit man.
 
  • Since faith is an act, the shield of faith needs the (spoken) sword of the Spirit to be effective.
  • The helmet works when you take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.
  • The breastplate of righteousness guards your spirit, the new-creation man, when you know and declare often who you are in Christ.
  • This is girding your loins with truth to make you stand firm,
  • while walking to spread the gospel of the Kingdom.
 
PASSING THE BATON
Every Christian is important to the Body of Christ because we are members of one another. When you are strong in the LORD you affect other members. The opposite is also true.

Every generation of Believers has been important to keep the gospel and The Church moving forward, but The Church of the end days is made up of a generation of Believers who will do the greater works and meet Jesus in the air when He returns.( 1 Thessalonians 4:17)

God has saved the best for last!
 
CLOSING COMMENTS
So, how important is His call in your life?
First place?
Fifth place?
Last place?
Do you realize that each of us will stand before the LORD and give an account of what we did for His Kingdom?
 
Which do you want to hear?

 
“ … Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.” (Matthew 25:21)
 or
“You wicked and lazy servant … cast the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” (Matthew 25:26 & 30)
 
We have no excuse for not fulfilling our call. Selah
 
“Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of Man is coming.” (Matthew 25:13)
 
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Pray without ceasing for:
The Glorious Church
The Lost
Elected Leaders in our states and in our nation.

 
 
 

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Team Tuesday - December 6, 2016

12/5/2016

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“How can I walk in the Spirit? How can little me do the greater works?”

 
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE WALK OF FAITH
Jesus spoke of His faith in God often. “It’s the Father in Me, He does the works.”
He was totally surrendered to do the will of His Father.
(John 6:38)
 
And, He knew His identity as the Son of God.
 
Yet even Jesus had to deal with His flesh, His own will, when He was facing the awful and dreadful time of His crucifixion. (Mark 14:35-36, Hebrews 5:7-9) Our Savior knows about all of our weaknesses and is always ready to give “grace and mercy to help in time of need.”
 
The disobedient are ignorant of the born again life available in Jesus Christ. That is why we pray for them continually.
 
Separation from the world is needed so that we can minister to the world with the power of the gospel. Your heart, the New Creation Man, has its identity rooted in another system. This is in sharp contrast to what the world is progressing toward. Jesus always sought the Kingdom by looking inward…inward! Supernatural breakthroughs necessary for healing and deliverance come from a more powerful realm where “nothing is impossible” and where all provision for life is resident…in the Spirit.
 
Jesus was highly developed in His faith in God.
Even at the age of twelve, He was found studying in the Temple being “about His Father’s business.”

He lived His life by walking in the Spirit. How?

He never did anything without first seeing His Father’s will. He never said anything He didn’t hear from His Father first. (John 5:19, 7:16, 8:26, 12:49, 14:10)
 
FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD — THE HOLY SPIRIT
FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD — THE WORD

God knows your heart; after all, He lives in you!
 
God knows when you are seeking Him first, and He knows when other things are beginning to enter in and distract your heart. He is Jealous for your attention and knows how the enemy uses distractions to steal the word out of your heart so you will become powerless. Distract, deceive, and displace to possess. It’s what happened to Adam and Eve in the garden.
 
That same enemy is still around but should not have any rulership over God’s child unless the love for God is growing cold. The Apostle James spoke sternly to Believers who were going in the wrong direction.
 
“Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, ‘The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealously’?
 
“But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: ‘God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.’ Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.” (James 4:4-8)
 
HUMILITY IS REQUIRED
“I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.” (John 5:30)
 
This is the answer to the two questions at the top of our lesson.
 
Jesus gave us the example to follow. Continual fellowship and total dependence on the Father is how we walk in the Holy Spirit and how we will do the greater works.
 
We were appointed and anointed to serve God on earth during this sliver of time.
 
It is a perilous and chaotic time because the world system does not want to depend upon God and Jesus Christ for anything. The world cannot solve all their problems. They need the wisdom of God, the Holy Scriptures, and the power of the Holy Spirit!
 
They need The Glorious Church … the Kingdom, the wisdom, and the resources of God!
 
Earth: 2016 and 2017 — THE INVERTED TRIANGLE
“You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 
 
“All these are the beginning of birth pains.”
(Matthew 24:6-8 NIV)
 
When a child is getting ready to be born, it is being sent downward from a large and comfortable place, into the birth canal where it is being pressed into and through a narrow place. Pressure is providing movement. Neither mother nor child is controlling this. Time is in control but ultimately it is God the Creator, Who has a purpose.
 
I see this event like an inverted triangle. The closer the child gets to its grand entrance into a new world of existence, the tighter and more pressed the situation becomes.
 
What is life going to be like for The Glorious Church as we get closer to our meeting Jesus in the air? (1 Thessalonians 4:15-18)
 
The gospels and the epistles reveal that earth is in for more turbulent times. Fear and worries should not be allowed to consume Believers. Just as there was light in Goshen for the children of Israel who were getting ready to depart their homes in Egypt to go into the Promised Land, we have nothing to fear or worry about. NOTHING!
 
Why?
 
God is with us and it is He who determines times and seasons on earth. (Acts 17:26) Times will be good for The Church but distress upon the nations. Old and New Testament scriptures revealed the future long before we were born.
 
We were called to live in these last days by our Father. His purpose for the last generation is spectacular! Let’s remember who we are, where we are from, and Who we belong to.
 
“So teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” (Psalm 89:12)
 
Our job is to occupy by prayer and by “boots on the ground,” spreading the gospel of the Kingdom and making disciples. We are citizens and Ambassadors of the Kingdom of God and our Commander in Chief is LORD of the armies of Heaven!  
 
THE HARVEST
During this End Days Harvest all the seeds (prayers and preaching) that have been planted for the gospel in the last two thousand years will mature. They will need to be harvested. For a farmer, harvest time is a lot of work.
 
But when all of God’s Spirit-filled Believers seek to fulfill their individual assignments every day, the work will be easier and less stressful on the whole Body.
 
Turbulent Times?
Remember we are in a war, but our enemies are not flesh and blood.
Are you being distracted and pulled away from spending time in the Word?
Remember, the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God.
Be strong in the LORD and in the power of His might. Keep God’s armor on.
 
Do you remember how Nehemiah and the Jews built the wall around Jerusalem in just 52 days?
 
“Those who built on the wall, and those who carried burdens, loaded themselves so that with one hand they worked at construction, and with the other held a weapon.” (Nehemiah 4:17)
 
Be watchful and pray for those Believers who you fellowship with. (Ephesians 6:18)
 
“And this is His commandment:
that we should believe
on the name
of His Son Jesus Christ
and love one another,
as He gave us commandment.” (1 John 3:23)
 
Suggested Assignment
Doug Jones was the guest teacher at Keith Moore’s church in Branson recently and gave an excellent lesson on how to hear and be led by the Holy Spirit. How important is that?
http://www.flcmedia.org/FLCBranson/MP4/2016/HD/161118Video.mp4
 
“Watch therefore,
for you know
neither the day
nor the hour

in which the Son of Man is coming.” (Matthew 25:13)
 
PRAYER WITH PURPOSE: Praying for our nation and our states. Please visit Current Events often for updates.
 
The Glorious Church
The Lost
Elected Leaders

 
 


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