Proof Pt.7
Proof Series- Pastor Mike McClure Jr.
Proof
Proof Series Pt.7 - PMJ
Mark 5:2-3
God is a rule-breaking God.
Circumstances change- He’s the same yesterday, today, and forever more.
We treat God like a variable-He’s a constant.
The foundation of natural expectation is probability.
Natural Expectation vs Biblical Expectation
Natural Expectation
Source: Circumstances, past experiences, feelings
Foundation: Probability and patterns
Emotion Attached: Uncertainty, anxiety, doubt
Response To: What I’ve been thru or seen
Stability: Fragile- can shift with conditions
Example Statement: “I hope it all works out.. but I’m not sure..”
Biblical Parallel: Thomas [John 20:25]- believed after seeing
Driven By: Sight
End Result: Often leads to disappointment or doubt
Biblical Expectation
Source: God’s Word, character, and promises
Foundation: Faith, truth of Scripture
Emotion Attached: Hope, confidence, trust
Response To: Who God is what He has said
Stability: Unshakable- anchored in Christ
Example Statement: “I believe it will happen because God said so!”
Biblical Parallel: Abraham [Romans 4:20:21]- believed without seeing
Driven By: Faith
End Result: Leads to peace, patience, and perseverance
Stop spending so much time leaning in on what other’s have to say-their opinions, thoughts, etc. [causing uncertainty]-and instead, stand on what He said.-A Word!
Last Week’s Sermon Taught Us:
Your tomb will not be your testimony.
Your past pain will not be your permanent place.
Your trauma will not talk you out of your transformation.
Revival is not for perfect people- it’s for people who are still teaching.
Tomb- it wasn’t just where he was, it had become his identity.
Location organizationally-
5 Things We Turn into Tombs:
Unhealed memories- Philippians 3:13 [NIV]- “straining towards what is ahead”- We keep rehearing the pain instead of releasing it.
Toxic relationships-Those that drain, demean, or distract you from your God-given purpose. We stay connected to dysfunction because it is familiar. We’d rather deal with predictable pain, than step into unknown healing.
Dead dreams-Jeremiah 29:11- “For I know the plans I have for you..”-John 11:25-16-We stop believing in the future, because the past disappointed us. We bury creativity, we bury vision, we bury hope, but buried does not mean broken beyond resurrection.
Religious Routine-Matthew 15:8-9-We substitute real transformation for ritual. We go thru the motions, but our hearts are still in the grave.
Internal Labels- We accept identities given to us by trauma, culture, or failure.
Mourning- the expression of deep sorrow for someone or something that has died
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Morning- the period of time between morning and midnight ; new beginnings, fresh start
Victory and failure are both traps.
Victory can lead to complacency and failure can lead to defeat [fear].
The tomb becomes the space where we confuse comfort with captivity. We think because we’re comfortable, we’re safe.
Sometimes we bury dreams bc we come to the realization that’s not what God has for us. Other times, we bury dreams because we’ve ran out of time.
Revival doesn’t come to maintain the tomb; it comes to empty it.
It’s time to evict the grief from your mind and give God the memory.
It’s time to walk way from graves wearing people’s names.
It’s time to resurrect dreams you gave up on.
It’s time to exchange religion for relationship.
It’s time to bury the label and rise in your identity.
Revival must begin from the tomb.