Providence Baptist Church

Sunday Evening

The State of the Church

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Acts 2

The DNA of the Church

The whole call upon the church is to present the presence of God – to present life.

Acts 2:42

The Spiritual Call of God for the Church

4 Things

  1. They continued in the WORD OF GOD.  3 things to give yourself to the Word.

I.  Study
II.  Submit
III.  Conform

We will be transformed by the word of God.  Acts 12:24 – The Word of God Spreads

Acts 13:43, Acts 19:20

2.  Fellowship – “in common”

3.  Worship – lifestyle leading to praise

Praise –
1. an antibody
2.  Praise is the spiritual pulse of your life.
3.  Praise is a method of thanksgiving.

True praise is that you praise him when he’s done, what he is doing and what you are praying and believing Him for.

4.  Desperation of Prayer – genuine prayer.  Acts 4:31

  1.  Pray until something shakes.
  2. Pray until the Holy Spirit comes.
  3. Pray until you’re ready to preach.

God is Holy

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Revelation 4
Leviticus 20:26

We are called to Him and therefore we are Holy unto the Lord.  Holiness is of the heart.

Heaven – the place of its origin.

Other – other than everything else

Living – twice dead and forever alive when you are God’s

Yolk – We are yoked to Him.  Forever with a partnership.

1 Peter 2:9 there is no other

Holy is the only way into God’s presence.

If you do not belong to him you do not come to Him and do not spend eternity with him.

Holy is like faith. There are degrees of faith and there are degrees of holiness.  You can have as much faith as you want and you can be as holy as you want.

Isaiah 29:13

People try to draw near to God with lip service.

Things, Places & People

God is not for our purpose, we are for His purpose.  The first thing that became holy was in the Garden of Eden.  It was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

The ground can become holy – Moses & the burning bush.

God made Abraham holy.  He separated him from everybody.  The family became holy and then a nation.  From that nation, Jesus was born.

Times become holy. The Sabbath Day is a Holy day.  God made part of our income, our tithe holy.  Places of meetings became Holy – the tabernacle.

1 Peter 2:9

2 Corinthians 6:17

1 Corinthians 6:17

2 Timothhy 2:19

Holiness is a chore. You make a choice.

Romans 12:1

Holiness in God exceeds his love.

God’s holiness demanded that God turn from his own Son on the cross because He became sin.

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There is a Shaking Coming

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Revelation 2:25
“Hold Fast”
There is a shaking coming. There is going to be a showing of a division.  Isaiah 41:21-24

False gods are going to prove to be false gods.  Isaiah 44:24-28

The Rapture of the Church Isaiah 45:20

1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:10

Matthew 24:36

The Son of Man will come when least expected.

Why be so alert?  Luke 21:34-36, 2 Thessalonians 2: 1-13

The Jezebel Spirit is the Spirit of:

  1.  Deception – people making believe they are serving the true God when they are actually serving a false god.
  2. Mixture
  3. Tolerance – That you’ve got to accept everything and all believers

Jesus Purges His Bride

Luke 3:17

Jesus is coming and He’s coming soon!

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Effect of the Fall Upon Work

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Psalm 66

Recognize the works of God.

Work became labor after the Fall.  Before the fall, Adam was a tenant, he cared for the garden.  After the fall, Adam had to work to survive.

2 Thess. 3:10

God did not make us for leisure.  When you tire yourself out you are bettering yourself for tomorrow.  Your growth is the pressure that are put upon you.  Proverbs 14:23

“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”  Isaiah 40:31

Wait means to exchange your strength for His strength.

2 Levels of Work:

  1.  Labor – position of the survivor.
  2. Creativity – We are made like God to be creative.

Your job can be like God and:

  • Bring order out of chaos.
  • Create – Be creative.
  • Build.
  • Supply needs.

If you want to have a purpose in life you must begin to understand who you are working for.  Stop grading work and ask yourself, “Does what I am doing honor God?”

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God’s Encounter

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Revelation 3:14-22

God wants you to directly connect with Him.  Laodecia was a wealthy town, but the water had to be pumped in so that water was lukewarm.  It became useless.

We become useful because we separate ourselves by means of a personal relationship with Jesus.  Spending time with Jesus is connecting you with pure water.

3 Things Happen When We Are too Far from the Source

  1.  Our disciplines are weakened.   Repentance is to change which way you are going.  Constantly making adjustments.  Repentance should be a constant way of life.  An encounter with God will bring discipline to your life.
  2. Destroys your prayer life.  Prayer is the roadmap, our communion with God.  The Bible says, “Pray continually.”
  3. We lose our worship.  We need to return to a life of worship.  A piped encounter with God is a source you cannot get from someone else.

2 Problems:

We see ourselves wrong and we see ourselves as other people see us.  One of the dangers that we have as a church is we don’t see what is God’s and what is ours.

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