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March 25, 2019 8:00 am
Has an encouraging word for you and me today to the Bible-based printing of Dr. Don Wilton and a message on the super dad just a few moments to be turning the Hebrews Chapter 11 but know that were available for you both on the phone at 866-899-WORD and on our website and currency word.org. Now today's message Dr. Don Wilton.friends I'm going off, open your Bibles this morning in turn with me to Hebrews chapter 11 while you're turning there. I'm going to say something that might not surprise any of you but I'm going to cite anyway. I'm going to tell you that God was going to speak to a hawk this morning. Perhaps like never before. I have shared with the number of people that are being robbed, anxious, somewhat to speak about the subject, that God is put on my heart this morning. I want you to anticipate there I'm also going to submit to you that all of us know this would certainly be my case from time to time over the years when I've had opportunity to do so for a lot of reasons. You and I can go and we can find ourselves in God's house and we can be all about what is supposed to be about the business of being quote unquote in Churchill listening.
By way of television and yet not to hear a thing possible for you to die to miss a blessing. I'm praying that God is going to get a hold of your heart today and I'm going to submit to you that if God gets a hold of you today that you're never going to be the same again. Subject is the super big, the super did hearing Hebrews Chapter 11 in the whole of faith. We considered the speaking date in the life of Babel. We considered the living dead in the life of Enoch would take a hard look at the heroic David in the life of somebody like no boots and often obedience to the Lord and today and possibly next Sunday we going to be looking at the super big the man who is under scrutiny to die in God's word is a man by the name of Abraham and you going to say to me, will foster weight is the Bible called him a super man of faith, will the Bible does not want to make a point. Jedediah because it's very important. I want you to understand something that God does not have super Christians.
There is no mention of the super Christian in the Bible, God doesn't have coloring desires and God doesn't rank us according to our superior spirituality is not how many sermons operator how many songs I single how many mission trips I go on, God does not say that this Christian is more super than that I'm going to talk about the super did because for Don Wilton for me. Abraham was a super manner for Bob often saved my life could come anywhere near this man Abraham I would be most deeply grateful to the Lord Jesus Christ and as I have studied the word of God and not come to grips with all the things that happens to this man of God, I come to the conclusion that he is a super man of faith, so I want to speak to you this morning about the super big.
I believe that he holds the microphone when it comes to faith. I believe that he is truly one of God's champions and I'm going to show you why just about to read about him in Hebrews chapter 11 and I'm going to read just verses eight through 10. The Bible says, by faith Abraham, when cold to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went even though he did not know where he was going well. There's a nice how do you do can you imagine that you know I truly believe that there are those worshiping with us to the God is speaking to you and you are willing to cite to the Lord God I'll do it all go, I'll give I'll do whatever it takes.
Even though I do not see or understand the final product.
I'm going to do it because you speaking to me that folks. That's what fight he thinks is hearing and identifying the word of God and responding in immediate absolute obedience regardless. That's right if I'm going to take God of these word if I'm going to be a man of faith. That means that I brought it here.
God will identify God and then I'm going to do what God tells me to do regarding it doesn't matter how things match up with me. It doesn't matter what I've got to say about it. What I think might happen God is speaking there from going to respond to him complete.
I'm going to do exactly what he wants me to do and evidently that's what we find in the life of Abraham. So let's go to verse nine Bible says, furthermore, that by faith Abraham Beatty's home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob who were with him of the same promise full by faith Abraham was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is not another. Then God the super date. What the super did teach us what is Abraham teach us nothing.
Get ready for this because God is going to speak to us. I promise you that there is some today listening to the word of God that I'm going to guarantee you if you listen to what God is saying, your life will never be the same again. There are three things that we are taught here in this passage and I want to share them with you.
Number one the super dated teach us number one that God does coal people now want you to just soak it up from a site tells us that Genesis chapter 12 verse one through four tells us that not one that God does coal people.
Now we get to talk about this in great view in just about sound. God does this, and if you wouldn't mind begging my pardon.
I would never have the audacity to even think that I could play the role of God because I cannot do that but I want you to just imagine for a moment that this is what God does. Here is haven up on this platform today what God does by his spirit, which means that God is as much in heaven as he is is upon the earth. You know we got the rover on Mars at the moment by saying I wonder if we can find life. I can tell you there is life in his name is God. We know that that the subject is been sick for a long time ago and it's not going to take some kind a human robot to try and find. I guess what happens is what happens God is at work comes down from heaven by his spirit and he walks among the people we just walks among the people, and as he walks among the people. Every so often as he looks around he just stops and he says the Barry I'm calling you and then he walks around a little more money just looks around he says David Holland, I'm calling you and then he just strolls around a little more moves around the says Stacy I'm calling you, God looks around, the more he sees us squirming in our seats and you know what God sees. He sees a whole lot of people getting awfully nervous because they know that they may might be cool. He finds a group of people, some of whom are all of a sudden losing their keys on the floor. Some who don't want to look at him some looking up to see whether the lights are doing okay this morning. Simon Lewis signed on point at me because I'll be on television.
God sees us, but I'm going to tell you my friends that God doesn't change his mind. Because God is moving among the people that he loves so desperately that he was willing to give his only son, the Lord Jesus Christ to be thrashed today with a cat of nine players to be beeping beyond human recognition and human cross the likes of somebody just like me and I'm going to submit to you today that if we understand the coal of God in the life of God's people that there are three conclusions that we must reach because they come out of the Bible. Number one. This call is specific in person. You might say to me Whiteman about pasta. What you say. Well the first thing I'm saying to you is that God calls all of those of us who love him. There are no exceptions. God calls us to serve him, to be obedient to him to do what he requires of us. God might call you to do this sort to do that but I there's one thing for certain, the Bible says that the great Shepherd of the sheep knows he's cheap by name on dainty fires us and God.
Specifically singles each one of us uniquely made in the presence of Almighty God, we have not part of some kind of huge human machinery when not just a blob of humanity.
We are individually created in the image of God designed according to his purpose, to this goal is specific and purpose God has got a purpose for every single one of us in Abraham's case, God told God gave them instructions all away down the journey of faith at every signpost that was something that God wanted him to do specific in purpose is not any specific in person. He is specific in purpose but I'm going to cite you in the third place that the call of God upon a person's life is specific in place.
God places us exactly where he wants us to be. I know that I'm terribly biased at this juncture, and I know that you heard me say that you beg my pardon, but I'll say it a thousand times a thousand. My wife and I will never get over the phone call we received from Mr. Neil Phillips, chairman of the pasta search committee of Mr. happily situated in New Orleans, Louisiana preaching all over the world teaching seminary students and get that phone rang and that dear man that I love with all my heart said something like this. Dr. Winton, the people at First Baptist Church Spartanburg believe that we need to speak to you. We want to pursue God's will concerning your goal to come as pastor of First Baptist Church of Spartanburg. What were the three operatives the person the purpose and the place and is my wife and I began to contemplate the things of God wanted God begin to speak to us in concerning our own hearts was that number one we were the people that he was speaking to number two that he had a specific purpose in mind. And that was to be the pasta of this incredible congregation number three that this was the place that my loyalty in my time and my energy was to be centered into one place, which is called Spartanburg South Carolina. And because we were willing to hear the call of God, and you were willing to hear the call of God. We now are blessed beyond anything that we could ever imagine.
My wife and I also humble to be loved by people such as these. I want to submit to you today my friends that if anything that the super big can teach us there is anything remarkable about this man Abraham was that we are taught that God does cool people and I believe that God is calling people every single I believe God is standing in front of us. These speaking to us one on one silly and uniquely gives to us a purpose, it is very specific. God does not come to us inciting outlook as what I'd like you to do.
I'm going to call you and I want you to serve the Lord at Spartanburg. During this place her in that place. And guess what I'm going to do I'm going to present you, ABC DEF, and G.
Now that all good things. In fact got them all out. So what I'd like you to do is go and just kind of decide whatever search you know you just arrive have a look at them, shake them around a bit white them up in the balance. See if it kind of suits you will not or whether it's a good thing I'm not and you just decide whatever you want to do it's okay with me. Folks God doesn't work like that, let me tell you, there are two types of things that God teaches us number one is divine will and number two.
His permissive will.
God wants us to be in the center of his divine will. That means we are doing exactly what God tells us to do, but there is God's permissive will God allow us to enter into things that are not perfectly designed by him for us.
He allows that to take place, and he even chooses to grasp at some time.
Thank you so much Dr. Don. That is the voice of Dr. Don Wilton and will be back with more today's message on the super data just a minute we think about that divine will and his permissive will don't want to pursue his divine. His perfect will for our life on behalf of all of us The Encouraging Word know that we're here with you to encourage you not just with great Bible teaching, not just with great resources but also with a relationship that we would love to cultivate with you as far as a prayer partner you can call us right now at 86689 a and we'd love to pray with you and for you about whatever's going on your life. That's 866-899-9673 if you rather connect online.
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Now back to today's message with Dr. Don this teach us that God does know what lies ahead. God does know what lies ahead. Folks if you want to look at this passage with reimbursed site by faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would like to receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went even though he did not know where he was going. Now that is remarkable to me that is something that I struggle with in my life. It's like the way I read novels. I'll get a novel. I love to read novels in my spare time and I get all of the novel and I'm right there in the you know half way through the book and there is Sally Lin and she is about to be killed. You know what I love to do folks when I open the book to read.
It just happened and how it happens, but I open up my place in the middle of the book looks like a mistake and I just happen to see the lost. But you know I want to see the right, I want to make sure that Sally Lin is still alive and you know I see nine then I say thank you Lord, because where I'm reading about her right there at the front of the book of the middle of the book of life is in jeopardy. I'm sitting there sweating. If I know she still alive at the book. I can read that without all the tension don't look at me like that. You do the same thing. I know you function is what we do we say Lord look, I know that you know where I'm going because you've already been there but what I like to know. In fact, what are the monitors that I want to see what it is before new guess what happens folks.
If God could or would allow us to see where we are going before we get there. Number one, it completely negates the necessity of I don't need any fight because faith is doing. Even though I do not see faith is playing even though I cannot comprehend what's going on. Faith is being willing to take God at his word, but I'm also going to tell you folks.
If God could tell me what happens when I arrive at my destiny isn't possible that the journey could be so hazardous that I wouldn't want to undertake.
To begin with, you know, it occurs to me, my friends, that the journey is as important as the best of me. As far as God is concerned, and what Abraham teaches us is that if the jobs are going to live by faith that we must come to the point in our hearts and lives that we not only recognize the fact that God does cool people, but that God does know what lies in God has my future and your future in the palm of his hand.
Now what is that me that means number one that God speaks with divine authority. That's what it means. If God knows what lies ahead no matter what you what he's telling me he speaks with divine authority. I'm listening to the voice of God. I'm not listening to President Bush. I'm not listening to the Queen of England. I'm not listening to the pasta First Baptist Church.
I'm not listening to any human endeavor.
I'm listening to the voice of a sovereign God. It means number one that he speaks with divine authority. Number two Betty.Rex with divine initiative that you know that God takes the initiative.
Because these divine initiative means that he acts without any compulsion he asked even though all the docs are not in line as far as I'm concerned it means that God acts because he is divine he has the initiative God is initiative number three. It means that he corrects with divine discipline.
God corrects us to do know that he corrects us an incorrect correcting us. He chastises us, but he doesn't with divine discipline number pool.
It means that he couldn't with divine wisdom. Now, folks watch this here. I am going to scold me, God is called you and I'm saying, Lord, you can do anything and I'm willing to go. What is it mean it means that he knows exactly what is going on down there, it means that he speaks to me with divine authority. It means that he direct me with divine initiative.
It means that he can correct me with divine discipline. It means that he can me with divine wisdom that means God allows things and people to come across my path way because God is constantly making the right connections. Did you know that you're not here by mistake, did you know that for the Christian, nothing ever happens by Charles.
God doesn't say listen, I want you to belong to me on your heavenly father or not, but this big spiritual lottery and I want what I want you to do is to lineup take a ticket scratch it out. Just hope and pray that you got some luck and you draw the right number and if you're lucky enough you going to receive all that on that no no no no no. The Bible tells us that he knows what lies ahead. He speaks with divine authority and direct divine initiative and correct divine discipline in connection with the bond wisdom.
It also tells me that he intersects with divine grace. He intersects many times in my life doing different things. I'm happily trotting down the road of life just doing my own thing. And all of a sudden, here comes this divine intersection. God all of a sudden interrupts what I'm doing. God does that number 16 manifests with divine knowledge. That means that God continually makes himself known to me with divine knowledge, he speaks from the heart of a sovereign God and number seven, it means that he instructs with divine love. Everything that God does for me. He does out of a heart of love because God is love, folks. Just think about this that we have the super did that we have Abraham number one what we told that God does cool people. I believe God is calling people every day. I believe God is speaking to our hearts. I believe when I look at all our young people here. I know that God is speaking to a heart he's calling he's calling you specifically his people.
He's giving you his purpose. He wants you to be in a certain place might be right there in Spartanburg. Maybe in Charlotte maybe in Atlanta, maybe in New York City maybe in Mongolia maybe in Kazakhstan maybe in Uzbekistan maybe in Africa maybe in China maybe in Vietnam. Maybe in top.
Maybe God is very specific.
Number two what we know for certain is that God knows what lies ahead because the third one. Get ready for this. Get ready for this. What the super did like Abraham teach us is that God does reward his people, folks, I want you to listen to this very carefully. God rewards his people. You might say to me today pasta.
How can I have peace and joy in my heart cannot give you a clue. Listen to God and do what he's telling you to do. How can I have peace.
Listen to God and do what God is telling you to do because God will only give to you what is absolutely the very best, but they're all full rewards here that are already quite magnificent one. This is the first thing that he did Abraham that he does for all of us.
How does he reward his people. Number one Econ is an unthinkable inheritance. He confers an unthinkable inheritance) verse site when called to go to a place Abraham by faith, knowing that he would later receive his inheritance.
I love to talk about receiving an inheritance. I think all of us. My heart was great. Stephen this week somebody in our church.
Apparently, way back in the 60s but this church and they will.
All of a sudden this church in the ministries of this church are receiving a blessing because somebody left an inheritance to this church to the ministry that survives the glasses generations to come. Now folks as much as we love to talk about dollars and cents. I'm going to submit to you that the inheritance that God is given to us through his son the Lord Jesus Christ is unthinkable. God says to us when we hear his voice and when we obey him that we will receive an unthinkable inheritance of all that God has made available to his own son, the Lord Jesus Christ number two. The second way he rewards these people is by forging an unlikely friendship. Now this is remarkable because the Bible says in verse nine Abraham ladies home in the promised land like a stranger in a for country. It's remarkable to me as he reward those who obey him by forging likely friendships I can bear testimony to that. I tell you I remember when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in as governor of California needs acceptance speech, he made this comment and I particularly appreciated, he said it is a remarkable thing for me.
Born in Austria to now be standing here as the Gov. of California with frames such as these. I want to tell you something, my friend. When you serve the Lord. There are no boundaries. God doesn't see black and white.
He doesn't see Chinese and American Indian or Asian God has no coloring his eyes. Barriers are broken down and he brings together the most unlikely people is a friendship that is partly likely God will people. It's a wonderful thing.
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