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Romans 8:28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

The Dark Cliff – The place of unknown risk

- Faith grows in the unknown.
2 Corinthians 5:7 for we walk by faith, not by sight.
- Faith grows by exercising it and not by understanding more theory about faith.
- If we never take steps into the darkness, we will never know the power, plan, and purpose of God’s calling.

Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Acts 1:4 And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” 6 So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” 9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. 10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, 11 and said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.”

o In order to venture into the unknown, there must be security in the known.
o In LIGHT of what they KNEW, they did not fear the DARKNESS of the UNKNOWN.

• Jesus Died…FOR ME.
  
  • Nothing is being held against me.

Romans 5:18 Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men. 19 For as by the one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners, so by the one man’s obedience the many will be made righteous.

• Jesus Was Resurrected…EMPOWERING ME.
  
  • Nothing can overpower me.

Romans 8:9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 10 But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

• Jesus wants a relationship…WITH ME.
  
  • I’m not alone.

1:12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God…

John 14:15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

• Jesus has a good plan…FOR ME.

Romans 8: 28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Romans 8:31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?

1. Jesus Died…FOR ME.
2. Jesus resurrected…EMPOWERING ME.
3. Jesus wants a relationship…WITH ME.
4. Jesus has a good plan…FOR ME.

• In LIGHT of what I KNOW, I WILL NOT FEAR the DARKNESS of the UNKNOWN.