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Surplus and Super Abundance Redeeming the time Brothers
by Gene Kissinger.
Romans chapter five, the last two verses, verse 20, and 21. Moreover, the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more about that as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might Grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ, our Lord.
I Want to talk to you about supply and super abundance. Right now there's a supply chain problem in the United States of America, off of the coast of California, there are hundreds of cargo container ships that are stacked up and they're not being received so they can't get in and get unloaded. There's a problem getting them across the country, there's a shortage of truck drivers and it's hard to get stuff delivered to our stores and homes. There's a big fret over whether we're going to have enough stuff for Christmas, I got news for you. If Christmas is about stuff, you probably don't understand the real meaning of Christmas. Let's leave that to the side for now and talk about another supply problem. It's a supply problem of a different sort. There is a surplus of sin in our lives. We have too much sin as individuals, as groups, even as nations. There's a massive amount of culpability to go around, and the guilt is on all of us, there's none of us that have any room to point fingers at anybody else. We're all a dressed up mess, we all desperately need help, because of the sin problem.
The Bible says…
all have sinned and come short of the glory of God….
There is none righteous, no not one….
All of our feet are swift to shed blood….
Our mouths are an open sepulchre…
Our heart is full of lust and adultery. Our emotions run to the hot end of anger and jealousy. Our mouths speak lies and wicked things. We are all in desperate need of help with this sin problem. It's a surplus of sin too much to go around, and trouble is, even a little bit, even one sin can send us to hell. So how do we deal with this over abundance of sin? Well, the verse says this, it says…." where sin abounded, grace did much more abound." That phrase "Much More Abound" means Grace super abounded. It was super abundant. There was more of it than you could possibly imagine. So while there was a surplus of sin, there was a super abundance of grace, so that greater than my sin need is God's sin cure, so that before there was ever a sin, there was a savior, because the Lamb of God was slain before the foundation of the world. Before I ever had a mess in my life, God manifested mercy to me, by sending His Son to live a sinless life and then die vicariously for me on the cross before I ever experienced the pangs of guilt. The presence of grace was available to me by the work of Jesus Christ on the cross. And so I want to encourage you if you feel trapped in your sin, know that there's a super abundance of grace to not only forgive that sin, but to help you move into victory over that sin. Because God has a process and that process is he forgives us of sin, then he breaks the power of sin in our life and then ultimately in heaven, He removes us from the very presence of sin where we'll live with him forevermore. And with him there is fullness of joy.
Let's pray. Dear Lord God, I thank you for this night and I thank you for these dear ones, I pray that You would bless them. And I pray to you to encourage those that might be struggling with a sin issue in their life. Let them know that you have enough grace to forgive them. You've got enough grace to help them break the bondage of sin. You've got enough grace, to get them to heaven. What a good God you are. And I pray to you to encourage them in their sanctification. Help them God to grow everyday moment by moment. Help them to stay connected to you through the word and help them to communicate with you through prayer. Help them to dig into a good vibrant local body of believers that they might be strengthened and encouraged by others within the body of Christ and that they might strengthen. Encourage others as well. Grant us a sense of your peace and presence tonight. Bless our time in Jesus name, amen. Hey, God bless you. I love you but Jesus loves you so much more.
Laugh Lines.
The doorbell
A pastor is walking down the street one day when he notices a small boy trying to use the doorbell on a house across the street. However, the boy is very small and the doorbell is too high for him to reach.
After watching the boys efforts for some time the pastor walks across the street up to the little fellow and rings the doorbell.
Kneeling down next to the child, the pastor smiles and asks, "And now what, my little man?" To which the boy replies, "Run!"
Classics Corner.
How to stay on top when the bottom falls out.
The Faith to Persevere
By Oswald Chambers
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Rev 3:10 KJV
Perseverance means more than endurance— more than simply holding on until the end. A saint’s life is in the hands of God like a bow and arrow in the hands of an archer. God is aiming at something the saint cannot see, but our Lord continues to stretch and strain, and every once in a while the saint says, “I can’t take any more.” Yet God pays no attention; He goes on stretching until His purpose is in sight, and then He lets the arrow fly. Entrust yourself to God’s hands. Is there something in your life for which you need perseverance right now? Maintain your intimate relationship with Jesus Christ through the perseverance of faith. Proclaim as Job did, “Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him” (Job 13:15).
Faith is not some weak and pitiful emotion, but is strong and vigorous confidence built on the fact that God is holy love. And even though you cannot see Him right now and cannot understand what He is doing, you know Him. Disaster occurs in your life when you lack the mental composure that comes from establishing yourself on the eternal truth that God is holy love. Faith is the supreme effort of your life— throwing yourself with abandon and total confidence upon God.
God ventured His all in Jesus Christ to save us, and now He wants us to venture our all with total abandoned confidence in Him. There are areas in our lives where that faith has not worked in us as yet— places still untouched by the life of God. There were none of those places in Jesus Christ’s life, and there are to be none in ours. Jesus prayed, “This is eternal life, that they may know You…” (John 17:3). The real meaning of eternal life is a life that can face anything it has to face without wavering. If we will take this view, life will become one great romance— a glorious opportunity of seeing wonderful things all the time. God is disciplining us to get us into this central place of power.
