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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Pt.9 Receiving What is done.

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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Pt.9 Receiving What is done. 

Sunday, September 27, 2020

Ephesians 2:1-10 “And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 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. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”

As believers we must learn  to understand, believe, and respond to God’s grace correctly. A key component of responding correctly is understanding that if Jesus has already done something, there is no need for us to try to do it ourselves. We have to realize that the entire gospel rest upon this truth; Jesus did what He did because no one else could do what needed to be done! As believers we must come to a place where we believe completely in what He has done so that we can receive the fruit of what He did. IT IS ALL ABOUT JESUS! HIS LIFE, HIS DEATH, HIS RESURRECTION, HIS VICTORY!

Today I want to lay out some practical things we can do to receive or manifest what He has already done. I don’t want to call them steps, but principals. “Steps” make it sound like there’s a formula and if you work the formula you will get the result and we have a tendency to prefer formulas over understanding. I don’t have to understand why or how, I just follow the formula and get the result. 2+2=4 every time! 5x5=25 every time! 

The problem is when the formula doesn’t work. The more complex the problem the more opportunity there is to miss a step or have something unforeseen cause the formula to not work. But when I understand the how and why I can work the problem and when something comes up I have a foundational understanding that will allow me to overcome the obstacle or hindrance. God said my people perish for lack of knowledge, not a lack of formula’s! “What you don’t know can’t hurt you” is a lie. The truth is what you don’t know can kill, steal, and destroy you!

I believe that he loves me!

  • The foundation upon which everything else is built the the absolute truth that GOD LOVES ME! 
  • Our perception of God will either limit or increase our capacity to receive from God.
  • Love is the motivational factor for everything God has done. 
  • Romans 5:8 TPT 8 But Christ proved God’s passionate love for us by dying in our place while we were still lost and ungodly!
  • John 3:16 TPT 16 For this is how much God loved the world—he gave his one and only, unique Son as a gift. So now everyone who believes in him will never perish but experience everlasting life.
  • 1 John 4:9-11 The light of God’s love shined within us[a] when he sent his matchless Son into the world so that we might live through him. 10 This is love: He loved us long before we loved him. It was his love, not ours. He proved it by sending his Son to be the pleasing sacrificial offering to take away our sins.
  • Romans 8:37-39 TPT 37 Yet even in the midst of all these things, we triumph over them all, for God has made us to be more than conquerors,[a] and his demonstrated love is our glorious victory over everything! 38 So now I live with the confidence that there is nothing in the universe with the power to separate us from God’s love. I’m convinced that his love will triumph over death, life’s troubles, fallen angels, or dark rulers in the heavens. There is nothing in our present or future circumstances that can weaken his love. 39 There is no power above us or beneath us—no power that could ever be found in the universe that can distance us from God’s passionate love, which is lavished upon us through our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One!
  • Jeremiah 31:3… “Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.”
  • When I am rooted and grounded in the absolute truth that God loves me, it positions me to see that His will if for me to be healed! 
  • Pauls prayer; Eph 2:14-17 14 So I kneel humbly in awe before the Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, 15 the perfect Father of every father and child in heaven and on the earth. 16 And I pray that he would unveil within you the unlimited riches of his glory and favor until supernatural strength floods your innermost being with his divine might and explosive power. 17 Then, by constantly using your faith, the life of Christ will be released deep inside you, and the resting place of his love will become the very source and root of your life.

    • I believe that his grace has been extended toward me! 

    • Grace is the action that is a result of the Love. 
    • The Love and Grace of God must be the foundation upon which our belief system is built.
    • Grace has appeared to all men, but not all men have appealed to grace! ALL MEN! EVEN ME!
    • Grace is the atmosphere created by love that makes faith the only reasonable response.
    • Healing is a product of GRACE! 

      • I believe in the finished work of Jesus.

      • I believe that healing (spirit, soul, and body) is part of that finished work and therefore is already done! 
      • Our trust in the finished works of Jesus allows us to take possession of what He has made available. Our healing—both physically and emotionally—is already done.
      • My faith must be in what He has accomplished and not in my own ability. 
      • A simple definition of Faith is a positive response to what God has already provided by grace. In other words, faith is your positive response to God’s grace. Faith appropriates what God has already provided for you.
      • I’m not trying to get God to heal me, I’m renewing my mind with the truth that He has already healed me! 
      • Faith moves what God has done and made available into my situation!
      • 1 Peter 2:24  “who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed.”
      • TPT 24 “He himself carried our sins[a] in his body on the cross so that we would be dead to sin and live for righteousness. Our instant healing flowed from his wounding.”

        • Rest in the finished work of healing.   

          • Hebrews 4:1-3 TPT Now God has offered to us the same promise of entering into his realm of resting in confident faith. So we must be extremely careful to ensure that we all embrace the fullness of that promise and not fail to experience it. 2 For we have heard the good news of deliverance just as they did, yet they didn’t join their faith with the Word. Instead, what they heard didn’t affect them deeply, for they doubted. 3 For those of us who believe, faith activates the promise and we experience the realm of confident rest! For he has said, “I was grieved with them and made a solemn oath, ‘They will never enter into the calming rest of my Spirit.’ ” God’s works have all been completed from the foundation of the world…
          • Rest authenticates faith! 
          • We are not working to be healed, we are working to stay at rest! 
          • Hebrews 4:11 TPT “So then we must give our all and be eager to experience this faith-rest life, so that no one falls short by following the same pattern of doubt and unbelief.”
          • We do this by speaking in agreement with what we are resting in. His word and His finished work. 

            • Master your emotions!

              • 2 Corinthians 10:4 For the weapons of our warfare are not [a]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, 6 and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.
              • This is spiritual warfare! You must engage in order to receive. God’s will doesn’t just happen. 
              • Regardless of what you see or hear in the natural, you must hold onto the healing Jesus has obtained. 
              • Resist fear!
              • 2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
              • TPT  For God will never give you the spirit of fear, but the Holy Spirit who gives you mighty power, love, and self-control.
              • We tend to focus on what he hasn’t given us in this verse instead of what He has! 
              • Perfect love cast out fear! 
              • Fear tolerated is faith contaminated! 
              • We do this by engaging in praise, worship and declaring the word! (Go back to first 3 praises and how they are worded.)
              • Nothing confuses the enemy more than a believer who praises in the midst of attacks! 

                • LOVE IS THE MOTIVATION, GRACE IS THE ACTION, FAITH IS THE RESPONSE, AND HEALING IS THE RESULT!

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