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BACKGROUND
GOD
GOD
I. His Being
II. His nature
III. His character
IV. His will
V. His subsistence
VI. His Fatherhood
MAN
WOMAN
FALL OF MAN
MAN
a. Man in nature
b. Man’s destiny
c. Man ‘s structure
d. Man’s sin
e. Man in God’s image
WOMAN
The
full background to this teaching is available online at this link
DEFINITIONS (For serious students)
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Online links to scriptures (New International Version [NIV] unless otherwise stated) are shown in blue
| THE 10 STEPS TOWARDS CLAIMING OUR INHERITANCE (continued) |
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These 10 steps towards our inheritance are set out to help give an understanding of how God works in and through our lives. We can then become more aware of where we have been, where we are now and where it is likely we will be heading in the future, if we choose to be obedient to Him. THEY ARE NOT A DOGMATIC LIST OF THE 10 MAGIC STEPS TO BE TAKEN TO CLAIM THE HIGHEST PLACE IN HEAVEN!
The Lord is in control and He will
a. Place His hand individually upon each one of us as He chooses, at His timing and under His conditions.
b. Take us back down the steps, if we choose to be disobedient to Him.
What is being illustrated here is a pattern that emerges from the pages of the Bible, which at His choice, the Lord often uses to mature us towards becoming ...sons of God' (Romans 8:14)
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| 5. RECEIVING OUR VISION |
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 This area of personal revelation of God's purpose for our life, ie. our individual place in the body of Christ, is a particularly difficult one for us to comprehend. It is inextricably involved with the whole range of our human emotions, centred on that vexed and most important question in each of our lives; what is our life's purpose?
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STEP 1: SUBMISSION TO GOD'S WILL FOR US
This involves:
a. For Achievers: Letting go of personal dreams and goals, however worthy, and being fully open for GOD to USE or NOT to USE for HIS purpose at HIS timing.
b. For Non Achievers: Letting go of the personal feelings of unworthiness, being fully open for GOD to provide you with the strength necessary to USE YOU for HIS PURPOSE of HIS WILL and TIMING.
James 4:7
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 STEP 2: HUMBLE YOURSELVES BEFORE THE LORD:
a. For Achievers:
1. Understand that any abilities you may have are God-given by His grace (ie. undeserved) and therefore are to be available to God to be used for any task HE may choose, however great or small, for you to do.
2. Being prepared to let the Lord use your weaknesses as well as, or instead of, your strengths.
b. For Non-Achievers:
1. Being prepared to trust in the Lord to provide you with the strength you need to use for the purpose HE has for you.
2. Being prepared to trust the Lord sufficiently to accept any task that HE may have for you to do, however big that may be.
James 4:10
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 STEP 3: WAIT FOR GOD'S TIME
a. For Achievers: Wait patiently upon the Lord's timing. You may not be as ready as you think you are, or God in HIS wisdom may not wish to use you just yet.
b. For Non-Achievers: Wait patiently on the Lord's timing. The Lord may wish to use you before you feel you are ready to be used. HE knows best. When I am afraid, I will trust in you' (Psalm 56:3)
1 Peter 5:6
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| Remember: God's time frame is eternity. Wait patiently! |
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 STEP 4: RECEIVING THE VISION (PURPOSE)
Q. How Will I Receive My Vision?
A. 1. Clearly. The Lord wants you to know what HE wants of you and HE will tell you clearly what HE wants.
2. In as many different ways as there are people. The Lord will choose the best way to tell you.
Q. When Will I Receive My Vision?
A. Probably unexpectedly, as the Lord wants to make HIS purpose abundantly clear to you.
Q. Will My Vision Be in the Area I Expect?
A. Very often not. The Lord knows us better than we know ourselves. Very often HE will use us in our areas of weakness, whereas we would expect to be used in our area/s of strength. This firstly tests our faith, then makes us RELY ON HIM, as we walk in areas beyond our experience in which we naturally feel uncomfortable or insecure.
Q. How Do I Know My Vision is Real and Not Just My (or Others) Wishful Thinking?
A. The Lord will make your vision clear to you through confirmation. After all, it is what HE wants you to do.
Q. Will I Like My Vision?
A. Quite probably you will feel it to be too challenging, too difficult, if not completely impossible for you to do. Visions have to be difficult enough to need to be undertaken in faith, with full reliance upon God. Visions are life-changing experiences. eg. Paul, Joshua, Moses, Joseph, Isaac and Abraham.
Q. Do I Have to Fulfil My Vision?
A. No. It is a matter of choice. God puts HIS plan for you in front of you. You may enact it or reject it as you choose. If you choose to reject your vision however, you will be answerable to God on Judgment Day! Your vision may be difficult to enact, requiring faith and commitment, but it will certainly be possible. God will ensure that. It is HIS task for you.
Q. Will My Vision Automatically Come to Pass?
A. No. A vision is only a vision. To bring it to reality faith, obedience and perseverance will inevitably be required. ... they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. (Revelation 12:11)
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| Will you accept God's call to........ (eg. Africa) or will you simply sit in the pews?
"Yes God, I will, whatever the cost!" |
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| <i>NEXT WEEK: GOD AND MAN continues...</i> |
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 ... as we look at further steps in claiming our inheritance through God's vision for us.
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| A NOTE FROM DAVID |
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 An understanding of our natural inclinations is very important when it comes to the application of our God given visions. Achievement oriented persons, like me, can push on too fast, trying to fulfil their vision in our own strength.
Non- achievers, those lacking in confidence, on the other hand, find many excuses to put off what God has given to them.
Life is never easy!
Dormitian Abbey
Crowning the summit of the modern Mt. Zion is Dormitian Abbey. Commemorating the rest that Mary entered into, this complex was constructed by Kaiser Wilhelm II beginning in 1900. The church was built in response to a request to have a German Catholic church in the city following the Kaiser's support for the construction of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in 1898.
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So until next week.......
MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOU BLESS GOD!
His servant and yours
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