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Harvest
March
20, 2014
Pastor Greg
What makes you mad? People's cell
phones drive Greg nuts. People sitting at green lights.
People get IED it is a disease
that 10 million people have. It's a disease of anger.
I write letters and don't send
them.
Luke 19:37-48 NKJV
[37] Then, as He was now drawing
near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples
began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they
had seen, [38] saying: " 'Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the
LORD!' Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!" [39] And some of the
Pharisees called to Him from the crowd, "Teacher, rebuke Your disciples."
[40] But He answered and said to them, "I tell you that if these should
keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out." [41] Now as He drew
near, He saw the city and wept over it, [42] saying, "If you had known,
even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But
now they are hidden from your eyes. [43] For days will come upon you when your
enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on
every side, [44] and level you, and your children within you, to the ground;
and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know
the time of your visitation." [45] Then He went into the temple and began
to drive out those who bought and sold in it, [46] saying to them, "It is
written, 'My house is a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of
thieves.'" [47] And He was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief
priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people sought to destroy Him, [48]
and were unable to do anything; for all the people were very attentive to hear
Him. …
Ephesians 4:26 NKJV
[26] "Be angry, and do not
sin": do not let the sun go down on your wrath,
[27] nor give place to the devil.
Jesus himself got angry.
Hebrews 4:15 NKJV
[15] For we do not have a High
Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted
as we are, yet without sin.
Luke 19:11 NKJV
[11] Now as they heard these
things, He spoke another parable, because He was near Jerusalem and because
they thought the kingdom of God would appear immediately.
2 Chronicles 7:14 NKJV
[14] if My people who are called
by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from
their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and
heal their land.
If a nation wants revival and
spiritual awakening, it starts with the church.
Jesus did not come as a military,
economic, political, or social Savior. He came as a spiritual Savior from sin
and death.
The incarnation was for the
purpose of the atonement; the birth of Jesus was so there would be the death of
Jesus.
Revelation 13:8 NKJV
[8] All who dwell on the earth
will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the
Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Luke 19:37-44 NKJV
[37] Then, as He was now drawing
near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples
began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they
had seen, [38] saying: " 'Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the
LORD!' Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!" [39] And some of the
Pharisees called to Him from the crowd, "Teacher, rebuke Your
disciples." [40] But He answered and said to them, "I tell you that
if these should keep silent, the stones would immediately cry out." [41]
Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it, [42] saying, "If
you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for
your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. [43] For days will come
upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you
and close you in on every side, [44] and level you, and your children within
you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another,
because you did not know the time of your visitation."
Zechariah 9:9 NKJV
[9] "Rejoice greatly, O
daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming
to you; He is just and having salvation, Lowly and riding on a donkey, A colt,
the foal of a donkey.
Malachi 3:1 NKJV
[1] "Behold, I send My
messenger, And he will prepare the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek,
Will suddenly come to His temple, Even the Messenger of the covenant, In whom
you delight. Behold, He is coming," Says the LORD of hosts.
Luke 19:38 NKJV
[38] saying: " 'Blessed is
the King who comes in the name of the LORD!' Peace in heaven and glory in the
highest!"
Romans 9:20 NKJV
[20] But indeed, O man, who are
you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it,
"Why have you made me like this?"
If God didn't meet your
expectations then maybe your expectations were just wrong.
A faith that can be lost is no
faith at all.
Unbelief and rejection breaks
Gods heart. Even of the wicked.
“He saw the city and wept over
it.”
(Luke 19:41)
Luke 19:45-48 NKJV
[45] Then He went into the temple
and began to drive out those who bought and sold in it, [46] saying to them,
"It is written, 'My house is a house of prayer,' but you have made it a
'den of thieves.'" [47] And He was teaching daily in the temple. But the
chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people sought to destroy
Him, [48] and were unable to do anything; for all the people were very
attentive to hear Him.
This situation angered him. He
cleaned out the Temple twice. Jesus did a violent thing when he over turned the
table, not violent to others, but in action with the table. It was for
illustration,
Mark 11:15 NKJV
[15] So they came to Jerusalem.
Then Jesus went into the temple and began to drive out those who bought and
sold in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the
seats of those who sold doves.
Just as the temple needed to be
cleansed a second time, sometimes so do we.
Jesus is also meek. Meekness is
not weakness, it is power under restraint.
Isaiah 56:6-7 NKJV
[6] "Also the sons of the
foreigner Who join themselves to the LORD, to serve Him, And to love the name
of the LORD, to be His servants- Everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath,
And holds fast My covenant- [7] Even them I will bring to My holy mountain, And
make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their
sacrifices Will be accepted on My altar; For My house shall be called a house
of prayer for all nations."
The church is a hospital for
sinners, not a museum for saints!
When a church or Christian keeps
a person away, that makes Jesus angry.
Are you a stepping stone to
Christ or a stumbling stone. Are you a bridge or are you a barrier to Christ?
1 John 1:8-9 NKJV
[8] If we say that we have no
sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. [9] If we confess our
sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness
You don't need to clean up your
life to go to Christ, you need to go to Christ to clean up your life.
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