Obstructions to Divine Good

NEW Memory Verse:
2 Tim 2:4, “No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life,

so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.”

Discourse; John 13-16, Pt 445

John 15:18-21
Obstructions to Divine Good Production, Pt. 26

John 15:18-21, Obstructions to Divine Good Production

Reason #1: Satan’s Cosmic System hates the believer!

Reason #2: We are not of this world-Election out from the World!

Reason #3: “The servant is not greater than his Lord,” therefore we too will have persecutions!

Reason # 4 – John 15:21:“The Cosmos does not know God and is ignorant to His Plan.”

John 15:21, “But all these things, (persecutions), they will do to you all for the sake of My name. Because they inherently do not know the One (God the Father) who sent Me.”

Doctrine of God the Father

III. God the Father

Trinity Slide

E. The Functionality of God the Father related to Mankind:

1. God the Father Created the Universe.
2. He created Man.

            3. He gives and preserves life in man.

4. He is the planner of salvation for mankind.
5. He elected the believer from eternity past.

            6. He Calls, Justifies and Glorifies the believer.

            7. God the Father indwells all Church Age believers as part of the Mystery Doctrine for the Church Age, John 14:23; Eph 4:6; 2 John 9. His abiding establishes our eternal relationship with Him.

                        a. God the Son indwells us according to John 14:20; 17:22-23; Rom 8:10; 2 Cor 13:5; Gal 2:20; Col 1:27; 1 John 2:24. We are the temple for the dwelling of the Shekinah Glory.

                        b. The indwelling of the Holy Spirit is found in Rom 8:11; 1 Cor 3:16, 6:19-20; 2 Cor 6:16. He Indwells us to empower us to execute the spiritual life and adorn the Temple of Christ.

                       

8. The Father is fully responsible for our prayers.

                        a. The Father hears (receives) our prayers. We pray to the Father. Mat 6:6-9; 7:11; Luke 11:2, 13; John 15:16; 16:23; 1 John 1:7-9. We approach the throne of Grace, Heb 4:16

b. He answers our prayers, Mat 18:19; Luke 11:13; John 15:16; 16:23; 1 John 5:14-15. Mat 18:19, “Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven.”

c. He forgives us of our sins when we confess them to Him, Mat 6:14 cf 1 John 1:9. Mat 6:14, “For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. ¹⁵But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions.”

d. The Son is our Intercessory/Advocate in prayer, Rom 8:34; 1 John 2:1.

e. The Holy Spirit helps us (intercedes for us) in prayer, Rom 8:26.

9. God the Father disciplines and judges, Mat 18:35; Heb 12:4-11, (Prov 3:11-12; Psa 119:75); Deut 8:5; 2 Sam 7:14.

Mat 18:35, “My heavenly Father will also do the same to you, if each of you does not forgive his brother from your heart.”

            a. Jesus Christ is said to discipline the reversionistic believer in 1 Cor 11:32; Rev 3:19.

b. The Holy Spirit brings judgment, Judges 3:10.

            10. God the Father provides divine power for the function of His Plan for your life. The omnipotence of God the Father is related to our Portfolio of Invisible Assets. He is also the designer of God’s Power System that is available to every believer.

Your Portfolio of Invisible Assets includes:

Primary Assets consist of:

            Baptism of the Holy Spirit

            Pre-designed Protocol Plan of God (P3G)

            Equal Privilege and Equal Opportunity

            Unique Royal Commissions

            Unique Mystery Doctrine of the Church Age

            Indwelling of the Trinity

            100% Availability of Divine Power.

Secondary Assets:

            Positive volition toward Bible Doctrine

            Production Assets = Residence in the P3G (Fruit of the Spirit)

            Suffering for Blessing

            Invisible impact blessings

                        a. Personal impact – blessing by association

                        b. Historical impact - national blessing (Pivot)

                        c. International impact - association with Client Nation to God

Personal Asset:

            Operating in your Spiritual Gift

Unique Asset:

            Indwelling of the Trinity

                        a. The omnipotence of God the Son is related to the preservation of the universe as well as the perpetuation of human history.

            b. The omnipotence of God the Holy Spirit is related to residence, function, and momentum inside God’s Power System.

           

11. The greatest power the Father has given to us is His Word, Bible Doctrine, John 15:15; 17:14, 17 cf. Heb 4:12.

            a. The Bible is said to be the Mind of Christ, 1 Cor 2:16; 2 Peter 3:18.

            b. The Bible was inspired by God the Holy Spirit 2 Sam 23:2; Acts 28:25; 2 Tim 3:16, and is revealed / taught to man by the Spirit, John 16:13; 1 Cor 12:8; Eph 6:17; 2 Peter 1:20-21.

2 Sam 23:2, “The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me, and His word was on my tongue.”

2 Tim 3:16-17, “All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; ¹⁷so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.”

“Inspired by God” is the Greek word THEOPNEUSTOS which comes from THEOS that means God and PNEUMA that means breath or spirit. Literally it is “God-breathed”, (i.e. inspired by God.) PNEUMA is used in the New Testament for the Holy Spirit, therefore it is the Holy Spirit who has inspired the writers of the New Testament to write the Word of God. This is called “Verbal Plenary Inspiration of the Scripture.”

12. The Pastor’s authority is given by God the Father. 2 Cor 3:5-6.

a. The Pastor’s authority is of the Son, as Paul testified in 1 Tim 1:12, “He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry.”

b. The Pastor’s authority is of the Holy Spirit, as Paul instructed the elders of the Church in Ephesus, Acts 20:28, “Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.”

           

            13. All positions of human authority have been established by the Father, Rom 13:1-4.

14. God the Father will resurrect all of mankind. It is recorded of both the Father and the Son in, John 5:21 “For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes.”

a. Of the Third Person it is stated in Rom 8:11, “But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.”