harvest

baptist church

15 March, 2015

Message 4

Gods Eternal
Purpose
glorifying
God,
by Jesus Christ,
through his
body the
church
Eph 3:10-11,21

Stop
Waiting
to Exhale
Gen 2:4-7

AN EXPERIENTIAL EXEGESIS OF

WAITING TO EXHALE

1. Many times it seems like we are just holding our

____________ to see if a situation will work out

2. We often lose our ________ when it comes to

matters of the heart

3. When we seek for counsel from close friends or

family, they often exhibit ____________________
bad judgment in advising us

2 Tim 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God

Psalm 150:6 Let every thing that hath breath praise
the Lord. Praise ye the Lord.
Col 3:1-3 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those
things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the
right hand of God. Set your affection on things above,
not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your
life is hid with Christ in God.
Point 1. God exhaled into Adam and gave us
respiration; and when God wrote the Bible, the Holy
Spirit exhaled into the apostles and prophets, and
gave us ______________________.

THESIS
While in the beginning we were all just ________, God
kissed us and breathed into us to make us live in his
image and likeness.
Point 2. If you are born again, the image of God is
________________ by the Spirit of God, and the
likeness to Christ is re-developed as you give faithresponses to life.

Point 3. You need to constantly critique what

______________ you, since just because you are
attracted to something doesnt mean you need it or
ought to have it.

HOW TO STOP WAITING TO EXHALE

1. Recognize your restored ________________ in
Christ, Rom 12:2; Col 3:1-3

2. Release your rejuvenated ________________ in

Christ, 2 Cor 5:17-18

3. Review your reinstated ________________ in

Christ, Col 1:27-28; 3:8-10

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Stop
Waiting to
Exhale
Gen 2:4-7
Point 4. After you get saved God
enables your nonconforming
____________________ to Christ.

Point 5. It is your responsiveness

to the Spirit of God that determines
your ________________ to
participate in the work of God, and
receive the blessing of God.

Point 6. In order to exhale you

might first have to __________.

Cross-References
Rom 12:2 And be not conformed to this
world: but be ye transformed by the
renewing of your mind, that ye may
prove what is that good, and
acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
2 Cor 5:17-18 Therefore if any man be
in Christ, he is a new creature: old things
are passed away; behold, all things are
become new. And all things are of God,
who hath reconciled us to himself by
Jesus Christ,
Gal 5:22-24 The fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness,
goodness, faith, meekness, temperance:
against such there is no law. And they
that are Christs have crucified the flesh
with the affections and lusts. If we live in
the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.

I. CONTEXT, 4-6
A. Astronomy, 4
B. Agronomy, 5-6
1. Seed, 5
2. Soil, 6
II. CREATION, 7
Anthropology
Col 1:27-28 To whom God would make
known what is the riches of the glory of
this mystery among the Gentiles; which
is Christ in you, the hope of glory: whom
we preach, warning every man, and
teaching every man in all wisdom; that
we may present every man perfect in
Christ Jesus:
Col 3:8-10 But now ye also put off all
these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy,
filthy communication out of your mouth.
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye
have put off the old man with his deeds;
and have put on the new man, which is
renewed in knowledge after the image of
him that created him:
Psalm 1:2-3 But his delight is in the law
of the Lord; and in his law doth he
meditate day and night. And he shall be
like a tree planted by the rivers of water,
that bringeth forth his fruit in his season;
his leaf also shall not wither; and
whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

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