living in their own strength, being fleshly. theology. The solution is Gods grace in salvation and Gods fruit in sanctification. Enter your email address and we will send you a link to reset your password. Spiritual Wake up the mighty men, Let all the men of war draw near, Let them come up. And so, wherever he was God-dependent, he takes a step back, like, I justLord, I just need a sign! An angel shows up! They had perverted ideas about marriage, divorce, Love keeps our firmness from becoming If their wife wants to parent by fear, they share passages It is like hearing the alarm go off, waking up enough to silence it, then rolling over and drifting back asleep for another 15 minutes till the snooze button wears off and the alarm sounds again: we heard the alarm, were aware of it, responded to it momentarily, but then turned around and went back to sleep. Jesus is alive! Because Im just not quite sure Youre going to come through! And Gods gracious to him. Chris is the teaching pastor at Faith Bible Church - Murrieta. We are to work with zeal. And Joash, the dad, says], Will you contend for Baal? He confronts error graciously. in this room there are men becoming mighty men. You go to the house of God; but when the multitude that keep holy day in the full tide of song send their music up to heaven, you hear it, but your heart does not leap at the sound. They were willing volunteers who served out of devotion to David. Well, hey yall! Verse 27 says, Gideon made an ephod (Course, you all know what that is, so I dont have to explain that.) I came away with a hatred for manmade religion and misdirected worship, because so many of the things that we were seeing, the destruction of Gods people, were the results of their hearts turning away from the true God to the false gods, and God had to bring judgment upon them and all those stories we read about in the Old Testament. mother of his childrenbut it is first the responsibility of the father to obeys Christs commands. Christ is not only mighty, but he is most mighty. Sermons about Mighty Man In Battle - SermonCentral.com In humility admit youre not strong enough, youre not spiritual enough, you dont have enough experience. Have all the soldiers come forward, have them come up! This is what I have been saying the entire The part men play is to submit themselves to Christ through His Please ignore the Secret Key field; it is not needed to log in to cfaith. Standing firm in the faith is Jude 3, the faith which was once for all delivered And he says he needs a sign. Ive got to tell youjust a moment of honesty herecan Pastor get honest? And, so I stood there, and it was just a God momentjust about fifteen minutes (I know you dont think I can preach for fifteen minutes, but I can) and God just moved, and God moved in the hearts of those men; God moved in my heart. responsible for the needs of their familyfood, clothing and housing falls on The word strong or mighty is found 500 times in the Bible. The famous commentator Warren Wiersbe sums up today's passage in three commands: "Wake up, Clean up, and Grow up!" Let's consider these: 1. Introduction Wake up calls are common when we travel. mighty man never avoids them. Some men are afraid to speak up about a 1. The Wake Up [Rom 13:11] | Gospel Light Christian Church selfthe mighty man comes up with a biblical game plan to pray, teach the true man, the mighty man, is a man who knows and lives by truth. Wake Up Caleb Contributed by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney on Oct 15, 2009 (message contributor) based on 79 ratings (rate this sermon) | 40,465 views Scripture: Numbers 13:25-30 Denomination: Pentecostal Summary: I believe inside of Every Christian is the spirit of Caleb, This sermon is my attempt to call that spirit and anointing to attention. Mighty your homes. Sunday Morning Worship! In this message, Adrian Rogers shares how this dominion was legally lost by Adam, but rightfully regained by the Second Adam, the conquering Christ. Sermons about Wake Up Church - SermonCentral.com Joel 3:9 KJ21 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles: Prepare war! Yet only 35% of the men in the United States attend church. Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. Would you bow your heads with me? Nobody in my family ever went to college. misunderstood. man. 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He starts adding to his numbers. admonition to stand and be firm is directed against wavering, uncertainty, or liked by everyone if you live by truth, but you must live by Gods Word. If God is here, why am I suffering? Now, Gideon said the right thing in verse 23: Gideon said to them, I will not rule over youmy son[s] will not rule over you; the Lord will rule over you. Good, good, good, good, good! When he didnt, some grew complacent and began to lose a sense of commitment to their faith. If youve never been saved, why dont you drop your religious clothing and lingo and all those manmade attempts to impress God? men of God are not to be children, but in their dependence upon Christ, they John tells us the When Im reading my sermon outline, I know that if its boring me, I dont have a shot with most of the men. Just to give you some top-level things that happened over there, just some take-aways. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. making certain the church is following Gods Word and not following mans wisdomobeying Gideon was the sixth judgenot a king, not a priest, but just kind of a temporary place-holder ruler/leader in this group of people known as Israel. the Lord, and correct any and all behavior, and all theological thinking not in C you. mature man intimately knows God. a biblical man of absolutes will not be easy in this world of relativism. Sermon Notes. And they remain passive about truth for others. child understands the Gospel, the young man battles for the Truth, and the Wake up and fulfill your responsibility as a manyou They thought they 1 Sam 17:31-39 47 The Battle is the LORD'S, 1. to pursue, and leaders exhort. immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is God tells Gideon, Take your fathers bull and sacrifice the bull. Then He says, Take the second bull thats seven years old. I had Paul File, whos a farmer came up to me at the end of the service hes like, Do you know the significance of the seven-year-old bull? Hes made promises. something God has done and then does to you. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. That last phrase, armor of light, suggests there is some protection in seeking to live godly lives. Our only hope for change rests in our Savior. commands to becoming a mighty man of God. Corinth, the men had failed to remain alert. 2. initiate with the truth. First John 4:7 says love Maybe youre there today, and you are arguing with God about what God says is true of you. When everythings going great, thats about the time you better realize, you can never take credit for what God alone can do through you! fainthearted like some women, or timid like children. Im not trying to promote fear and anxiety. And so He finds Gideon in a place of inadequacy. The word sanctuary comes from the word security. Women want security and safety. And he returned to the camp of Israel and said, Arise, for the Lord has given the host of Midian into your hand.. Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Jul 12, 2012 (message contributor) based on 7 ratings (rate this sermon) | 26,758 views Scripture: Isaiah 52:1-3 Denomination: Baptist Summary: This sermon describes the difference between awake christians and those that are asleep. .celebrating the fact that Jesus is no longer buried in the grave! Gods Word (chapters 1 and 2). Men who continually Wake Up Caleb Sermon by Pastor/Author: Terry Sisney And the Lord said to Gideon, Every one who laps the water with his tongue So he gets down in the water and he laps it like a dog (slurp, slurp, slurp). And Gideon continues to pursue. The angel brings fire out of a rock! Didnt God reduce the size of your army down to three-hundred, so you wouldnt take credit for it? [And] they held in theirhands the torches [this was at night], and in their right hands the trumpet [blew].. Accept the responsibility to lead. Gideon and his three-hundred men didnt even have to raise a weapon! Paul describes the waiting period as night. Ive told our son, when he wants to stay out late with his friends, Nothing good happens in the city after midnight! Paul uses night and day not just to illustrate periods of time, but also good and evil. . He's set you apart as a ruler to stand firm and be watchful in this hour. Especially on Sundays when I get up and I come, and youre looking at me and youre expecting some great spiritual truth to be delivered, and youre kind of ticked, I just dont know if it was as good as it was last week, and youre like, Yeah, I just didnt get anything out of that this morning. And yeah, it is an overwhelming sense of inadequacy to be called of God to do something that you feel completely unqualified. You have to get revolted enough against a life of crumbs . The church then becomes traditional, the guys get bored, and they stop coming! Joel 3:9 Wake Up the Mighty Men Posted on 13 Jan 2019, Pastor: Ray Pountney A Sunday sermon by Pastor Ray, "Wake Up the Mighty Men ". Wake Up! - Sermon on Romans 13.11-14 | think and let think Watch "Wake Up The Mighty Men" and use this as a study guide on your own or with your small group. not in vain in the Lord. And here, stand firm means to be steadfast in the faith.. to get David a drink from his favorite well, who are seemingly unbeatable on And the story opens up with the nation of Israel surrounded by a foreign enemythe Midianites. #1 The mighty man will accept the RESPONSIBILITY Our own churches. Our temptation is to read this story as if Gideon is the hero. remain alert in their homes and in their church. millennials, the laziness of our own flesh, the massive attack of the enemy to There were thirty people that recommitted their lives to Christ! Today, churches approach denies Gods character and renders Gods Word as useless. Wake Up the Mighty Men - East Hill Baptist Church He calls more men from Naphtali and from Asher and from all Manasseh, and they pursued after Midian. responsible. The title of the message is this: The Making of a Mighty Man. All kinds of things could be going on, but when we are asleep we have absolutely no clue. They whored after it, they lusted after it, and it became a snare to Gideon andhis [whole] family., Gideon had a son (he actually had seventy sons). Paul uses the Greek word for parents in verse 1. ], and the Abiezrites were called out to follow him The spiritual doughnut hole has now become the spiritual leader of the entire nation. And whos going to get the credit? engaged in the local church. things. love, in todays world, it would sound harsh, judgmental, unloving, and insensitive. I dont need a sign, I dont need a fleece. And where are all his wonderful deeds that our fathers recounted to us, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? But now the Lord has forsaken us and given us into the hand of Midian. True or not true? We must not forget the mighty works of God in: 1. that its you who speak [to] me. Interesting. They continue to pursue this Midianite armythrough the desertacross the Jordan. letter. of God, the mighty man, depends on Gods Word. lawsuits, immorality, Christian liberties, sexual intimacy in marriage, singleness, It was six oclock in the morning and six oclock at night, and it was this intense mixture of studying theology and history and archeology and prophecy mixed in with a little U.S. foreign policy, because of all the stuff that goes on over there. like men, not children. But Having trouble logging into your account? So, then in verse 11, heres how the Lord is going to save Israel. Denomination: The Church on Trial Pt. There Five out of six men in the U.S. refer to themselves as Christians. function by Gods design and lead your homes by His Word through His Spirit, it like lying, laziness, like effeminate sons or masculine daughters, an overt The church, in far too many cases, has feminized the church experience and we have stopped relating to and speaking to real men. Love keeps our maturity We hear of a friend with some need or struggle but instead of acting we plop in front of the TV or computer and vaguely entertain ourselves. spiritual health of the church. Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death? (Romans 7:18-19, 24). Mighty Works Of God Sermon by Ervin Kimrey, Matthew 11: - SermonCentral . Sanctification, Pay attention. There was a generous donor that just made it way possible to send these pastors. soldier in the army of Jesus Christ may be faintheartedin Christs presence Proclaim this among the nations: "Prepare for war! Please let it be dry on the fleece only, and all the ground let [it. No, he didnt. Should I Use Bible Software In My Sermon Prep. God might have to bring 300 people next Easter to get us back to the place where we realize, God, we cant do this alone! Trust Him! There in the grace in Christ. AMP Proclaim this among the [pagan] nations: Prepare a war! Very emotional time for me. This is "Wake Up the Mighty Men". Have you declared your dependency on God? 2023 Gospel City Church, Inc. Site by MereChurch. God gives Gideon the promise, Whatever you try, youre not going to die.. Hes moving toward a place of God-dependency. meat. because of that, they start thinking theyre strong and wise without depending . are divisions in Corinth, moral issues, undealt with sin, and confusionso The Final Battle Between Good and Evil. Caleb-80 years old, yet he says, "Give me the toughest region and I will rid it of enemies." or others. Copyright 2003-2023 | Outreach, Inc., All rights reserved. mature leadership was needed. No one knows how long this period of time will last, but its all part of the End Times. Again, confession time, confession time! Spiritually it is exactly the same; sleepy Christians are unaware of what God is doing around us. The D One speeding motorist yelled out his window, Leave us alone, you religious nuts! as he flew by. Wake Up! Wake 'em up. men are afraid of God, but are not afraid of anything or anyone elseeven Some of them were false, so-called believers, who like Are your children running after God faster than you are? Jesus humbled Himself. And now his dad is starting to experience some of the courage that he should have had all along. heart in 2 Corinthians 12:9, My grace is Be of good You may be a potential superman, you may be able to pray heaven down, and blast hells gates off their hinges, You may have the bible memorized by chapters, and demons tremble when they hear your voice (But if you are asleep, You are no threat to the devil). So, theres another sign here, that we wont take time for. From around the curve they heard screeching tires and a big splash. So everything is uncertain and nothing is absolute. As to offend. And the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath. Now, do you see the white space in-between verse 22 and verse 23? Weve got Gideon moving! Thousands and thousands of men. The mighty man wants eternal things over earthly It could be tomorrow. The name Abimelech means this, My dad is king! Now, if youre a dad and youre searching through the baby name book, looking for a name (James, are listening back there? First Corinthians 16:13, Be on the alert, meaningit is your Paul wraps up this epistle commanding men to live Gods design for manhood. E Becoming a Mighty Man means SALVATION in Christ That is what a Mighty People of Valor should do! Makes you stronger. Youve heard that phrase? sacrificially. Thats where tradition comes from. That is the job of the manto become a mighty man means you accept the biblical truth to non-Christians. 5 Wake Up Revelation 3:1-6 (NIV) 1) To the angel of the church in Sardis . you travel through life, you men make certain the family and the church do not steer Some men are afraid to bring up men of the church at the end of this letter in the clearest, in-your-face is not speaking about a subjective reliance needed to trust God here. dont know God if they continue to allow attitudes and actions in their home for Look at how he responds in verse 13: And Gideon said to him, Please, [sir], if the Lord is with us Now, stop right there! It is a call to courageous manliness in an hour when Some Proclaim this among the nations: "Prepare for war! Stand up and fight for what you believe in! No Thats the promise that God gave Gideon. Hows the health report? And yet the Lord, unmistakenly, has called you. GOD KNOWS OUR RESPONSE (vs.22) A. first the responsibility of the father. If youre a young person in here again, part of my story is I was the first one in my family that the Lord called into salvation. . I love that one line, "wake up the mighty men". Thats what he named his son! like Christ, your sin must be hated, your behavior corrected, your habits Declare your God-dependency! Have you ever been there? ASV Proclaim ye this among the nations; prepare war; stir up the mighty men; let all the men of war draw near, let them come up. commission, or youre not obeying in an area commanded in Scripture, or sins of ], . Billy Graham once said, We are to wait for the coming of Christ with patience. Be on the alert. In And we finally get to chapter 7, Then Jerubbaal God changed his name. I came away with a longing for the soon return of Jesus Christ, stood on the Mount of Olives where Zechariah tells us that He will come back and stand right there, so that as I was standing right there, Im like, Lord, anytime is great! the ground. We need to wake up to where we have chosen to live by compromise with the world instead of by conviction of the truth of God's Word. these qualities are attached to relationship with others in the context of a church. 7 And the Lord said to Gideon, With the 300 men who lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hand, and let. Romans 13:11-14, Matthew 25:1-13, Romans 7:18-25, Denomination: If Youre so good, why are we so surrounded? I would expect to read, And the Lord turned away from Gideon. Thats not what is says, is it? Delivered on Sunday 13th January 2019. who attack or offend. Joel 3:9, Numbers 13:25-30, Sermon Topics: So, in other words, you didnt have to learn Greek, Hebrew or how to preach. Wake up the mighty men, Let all the men of war draw near, Let them come up. In fact, Paul adds one Here in verse 11 we read the story: Now the angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites. Underline the word hide in verse 11. They know they cant model to their children Our tour guide over therehes a believer, hes a former pastor, hes led a-hundred-and-eighty-seven trips to Israeland one of the places he always takes the groups to is the Spring of Gideon. Genesis 4:7, when God warns Cain, Sin things, he seeks to model a love for the Lord over things, seeks to oversee the upon the Spirit of Truth, walking according to the Word of Truth is the only We're not weak. Peter 4:8 says to you, Above all, That sounded like I would be ancient by the time I would get out. God wants you to catch up! The mighty man depends on objective truth wind of doctrineEphesians 4:14, tossed We had an army of 300 volunteers! WAKE UP THE MIGHTY MEN - Bishop Joshua The world is awake and thriving because the church won't wake up and stand on God's principle. 13, Be on the alert, stand firm in It Is Time To Wake Up! - SermonCentral Men outnumber women in the Hindu faith, men outnumber women in the Buddhist faith, and men outnumber women vastly, in the Islamic faith. comes from God and you are only able to love God and others because 1 Hes taken a step backwards!] Wake Up The Mighty Men - Watch 2023 online sermons Mad at God, feeling forsaken by God. After I walked out of the Century Center, meeting with you there on Easter DayEaster, it was not long after that that I stepped onto a plane and I flew to Israel. Im not good enough to be a Christian. Listen, thats the kind of person God makes into a Christian, is when youre humble enough to admit: I dont have what it takes to have a relationship with God.. Daniel, who spends the night in a pit of hungry lions. They avoid a situation when they should walk right in. Gods Word no matter what. We need us somebody to save us from sin. He continues to go further and furthernowaway from the Lord. subject to opinions, culture, feelings, ideas and immature examples for their life Cornerstone Church Ive shared part of this in the past, but when I got saved, I met the Lord when I was fifteen. We're called to be strong and mighty. And let me ask the dads in this auditorium something. the men here are battling with the same difficulties as the Corinthian men. And yet, they told me, because I didnt go to Bible college and I didnt learn whats called baby Greek, that I would have to take a year of noncredit Greek before you could enroll in the Greek that you actually get credit for. And Gideon says, Thank you for telling me that dream. We are asleep when it comes to God's business and ministry. Becoming a Mighty Man means you MINISTER, in spite of additional But, then in verse 12, it says, The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, The Lord is with you, O mighty man of valor. What? Verse 28: When the men of the town [a]rose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah beside it was cut down, and the second bull was offered on the altar that had been built. Verse 31: [And] Joash [who is that? All Luke 22:20, Matthew 25:1-13, Revelation 22:7, Romans 13:11-14, Romans 7:18-19, Romans 7:18-25, Romans 7:25, Sermon Topics: True manliness does Mat 24:6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass. And so this is the high point of the whole story. The angel consumes the meal! I remember one time being on a choir bus tour and one of the singers was fast asleep. So if you have a Tandy computer available that needs some COBOL programming done, Im your guy! Theres not an instruction from God; theres not an angel that appears. The prophet said in Joel 3:9, "Wake up the mighty men." Wake up the mighty women. We do this every week, right? Let me summarize the rest of the chapter: What he did was, Gideon went and he prepared a meal, and he served it to this angel. We are to watch with anticipation. keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of Men are no longer children. others. I'm here to wake up your dreams, wake up your talents, wake up your potential, wake up the healing. keeps you men from the Scripture, no matter what it is, must be overcome. If you were here a few years ago, we studied verse-by-verse through the book of Joshua, and just to remember the context here. 1K views, 16 likes, 38 loves, 867 comments, 38 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Greater First Church: The Greater Experience Share With Others Giving:. the manbecome the mighty man. Have you made a thousand excuses why God should use somebody else? It is not really being asleep there is a vague awareness of the world and life but that vague awareness drifts in and out. It was not a vacation. Wake Up the Mighty Men Jentezen Franklin Let me give you some context. But, if you think youre self-sufficient (you could be religious enough, moral enough, good enoughfamily is great enough, that you dont need God)its going to be a snare to you! He wanted a trophy! Romans 13.11-14. Verse 16: And the Lord said to him [again! children and the strength of the church. responsible. So, the Lord says in verse 14, The Lord turned to him and said, Go in this might of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian; do not I send you? 15 And he said to him, Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Only in Christianity do women outnumber the men. In today's passage, the Apostle Paul writes with a sense of urgency. Our faith is adventurous! I went to college but I just got whatever degree I could get some scholarships in. The reality is this, Gideons battle was against the Midianites. Are your numbers looking good? And so, its probably a threatening, risky thing to obey God, but because hes already had these two signs, look at verse 27: So Gideon took ten men of his servants and did as the Lord had told him. Awesome! Okay, I know theres an angel standing in front of me. They were terrorizing Gods people and they were plundering the possessions that they had. into the ground, but like a living tree that fixes its roots ever deeper into The mighty man pursues The Time Is Short (Romans Sermon 102 of 120) - Two Journeys He says, Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Theres a temptation here for everyone.
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