C. BOSTIAN            NO CANCELLATION BY CLASSIFICATION PT.2               12/4/04

 

Psalm 49:5-8 & 15 (KJV)

    Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? [6] They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; [7] None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: [8] (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)  But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah.

1 Peter 1:18-19 (KJV)

    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:

 

Ps 49:8, 15

8 For a soul is far too precious to be ransomed by mere earthly wealth. There is not enough of it in all the earth to buy eternal life for just one soul, to keep it out of hell. 15 But as for me, God will redeem my soul from the power of death, for he will receive me.

THIS MORNING I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO SHARE WITH YOU ABOUT DEPELTING THE RESOURCES OF YOUR POTENTIAL AND DIYING EMPTY AS WELL AS LEARNING TO RECOGNIZE THE VALUE IN OTHERS BASED ON THEIR POTENTIAL.  (INS) WE MUST LEARN NOT TO CANCEL PEOPLE BASED ON RACE, RELIGION, DENOMINATION, STATUS, EDUCATION OR CULTURE BECAUSE EACH PERSON IS BORN WITH GOD GIVEN POTENTIAL AND HAS THE CAPACITY TO CHANGE, GROW AND FULFILL DIVINE DESTINY.  IN OTHER WORDS THEY ARE MORE THAT WHAT THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.  THEY MAY CURRENTLY BE A FAILURE IN SOME ENDEAVOR BUT POTENTIAL GIVES THEM THE ABILITY TO CHANGE AND TURN THAT FAILURE INTO SUCCESS.

IN PSA.49 DAVID TELLS US THAT ALL THE MONWY IN THE WORLD COULD NOT REDEEM A SINGLE SOUL FROM THE GRASP OF HELL AND YET GOD HAS SAVED THE WHOLE WORLD THROUGH THE SACRIFICE OF HIS SON, JESUS CHRIST. 

Rom 5:6-11

6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. 10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 11 And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

THE REASON WHY GOD WAS WILLING TO GO TO SUCH AN EXTENT TO REDEEM OR RANSOM MAN FROM THE CORRUPTION OF SIN WAS BECAUSE OF MAN’S INTRINSIC VALUE TO GOD.  JUST HOW VALUABLE ARE YOU TO GOD?  YOU ARE WORTH THE DEATH OF GOD.  EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD THAT IS BORN IS WORTH THE PRICE THAT GOD WAS WILLING TO PAY TO RANSOM THEM FROM THE GRAVE.  SO YOU NEED TO EVALUATE YOUR OWN LIFE: YOU ARE OF GREAT VALUE TO GOD.  (INS) DON’T LET THE DEVIL DEVALUE YOU THROUGH EVENTS, NEGATIVE THOUGHTS, DEMEANING WORDS THAT BREAK YOUR SPIRIT AND CAUSES YOU TO BAIL OUT OF RELATIONSHIPS, RESPONSIBILITIES AND EVEN LIFE ITSELF.  EVEN WORSE THAN THAT YOU BEGIN TO BAIL OUT ON GOD’S WILL, PURPOSE AND DESTINY FOR YOUR LIFE CAUSE YOU THINK YOU’RE WORTH-LESS. YOU NEED TO ASK GOD TO PERMANEANTLY DAMAGE YOUR IGNORANCE BECAUSE YOU ARE OF GREAT WORTH AND VALUE TO GOD.

NOW WHAT IS TRUE FOR US IS TRUE FOR EVERY OTHER PERSON WHO IS ALIVE RIGHT NOW.  GOD HAS NO FAVORITES, WE ARE ALL PRECIOUS TO HIM.  THE SCRIPTURES TELLS US THAT EVEN WHEN WERE SINNERS CHRIST DIED TO PROVE OUR WORTH AND VALUE TO HIM.  (INS) EVEN ON YOUR WORST DAY OF FAILURE AND SIN GOD RECOGNIZES THE VALUE OF YOUR POTENTIAL. YOU AND EVERYBODY YOU KNOW IS GREATER THAN THEIR WORST FAILURE.

2 Pet 3:9 (KJV)

9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

(INS) 2 Pet 3:9 (TLB)

9 He isn't really being slow about his promised return, even though it sometimes seems that way. But he is waiting, for the good reason

that he is not willing that any should perish, and he is giving more time for sinners to repent.

LISTEN, GOD IS NOT WILLING THAT ANYONE SHOULD PERISH.  WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?  IT MEANS EVERYBODY IS VALUABLE TO GOD, EVEN THE PEOPLE YOU REJECT OR DIVORCE YOURSELF FROM.  YOU SEE, WE CANCEL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME BECAUSE OF THE INJUSTICES THEY’VE DONE TO US, BUT GOD HAS PARDONED ALL AND IS WAITING TO STAY HIS JUDGEMENT IN CASE THERE MIGHT BE MORE PEOPLE WHO WILL ACCEPT HIS FREE GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE.  WHAT I’M TRYING TO SAY HERE IS THAT EVERYBODY IS VALUABLE TO GOD EVEN YOUR WORST ENEMY.

Matt 10:28-31

28 "Don't be afraid of those who can kill only your bodies-- but can't touch your souls! Fear only God who can destroy both soul and body in hell. 29 Not one sparrow (What do they cost? Two for a penny?) can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it. 30 And the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 So don't worry! You are more valuable to him than many sparrows.

SO, JUST WHY ARE WE SO VALUABLE TO GOD?  BECAUSE EVERY PERSON IS BORN WITH THE POTENTIAL TO BE MORE THAN WHAT THEY PRESENTLY ARE.  LET’S REDEFINE POTENTIAL THIS MORNING. (INS) WHAT DO YOU CALL THE WEALTH THAT’S BURIED IN A CEMETARY?  POTENTIAL.  ITS CALLED POTENTIAL.  NOW, WHAT IS POTENTIAL?  (INS) POTENTAIL IS UNTAPPED POWER, DORMANT ABILITY, UNUSED STRENGTH, HIDDEN POWER, UNUSED SUCCESS AND UNDISCOVERED WEALTH. POTENTIAL MEANS POWER NOT BEING USED, YET.  GOD IS A GOD OF POTENTIAL.  THAT MEANS THAT GOD HIDES POWER.  IT EXISTS BUT ITS HIDDEN. SO IF POTENTIAL IS ALWAYS THAT WHICH IS NOT SEEN THEN POTENTIAL IS WHO YOU REALLY ARE BUT NOBODY CAN SEE IT YET. (INS) POTENTIAL IS WHAT YOU CAN REALLY DO THAT YOU HAVEN’T DONE YET. POTENTIAL IS HOW FAR YOU CAN GO BUT YOU HAVEN’T GONE YET. POTENTIAL IS HOW MUCH YOU CAN ACCOMPLISHS BUT YOU HAVEN’T ACCOMPLISHED ANYTHING YET. POTENTIAL IS NEVER WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.  WHATEVER YOU HAVE DONE IS NO LONGER YOUR POTENTIAL. POTENTIAL IS WHAT YOU COULD DO THAT YOU HAVEN’T DONE YET. 

 

(INS) Rev 19:6

6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

Gen 17:1

1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty (Omnipotent)  God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

(INS) Job 42:2

2 I know that You canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withheld from thee.

Matt 19:26

26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

NOW THESE SCRIPTURES TELL US THAT THE ONLY PERSON WHO IS DESCRIBED AS OMNIPOTENT IS GOD. LET’S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT THIS MORNING.  LET’S TAKE THE WORD OMNIPOTENT APART. (INS) OMNI MEANS ALL AND IT ALSO MEANS ALWAYS. POTENT MEANS POWER, MIGHT OR STRENGTH AND ENERGY. OMNIPOTENT.  ONLY ONE PERSON IS EVER ASCRIBED THIS ATTRIBUTE AND ITS GOD.  HE’S ALL POWERFUL, ALMIGHTY, ALWAYS FULL OF POWER, ENERGY AND STRENGTH. SO IT MEANS THAT GOD IS ALWAYS FULL OF POTENTIAL. SO THAT MEANS THAT ALL THAT GOD HAS DONE IS NOT ALL THAT HE CAN OR WILL DO. POTENTIAL IS NEVER WHAT YOU HAVE DONE BUT WHAT YOU COULD DO BUT YOU HAVEN’T DONE IT YET. WHEN HE SAID IT IS FINISHED, BEING THE OMNIPOTENT GOD THERE IS STILL A LOT THAT HE HANS’T DONE YET.  LISTEN, WE HAVEN’T SEEN ANYTHING YET.   THE GLORY OF THE LATTER HOUSE IS GREATER THAN THE FORMER HOUSE.  (INS) GOD’S GOT A WHOLE LOT MORE TO DO SO DON’T PUT HIM IN A BOX AND LIMIT HIM.  NO HE’S THE OMNIPOTENT GOD. THAT MEANS IF YOU NEED SOMETHING AND IT HASN’T BEEN CREATED YET HE’S ALREADY GOT IT ON THE INSIDE AND CAN STILL CREATE SOMETHING BRAND NEW NEVER DONE BEFORE KIND OF MIRACLE. MAN, WE CHRISTIANS OUGHT TO BE THE MOST OPTIMISTIC PEOPLE ON PLANET EARTH CAUSE WE HAVE A BIRTHRIGHT INTO ALL THE PROMISES OF GOD.

(INS) John 1:1-3 (KJV)

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [2] The same was in the beginning with God. [3] All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

NOW LISTEN TO THIS, IF EVERYTHING WAS CREATED BY GOD THEN BEFORE THEY WERE MADE WHERE WERE THEY? IN GOD! SO THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THERE WAS NOTHING BUT GOD. BEFORE ALL THINGS WERE, I AM, HE SAYS.  (INS) SO THINK ABOUT GOD BEFORE ANYTHING WAS, STANDING ON NOTHING BY THE CORNER OF NOWHERE AND IMAGINE GOD WITH EVERYTHING INSIDE BEFORE ANYTHING WAS. (INS) NOW IF YOU MET GOD ON THE CORNER OF NOWHERE ON THE SEA OF NOTHING AND YOU SHOOK HANDS WITH HIM YOU’D BE SHAKING HANDS WITH EVERYTHING BUT YOU WOULDN’T KNOW IT CAUSE IT WAS STILL POTENTIAL. AND THAT’S THE PROBLEM WITH THE HUMAN RACE: WE DON’T KNOW WHO WERE SHAKING HANDS WITH.  SEE, YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT GOD’S PUT IN THE PERSON BESIDE YOU. YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT TREASURE IS THAT’S BEEN PUT IN THAT EARTHN VESSEL.

(INS) 2 Cor 4:6-7

6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

 THAT PROBLEM CHILD, THAT CANTANKEROUS RELATIVE OR THAT UNRULY EMPLOYEE HAS MORE POTENTIAL IN THEM THAN WHAT MEETS THE EYE. THAT’S WHY YOU SHOULDN’T CANCEL ANYBODY CAUSE YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT’S IN THEM THAT HASN’T YET COME OUT OF THEM IN THE FORM OF POTENTIAL. (INS) I THINK ONE OF LIFE’S GREATEST TRADGEDYS IS CANCELLING PEOPLE BEFORE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL IS RELEASED.  THE VERY BROTHER YOU BREAK FELLOWSHIP WITH COULD BE THE ONE THAT GOD HAS SET UP FOR YOUR DELIVERANCE OR HEALING.  HE COULD BE YOUR BUSINESS PARTNER THAT WOULD TAKE YOU TO YOUR NEXT LEVEL OF SUCCESS.  HE COULD BE THE PERSON TO LOAN YOU THE MONEY TO FINANCE YOUR NEXT PROJECT.  BUT YOU SEE WE CANCEL PEOPLE WHO HAVE HURT US IN SOME WAY OR WHO HAVE FAILED US IN SOME WAY.  (INS) WE CANCEL PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR PAST FAILURES, BUT LISTEN, THEY ARE MORE THAN THEIR PAST FAILURE.  THEY HAVE POTENTIAL TO DO MORE THAN WHAT THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE.

1 Cor. 12:18-26 (MsgB) 

    As it is, we see that God has carefully placed each part of the body right where he wanted it. [19] But I also want you to think about how this keeps your significance from getting blown up into self-importance. For no matter how significant you are, it is only because of what you are a part of. An enormous eye or a gigantic hand wouldn't be a body, but a monster.  [20] What we have is one body with many parts, each its proper size and in its proper place. No part is important on its own.  [21] Can you imagine Eye telling Hand, "Get lost; I don't need you"? Or, Head telling Foot, "You're fired; your job has been phased out"?  [22] As a matter of fact, in practice it works the other way—the "lower" the part, the more basic, and therefore necessary. You can live without an eye, for instance, but not without a (INS) stomach.  [23] When it's a part of your own body you are concerned with, it makes no difference whether the part is visible or clothed, higher or lower. You give it dignity and honor just as it is, without comparisons.  [24] If anything, you have more concern for the lower parts than the higher. If you had to choose, wouldn't you prefer good digestion to full-bodied hair?  [25] The way God designed our bodies is a model for understanding our lives together as a church: every part dependent on every other part, the parts we mention and the parts we don't,  [26] the parts we see and the parts we don't. If one part hurts, every other part is involved in the hurt, and in the healing. If one part flourishes, every other part enters into the exuberance.

LISTEN THE EYE CANNOT SAY TO THE HAND I HAVE NO NEED OF YOU.  NEITHER CAN THE FOOT SAY TO THE STOMACH I HAVE NO NEED OF YOU. NO, WE DON’T HAVE THE RIGHT TO CANCEL ANYBODY. (INS) SO WE MUST LEARN NOT TO CANCEL PEOPLE BASED ON RACE, RELIGION, DENOMINATION, STATUS, EDUCATION, CULTURE OR ANY OTHER CRITERIA BECAUSE EACH PERSON IS BORN WITH GOD GIVEN POTENTIAL AND HAS THE CAPACITY TO GROW, CHANGE AND FULFILL DIVINE DESTINY. 

 

A SHORT WHILE AGO CNN WAS DOING AN INTERVIEW WITH GENERAL TOMMY FRANKS WHO HEADED UP THE RECENT GULF WAR.  HE WAS TELLING THE STORY HOW HE HAD RECENTLY MET ONE OF HIS COLLEGE PROFESSORS.  HE HAD DROPPED OUT OF COLLEGE TO JOIN THE MILITARY AND THIS PROFESSOR HAD MADE THE STATEMENT TO HIM THAT HE WAS NOT THE SHARPEST KNIFE IN THE DRAWER AND PROBABLY WOULDN’T AMOUNT TO MUCH OF ANYTHING IN LIFE.  WHEN HIS PROFESSOR MET HIM HE SAID I CAN’T BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF ALL THE ALLIED FORCES IN AMERICA.  AND FRANKS SAID, WELL ITS JUST A GREAT COUNTRY ISN’T IT PROFESSOR.  LISTEN, YOU DON’T KNOW WHO YOU ARE CANCELLING SO YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL.

 

(INS) Psalm 27:9-10 (KJV)

Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. [10] When my father and my mother forsake me, then the Lord will take me up.

 

Psalm 27:9-10 (MsgB)

Don't hide from me now! You've always been right there for me;

don't turn your back on me now. Don't throw me out, don't abandon me; you've always kept the door open.  [10] My father and mother walked out and left me, but God took me in.

 

THE BIBLE IS A BOOK OF POTENTIAL.  ITS ABOUT GOD COLLECTING HUMAN RUBBISH AND WASTE.  (INS) GOD IS AN EXPERT IN GARBBAGE COLLECTION.  WHAT THE WORLD THROWS AWAY GOD SALVAGES, RESTORES AND PUT TO USE IN BUILDING HIS KINGDOM.  HE TAKES OUT SIN WRECKED LIVES AND PUT THEM BACK TOGETHER AND THEN USES THEM FOR HIS GLORY.  EVERY TIME HUMANITY THROWS SOMEONE AWAY GOD TRIES TO CATCH THEM TAKE THEM HOME AND WORK IN THEIR LIVES BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT HE’S PUT INSIDE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. CALVARY WAS THE GREATEST SLAVAGE OPERATION OF MANKIND.  GOD DIDN’T DIE JUST TO DO SOMETHING GOOD.  NO HE DIED TO SALVAGE THAT GOOD THING THAT HE INVESTED IN YOU WHEN HE CREATED YOU. WHAT YOU ARE CARRYING INISDE IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN HIS DEATH. CHRIST DIED TO SECURE THE POTENTIAL AND VISION THAT YOU WERE BORN TO DO.  ITS ALL ABOUT YOUR VALUE. LISTEN, GOD DIDN’T SAVE YOU JUST TO TAKE YOU TO HEAVEN.  NO, YOU’LL GO THERE WHEN YOU DIE OR WHEN THE LORD RETURNS. SO DON’T WORRY ABOUT THAT.  WHAT YOU SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT IS USING YOUR FULL POTENTIAL TO FULFILL GOD’S DESTINY FOR YOUR LIFE. 

 

LISTEN, WE SHOULD NEVER BE AFRAID OF DYING BUT DYING WITHOUT REACHING OUR FULL POTENTIAL IN CHRIST.  WHY DOES GOD PROSPER YOU, PROVIDE FOR YOU AND HEAL YOU.  CASUE HE DOESN’T WANT YOU IN HEAVEN NOW CAUSE HE’S GOT SOME IMPORTANT THINGS FOR YOU TO DO IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD.  YOU ARE PREGNANT WITH GOD’S TREASURE, YOU’RE CARRYING GOD’S VISION SO BE CAREFUL HOW YOU TREAT PEOPLE AND DETERMINE TODAY THAT YOU’RE GONNA DIE EMPTY.  THAT YOU’RE GOING TO USE ALL THE GIFTS AND TALENTS GOD GIVES YOU TO USE FOR HIS GLORY.  DON’T TAKE THE TREASURE GOD PUT IN YOU TO THE CEMETARY.  USE EVERY DROP OF POTENTIAL KNOWING THAT THE GIFTS AND CALLING OF GOD ARE WITHOUT REPENTANCE.  THAT MEANS THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU BLOW IT THROUGH A DIVORCE, BANKRUPTCY, AN AFFAIR OR GET INTO LEGAL TROUBLE THE TREASURE OF GOD’S POTENTIAL IS STILL IN YOU WAITING TO BE RELEASED.  THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO SHORT OF BLASPHEMY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT COULD EVER WARRANT GOD REJECTING YOU. GOD’S NOT INTO CANCELLATION BUT HE’S INTO THE COLLECTION BUSINESS AND SO SHOULD WE. 

 

(INS) John 17:4 (KJV)

I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

 

John 19:30 (KJV)

When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

 

(INS) John 8:59 (KJV)

Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.

 

John 10:18 (KJV)

No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.

 

JESUS WASN’T AFRAID OF DYING.  HE KNEW HE HAD A PURPOSE AND DESTINY TO FULFILL.  THE RELIGIOUS LEADERS TRIED TO KILL HIM. BUT HE WASN’T READY TO DIE UNTIL HE HAD SAID ON CALVARY’S CROSS, IT IS FINISHED.  WHEN HE FINISHED THE JOB GOD GAVE FOR HIM TO DO AND TO RELEASE EVERY OUNCE OF POTENTIAL IN DOING IT, HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE IN OBEDEINCE TO GOD’S WILL.  JESUS DIED RIGHT ON TIME.  HE WASN’T EARLY AND HE WASN’T LATE. SO DON’T FEAR DYING, FEAR DYING TO SOON BEFORE YOU CAN RELEASE YOUR GOD GIVEN POTENTIAL.  PAUL WAS THREATENED, STONED, ENCOUNTED SEVERAL ASSINATION ATTEMPTS BUT GOD KEPT HIM ALIVE UNTIL HE HAD FINISHED HIS PURPOSE FOR BEING ON PLANET EARTH.  AND THEN HE SAID,

 

2 Tim. 4:6-8 (KJV) 

For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. [7] I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: [8] Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

 

NO MATTER HOW WRETCHED YOU ARE OR HOW UNIMPORTANT YOU MAY FEEL RIGHT NOW, IF YOU’RE STILL ALIVE THEN THERE’S SOMETHING OF GOD IN YOU THAT HE WANTS TO GET OUT OF YOU. SO YOU GO TO THE DOCTOR AND HE SAYS IT’S CANCER.  WHOSE REPORT ARE YOU GOING TO BELIEVE, HIS OR GOD’S?  WE ARE HEALED BY HIS STRIPES.  JAMES TELLS US TO CALL FOR THE ELDERS OF THE CHURCH AND LET THEM PRAY FOR GOD’S HEALING.  NOW WHEN YOU ARE HEALED ITS BECAUSE THERE’S SOMETHING OF GOD IN YOU THAT NEEDS TO BE FINISHED.  SO DON’T DIE EARLY, DIE EMPTY. 

 

(INS) Hebrews 9:27 (MsgB)

Everyone has to die once, then face the consequences.

 

LISTEN, THE ENEMY WANTS YOU TO DIE PREMATURELY.  THE THIEF COMES TO KILL, STEAL AND DESTROY. THE ENEMY CAN THROW A LOT OUT AT YOU BUT IF YOU HAVEN’T FINISHED YOUR WORK HERE ON EARTH YOU’RE NOT GONNA DIE. THAT’S A GOOD THING TO KNOW.  YOU DON’T HAVE TO BELIEVE OR RECEIVE THAT NEGATIVE REPORT.  AGE IS NOT GONNA BE THE INDICATOR.  MOST OF THE GREAT MEN IN THE BIBLE EXPERIENCED THE FULL RELEASE OF THEIR POTENTIAL WHEN THEY WERE 70+ YEARS OLD.  MOSES WAS 80 WHEN HE LED THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT.  JOSHUA AND CALEB WERE 85 WHEN THEY ENTEREND THE PROMISED LAND CAUSE THEY GOT IN THE WRONG CHURCH OF ‘WE BE NOT ABLE.’  SO AGE IS NOT AN INDICATOR, SICKNESS IS NOT GONNA BE THE INDICATOR.  THE DOCTOR’S OR JUDGES OR PARENTS REPORT IS NOT GONNA BE THE INDICATOR IN YOUR LIFE.  NO, THE INDICATOR IS THE RESERVE OF GOD’S POTENTIAL THAT IS STILL IN YOU WAITING TO BE RELEASED IN OBEDEICNE TO HIS WILL AND PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE.  AS LONG AS THERE IS WORK FOR YOU TO DO ON THIS EARTH GOD WILL SUSTAIN YOU UNTIL YOU HAVE THE TIME TO FINISH IT. THAT SHOULD BE A CONFIDENCE BUILDER FOR SOME OF YOU WHEN YOU HEAR SO MUCH NEGATIVITY.  NOW LISTEN, I’M GONNA DIE BUT I’M GONNA DIE IN THE WILL OF GOD, ON TIME AND WITHOUT AN OUNCE OF POTENTIAL LEFT IN ME. SO LEARN TO DIE EMPTY.

 

MOST PEOPLE DON’T SHOW UP IN LIFE.  SO SHOW UP, STAND UP AND BE ACOUNTED FOR.  YOU SEE MOST PEOPLE BECOME WHAT THEIR PARENTS WANTED THEM TO BE OR WHAT SOCIETY WANTED THEM TO BE, OR WHAT A GANG WANTED THEM TO BE OR WHAT A DENOMINATION WANTED THEM TO BE. THEY BECAME OTHER PEOPLE’S EXPECTATIONS.  SO WHO ARE YOU ANY WAY OR DO YOU REMIND ME OF YOUR MOTHER. HAVE I MET THE REAL YOU YET?  YOU SEE, WHEN YOU BEGIN TO RECOGNIZE YOUR POTENTIAL YOU BECOME A THREAT TO SOCIETY.  NOW YOU’RE NOT AVAILABE FOR MANIPULATION ANY MORE. PEOPLE CAN’T CONTROL YOU ANY MORE CAUSE YOU’VE GOT A REVELATION OF WHAT GOD WANTS TO DO AND YOU KNOW YOUR PART IN IT. THAT MAKES YOU A PROBLEM BECAUSE PEOPLE’S OPINIONS ABOUT YOU NO LONGER STOP YOU. POTENTIAL IS DANGEROUS CAUSE YOU CAN’T SEE IT.  WHO’D A THOUGHT A GUY ON EASY STREET LIVING A  PALACE IN EGYPT BY THE NAME OF MOSES, WHO ALSO BECAME A MURDERER WOULD WRITE THE FIRST 5 BOOKS OF THE BIBLE? IT’S A SHAME THAT PEOPLE’S REPUTATION BECOMES MORE IMPORTANT THAN THEIR POTENTIAL. REPUTATION CAN’T DESTROY GOD’S POTENTIAL BECAUSE GOD SAYS HIS GIFTS AND CALLINGS ARE IRREVOKABLE. YOU CAN MESS UP A LOT IN LIFE BUT WHEN YOU READY TO MOVE IN THE GIFTS AND CALLINGS OF GOD THEY’RE WAITING THERE FOR YOU TO USE. (INS) YOU CANNOT INVALIDATE THE GIFTS AND CALLING OF GOD.  A LOT OF STUFF WE KNOW ABOUT YOU ISN’T THE REAL YOU. WHEN PEOPLE SAW MOSES THEY SAW A KILLER AND A FUGATIVE BUT GOD SAW A DELIVERER. WHO WOULD HAVE SEEN IN THIS KILLER THE 10 COMMANDMENTS.  LYING IN THIS MURDERER WAS THE TOTAL EMBODIMENT OF MORAL LAW KNOW TO MANKIND.  LISTEN, DO NOT CANCEL ANYBODY CAUSE YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT POTENTIAL IS IN THEM UNTIL THEY GET SAVED, STRAIGHTENED OUT AND NURTURED BY GOD.  GOD IS LIKE THE INCUBATOR TO MAN’S POTENTIAL.  HE WARMS YOU, HEALS YOU AND LOVES YOU UNCONDITIONALLY UNTIL POTENTIAL IS BIRTHED IN YOU.  SO DON’T EVER WRITE YOURSELF OR ANYBODY ELSE OFF BECAUSE THE FAT LADY AINT GONNA SING UNTIL GOD’S DONE HAD THE LAST CRACK AT IT.

 

Judges 6:11-13 (MsgB) 

    One day the angel of God came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, whose son Gideon was threshing wheat in the winepress, out of sight of the Midianites. [12] The angel of God appeared to him and said, "God is with you, O mighty warrior!" [13] Gideon replied, "With me, my master?

 

SO WHAT’S IN YOU? (INS) DON’T LET LABELS LIMIT YOU. OKAY? SO  CONSIDER THIS: DAVID IS KING OF ISRAEL BUT HE CAN ALSO WRITE MUSIC AND SING AND PLAY A HARP.  HERE’S A GREAT POLITICAL LEADER OF A NATION THAT IS ALSO A GREAT MUSICIAN. (INS) DON’T SAY YOU’RE JUST A PLUMBER.  THAT’S WHAT YOU DO BUT ITS NOT WHO YOU ARE. JESUS WAS A CARPENTER BUT THAT WASN’T WHO HE WAS. HE WAS THE SON OF GOD THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD.  GOD LOOKED AT A COWARD BY THE NAME OF GIDEON BUT CALLED HIM A MIGHTY MAN OF VALOR, A WARRIOR WHO WOULD SAVE A NATION.  GOD COMES TO HIM AND HE’S COWERED DOWN AND HIDING.  HE’S A TOTAL WOOS. BUT GOD SEES HIS POTENTIAL AND BEGINS TO INCUBATE IT AND CALLS THOSE THINGS WHICH BE NOT AS THOUGH THEY WERE: HAIL GIDEON, YOU ARE A MIGHTY MAN OF VALOR.  AND HE PROBABLY SAYS SOMETHING LIKE, YOU’RE CRAZY.  LISTEN GOD DOESN’T ADDRESS YOU BASED ON YOUR HISTORY BUT ON YOUR FUTURE AND ON WHAT’S IN YOU.  YEA WE SEE A COWARD RIGHT NOW BUT THAT’S NOT WHO YOU ARE BASED ON THE POTENTIAL THAT GOD PLACED WITHIN YOU.  (INS) YOU ARE MORE THAN A LABEL YOU ARE GIFTED BY GOD TO FULFILL DIVINE DESTINY AND DO SOMETHING THAT NO ONE ELSE ON PLANET EARTH CAN DO. SO DON’T LET LABELS RESTRICT YOU AND LIMIT YOU FROM REACHING YOUR FULL POTENTIAL IN CHRIST. (2604)

 

SUMMARY:

 

1. WE MUST LEARN NOT TO CANCEL PEOPLE BASED ON RACE, RELIGION, DENOMINATION, STATUS, EDUCATION OR CULTURE BECAUSE EACH PERSON IS BORN WITH GOD GIVEN POTENTIAL AND HAS THE CAPACITY TO CHANGE, GROW AND FULFILL DIVINE DESTINY.  IN OTHER WORDS THEY ARE MORE THAT WHAT THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.  THEY MAY CURRENTLY BE A FAILURE IN SOME ENDEAVOR BUT POTENTIAL GIVES THEM THE ABILITY TO CHANGE AND TURN THAT FAILURE INTO SUCCESS.

 

2. EVERY PERSON THAT IS BORN HAS THE TREASURE OF HIDDEN POTENTAIL TO BECOME ALL THAT GOD MEANT FOR THEM TO BECOME.  I THINK ONE OF LIFE’S GREATEST TRADGEDYS IS CANCELLING PEOPLE BEFORE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL IS RELEASED.

 

3. WE CANCEL PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR PAST FAILURES, BUT LISTEN, THEY ARE MORE THAN THEIR PAST FAILURE.  THEY HAVE POTENTIAL TO DO MORE THAN WHAT THEY HAVE ALREADY DONE.

 

4. GOD IS AN EXPERT IN GARBBAGE COLLECTION.  WHAT THE WORLD THROWS AWAY GOD SALVAGES, RESTORES AND PUT TO USE IN BUILDING HIS KINGDOM.

 

5. LISTEN, WE SHOULD NEVER BE AFRAID OF DYING BUT DYING WITHOUT REACHING OUR FULL POTENTIAL IN CHRIST.  SO DON’T DIE EARLY, DIE EMPTY. 

 

6. WHEN YOU BEGIN TO RECOGNIZE YOUR POTENTIAL YOU BECOME A THREAT TO SOCIETY.  NOW YOU’RE NOT AVAILABE FOR MANIPULATION ANY MORE. PEOPLE CAN’T CONTROL YOU ANY MORE CAUSE YOU’VE GOT A REVELATION OF WHAT GOD WANTS TO DO

 

7. GOD IS LIKE THE INCUBATOR TO MAN’S POTENTIAL.  HE WARMS YOU, HEALS YOU AND LOVES YOU UNCONDITIONALLY UNTIL POTENTIAL IS BIRTHED IN YOU.

 

8. DON’T LET LABELS LIMIT YOU. YOU ARE MORE THAN A LABEL YOU ARE GIFTED BY GOD TO FULFILL DIVINE DESTINY AND DO SOMETHING THAT NO ONE ELSE ON PLANET EARTH CAN DO. SO DON’T LET LABELS RESTRICT YOU AND LIMIT YOU FROM REACHING YOUR FULL POTENTIAL IN CHRIST.