What Shall We Do

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August 7, 2016
Amazing Life Church
“What Shall We Do?”
Greet People
I love the Lord. His awesome presence. His mercy, and
His grace is not only unconditional but it is humbling. I
love His word. I love the Holy Spirit and His purpose to
reveal Jesus. Revealing Jesus and Kingdom living, as
we read, pray, and listen to that still small voice.
What a plan that God initiated when sin entered the
heart of man. A plan that would redeem, and restore us
to that place in His heart before sin entered ours. Over
thousands of years His plan materialized. Showing up in
some measure from time to time in the lives of Holy
men and women of old.
Then one day,when the time was right the Father’s plan
came to life. In the life of Jesus. Who we are. What the
church is to the world. All of it is measured by our life
in Him. Not measured by our raising, our doctrine or
theology. Not measured by our sins or our failures. Not
measured by our perceived perfection.Page 2
I suspect everyone in here has done something they
wish they had done differently. Something you wish you
had never done. Something that never happened. That
you never had to experience. A word you should never
have spoken. A failure you wish would go away. You
have experienced loss and pain. Lived in guilt and
regret. “We embrace this stuff like it belongs to us.
Like we will never be free from it.”
All too often we neglect that incredibly awesome plan
of God, that is Jesus.
Preach
“Jesus is bigger than………”
I want to share some thoughts today titled, “What Shall
We Do?”
The 10 th chapter of Acts records the story of the
Centurion Cornelius. His vision to send for Peter.
Peter’s subsequent vision to go to meet with him. After
Peter arrived and heard the vision of Cornelius he said
this.
Acts 10:34-35 NASB
34 Opening his mouth, Peter said: “I most certainly
understand now that God is not one to show partiality,
35 but in every nation the man who fears Him and does
what is right is welcome to Him.Page 3
Acts 10:34-35 Message
34 Peter fairly exploded with his good news: “It’s God’s
own truth, nothing could be plainer: God plays no
favorites!
35 It makes no difference who you are or where you’re
from – if you want God and are ready to do as he says,
the door is open.
In my introduction and in this passage there is a
common theme. I call it, “The Right Time”
I love the Greek word that explains these events. It is
spelled, Kairos and pronounced, kahee-ros’. It is used
throughout the NT to describe a period of time. It is
defined this way, “due measure, a measure of time, an
opportune or seasonal time. The right time”
Preach-Jesus revealed at the right time
Preach Jesus revealed to the Gentiles at the right time.
Preach-we are entering on opportune or seasonal
time.
We must not be defined by our need, but by our faithPage 4
John chapter 6 is awesome. Read it when you can.
Within it is this story and exchange with Jesus. He fed
5000 and then left to be alone because of the crowd.
The disciples boarded a boat and headed to Capernaum.
It got dark, a storm blew in and Jesus came walking on
the water. He stepped into the boat and it immediately
reached the shore at Capernaum. Crowds met Him there
and knew He didn’t leave the other shore in a boat.
John 6:25 NASB
When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they
said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You get here?”
Preach-I really believe that if we would open our eyes
of faith in Him, in the midst of life events. Storms,
failures, tragedies, and loss, we would see Jesus. I
speak of the answer we need!!!
John 6:26-27 NASB
26 Jesus answered them and said, “Truly, truly, I say to
you, you seek Me, not because you saw signs, but
because you ate of the loaves and were filled.
27 Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the
food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of
Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has
set His seal.”Page 5
The word seal is translated from a Greek word which
means, “in order to prove, confirm, or attest a thing.
To confirm, authenticate, place beyond doubt.”
Preach-Jesus
John 6:28 NASB
28 Therefore they said to Him, “What shall we do, so
that we may work the works of God?”
Preach-this was a reasonable question due to the way
these people had been raised. They did the work of God
by observing feasts and festivals. Methods of
purification, forms of service and of abstinence, and so
on.
Christ was teaching on a level that they hod no
foundation to understand. This is why they asked Him,
“What shall we do, so that we may work the works of
God?”
I wonder today has the church regressed backwards.
Have we become institutionalized?
It is defined this way today.Page 6
“to incorporate into a structured and often highly
formalized system” “established in practice or custom.
to make into or treat as an institution.”
Let me preach for a minute. Has our relationship
become about the chair we sit in, the songs we sing, the
time we start, or the time we finish.
Maybe it is time to cry out to God with the same
question recorded in John. “What shall we do, so that
we may work the works of God?”
As always Jesus answered.
John 6:29 NASB
Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of
God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.”
Amplified
Jesus answered, “This is the work of God: that you
believe adhere to, trust in, rely on, and have faith in the
One whom He has sent.”
Work, “that which one undertakes to do.”
There is a work that we must do and it is an effort of the
will. PreachPage 7
The Apostle Thomas said, “To “believe on him,” to
habitually entrust one’s self to the power and grace of
Christ, to make a full moral surrender of the soul to the
Lord, includes in itself all other work, and is in itself the
great work of God. ”
Hebrews 11:6 NASB
And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he
who comes to God must believe that He is and that He
is a rewarder of those who seek Him.
Preach-“What shall we do, so that we may work the
works of God?”