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The 3 Dimensions Of God’s Faithfulness
Contributed by Dr. Stanley Vasu on Apr 25, 2013 (message contributor)
Summary: A) GOD BELIEVES IN US B) GOD BACKS US C) GOD BLESSES US
THE 3 DIMENSIONS OF GOD’S FAITHFULNESS
OUTLINE
A) GOD BELIEVES IN US
1. God believes in our FUTURE
2. God believes in our FAITHFULNESS
3. God believes in our FRIENDSHIP
B) GOD BACKS US
1. God backs us with His PRESENCE
2. God backs us with His PROTECTION
3. God backs us with His PROVISION
C) GOD BLESSES US
1. God blesses us with RESULTS
2. God blesses us with REWARD
3. God blesses us with RESPONSIBILITIES
A) GOD BELIEVES IN US
1. God believes in our FUTURE
God believes in our future even when we do not believe in our future and even when others do not believe in our future. He is the One who chose us. God chose Abraham , Moses , David , Gideon , Jeremiah , Peter and the disciples even when they had no great expectations or confidence about their future accomplishments for the Kingdom of God. God believes in us more than we beleive in ourselves.
SCRIPTURE REFERENCES
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The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it.
You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you.
Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not—to nullify the things that are,
so that no one may boast before him.
It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.
Therefore, as it is written: “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”
Peter:
One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God.
He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets.
He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat.
When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.”
Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.”
When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break.
So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!”
For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners.
Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.”
So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him.
Disciples :
Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and sickness.
These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (who is called Peter) and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;
Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen.
“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”
At once they left their nets and followed him.
Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them,
and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
