Sermon note
Pastor Brian Houston
Kingdom of God supposed to get better and better
Whatever challenges you face, the bible calls you more than a conqueror
Romans 8:37-39
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The promise of God is so powerful! You are MORE THAN a conqueror
Ephesians 4:8
Therefore He says:
“When He ascended on high,
He led captivity captive,
And gave gifts to men.”
Revelation 1:18
I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.
He has the key! He has given us the key of kingdom! Whatever we bind in heaven is already bound in heaven!
Sometimes the challenges of life is very real
Sometimes our challenges come from every side.
God has called you to be more than conqueror
Hyper is to be over the top
Over the top victorious conqueror
Embrace the responsibility of a conqueror
Do you want to be made well?
Why did Jesus ask that question
To be well comes responsibility
John 5:6
When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?”
To be more than conqueror means you take up responsibility
Luke 8:38-39
Now the man from whom the demons had departed begged Him that he might be with Him. But Jesus sent him away, saying, “Return to your own house, and tell what great things God has done for you.” And he went his way and proclaimed throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.
“He has made everything beautiful in its time. He also has planted eternity in men’s hearts and minds [a divinely implanted sense of a purpose working through the ages which nothing under the sun but God alone can satisfy], yet so that men cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end.”
Ecclesiastes 3:11 AMPC
Build a business that will impact the kingdom of God
2 Timothy 1:9
who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began,
More than conqueror is who you are and not what you did
King David fought 66 wars.
His record was better than any. He was never defeated
It was battle after battle
After what Jesus has done, we are more than conqueror
Be strong.
These are the kings he defeated
Joshua 12:8
in the mountain country, in the lowlands, in the Jordan plain, in the slopes, in the wilderness, and in the South—the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites:
Joshua 12:7-24
31 kings! He defeated!
Joshua 12:11-24
the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one; the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one; the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one; the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one; the king of Shimron Meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one; the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one; the king of Dor in the heights of Dor, one; the king of the people of Gilgal, one; the king of Tirzah, one—all the kings, thirty-one.
You are more than conqueror
You are a joy
You are a blessing
Every where Joshua put his feet, God gave to him
Win the battle and possess the land
What does that look like?
There is a spiritual principle involved
““Do not take any of the things set apart for destruction, or you yourselves will be completely destroyed, and you will bring trouble on the camp of Israel. Everything made from silver, gold, bronze, or iron is sacred to the Lord and must be brought into his treasury.””
Joshua 6:18-19 NLT
“Only the livestock and the treasures of the town were not destroyed, for the Israelites kept these as plunder for themselves, as the Lord had commanded Joshua.”
Joshua 8:27 NLT
When God commanded blessings, it is inevitable
When you have unified church, people live in unity, blessings is inevitable because God commanded blessings
God respected Abel’s blessings
Don’t touch destructive things
Put God first
Joshua 1:8
This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
To live in the fullness of God, He has a plan for you in life!
You are more than a conqueror
