Immediate Harvest - 1 Jn 5:14-15
November 13, 2022
can be scary to think God is not in control… doesn’t mean you’re alone… been given power and authority in His name… call and He will answer…
2Sam 22:3-4… “He is my refuge… I called to the Lord… saved from my enemies…”
Psa 91… “His faithful promises are your armor and protection… do not be afraid…”
Psa 107:20… “He sent His word and healed them… rescued them…”
Psa 138:7… “though I am surrounded by trouble… You protect and save me…”
Luke 10:19… “I have given you authority over all the ability of the enemy…”
2Thess 3:3… “the Lord is faithful… He will protect you from the evil one…”
harvests only come when we plant seed… what seed have you been planting…
Jer 30:17… “I will restore health to you and heal you of your wounds…”
Prov 4:20-23… “my words… life to those who find them… health to whole body…”
Isa 26:3… “You will keep in perfect peace those who trust in You…”
Phil 4:4-9… “don’t worry… pray with thanksgiving… peace will guard heart…”
Psa 25… “I trust You… show me right path… lead me by Your truth… prosper…”
Isa 30:21… “your ears shall hear a word… this is the way, walk in it…”
harvests come thru rest and trust… supernatural fruit is produced when we remain in Christ… blessings only available thru Him… crop of weeds on our own… pray…
Isa 30:15… “in rest you shall be victorious… trust shall be your strength…”
John 15:5… “remain in Me… produce much fruit… can do nothing without Me…”
2Cor 3:5… “do nothing of lasting value on our own… only power and success from God…”
Gal 6:7-9 MSG… “person who ignores God harvests a crop of weeds…”
Eph 1… “blessed with every spiritual blessing in Christ… for benefit of church…”
God hears our prayers instantaneously… sometimes response doesn’t come that fast… answers come in the form of miracles (immediate)… or harvests (delayed)…
Isa 65:24… “before they call I will answer… while they are still speaking, I will hear…”
Dan 10:10-21… “from first day… prayers were heard… come because of prayer…”
Mark 11:23-24… “whoever says… believes what he says… have what he says…”
Luke 8:11-15… “seed in good ground… cling to it… patiently produce a harvest…”
God answers prayer according to His will… know His will thru His word… always answers yes when we pray according to what He already promised in Christ…
Num 23:19… “God does not lie… does He speak and not act… or promise and not fulfill…”
2Sam 7:21… “because of Your word… and according to Your will…”
Psa 66:17-20… “I cried out to Him… praise on my tongue… certainly God heard me… He paid attention… didn’t reject my prayer… or remove His love from me…”
Matt 6:11… “Your will be done… on earth as it is in heaven…”
2Cor 1:20… “every one of God’s promises is Yes in Christ… why we say amen…”
amen… so be it; making substance of what was said our own; expression of absolute trust…
1John 5:14-15… “ask anything according to His will… have what we asked…”
how do we get miracle… how do we get immediate harvest… must know source…
Rom 1:16 GSV… “not ashamed of the joyful news of God’s kindness and Jesus’ blessings… THE power for performing miracles for deliverance, safety, health, rescue, restore to health, save everyone who thinks it to be true; places confidence in it; trusts Jesus is able to do it…”
Gal 3:5… “does God give you the HS and work miracles because you obey law… of course not… it is because you believe the message you heard about Christ…”
gospel opens door for miracles… God’s righteousness, not man’s sinfulness… bible is not gospel… contains gospel… most churches preach word, but not THE gospel…
Acts 14:3… “God testified to message of grace by granting signs and wonders…”
Rom 15:18-21… “by power of signs and wonders… fully preached the gospel…”
Heb 2:4… “God confirmed the message by giving signs, wonders, miracles…”
how do we know when we’re hearing gospel… look at what Paul preached… full, complete, unqualified definition of forgiveness… nothing to do with your obedience or disobedience… everything to do with Jesus and belief in Him…
Acts 13… “David died; body decayed… One who God raised up did not decay… thru this Man… forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed… everyone who believes in Him is justified from everything… which you could not be justified from thru the law of Moses…”
dikaioo (v)… to make righteous; condition acceptable to God; man as he ought to be…
2Pet 1:5-9… “God has cleansed you from your old life of sin…”
1John 2:12… “your sins have been forgiven on account of His name…”
how long does that forgiveness last… basis is not repentance… it’s blood…
Psa 119:142… “your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness…”
Isa 51:6… “My salvation will last forever… My righteousness will never end…”
Rom 6; 11… “gift of God is eternal life… God’s gracious gifts are irrevocable…”
olam/aionios… forever and ever; continuous, unending; never cease, always will be…
Eph 1:7… “in Him… have redemption thru His blood… forgiveness of sins…”
Heb 9:22… “without the shedding of blood… there is no forgiveness…”
gospel preached… seed planted… but many don’t harvest… why…
Matt 13:58… “Jesus did not do many miracles there… because of their unbelief…”
Acts 13:40-41… “look, you mockers, marvel and perish… I am doing something in your own day… something you wouldn’t believe… even if someone told you…”
Heb 4:2… “gospel preached… word did not profit them… not mixed with faith…”
how can people who don’t believe see miracles… continue in grace… don’t quit…
Acts 13:43… “persuading them to continue in the grace of God…”
Phil 3:12-18… “if you disagree… I believe God will make it plain to you…”
why is forgiveness so important… because it often proceeds harvest…
Psa 103… “don’t forget His benefits… forgives all sin… heals all diseases…”
Isa 53:5… “crushed for sins… punished for peace… by His wounds we’re healed…”
Luke 5… “your sins are forgiven… Son has power to forgive… get up and walk…”
Luke 6… “they came to hear Him… and be healed of their diseases…”
miracles do happen… start with gospel… hear, believe, receive… pray…
Mark 11… “if anyone says… does not doubt… but believes what he says will happen… it will be done for him… all things you ask, believe you have received… and you will have them…”
2Cor 1:18-20… “as God is faithful… our message is not yes and no… Jesus did not become yes and no… on the contrary, in Him it is always yes… every one of God’s promises is yes in Him… therefore thru Him we also say amen to the glory of God…”
2Cor 5:17… “if anyone is in Christ… he is new creation… old gone, new come…”
Col 2:10… “you are complete thru your union with Christ…”