The Eternal Purpose of God - Part 8
To fulfill the eternal purpose of God, we need to know the power of God and work together with Him, boasting in our weakness and allowing Him to work through us.
This sermon emphasizes the importance of understanding and tapping into the exceeding great power of God to fulfill His purpose in our lives. It highlights how acknowledging our weaknesses and relying on God's power, as seen in the example of the apostle Paul, allows us to be vessels for God's work and experience His glory. The message encourages believers to align themselves with God's purpose, allowing Him to work through them to manifest His eternal plans.
Full Transcript
is made out of love and God lays down according to his wisdom and now God works with his power exceeding great power to fulfill that purpose so can you doubt that his purpose will fail his purpose will be realized but to us we need also to know that power if we want to work together with God if we want to be in that plan for that purpose that brothers and sisters we need to know the power of God the apostle Paul he knows the power of God in his own life you remember in second Corinthians chapter 12 when he had that thorn in his body how he did what God to move it's a stake to remove it that he may be strong and God said my grace is sufficient for you in other words in his weakness he experienced the power of God the reason why we do not experience the power of God is because we are too strong our problem is not weakness our problem strength if we realize our weakness even to the point boasting of weakness not in the way but boasting in our weakness then we will experience the exceeding great power of God you know we are an earthen vessel but there is a treasure within us that the surpassing greatness of a power may be of God and not of ourselves Paul even in his labor how he taught and labor in the power of God so brothers and sisters we need to know how to work with God we need his power that we may be able to be used by God in bringing his purpose into fullness so dear brothers and sisters actually we're here with something tremendously great before us it is not just a small conference it is something that touches eternity it is something that touches the eternal purpose of God and thank God he is drawing us in that purpose we are in that purpose and we need to know what that purpose is we need to work together with him allow him to work it out us and through us until his glory is manifested so for this time shall we pray dear Lord we do praise and thank thee that thou art willing to shield us thy very heart we want to thank thee that thou does desire that we may be men and women of thy heart that we may know thy heart and may allow thee to work that out in us and even through us that I purpose of eternity may become a reality Lord we want to offer ourselves to thee for thy purpose have mercy upon us in thy precious name
Sermon Outline
- I. The Power of God in Fulfilling His Purpose
- A. God's purpose is made out of love and will not fail
- B. We need to know the power of God to work together with Him
- C. The power of God is exceeding great and can be experienced in our weakness
- II. The Problem of Strength
- A. Our problem is not weakness, but strength
- B. We need to boast in our weakness to experience the power of God
- III. Working with God's Power
- A. We need to know how to work with God's power
- B. We need to allow God to work through us to bring His purpose into fullness
Key Quotes
“We need to boast in our weakness to experience the exceeding great power of God.” — Stephen Kaung
“We are an earthen vessel but there is a treasure within us that the surpassing greatness of a power may be of God and not of ourselves.” — Stephen Kaung
“We need to know how to work with God's power that we may be able to be used by God in bringing His purpose into fullness.” — Stephen Kaung
Application Points
- We need to recognize our weakness and boast in it to experience the power of God.
- We need to allow God to work through us to bring His purpose into fullness.
- We should work together with God to fulfill His eternal purpose and bring Him glory.