January 3, 2010 - Sheepfold Ministries

Pastor Phil Roland

DOING GOD'S J0B

Various Texts

"Trying to do God's Job is a terrible way to start the New Year. Surrender your life and your future to His control and find His peace in 2010." Pastor Phil

 

"Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven."        Matthew 18:18

 

I. DOING GOD'S JOB CALLS FOR INFINITE POWER

            A. We are FINITE, not INFINATE - Psalm 90:10

            "The days of our lives are seventy years; And if by reason of strength

            they are eighty years, Yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; For it is

            soon cut off, and we fly away."

                        1. Live in temporal bodies

                        2. Human life is limited -

            B. FINITE Definition - "Having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or

                                                 capacity; bounded; opposed to infinite" [1913 Webster]

                        1. Live in a Magical Thinking Culture

                        2. Wrongly believe we can live irresponsibly

                        3. Think they result in no consequences - Galatians 6:7

                            "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man

                              sows, that he will also reap."

                        C. God is All Powerful - Jeremiah 32:27

                           "Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too                               hard for Me?"

                                    1. Finite Job learns from an infinite God - Job 38:4

                                       "Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?

                                        Tell Me, if you have understanding."

                                    2. He has the power of creation for He is its creator

II. DOING GOD'S JOB CALLS FOR OMNISCIENCE

            A. God possesses all knowledge

                        1. Define Omniscience "Having infinite awareness,                                                         understanding, and insight"

                        2. Human knowledge will increase - Daniel 12:4

            "But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time                           of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase."

                        3. Human knowledge doubling every five years

                        4. God's knowledge is faster than that - Jeremiah 33:3

                        "Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty

                          things, which you do not know. '

            B. God's Knowledge is faster than you can ask or think - Eph. 3:20

                "Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we

                 ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in

                the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen”

 

DOING GOD'S JOB, cant.

 

III. DOING GOD'S JOB CALLS FOR OMNIPRESENCE

            A. God is everywhere at once

1. Omnipresence is who He is and what He does

2. He is a Spirit and not limited by human flesh

            B. Doing God's job is overwhelming - Isaiah 55:8,9

"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways, "

says the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My

ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts. "

            C. Those who want to do God's job must slow down and think

 

IV. DOING GOD'S JOB CALLS FOR TOTAL CONTROL

            A. CONTROLLER - Pastor Phil's definition

              “A controlling person is one that has a strong need to determine final

                issues in their lives and especially the lives of those around them. "

                        1. Developmentally immature

                        2. Babies and alcoholics / substance abusers are controlling

                        3. Sometimes wives and husbands are controlling

                        4. Sometimes pastors and congregations are controlling

                        5. Most politicians are controlling

            B. Ultimately, only God is in control of anything

                        1. We control nothing except ourselves

                        2. Sometimes we aren't in control of ourselves

                        3. Take a deep breath and say out loud:

                          "Goooood's in con-troooool!!!"

            C. Give control of your life back to God for 2010

                        1. Tell Him you can't do it anymore

                        2. Tell Him you’ve botched up your job pretty badly

                        3. Ask for His help

 

V. GOD'S JOB INVOLVES BINDING AND LOOSING

            A. God's job is to Bind and Loose - Matthew 18:18

              "Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in

               heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. "

                        1. We cannot loose what God has bound

                        2. Our job is to loose

                        3. We cannot bind what God has loosed

                        4. We cannot loose what God has bound

                        4. We need to know the difference

            B. We need Discernment to know the difference

                        1. For the New Year, ask God for Wisdom and Discernment

                        2. Ask God for the ability to accept the things you cannot change