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  • Nov 4, 2007
  • Series: Serve Your World

PARTY
"Serve Your World" - Part 4
NOVEMBER 4th, 2007
Luke 10:17-23
Dwain Tissell

17When the seventy-two disciples returned, they joyfully reported to him, "Lord, even the demons obey us when we use your name!"
18"Yes," he told them, "I saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning! 19Look, I have given you authority over all the power of the enemy, and you can walk among snakes and scorpions and crush them. Nothing will injure you. Luke 10:17-19 (NLT)

MEASURE #1: BY GOD'S GRACE YOU'VE DENTED THE DARKNESS.

1Then the angel showed me Jeshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD. The Accuser, Satan, was there at the angel's right hand, making accusations against Jeshua. 2And the LORD said to Satan, "I, the LORD, reject your accusations, Satan. Yes, the LORD, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebukes you. This man is like a burning stick that has been snatched from the fire." Zechariah 3:1-2 (NLT)

20But don't rejoice because evil spirits obey you; rejoice because your names are registered in heaven." Luke 10:20 (NLT)

MEASURE #2: BY GOD'S GRACE HE KNOWS YOUR NAME.

5All who are victorious will be clothed in white. I will never erase their names from the Book of Life, but I will announce before my Father and his angels that they are mine. Revelation 3:5 (NLT)

21At that same time Jesus was filled with the joy of the Holy Spirit, and he said, "O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding these things from those who think themselves wise and clever, and for revealing them to the childlike. Yes, Father, it pleased you to do it this way.
22"My Father has entrusted everything to me. No one truly knows the Son except the Father, and no one truly knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."
23Then when they were alone, he turned to the disciples and said, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you have seen. 24I tell you, many prophets and kings longed to see what you see, but they didn't see it. And they longed to hear what you hear, but they didn't hear it." Luke 10:21-24 (NLT)

7-10 minutes of open mic from the Church
"What did you see?"

MEASURE #3: BY GOD'S GRACE YOU'VE SEEN HIM.

10This salvation was something even the prophets wanted to know more about when they prophesied about this gracious salvation prepared for you. 11They wondered what time or situation the Spirit of Christ within them was talking about when he told them in advance about Christ's suffering and his great glory afterward.
12They were told that their messages were not for themselves, but for you. And now this Good News has been announced to you by those who preached in the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. It is all so wonderful that even the angels are eagerly watching these things happen.
13So think clearly and exercise self-control. Look forward to the gracious salvation that will come to you when Jesus Christ is revealed to the world. 14So you must live as God's obedient children. Don't slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn't know any better then. 1 Peter 1:10-14 (NLT)