Unfinished

39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: 40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. 1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience 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 is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

We have been given a divine mandate.

Matthew 28:19–20 KJV 1900

19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Matthew 24:14 KJV 1900

14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

Jeremiah 8:20–22 KJV 1900

20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. 21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me. 22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

What happens

++when the task seems to big for us.

++When we are overwhelmed

++When our own faith is challenged

++When life happens

The Bible tells us

++We have the victory

Psalm 98:1 KJV 1900

1 O sing unto the Lord a new song; For he hath done marvellous things: His right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.

1 John 5:4 KJV 1900

4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

The Bible tells us

We have the victory

++We are more than Conquerors

Romans 8:37 KJV 1900

37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

The Bible tells us

We have the victory

We are more than Conquerors

++Greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world

1 John 4:4 KJV 1900

4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

The Bible tells us

We have the victory

We are more than Conquerors

Greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world

++He has place all things under our feet

Hebrews 2:6–8 KJV 1900

6 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou visitest him? 7 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: 8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.

The Power and authority that has been given to us is complete.

Genesis 1:28 KJV 1900

28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Deuteronomy 28:1–2 KJV 1900

1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.

Most Bible version use the word Overtake

Concise Oxford English Dictionary Overtake

verb (past overtook; past participle overtaken)

1 chiefly Brit. catch up with and pass while travelling in the same direction.

2 become greater or more successful than.

3 come suddenly or unexpectedly upon: the report was overtaken by events.

Overtake in some versions say

++to accompany (NIV)

++to have and affected upon (LEB)

The Message says it like this

Deuteronomy 28:2 The Message

2 All these blessings will come down on you and spread out beyond you because you have responded to the Voice of God, your God:

In the context the word denotes

++to collect

++to reach

++to be sufficient

++to produce

++to appear

Hebrews 2:8 KJV 1900

8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him.

Yet our eyes tell us differently

Our eyes say

++This is a lost cause

++The task is to big

++We can’t

Have you ever felt like God is saying one thing but life a completely different and sometimes opposing thing?

Jeremiah 1:4–7 KJV 1900

4 Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. 6 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. 7 But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.

Jeremiah

++Call by God

++Commissioned to speak

++Jeremiah questioned his qualification

Jeremiah 1:6 KJV 1900

6 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.

He question both

++His Ability -to speak, communicate, articulate the word

++His Maturity- understanding, knowledge or wisdom

God did not call him because of his ability.

God is not calling us because of our ability

Mark 16:11 KJV 1900

11 And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.

Mark 16:14–16 KJV 1900

14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.

God power works

Romans 5:8 KJV 1900

8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 8:35 KJV 1900

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Romans 8:38–39 KJV 1900

38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

God Loves us

The real test of our relationship is not his love for us but our love for him.

Matthew 7:22–23 KJV 1900

22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Jeremiah 8:20–22 KJV 1900

This is very personal

++He is not talking about the world

++He is not talking about the lost

++He is speaking to the labourer

We have did the work

++But lost our own relationship

++Left our first love

++Have become callous to God’s power to redeem

Salvation is more

++More Than a decision

++More Than a choice

Salvation is the

++answer of the broken

++response of the inadequate

++willingness to god in spite of our limitation

++Understanding of the unfinished work

There is still work to do

Hebrews 11:39–40 KJV 1900

39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: 40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

Philippians 3:4–7 KJV 1900

4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: 5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; 6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. 7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.

These things did not get me here

++I was born into this

++I was educated in this

++I was fully persuaded in this

++I was on my way

One day on the road to Damascus I had an encounter with Jesus

An encounter with Jesus

++Can change everything

++Gives new perspective

++Paul was knocked down

++So he could arise

Until we understand brokenness we will not understand the power of Grace.

Shine on me (Let me see me) as you do.

Now that I know

++Christ I recognized (Christ is enough)

++He is truly all that I need

2 Corinthians 12:9–10 KJV 1900

9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

This is the Fight of Faith

In the times we

++feel inadequate

++Ill equipped

++afraid

God is Faithful

Matthew 28:19–20 KJV 1900

Matthew 28:20 KJV 1900

20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

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