The Gateway To Great Victories
I. Preaching works vs. Preaching
work-Ephesians 2:8
A.
We’re saved by grace, we’re offered healing
by grace, we’re offered prosperity by grace, we’re offered victory by grace but
you receive the grace to be healed, the grace to walk in victory, and the grace
to prosper the same way that you received the grace that you got saved by and
that’s through faith and faith is work and faith is a fight-1 Thessalonians
1:3, 1 Timothy 6:12
II. Our diligence begins in
being a diligent hearing and doer of the Word
A.
You miss out on what Jesus provided because
of what you don’t know & do from the Word
1.
You are cut off from God’s provision because
of what you don’t know (Hos 4:6)
2.
People who know the Word are cut off because
they do not do (James 1:25)
B.
The answer to every test, trial, tribulation
and negative circumstance in life is to be a diligent hearer and doer of the Word
1.
Problems don’t get solved and victories don’t
manifest until somebody makes a decision
to diligently hear and do the Word
2.
Failure in any realm of life can be traced
back to a failure to diligently hear and do the Word
3.
Hearken (hear, attend to [time], obey, diligently) diligently
to the Word is the key to victory (Deut 28:1)
a.
God’s whole message to the Children of Israel
was to hearken diligently to His Word (Psalm 81:8-16)
C.
You cannot
diligently hear and do the Word and fail (Joshua 1:5, John 1)
1.
When you think you can hear and do the word
and fail it destroys faith
2.
The Word has been tried and proven (Psalm
18:30)
a.
You didn’t do the Word and it not work-Hebrews
4:12
3.
The problem is not diligently hearing and
doing the Word
a.
The problem is not the problem, Jesus
defeated the problem
b.
This is how close you are to victory; hear
and do the Word
III. Diligently hearing and doing
the Word is the gateway to great victories
A.
Diligence is doing the Word even if it gets
worse for no other reason, but the Word says to do it
1.
Manifestation none of my business, my
business is to do the Word (Jer1:12)
2.
Luke 8:49-50-Jairus’ job was to do the Word,
not heal is daughter
B.
John 2:5-Whatever he says to you do it!
1.
It becomes very important to take the time to
find out what he said
2.
The more you know about what he said and the
more you do it the greater victories you’ll see
C.
Daniel 3-He said don’t bow so don’t bow!
D.
John 8:31-There’s no problem that this Word
won’t make victorious over
1.
The condition is this-IF YE CONTINUE
2.
There’s not enough continuing
3.
The word will make you free from anything if
you’ll continue (Romans 1:16)
IV. 2 Peter 1:1-10-Diligence is
the guarantee of your success
A.
2-Grace
and Peace by multiplied unto you
B.
2-If grace
and peace are going to come unto you, then it must come through the knowledge
of the Word
1.
EX: The water plant can have all the water
you’d ever want you to have it, but if you don’t have the pipes there’s no way
for them to get it to you
2.
If you have little knowledge of the Word you
have a small channel through with grace and peace can come to you
3.
The grace and peace that increase in your
life is being determined by you what you know and do from the Word
C.
3-All things that pertain to life and
godliness He’s given to us through the knowledge of the Word
1.
The littler you know and do from the word,
the less of these things you’ll see
D.
4-By this word you’re going to become more
and more like him and escape the corruption and destruction that is in the
world
E.
5-For this very reason
1.
1) Grace and Peace are multiplied to you
through the knowledge of the Word
2.
2) All that that pertain unto life and
godliness are given to you through knowledge of the Word
3.
3) By these promises you become like God and
escape corruption
F.
5-For this very reason add your diligence to
these divine promises; Most believers haven’t added diligence to the promises (Hebrews 6:12)
1.
They get excited about the word, read the
Word, they shout about the word in church, but they haven’t added diligence to
the promises
2.
Until you add diligence to the word it won’t manifest in your life
G.
8-You’re knowledge of the Word is not
supposed to be unfruitful
H.
10-If you do, then you will never fail; Diligence
gives you the guarantee