VictoryGP

Jn 11:25-26

 

Where is Jesus?

Jesus came from Heaven

Jn 1:1-2

Jn 8:58

Jesus lived upon the earth

Jn 16:28

Jn 3:17

Jn 18:36-37

 

Jesus returned to Heaven

JN 14:2

Mk 16:19

Acts 7:56

 

What happens when we die?

     

              2 Cor 5:7-8

              Luke 23:43

              Phil 1:21-23

              1 Cor 15:17-19

 

How should my eternal reality change my earthly life?

 

              “Think globally, act locally” Patrick Geddes 1915

 

         If we don’t keep an eye on eternity – we end up making temporal decisions that bear eternal consequences

 

          1 Cor 15:56-57

         2 Cor 4:16-18

         Rom 6:6-8

 

        He died for me – I will live for Him!

Who Is Jesus | Full Message (Part 2)

Jesus claimed in, no uncertain terms, that He was the Son of the Living God. He even made it clear that He thought Himself to BE GOD incarnate when He responded to His accusers saying, "before Abraham was, I AM." We can respond to the question, "who is Jesus," in several different ways. Jesus declared who He is and was and will always do we believe and accept that claim? Our response to Jesus and our response to who He is determines how we will live our lives, and determines what will happen with us when we die.

Scripture references:

Zech 9:9-10

Luke 19:41​-44 2

Cor 6:2

Heb 3:15​

Worldview 1) How did we get here? 2) Why is everything so messed up? 3) How can we fix it?

Who is Jesus? Theologically

Jn 1:1,2, 10-14

Jn 3:14​-17

Contempt

Luke23: 8-11

Sorrowful

Luke 18:18​-23

Blessed

Mt 16:13​-17

Transformed

Acts 9:1-6

Who is Jesus? Part 1

Ps 20:7 NKJV (TPT) Some find their strength in their weapons and wisdom, but my miracle-deliverance can never be won by men. Our boast is in Yahweh our God, who makes us strong and gives us victory! Our enemies will not prevail; they will only collapse and perish in defeat while we will rise up, full of courage. Give victory to our king, O Yahweh! The day we call on you, give us your answer!

Assign Accurately (Who is Jesus?)

-Eph 6:12​ For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of [a]the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

-Jn 10:10​ The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

"The presence of struggle does not indicate the absence of God"

1 Sam 30:1-31

Live the Testimony (Who is Jesus?)

Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.

Ps 103: 1-5

Your destiny in God is unique, it is not worthy to be compared to the calling and ministry of others. Marc Brisebois exhorts us to fixate ourselves on the unique calling and purpose of God on our lives, and not to "compare ourselves amongst ourselves." God's purpose and destiny for you is unique to you and it's not comparable to anyone or anything else. We can often look at the fruitfulness of another person's unique destiny or ministry, and it seems unfair to us when we calculate and compare what we think the cost of their ministry must be compared to what the cost of our individual, God given destiny, calling and ministry is.

For some of us we may not have even stepped into that unique destiny in God yet, but we are being groomed for it daily, and the cost of what God is asking us to lay down as we journey toward our unique destiny in God is not worthy to be compared to the glory of the finished product. Just like paul says, "the sufferings of the present time are not worthy to be compared to the glory that will be revealed in us." God's unique destiny for you is so custom tailored an individual/ special, and the process it will require to get you there is just as unique. Your personal cost in following Jesus to your unique God given destiny is not worthy to be compared to the glory of His unique and exquisite expression in you. Peter struggled with this when Jesus told Him that at the end of His unique destiny in God in THIS life, he would be lead where he did not want to go (alluding to his persecution for Jesus' sake). He wanted to know what John's unique destiny in God would conclude with, but Jesus asked Peter, "what is it to you if He lives until I return? You follow Me." So we cannot compare either the cost of our journey toward God's unique calling and destiny on our lives, nor can we compare the glory of that destiny to those costs.

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Grow Your Faith Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Faith doesn't necessarily come by "having heard," but by hearing. Its time to grow your faith. In this tumultuous and emotional season, it is vital for us to be anchored to God through faith, and our faith is the thing that Satan hates most and wants to destroy. The enemy knows "the just (justified) will live by faith," and that "Without faith, it is impossible to please God." Protect the faith that God has sown into your heart through His word, and allow more of His word to enter into your heart daily.

The Honour Key is a message from Pastor Charlotte Quist the explores how our honour or dishonour toward people will either open up or shut out what God has for us.

Honour Acknowledges

Jn 8:53​-55 "You are not greater than our father Abraham, who died, are You? The prophets died too. Whom do You make Yourself out to be?” Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing; it is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God’; and you have not come to know Him, but I know Him. And if I say that I do not know Him, I will be a liar like you; but I do know Him, and I follow His word.

Mk 9:7 "Then a cloud formed, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud: “This is My beloved Son; listen to Him!”

Mk 6:4-5 "Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not dishonored except in his hometown and among his own relatives, and in his own household.” And He could not do any miracle there except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.

Mt 10:41​ "Hearing this, the other ten began to feel indignant with James and John."

Quotes: “Many times God will give you what you need in a package you don’t want”

John Bevere

“Dishonour shuts down what God has put in people – FOR YOU”

Jentezen Franklin

"Honour is a seed that births favour”

Joshua Selman

Honour Unlocks

2 Kings 5:1-15

"Now Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in the view of his master, and eminent, because by him the Lord had given victory to Aram. The man was also a valiant warrior, but afflicted with leprosy. Now the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken captive a little girl from the land of Israel; and she waited on Naaman’s wife. And she said to her mistress, “If only my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his leprosy.” And Naaman went in and told his master, saying, “The girl who is from the land of Israel spoke such and such.” Then the king of Aram said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.” So he departed and took with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothes. And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, which said, “And now as this letter comes to you, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to you, so that you may cure him of his leprosy.” But when the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and to keep alive, that this man is sending word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? But consider now, and see how he is seeking a quarrel against me.” Now it happened, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent word to the king, saying, “Why did you tear your clothes? Just have him come to me, and he shall learn that there is a prophet in Israel.” So Naaman came with his horses and his chariots, and stood at the doorway of Elisha’s house. And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh will be restored to you and you will be clean.” But Naaman was furious and went away, and he said, “Behold, I thought, ‘He will certainly come out to me, and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the site and cure the leprosy.’ Are Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, not better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So he turned and went away in a rage.Then his servants approached and spoke to him, saying, “My father, had the prophet told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?” So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, in accordance with the word of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. Then he returned to the man of God with all his company, and came and stood before him. And he said, “Behold now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, exc

Where Do You Stand? | How to decide what is worth fighting for as a believer

It is easy to stand on the sidelines and accuse people of "doing it wrong," but much harder to decide where YOU yourself would stand in any given conflict. As believers, how do we decide what is worth fighting for? Where do we draw the line in this present circumstance and with the restrictions in place because of the Covid-19 Pandemic? Pastor Charlotte draws on the examples in the bible where the there are displays of faithful people who honored God above all while seeking to continue honor everyone around them. We need to know where we stand before we enter the conflict, and we need to decide what is worth fighting for before the fight comes knocking. When we seek to honor God first, there WILL be times when the systems of the world contradict our deepest convictions, and in this message we find examples and exhortation on how to make a stand in the right way for the right things.

Pr 22:6

Pr 4:3-5

Battle time is not the time to decide how to fight – it is time to walk out your training Honour is revealed by that which makes us stand “Freedom is one generation from extinction” Ronald Regan

“May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right” Peter Marshall

Rom 13:1-7

Acts 4:19-20

Dan 6:1-23

Ps 41:1-3

1) Honour and Me

“When we believe that we ought to be satisfied, rather than God glorified, we set God below ourselves. Imagine that He should submit His own honour to our advantage. We make ourselves more glorious than God, as though we were not made for Him, but He made for us.” Charles Spurgeon

Ps 139:13-17

2Cor 3:17-18

It is only in acknowledging His value, and in honouring Him, that I begin to see how He values me - which is my only true hope of authentically valuing others

2) Honour and We

When GOD is removed from society - HONOUR is removed from society - IDENTITY is removed from society

Romans 1:20-24,25-32

Glorify: to render or esteem glorious or full of honour

3) Honour and He

1 pet 2:17

Rom 12:10 2

Tim 2:21 Amp

The ART of Honour

Ex 33:15-16

We’re OK to be different if that difference is YOU!

1 Pet 2:9

Rev 1:5b-6

Rev 4:11

Ps 29:1-2

ART of Honour

A - Acknowledge

Mt 13:44-45

R – Receive

Mt 10:41

Mt 13:57-58

T – Take Action Isa 29:13

Gen 12:1-3

Gen 15 Will be our main text and we’ll keep coming back to it:

After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, [a]your exceedingly great reward.” 2 But Abram said, “Lord God, what will You give me, seeing I [b]go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 Then Abram said, “Look, You have given me no offspring; indeed one[c] born in my house is my heir!” 4 And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.” 5 Then He brought him outside and said, “Look now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.” 6 And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness. 7 Then He said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.” 8 And he said, “Lord God, how shall I know that I will inherit it?” 9 So He said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” 10 Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, down the middle, and placed each piece opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds in two. 11 And when the vultures came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away. 12 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, horror and great darkness fell upon him. 13 Then He said to Abram: “Know certainly that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them, and they will afflict them four hundred years. 14 And also the nation whom they serve I will judge; afterward they shall come out with great possessions. 15 Now as for you, you shall [d]go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age. 16 But in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.” 17 And it came to pass, when the sun went down and it was dark, that behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a burning torch that passed between those pieces. 18 On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the River Euphrates— 19 the Kenites, the Kenezzites, the Kadmonites, 20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, 21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”

5 Key elements of navigating in a new era

1) Perspective - Gen 15:1 - Ps 73:25-26

2) Belief -Gen 15:2-7 -Heb 11:1&6 -Heb 11:8

3) Sacrifice -Gen 15:8-10 - Rom 12:1 - Heb 13:15-16 SACRIFICE is all about RELATIONSHIP

4) Faithfulness

5) Rest - Gen 15:12&17