Hebrews 12:25
See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven,
John 11:40
Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”
How is He raising His voice?
• His Word—His Word is eternal (1 Peter 1:25; Matthew 24:35)
• His Creation—His voice speaks in creation (Psalm 29)
• His People—God speaks through Spirit led people (2 Peter 1:21)
GOD IS SPEAKING TO INDIVIDUALS AND THE CHURCH:
1. Don’t refuse to
Hebrews 12:25 See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven,
God tries to get our
Hebrews 12:26-27 whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven.” 27 Now this, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain.
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Hebrews 12:28-29 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. 29 For our God is a consuming fire.
GOD IS SPEAKING TO INDIVIDUALS AND THE CHURCH:
2. Don’t refuse to
John 11:40 Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”
We have the
John 4:50 Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your son lives.” So the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.
John 11:21-26 Now Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24 Martha said to Him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
Our decision is a matter of
GOD IS SPEAKING TO INDIVIDUALS AND THE CHURCH:
3. Don’t refuse His
John 11:43-44 Now when (Jesus) had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” 44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”
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Conclusion:
God is saying to Easley Church of God:
• Will you be a part of HEALING and RESTORATION in this House?
• Will you believe that God is ready to do a new thing?
• His Promise in Isaiah 43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; Shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.