Pastor Kevin Burden |
Cornerstone Baptist Church | For Sunday AM, March 15, 2015
Isaiah 1:16-20 Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your
doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; 17 Learn to do well;
seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the
widow. 18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be
as wool. 19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the
good of the land: 20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured
with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord
hath spoken it.
Amos 3:3 Can two walk together, except they be
agreed?
Proverbs 3:13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and
the man that getteth understanding.
Our world
desperately needs Believers to be on the same page! We must be in
agreement with God. We invite your prayerful consideration of the following essential
areas of agreement between you and God.
As we
examine each point, ask yourself, “Do I agree with God in this area?”
1. LORD,
I AGREE I MUST BE BORN AGAIN. Jesus, speaking on the need of reconciliation, said in Matthew
5:23-25...
Therefore if thou
bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought
against thee; 24 Leave
there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy
brother, and then come and offer thy gift. 25
Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest
at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee
to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
Ephesians 2:14-16 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath
broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the
law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain
one new man, so making peace; 16 And
that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain
the enmity thereby:
John 3:1-3 There was a man of the Pharisees, named
Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to Jesus by night, and
said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man
can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. 3
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I
say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Isaiah 28:14-18 Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule this
people which is in Jerusalem. 15
Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we
at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not
come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid
ourselves: 16 Therefore thus saith the
Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a
precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make
haste. 17 Judgment also
will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall
sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. 18 And your covenant with
death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when
the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by
it.
2. LORD,
I AGREE YOU LOVE ME.
Romans
8:35-39
Who shall separate us from the love of
Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or
nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, For thy sake we
are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us
from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
3. LORD,
I AGREE YOUR PLAN FOR MY LIFE IS BEST FOR ME. It will bring the
greatest level of happiness, contentment and purpose possible.
Matthew 11:27-30 All
things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the
Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever
the Son will reveal him. 28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me;
for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is
light.
Psalm 23:1-6 The Lord is my
shepherd; I shall not want. 2
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still
waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the
paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of
death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they
comfort me. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the
presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.
4. LORD,
I AGREE I SHOULD LIVE EACH DAY AS IF IT WERE MY LAST.
Hebrews
9:27
It is appointed unto men once to die, but
after this the judgment:
James
4:13-15
Go to now, ye that say, To day or to
morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and
sell, and get gain: 14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the
morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little
time, and then vanisheth away. 15 For that ye ought to say, If the
Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Colossians
3:17
Whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all
in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him… 23
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; 24
Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye
serve the Lord Christ.
5. LORD,
I AGREE I BELONG TO YOU. You purchased me on the cross, therefore, all my time, talent,
treasure, thoughts, desires, and actions are to be under Your control.
1
Peter 1:17-19
If ye call on the Father, who without
respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your
sojourning here in fear: 18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not
redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain
conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 19 But with
the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
1 Corinthians
6:19b-20
…ye are not your own? 20 For
ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your
spirit, which are God's.
