Rooted and Grounded in Love: The Walk of Power (6)
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The Walk of Power
The Walk of Power
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Be Transformed
Change the Nature of Something. I need my nature changed. How does that happen?
2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
How Do I Renew My Mind?
I Will Hear From the Lord Today.
I Will Grab Hold of Every Word He Speaks Today.
His Word Will Wreck and Transform My Life Today.
I Will Obey His Revelation of Love Today.
Fade in Each Line.
Now We Begin
3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.
4 For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function,
5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.
6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us prophesy in proportion to our faith;
Fade in Have then gifts. We have giftings from Heaven, assigned to us. Fade in Let us use them.
Each of Us Have at Least One of These Gifts Deposited Within Us.
Each of Us Has Been Given The Measure of Faith.
We Are Expected to Use our Gifts as We Exercise Our Faith..
The Ministry Gifts
Today we are not going to focus on what our gift may be. Today I just want us to understand we have endowments from the Kingdom given to us to......USE!
6 In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well. So if God has given you the ability to prophesy, speak out with as much faith as God has given you.
7 If your gift is serving others, serve them well. If you are a teacher, teach well.
8 If your gift is to encourage others, be encouraging. If it is giving, give generously. If God has given you leadership ability, take the responsibility seriously. And if you have a gift for showing kindness to others, do it gladly.
9 Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good.
Read plus vs 9
In Addition:
1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.
2 You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led.
3 Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit.
The Power Gifts Will Always Declare the Lordship of Jesus. (Explain)
4 Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit;
5 and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord;
6 and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone.
Fade In Each Item
Different Gifts. Same Spirit
Different Assignments. Same Lord.
Different Ways He Does Things ( Explain) In Everyone?
What Qualifies You To Be Used in The Power Gifts? Continue
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all:
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all:
TO EACH ONE
The Power Gifts
8 for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit,
9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit,
10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues.
11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.
As He Wills.
We Are Loaded.
I Have Giftings Over Here. I have Manifestations of Power over Here. I have assignments with my name on them. I have Varieties of Ways the Holy Spirit wants to do things. We are Loaded.
What does any of this have to do with LOVE?
1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.
3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing.
Highlight: Faith That Can Move Mountains! Fill in the blank: but do not have love, Fill in the blank, and highlight I am nothing.
Highlight Give all that I have to the poor. Fill in the Blank But do not have love. Highlight I gain nothing.
HEAVEN DECLARES WITHOUT LOVE
HEAVEN DECLARES WITHOUT LOVE
I AM NOTHING, I GAIN NOTHING.
I AM NOTHING, I GAIN NOTHING.
31 “You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue.
32 It shall have an opening for the head in the middle of it, with a woven binding around the opening, like the opening in a garment, so that it may not tear.
33 On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, around its hem, with bells of gold between them,
34 a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the robe.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.
When your faith isn’t working, the first place to check is your love walk.
When your faith isn’t working, the first place to check is your love walk.
Explain: Without obedience to God’s commands, there is no place to hook your faith too.
We Are Here on this earth To Touch The Lives of Others, With the Love of JESUS!
Larry:
John, Paul, and Allen Vs The Love Chapter.
The Word
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Pastor Michael: Love in Action: Love is an action word. Not a fuzzy warm feeling.
Is He Conforming to This World, Or Being Transformed Into Love?
John
The Apostle of Love
14 And he appointed twelve, so that they would be with him and so that he could send them out to preach
15 and to have authority to expel demons.
16 And he appointed the twelve. And to Simon he gave the name Peter,
17 and James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James (and he gave to them the name Boanerges, that is, “Sons of Thunder”),
Jesus gave.
Boanerges, which is Sons of thunder (Βοανηργες ὁ ἐστιν υἱοι βροντης [Boanērges ho estin huioi brontēs]). This Hebrew nickname is given only by Mark and the reason for it is not clear. It may refer to the fiery temperament revealed in Luke 9:34 when James and John wanted to call down fire on the Samaritan villages that were unfriendly to them. The word literally means sons of tumult, sons of thunder in Syriac.
Robertson, A. T. (1933). Word Pictures in the New Testament (Mk 3:17). Nashville, TN: Broadman Press.
1 a :disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices :commotion
b :a turbulent uprising :riot
2:hubbub, din
3 a :violent agitation of mind or feelings
b :a violent outburst
Vines adds to rage. This is their reputation.
James and John Ministries in Action.
When is Ministry Time?
51 Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem, 52 and sent messengers before His face. And as they went, they entered a village of the Samaritans, to prepare for Him.
53 But they did not receive Him, because His face was set for the journey to Jerusalem.
They are doing what they were told to do. They are following Jesus, but the people of Samaria were rejecting Jesus, because......(What is our mission? To Bring Jesus to a hurting world.)
54 And when His disciples James and John saw this, they said, “Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, just as Elijah did?”
54 When the disciples James and John learned of it, they said, “Master, do you want us to call a bolt of lightning down out of the sky and incinerate them?”
Donna: Don’t pray about this. I want my kids to see how bad they have treated me.
55 But He turned and rebuked them, and said, “You do not know what manner of spirit you are of. 56 For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men’s lives but to save them.” And they went to another village.
55 Jesus turned on them: “Of course not!”
Am I the only one who thinks sometimes that would be a good idea?
55 But He turned and rebuked them, and said, “You do not know what manner of spirit you are of.
Is He Conforming to This World, Or Being Transformed Into Love?
Role Play. James and John. How do you handle a world that is hostile to the Message of Jesus.?
Paul
1 Then Paul, looking earnestly at the council, said, “Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.”
2 And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.
3 Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! For you sit to judge me according to the law, and do you command me to be struck contrary to the law?”
Paul got off a pretty good comeback for someone who just got hit in the mouth.
Is He Conforming to This World, Or Being Transformed Into Love?
4 And those who stood by said, “Do you revile God’s high priest?”
5 Then Paul said, “I did not know, brethren, that he was the high priest; for it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’ ”
Opps! Role Play: How do your handle someone who is causing you harm? Physical, mental,
Allen
Slide
Slide 2
Shopping with MIL. Love is not rude. What does that do to your Christian Witness?
Allen: Softball What does it do to your Christian Witness?
Is He Conforming to This World, Or Being Transformed Into Love?
How Do We Go From Being a Son of Thunder, Rage, Tumult, Agitation and Anger,
to Being an Apostle of Love?
When Who You Are, Is Not Who You Want to Be.
Repent
And Be Who HE Is. (Love)
You don’t know what they did to me. No, I don’t Jesus does. You don’t know how I feel. No, i don’t Jesus does. It’s not fair. Neither was the cross. Do you think Jesus just woke up one day and said,
“You know what, I think I’ll go to the cross today. It just feels like the thing to do.”
It was a choice Jesus Made for us. ( How did that turn out for us?) How?
1 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls.
Disregarding the shame: Weighing it against the Big Picture.
Vs 3 How do we handle people issues?
12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.
Put on: Choosing what to wear. (Before the day even starts we go int the closet and pick out the attire for the day) I don’t wait to see what everyone else is wearing. I may show up in a vest and jeans and everyone else is in onese pajamas with the trap door in back. I may look out of place. I may feel out of place, but this is how I dress. And then.
14 But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.
Pre-Meditated Murder vs. Someone breaks into your house and you shoot them.
What is the deference?
Everyone else may be talking ugly, acting ugly and just being ugly, but you had determined to do Pre-meditated Love.
Pre-Meditated Love
Fade in
I will Walk in Love Today.
I Will Obey the Promptings of the Holy Spirit.
I Will Be a Blessing To Someone Today.
27 “But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you.
Antonia. Turned Ugly. Hurt my wife. Ugly lies about me. Did not feel like it at first. It was work, repent, work, repent. After a while, it became real.
What does real mean?
2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
You Are Being Transformed. The Way You Think is Changing. The Way You Do Things is Changing. The Path and Plan God Has for You is Opening Up.
To Become Reactive in Love,
We Must Be Pro-Active in Love.
Explain:
24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
24 And let us consider and give attentive, continuous care to watching over one another, studying how we may stir up (stimulate and incite) to love and helpful deeds and noble activities,
24 Let’s see how inventive we can be in encouraging love and helping out,
Think about, dwell on, study, plan. Son in Law. (Watches) Coffee at work. (Dallas ( Coffee from Guatemala)
Ava- Candy and a letter. These might not be life changing events, but they might be. A simple phone call, a smile a conversation with someone you don’t even know.
Jesus THE Word
3 He left Judea and departed again to Galilee. 4 But He needed to go through Samaria. 5 So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Now Jacob’s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
(needed) Compelled, driven. There were shorter, more direct routes, but the Holy Ghost says, today Jesus, we need to go this way. Vs 5
7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
Simple conversation.
13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.”
15 The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw.”
Dance, dance, dance, jump , jump, jump.
16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.” 17 The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You have well said, ‘I have no husband,’
Why did he have to go there. This woman has a past. She has an area in her life that she would probably like to keep secret.
18 for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly.”
Explain the situation. 5 times divorced, living with a man. (What is her reputation?) What do people say when she walks down the street?
Why did he have to go there? Because Love took Him there.
25 The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming” (who is called Christ). “When He comes, He will tell us all things.” 26 Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am He.”
28 The woman then left her waterpot, went her way into the city, and said to the men, 29 “Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?” 30 Then they went out of the city and came to Him.
39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all that I ever did.” 40 So when the Samaritans had come to Him, they urged Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days. 41 And many more believed because of His own word.
42 Then they said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.”
Jesus act of Love, restored the woman’s reputation. She was now the woman who brought Jesus into their lives.