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by Eddie Lawrence
Alternate Title: YOU ARE ADOPTED!
Galatians 4:3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements
of the world. 4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born
of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we
might receive the adoption as sons.
ROMAN LAW CONCERNING ADOPTION
Source-- Backgrounds of Early Christianity, by Ferguson, page 51.
8. THE FAITH THAT REALIZES THE POWER OF A LITTLE CRUMB FROM A GIANT
GOD
The Syrophoenician woman (Matthew 15:22-28; Mark 7:25-30)
life? How many of you want to accomplish great things for the glory
William Carey "The world is yet to see what God can do with a man
"Attempt great things for God and expect great things from God."
corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be
Illus--A lady called me and was very upset that her husband wanted
to spend all his time with his sick parents. This was unusual for
him. She was very frustrated. I shared with her that her prayers
were being answered. She had been praying for months that he would
not be so selfish and that he would begin to think about others. I
informed her that this was the activity of the Holy Spirit. It was
a ripe opportunity for her to support him and come along side him.
God could bring them closer together if she would support him. She
was seeing it as him being taken away from her when actually he was
God is working all around you--look for the evidence and when you
We need to see what God is doing in the earth and join him.
2. WE NEED TO HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD
Illus--A "good" salesman can make you think you have to have what
Therefore do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.
Proverbs 26: 28 A lying tongue hates those who are crushed by it,
In the Garden of Eden Satan caused Adam and Eve to doubt what they
voice of God. It is written, man shall not live by bread alone but
*Friends voices--well meaning friends who meant no harm but who were
not hearing from God.
children"
"God is great, God is good. Let us thank Him for our food. By His
hand we must be fed. Thank you Lord for daily bread. Amen!"
I just came back from India which is half way around the earth from
here. It took me a total of about 30 hours on train, plane, car.
Light can travel around the earth over 7 times in one second.
*Sun--93 million miles from the earth. By jet over 21 years with no
away. There are a few stars you can see with the naked eye that are
4000 light years away. That means that the light they released when
Moses crossed the Red Sea is just now reaching the earth and has
been traveling at 670 million miles per hour for 4000 years.
Is. 40:12 HE can measure the universe with the span of His hand.
Each one with specific tasks. They grow, multiply, and eventually
die right on schedule.
the nucleus of the atom at the speed of light. These are the core
building blocks that hold all thing s together. Where does it gets
it energy? Heb. 1:3 Upholds all things by the word of his power.
Col. 1: 17 In Him all things are held together.
Read
Psalm 139
sand;
When I awake, I am still with You.
house or sleeping in the same bed doesn't mean you get to know each
we become alive unto God and that is the place where we get to know
Him.
Eph. 3:20-21
SERMON IDEA --Posturing Yourself to
Experience Spiritual Growth
by Eddie Lawrence
Matthew 6:5-15
Kingdom Truths Seen in the passage and context of the Lord's Prayer
Jer. 33: 3'Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great
and mighty things, which you do not know.'
Some people say, "I do not know how to pray." If you can talk you
can pray.
Just complain in reverse and that will be praise.
Grumble backwards and that will be thanksgiving.
Feel free to drop the King James English. It does not speed the
answer up at all.
The amount of words you use does not determine the amount of
response you will get.
3.Recognize God as your Heavenly Father
9.Demonstrate forgiveness
Do it quickly. Keep a short account with man.
11.Know He's the boss and He gets the credit for what is done.
Illus--Imagine the donkey that Jesus rode on cocking his ears and
saying, "Look at what all these people are doing for me."
We describe the activity of the Holy Spirit in the beleivers life in a variety of ways:
I recently read about an experiment that involved four monkeys and a bunch of
bananas.
Four monkeys were placed in a room that had a tall pole in the right in the middle of the
room. At the top of that pole was a bunch of bananas. The monkeys began scrambling
up the pole each trying to get to the bananas. When one got close to snatching the
bananas cold water was doused on him from the people doing the experiment.
Eventually each monkey quit trying to get the bananas. Then one of the monkeys was
replaced by a new monkey Know what happened, the other monkeys grabbed the new
monkey refused to allow him to climb up the pole. One by one all of the old monkeys
were replaced and only monkeys who had not been doused remained. Still none of
them would attempt to climb the pole. The concluding state of the experiment as I read
it:
NONE OF THEM WOULD CLIMB THE POLE AND NONE OF THEM KNEW WHY!
2 Tim 1:6 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you
through the laying on of my hands. 7 For God has not given us a spirit of
fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
Interesting Paul had already told Timothy he saw a bold faith in his grandmother and his
mother and was convinced it was in him. You see the previous generation (old
monkeys) can pass on either positive or negative attributes to us. Sometimes we do
things and don’t know why? It has been passed on to us. Sometimes those things are
negative and we find there is hindrances (cold water experiences) that keep us at the
bottom of the pole.
Instead of arguing over whether or not you have been filled with the Holy Spirit, ask are
you full of the Holy Spirit? How can we know. Paul told Timothy there were three
powerful effects in the life of person who was full of the Spirit he was given. LOVE,
POWER, and A SOUND MIND. One of the big hindrances is the work of FEAR. This is
what turned a brave bunch of monkeys who love bananas, had the power to climb the
pole and the sense to know they wanted bananas into cowards who lived at the bottom
of the pole.
These verses tell us that in order to get freed up, something has to happen:
Maybe you need to recieve a fresh baptism of the love of God. Knowing you are loved
will free you to love.
Maybe you need a fresh baptism of power in order to get back into the game of life.
Maybe you need a fresh baptism of wisdom in order to see what the hindrances are and
to deal with them rightly with courage and authority.
Oh, by the way, a major question is:
WHAT ARE THE BANANAS? Revival? The Holy Spirit? Healings? Miracles?
NO–Jesus (He is the bread of life that came down from heaven)
The Holy Spirit and all His fruit and gifts is what God gives us to keep climbing the pole
through the flood of the enemy, and to know the strategy we need to overcome it.