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LIVING SUPERNATURALLY
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November 25, 2012
The Sovereignty of God in Giving XII
(The Ephesians 1:18 Anointing)
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November 25, 2012
The Sovereignty of God in Giving XII
(Convincing the Believer to Believe)
FOUNDATIONAL TEXTS
- Psalm 135:6
- There are no limits for the Lord regardless of the place you are in life.
- Psalm 145:3
- God’s greatness has no boundaries or ceilings.
- Ecclesiastes 8:3-4
- God is not parallel to the elected term of a US President. God is King.
- The word of the King can immediately change your status.
- King David changed the status of Mephilbosheth in II Samuel 9.
- Your giving lines you with the King.
- St. John 10:10, KJV & AMP
- The pleasure of God is to bring us to a place of overflow.
- Romans 8:28
REVIEW
- Definitions of the sovereignty of God…
- God can use anything and everything to work His purpose in the earth. (St. John 10:10; Romans 8:28)
- Possessing supreme or ultimate power [financially]
- Acting or doing independently without outside interference
- Supernatural power unlimited by natural forces, not restricted by natural laws or natural beings
- There is no power that can defeat, deny, or defy God
- God’s authority over natural material (matter) or means
- Never limited by the power of created beings or the forces of the universe
- No laws can restrict, limit or bind His power to perform His work (nothing stops God)
- I. To satisfy God’s system of His sovereign power to bring His word to manifestation, God must convince man to believe.
- Romans 4:21
- A person in full persuasion understands the sovereignty of God.
- Giving (an action) is evidence of your persuasion.
- Agreement means siding with the word of God and His unlimited power, His almighty and infinite power; to believe. (Amos 3:3)
- Believing is what you do not what you say.
- Believing is a biblical word that enforces the idea of accepting the word of God as true without sense realm verification regardless of the difficulty of the situation.
- St. Mark 9:23
- Galatians 6:7
- God has no limits. He cannot fail.
- Whatsoever in sowing or giving reaps whatsoever.
- Whatsoever [sown] brings in whatsoever.
- In other words, whatsoever is an unlimited term. If you sow [it]unlimited, God can bring [it] in limitlessly.
- Whatsoever defined…
- Literally means to throw open the door, whatever, whatever thing, no matter what
- Whatever…in any amount, to whatever extent, anything
- Soweth (Greek) does not denote a single one time sowing; it illustrates continuous sowing (whatsoever a man keeps on habitually sowing and sowing and sowing)
- The sowing and reaping process appear to be long to override or cancel out negative sowing.
- 5 keys to believing:
- God has no limits (God cannot fail).
- God desires to overcome our limits with His limitless ability.
- Whatever you truly believe determines your ability or capacity to receive.
- We limit what our limitless God can do for us through our belief system
- As we expand our capacity to believe, we please God and release His power to freely operate in our lives
- Romans 4:21
- II. The Ephesians 1 anointing
- Ephesians 1:17-21
- Greatness of his power to us-ward who believe – the doctrine of power for those who believe not available to those who do not believe. (verse 19)
- Your belief system connects you to God’s unlimited power.
- What you do with your money [towards God] is an indication of what you truly believe from God.
- When you obey God in your finances, you release the same power God used to raise Jesus. (verse 20)
- The eyes of your understanding are not your natural eyes but the eyes of the human spirit which is able to receive supernatural knowledge. (verse 18)
- This power (vision) is the ability to see as God sees when there is nothing there to see in the natural.
- Prosperity follows vision because vision needs to be followed by provision.
- You give in faith for what you can see.
- The natural man must receive the knowledge of the spiritual man. When this exchange takes place, you will give (support what you believe God has already done in your life).
- Ephesians 1:17-21
© 2012 George Matthews Ministries