John 10:10 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
10 A thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.
I have come so they may have life.
I want them to have it in the fullest possible way.
I have come so they may have life.
I want them to have it in the fullest possible way.
This passage is about life flowing from the inside out, not greed.
I'm taking about the fruit of the Spirit, which is...
Galatians 5:22-23 (NIRV)
If something is stolen, you don't know until after the fact.
Somebody tried to steal my truck, and I had to clean up my truck for weeks.
My truck fell under the influence of thieves, and it effected the environment within my truck.
There are many of us where a thief is running rampant in our relationship with God, our spouses, and families.
We've got to deal with the thief before he takes our peace.
Our lives may be tampered with, but the fruit of the Spirit cannot.
1. We must realize if we are bound.
The people called time out on Jesus when He said that. They said that we are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone. What are you talking about? (John 8:33)
Jesus was probably thinking when they said that... you've been bound to everyone.
The Assyrians, Persians, Egyptians, the Babylonians, the Romans currently.
Don't you remember?
We can be bound, and not even know it.
What stuff are you dealing with that binds you up?
The challenge for us is that we don't know when we need a break through.
We won't ask for what we don't know that we need.
There is a theme throughout the Bible. It says grow up!
We need to grow up spiritually.
Let's read this passage below on that topic.
Ephesians 4:17-27 The Message (MSG)
Somebody tried to steal my truck, and I had to clean up my truck for weeks.
We've got to deal with the thief before he takes our peace.
Our lives may be tampered with, but the fruit of the Spirit cannot.
The people called time out on Jesus when He said that. They said that we are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone. What are you talking about? (John 8:33)
The Assyrians, Persians, Egyptians, the Babylonians, the Romans currently.
Don't you remember?
What stuff are you dealing with that binds you up?
We won't ask for what we don't know that we need.
We need to grow up spiritually.
Let's read this passage below on that topic.
17-19 And so I insist—and God backs me up on this—that there be no going along with the crowd, the empty-headed, mindless crowd.
They’ve refused for so long to deal with God that they’ve lost touch not only with God but with reality itself.
They can’t think straight anymore. Feeling no pain, they let themselves go in sexual obsession, addicted to every sort of perversion.
20-24 But that’s no life for you. You learned Christ!
My assumption is that you have paid careful attention to him, been well instructed in the truth precisely as we have it in Jesus.
Since, then, we do not have the excuse of ignorance, everything—and I do mean everything—connected with that old way of life has to go.
It’s rotten through and through. Get rid of it!
And then take on an entirely new way of life—a God-fashioned life, a life renewed from the inside and working itself into your conduct as God accurately reproduces his character in you.
If the Bible has never offended you, you haven't read it enough.
The Bible is designed to offend the flesh in you, so you will deal with that flesh and walk after the Spirit and not after the flesh.
If you've been a believer for a while, not knowing your issue is not an excuse.
Stop trying to find yourself.
Let God work on you, so you won't look like you, but Him.
25 What this adds up to, then, is this: no more lies, no more pretense (Don't be mean).
Tell your neighbor the truth.
In Christ’s body we’re all connected to each other, after all.
When you lie to others, you end up lying to yourself.
26-27 Go ahead and be angry.
You do well to be angry—but don’t use your anger as fuel for revenge.
And don’t stay angry. Don’t go to bed angry.
Don’t give the Devil that kind of foothold in your life.
What is God desperately wanting to give you, but you are not mature enough to receive?
(Hebrews 5:12 New Living Translation (NLT)
12 You have been believers so long now that you ought to be teaching others.
Instead, you need someone to teach you again the basic things about God’s word.
You are like babies who need milk and cannot eat solid food).
Some of us pray for a breakthrough, but we don't do anything about it.
We expect God to do everything for us.
At some point, we've got to have effort that matches what God's doing.
Some of us don't want anyone to deal with the issues that we're defending.
Those people that Jesus was speaking to were smack dab in the middle of the promise land bound by sin.
Some of us are watching things that we probably shouldn't allow into our spirit.
We've allowed a spirit of fear, anger, or anxiety to enter into our lives, and we're laying awake at night.
Some of us are listening to things that have the same effect.
If it's caused problems in our lives, we shouldn't have it in our lives.
Do it with fear and trembling.
The enemy is not creative.
He's going to come through one of three doors to destroy us.
16 Here is what people who belong to this world do.
(1)They try to satisfy what their sinful desires want to do.
(2)They long for what their sinful eyes look at.
(3)They take pride in what they have and what they do.
All of this comes from the world.
None of it comes from the Father.
17 The world and its evil desires are passing away.
But whoever does what God wants them to do lives forever.
2. The lust of the eyes.
3. The pride of life.
They will create death for you.
It will create relationship heartburn later on.
The antidote to the lust of the flesh is simply integrity.
Integrity means living one not two separate lives.
You're only as good as you are when you are by yourself.
We can't even yield to the lust of the flesh when we are alone.
If we window shop too long, we'll make a purchase that we can't afford.
We'll pay for it with our family and with our future.
If we are not honest with who we are, then we deceive ourselves.
We have to bridle our God given desires if left unchecked they will destroy us.
We have to have a plan to bridle our desires, and if we just lie and say that we don't have a problem in any area. It will bite us.
We have to determine what kind of person am I going to be?
I ask myself what would my children think about me if I gazed upon another woman other than their mother?
2. The lust of the eyes are our possessions.
They become more important to us than our purpose.
When God calls us, will we leave our stuff and yield to God?
It's because of the lust of the eyes.
Look at the rich young ruler in Mark 10:17-23.
Some of us are getting our identity through our stuff like him.
Such as what we drive.
We replace our identity from God with what others think about us, and now it is sin.
By giving to someone who cannot give it back.
My assumption is that you have paid careful attention to him, been well instructed in the truth precisely as we have it in Jesus.
It’s rotten through and through. Get rid of it!
The Bible is designed to offend the flesh in you, so you will deal with that flesh and walk after the Spirit and not after the flesh.
Stop trying to find yourself.
Let God work on you, so you won't look like you, but Him.
Tell your neighbor the truth.
When you lie to others, you end up lying to yourself.
You do well to be angry—but don’t use your anger as fuel for revenge.
And don’t stay angry. Don’t go to bed angry.
Instead, you need someone to teach you again the basic things about God’s word.
You are like babies who need milk and cannot eat solid food).
We expect God to do everything for us.
Some of us don't want anyone to deal with the issues that we're defending.
If it's caused problems in our lives, we shouldn't have it in our lives.
Do it with fear and trembling.
He's going to come through one of three doors to destroy us.
All of this comes from the world.
None of it comes from the Father.
But whoever does what God wants them to do lives forever.
They will create death for you.
We can't even yield to the lust of the flesh when we are alone.
We'll pay for it with our family and with our future.
We have to bridle our God given desires if left unchecked they will destroy us.
I ask myself what would my children think about me if I gazed upon another woman other than their mother?
It's because of the lust of the eyes.
Some of us are getting our identity through our stuff like him.
By giving to someone who cannot give it back.
Luke 6:37-38 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
37 “If you do not judge other people, then you will not be judged.
If you do not find others guilty, then you will not be found guilty.
Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
38 Give, and it will be given to you.
A good amount will be poured into your lap.
It will be pressed down, shaken together, and running over.
The same amount you give will be measured out to you.”
The context of giving in Luke 6:38 is with Luke 6:37.
It is how we judge will determine how we are judged by others.
Not just giving and getting money.
It's talking about a heart issue.
It's talking about giving with a right attitude.
Not because Jesus is a genie in a bottle.
God doesn't need your money.
Everything that He made is actually His.
Including what you call your money.
Don't give because you have to.
Give because you want to because the Lord loves a cheerful giver (2 Corinthians 9:7).
I can't be cheerful if someone is twisting my arm telling me how horrible a person I'm going to be if I don't give.
Some of us are so bound by our possessions that we can't find our purpose.
3. The pride of life is our position.
It is when we trust ourselves more then we trust God, and we refuse any piece of wisdom someone might give us.
We will even try to find a clever way around the Word of God.
The antidote to pride is humility
which is not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.
It's serving someone and not posting it on facebook.
It's helping someone who cannot help you.
You can tell a lot about a man by how they treat someone who can do nothing for them.
The pride of life is not having your focus on God and others but on yourself.
Do you want to be right with God?
It starts by you giving your life to Jesus.
Dear Jesus, you're my only hope.
I give to you my life.
It is how we judge will determine how we are judged by others.
It's talking about a heart issue.
It's talking about giving with a right attitude.
Not because Jesus is a genie in a bottle.
Everything that He made is actually His.
Including what you call your money.
Give because you want to because the Lord loves a cheerful giver (2 Corinthians 9:7).
Some of us are so bound by our possessions that we can't find our purpose.
It's helping someone who cannot help you.
It starts by you giving your life to Jesus.
I give to you my life.
Notes taken from Jeremy Foster, Hope City Church. Breakthrough 3.
https://hopecity.com/sermons/breakthrough-part-3/
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