THE KING AND HIS KINGDOM - MATTHEW 16:1-4

MATTHEW 16:1

EVERYBODY AROUND JESUS DOESN’T REALLY WANT JESUS

A SIGN FROM PROPHETS IN OLD TESTAMENT 

 1.  IT SHOWED TRUSTWORTHINESS OR RELIABILITY

2. A SIGN OF POWER 

SOME PEOPLE DON’T COME TO JESUS FOR SALVATION…THEY COME FOR STIMULATION.

JESUS WAS SECURE ENOUGH IN HIS IDENTITY THAT HE DIDN’T NEED APPLAUSE FROM PEOPLE.

MATURITY IS WHEN YOU STOP NEEDING EVERYBODY TO VALIDATE WHAT GOD ALREADY SPOKE.

THE ENEMY CANNOT DESTROY WHAT GOD CALLED YOU…SO HE TRIES TO MAKE YOU DOUBT IT.

YOU MIGHT BE DROWNING TRYING TO PROVE YOURSELF TO PEOPLE WHO WERE NEVER ASSIGNED TO UNDERSTAND YOU.

MATTHEW 16:2-3

BEING AROUND GOD’S HOUSE IS NOT THE SAME THING AS BEING SURRENDERED TO GOD’S HEART.

THE PROBLEM IN AMERICA IS NOT LACK OF PREACHING…IT’S LACK OF APPLICATION.

MATTHEW 16:4

IF YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD ONLY SURVIVES WHEN HE GIVES YOU THINGS…YOU DON’T LOVE GOD, YOU LOVE BENEFITS.

SIN WILL ENTERTAIN YOU BRIEFLY AND IMPRISON YOU EVENTUALLY.