YES AND AMEN

 

March 2 - 2 Corinthians 1:18-22 – yes and Amen

 

Vs 18 – We learn that God is faithful.  He is the God of truth.

 

a.    In Deut 7:9, God was faithful to Moses.

b.    In 1 Kings 8:56, He was faithful to Solomon.

c.    In Psalm 36:5, God was faithful to David.

d.    In 1 Cor 1:9, He was faithful to Paul.

e.    In Hebrews 6:18, He was faithful to the Hebrews

f.     In 1 Pet 4:19, God was faithful to Peter.

g.    You will find God the same for you.

h.    The message to us today is not yes or no.  We do not have a father who wavers in what He brings.  What He says He will do.  God does not change His mind when He makes a promise.  He is truth.

 

 

⁹ For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silas^[a] and Timothy—was not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it has always been “Yes.”

 

a.    Jesus Christ is the Son of God.  Paul, Timothy and Silas preached the same thing.  Jesus Christ and Him crucified.  Remember the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord. 

b.    As a Christian it is not yes or no.  In Christ it has always been yes.  .  Our will is aligned with God’s will. 

 

 ²⁰ For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.   

 

a.    No matter how many promises God has made they are yes in Christ.

b.    God’s fulfills His promises in Christ.  You need your need met today in Christ it shall be met.  God says Yes, to you today in Christ

c.    Through Christ and In Christ the promises are Amen, exclamation point.  Amen means, “Yes”  It shall be done for the glory of God.  The character and essence of God will come to pass in your life and situation. 

                                                                                 

²¹ Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us,

 

a.    God will make your stand firm.  You shall stand on the word of GoYou will be a rock people will see and marvel at.

b.    He has anointed us.  We are filled and flowing in the Holy Spirit.  Remember it is the anointing that breaks any bondage, yoke or fear.  God is able.

 

²² set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

 

a.    He has set His seal upon us.  We belong to Him.  A seal in those days we a seal of ownership and authority.  The expense for our salvation was Christ’s death, burial and resurrection. 

b.    The Holy Spirit is our security deposit.  A guarantee of what is to come.