August 29, 2021 "Prophetic Vision" - Proverbs 2:18
August 29, 2021

Proverbs 2:18 “Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but blessed is he who keeps the law.”

“Vision” - “A divine communication”, sometimes called an “oracle” or “prophecy”.
POINT: The kind of “vision” we’re talking about does not have its source or beginning in “

”.
This is a message…a communication….a “vision” from !

  1. What God’s Vision IS?
  2. How do we “see” it?
  3. What are the costs involved?
  4. What are the rewards or results?

Q1: What IS God’s Vision?
A: It is a

, revealed to us about Who He is, and what He desires.

POINT: And in THAT amazing book, it’s a message,a vision, that comes through

!

Q2: How do WE “see” it? How is it “revealed” TO us?
A: The means of

!

Remember…
“…Your Word IS Truth”! - John 17:17b
“…I am the way, and the truth, and the life.” - John 14:6
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” - John 1:1-5

“…Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.” - John 14:9

POINT: Jesus IS the

through which we “see” for us!

Q: Wanna see God’s Vision?
A: Then

!

Q3: What are the “costs involved”?
Q: What did God’s vision cost Him?

A:

!

POINT: A good fundraiser can get you to write a check!But only love can get you to

!

“For God so LOVED the world, that He gave….” - John 3:16

Remember….
“…not MY will….but YOUR’S be done!” - Luke 22:42

“If anyone would come after me (in other word…if you want to do God’s Will), let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” - Matthew 16:24-25

Q: So what is the cost of God’s vision being realized in your life?
A:

!

“Sell all you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven…. and then come and follow ME”! - Matthew 19:21

Q4: What are the benefits or results of stepping into God’s vision?

A: “….I came that they may have life and have it abundantly” - John 10:10b

“Abundantly”: “Pertaining to a quantity so abundant as to be considerably more than what one would expect or anticipate—‘that which is more than, more than enough, beyond the norm, abundantly, superfluous”

Remember….
“The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.” - 2 Peter 3:9

“In him was life, and the life was the light of mankind” - John 1:4


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