SEEKERS: GOD PROMISES TO YOU
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Seekers
1. Seekers
a) Are you searching for answers that you cannot find within yourself? Well, you are heading in the right direction! Jesus Christ intentionally left heaven to live among us and not only teach us, but also to experience everything that we do.
b) You may have said, “but Jesus doesn’t understand my situation” or “how can Jesus understand my pain?”
c) Well, He understands more than you’ll ever know.
i) He understood fear. “Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Remove this cup (reference to His approaching crucifixion/wrath of God upon Him) from me.” (Mark 14:36)
ii) He understood failures from friends. While He prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, He only asked for His friends to stay awake and keep watch for Him. Three times Jesus approached them and woke them up. (Mark 14:32-42)
iii) Jesus experienced rejection by one of His dearest friends, Peter. (Mark 14:66-72)
iv) Jesus experienced hatred from people: “if the world hates you, know that it has hated Me before it hated you.” (John 15:18) Jesus experienced temptation at its highest after He fasted in the wilderness for 40 days and nights. (Matthew 4:1-11)
v) Jesus experienced sadness: “Jesus wept.” (John 11:35)
d) You see, Jesus understands your situation because He experienced all of the things that you do. He knew fear, anxiety, rejection, sadness, the feelings of temptation and disappointment. What a better Savior to have then one who really understands you!
b) You may have said, “but Jesus doesn’t understand my situation” or “how can Jesus understand my pain?”
c) Well, He understands more than you’ll ever know.
i) He understood fear. “Abba, Father, all things are possible for You. Remove this cup (reference to His approaching crucifixion/wrath of God upon Him) from me.” (Mark 14:36)
ii) He understood failures from friends. While He prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, He only asked for His friends to stay awake and keep watch for Him. Three times Jesus approached them and woke them up. (Mark 14:32-42)
iii) Jesus experienced rejection by one of His dearest friends, Peter. (Mark 14:66-72)
iv) Jesus experienced hatred from people: “if the world hates you, know that it has hated Me before it hated you.” (John 15:18) Jesus experienced temptation at its highest after He fasted in the wilderness for 40 days and nights. (Matthew 4:1-11)
v) Jesus experienced sadness: “Jesus wept.” (John 11:35)
2. God’s Promises To You
a) God has promised that you will find Him, if you seek Him whole-heartedly.
Jeremiah 29:13
a) God has promised that you will find Him, if you seek Him whole-heartedly.
Jeremiah 29:13
“You will seek Me and find Me, when you seek Me with all your heart.”
b) Your place in Heaven is awaiting you. If you seek God you will live eternal in Heaven!
Amos 5:4
“For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek Me and live!”
c) If you seek God, He will forgive you of all of your sins.
2 Chronicles 7:14
“If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”
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b) Your place in Heaven is awaiting you. If you seek God you will live eternal in Heaven!
Amos 5:4
“For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek Me and live!”
c) If you seek God, He will forgive you of all of your sins.
2 Chronicles 7:14
“If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”
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