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I Worship You, Almighty God
Great & Mighty
O Worship the King
Blessed Be Your Name
Awesome in This Place
He Knows my Name
Sermon Intro: To Be Used of God
Message Notes
Key Scripture | 2 Timothy 2:14-26
Song referred to: 'To Be Used of God' is in today's Spotify Playlist
What is Your Desire Today?
God knows those who belong to Him
2 Timothy 2:19a
- Within every local congregation there is a mixture of professed 'believers' & true believers
Matthew 12:24-30 'Wheat & Tares'
- Salvation does not begin with man; it begins with God
Ephesians 1:4
- God knows us better than we know ourselves
Psalm 139:1-4
- God knows us because He created us
Jeremiah 1:5
- Jesus Christ knows where we are right now & desires to meet our deepest need
John 10:14
God expects those who belong to Him to live right
2 Timothy 2:19b
- We are to avoid sin, as well as anything that looks like sin
1 Thessalonians 5:22
- It is easier to avoid temptation than to resist it
Ephesians 5:8
God only uses clean vessels
2 Timothy 2:20-21
- Every house has a variety of vessels each designed to be used for specific purposes
Romans 12:4-6a
- The Christian life demands obedience & allegiance to Christ
Psalm 4:3
Cleansing is our responsibility
2 Timothy 2:21
- This work of cleansing is really God's work in us & not our work
1 John 1:9
- God expects effort on our part to remain clean
2 Timothy 2::21
- This aspect of cleansing is connected with usefulness for service & closeness to God
- Paul lists some of the things that we should purge if we ware to be used by God:
v. 14 Avoid petty controversy
v. 16 Avoid irreverent babble
v. 22 Run form lust
v. 23 Avoid foolish & unprofitable arguijng
v 24 Don't quarrel or be contentious
Can a Christian be a vessel of Satan?
Mark 8:27-33
- One of Peter's greatest victories happens here
Matthew 16:16
- But also one of his greatest defeats
Mark 8:33
- This is some of the harshest language ever used by Jesus
- Peter is the only person Jesus ever called 'Satan'
Conclusion:
- God created us for His purposes
- Good men sometimes do Satan's work
- Our victories & defeats often come back to back
- Our closest friends may sometimes become our worst enemies
- Though Satan did everything he could to keep Christ from the cross, that cross was absolutely necessary in God's Plan
