Peter Roselle: Fueled by Faith to Receive God’s Promises (2 Corinthians 1:20)
Channel: King of Kings Worship Center
Date: 2021-04-29

Peter Roselle: Fueled by Faith to Receive God’s Promises (2 Corinthians 1:20)
This clip was taken from the full message shared at King of Kings on 4/18/2021. 2 Corinthians 1:20 (Voice) says, “In Jesus we hear a resounding “yes” to all of God’s many promises.” That can be our mission statement each morning. We are not fueled by trusting in the things of this world that are temporary and perishing. We are fueled by faith in what we are sure of, but don’t yet fully see. In Philippians 3:13-14 Paul says, "We're going to press towards the mark for the prize of the high calling… I know I haven't arrived, but there's one thing I'm doing. I'm leaving my old life behind then I'm putting everything on the line for this mission."

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This is the hope I want you to have is to understand that when I say "Walk by faith and not by sight" it's faith in knowing that when this life is over, we are getting a major upgrade. We will be living, ruling and reigning with Christ. The way Eugene Peterson said it in the Message Translation, instead of just saying, “Walk by faith and not by sight,” he said, "It's what we trust in but don't yet see that keeps us going." It is that "Don't yet see" part that I want to keep focusing on today. It is going to be a pathway into a whole new life that's going to be a major upgrade.

Somebody decided to show it a picture representing all the cross-references in scripture. This is the Bible as the first hyper-linked book. There are 63,779 cross-references in the Bible. sin for a season man,
We're part of a big story, we're part of the Israel story. When they came through the Red Sea and were freed from the slavery of Egypt, we come through the Red Sea of sin, through the Jesus' blood and we come out the other side. It doesn't mean we never sin again, but we're equipped, and we're empowered now with the tools that God gives us to break the power of the sinful nature. 

"Text without context could be a pretext." Anybody heard that one? If you only read one verse and don't get the relevance attached with the rest of the scriptures - that's what I call fractions. You're just taking a little piece of it and you could misunderstand it and miss the full revelation. That's a challenge for us as Christians - to make sure that we're not just reading the Bible, but we're studying the Bible to show ourselves approved. It's beautiful that there's really no excuse anymore – everything is free, if you have an internet connection you can have the most powerful Bible tools at your fingertips. 

2 Corinthians 5:7 says, "It's what we trust in but don't yet see that keeps us going." That is like your mission statement in the morning, "Lord I'm on my knees, I'm taking communion before You, I know that my flesh is going to be weak today, my Spirit's willing, but my flesh has some weakness.
As I break this bread in the morning, before I leave the house, I'm acknowledging that I need You. 

I need to identify and commune with You all day today. I don't know what's coming, but I do know the enemy is going to try to set some landmines and some traps and some temptations along my path. But I know I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I want to walk by faith in what the end is going to be, I'm going to keep my eyes on the prize." 

My goal today is to make you see the prize is bigger than you might realize, and that there's this amazing life that's coming for us. It doesn't mean we earn a better position in the life to come, it means that while we're here, He wants us to be the most effective ministers possible, so that we can advance the His Kingdom in the earth. The Bible says "He doesn't want one person to perish." (2 Peter 3:9)

So maybe you're a little disinclined to want to witness to people. I get that, a lot of people are disinclined to witness; they feel like "I really need to know more about it before I start sharing, what if I do it wrong…" Many Christians have never led another person to the Lord. But when you start putting these spokes together that we're talking about having right here on this property - a ministry for people who are suffering from addictions, a deliverance ministry that we've been running since the first day that we started that thanks to my wife, but also handing out food to people that are needy, that have a very strong felt need.

Even if we're not great at it, we can find ways to get people in touch with the Lord through practical ministries. You might have to stand before the Lord and say, "I wasn't very good at it," but we don't want to say we didn't try.