INSIGHTS & NOTES FROM
Insights From "Church, Read The Book Of Acts, & Get Ready!" by Donnie Swaggart - Chapter 292/17/2021 "AGAIN"
Job 2:1 - 8 ESB "It is... believed that Job was the first book of the Bible to be written." "JOB'S THEME" "...the theme of Job is not the conversion of a sinner, but the consecration of the saint." "Job explains to us why bad things happen to good people. Bad things happen to bring us to a place of abhorrence of self & to dependence upon the Lord, to bring us to the place where we can say, 'Though He slay me, yet will I trust (in) Him' (Job 13:15)." "JUSTIFICATION & SANCTIFICATION" "Romans 3:23... Job was doing all he could do to please God & to serve Him." "1. Justification is the act of God declaring one not guilty, innocent of all charges, & perfect as though the individual has never sinned. This is done upon the person's simple faith in Christ & His atoning sacrifice at Calvary." "2. Sanctification is different (as it comes first) in that at conversion, the believing sinner is instantly, totally, & perfectly sanctified. In I Corinthians 6:11, Paul writes: 'And such were some of you: but you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, & by the Spirit of God.'" "Sanctification is making one clean while justification is declaring one clean." "Though in God's eyes we are completely sanctified at conversion, the practical application of sanctification is progressive." "SATAN CAN ONLY DO WHAT GOD ALLOWS HIM TO DO!" "...everything that happens to us as believers is either caused or allowed by God." "So, in the space of one day, Job lost his wealth, his children, his servants, & his livestock." "(Job 1:22)... Job did not blame the Lord of Glory for his situation." "THE WORD AGAIN IN CHAPTER 2" "(Job 2:1). In this one word - again - there is a wealth of truth that we must all learn. This word tells us the following: 1. There is nothing the believer can do that will stop Satan from coming again & again to steal, kill & destroy. I Peter 4:12 says, 'Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you.' Satan is never going to stop warring against the child of God. 2. ...Satan's attacks are to weaken our faith or to destroy our faith. If we ever lose faith, we lose everything. Luke, Chapter 22, Verses 31 & 32... He had prayed that Peter's faith not fail. It's one thing for us to fail, & we all do, but it's something else for our faith to fail. 3. Faith is the means by which God works in our lives - faith in Christ & what He did on Calvary's Cross. Our faith is in Christ & the Cross & is the means by which all of His grace flows to us. Christ is the source, & the Cross is the means. 4. ...God allows Satan this latitude. 5. Trials are Satan's efforts to destroy us & God's efforts to build us up & to develop us. 6. We learn that trials are for our good, to bring us to a place of total dependence upon the Lord." "Again & again & again, Satan will come, but the Lord of Glory, the maker of heaven & earth, will not let Satan destroy us, but He will comfort us, help us, & restore to us if we don't give up." "Don't lose hope. You may be in the midst of an 'again' situation, but remember, the Lord brought Job through, & He will bring you through." Church, Read The Book Of Acts, & Get Ready!, by Donnie Swaggart, pgs. 219 - 226.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorCross Preaching Pentecostal Pastor. Husband to Tonia, Father to 3 beautiful girls, Monica, Zoe & Briana, & Grandfather to Wesley & Elliott Archives
September 2023
Categories |