
UNOFFENDABLE ME part 3 - Drop It Like It’s Hot
~ GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO WALK IN FREEDOM ~
~ JESUS DIED FOR YOUR FREEDOM! ~
Hebrews 12:14 - 15
14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness
springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
Miainó = to stain, to pollute, to corrupt.
OFFENSE WILL ROB YOU OF A LOT OF THINGS you do not notice untill they are already gone.
YOUR LIFE is TOO SHORT
and
YOUR ANOINTING is TOO GREAT TO LIVE OFFENDED.
Matthew 5:23 - 24
23 So if you are presenting a sacrifice at the altar in the Temple and you suddenly remember that someone has something against you,
24 leave your sacrifice there at the altar. Go and be reconciled to that person. Then come and offer your sacrifice to God.
Does your
- THE ENEMY’S AGENDA IS DESTRUCTION
- THE ENEMY’S STRATEGY is DIVISION
THE ENEMY’S TACTIC IS OFFENSE.
God’s agenda is RECONCILIATION
- God’s strategy is UNITY
- God’s tactic is MERCY.
John 8:2 - 11
2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
9 And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?
11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
For the full week of Tabernacles/Living Waters a particular verse had been read – every day – which is…
Jeremiah 17:13
13 O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the Lord, the fountain of living waters.
Shall be written - yik·kā·ṯê·ḇū - kathab - to write individual names or individual qualities of things.
GOD’S LIFE was not coming out of them… just OFFENSE.
THEY HAD JUST HEARD this SCRIPTURE for a WEEK:
• DEFINED
• EXPLAINED
• UNDERSTOOD
KATAGRAPHEN - kata means down… where we get our word cartography - map writing…
ENGRAPHEN - means to complete the writing… did He finish writing all the names down… or did he start now writing the things… remember… it iss also the fullness of the qualities of the things…
THESE PEOPLE ARE SO OFFENDED…FOR SOMEONE ELSE!!!
How do we DROP OUR ROCKS?
#1 - WE HAVE TO ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO “
Psalm 139:23-24 NIV - “Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”
THERE IS VICTORY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF A POSSIBLE OFFENSE!
2. WE HAVE TO
Matthew 7:1 – 5
1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
We all have stones in our pockets…
STONES CAN
The CORNERSTONE says the STONES IN YOUR HAND are to be a POWERFUL ADVOCATE….. NOT a passionate accuser!
1 Peter 2:5
5 And you are living stones that God is building into his spiritual temple. What’s more, you are his holy priests. Through the mediation of Jesus Christ, you offer spiritual sacrifices that please God.
- THE CHURCH is MADE WITH STONES
- JESUS IS THE CORNERSTONE…
- THE CORNERSTONE is THE STONE WHERE ALL OTHER STONES ARE LAID in REFERENCE!
Letting go of the offense…
Letting go of your anger…
ALLOWS YOUR WORDS AND YOUR ACTIONS BUILD OTHERS.
John 8:10
10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
3) BE
Mud = dirt (people) and water (holy spirit).
Ephesians 4:31 - 32
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.
THERE IS POWER IN THE BLOOD - BUT THERE IS MERCY IN THE MUD.
- There is power in the blood to cleanse you.
- There is mercy in the mud for you to walk forgiven!
DROP YOUR STONES WITH PURPOSE.
- DON’T JUST “NOT ACCUSE SOMEONE”
- BE AN “ADVOCATE”. USE YOUR WORDS, YOUR ACTIONS, YOUR LIFE TO GROW THEM.
YOU are God’s sent answer to someone’s prayer request.
OUR PURPOSE = TO BRING HEAVEN ~ every week. as we gather… be hungrier for it…
OUR PATH = TO KEEP AN OPEN EAR TO THE HOLY SPIRIT and TO BOLDLY act in faith toward them.
HOW DO YOU USE YOUR STONES?
~ the words you say….
~ the posts you send…
~ the actions you portray….
Is the life YOU are living BRUISING or BUILDING?