BREAKTHROUGH

”TINY ADJUSTMENT = HUGE BREAKTHROUGH “

I.                    OUR IDENTITY IN CHRIST

1.      We are a New Creation

2 Corinthians. 5:17

¹⁷ Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

2.      The law of the Spirit of Life is at work.

Roman 8:2

² For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.

3.      We sit in heavenly places in Christ

Ephesians 2:4-6

⁴ But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, ⁵ even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), ⁶ and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

4.      We were purposed before we began.

2 Timothy 1:9

⁹ who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began.

5.      We are complete in him.

Colossians 2:10

¹⁰ and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.

II.                  ALL THINGS ARE OURS

1.      Literally

1 Corinthians 3:21-22

²¹ Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours: ²² whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come—all are yours. ²³ And you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.

2.      Already blessed with all spiritual blessings in Heavenly Places

Ephesians 1:3

³ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.

III.                OUR ENEMIES ARE THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO US

Premise: In God we are so victorious, the worst thing our enemy throws at us will be the best thing that ever happened to us.

1.      God uses an enemy for His Purpose

Revelations 20:2-3

² He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; ³ and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.

Revelations 20:7-10

⁷ Now when the thousand years have expired, Satan will be released from his prison ⁸ and will go out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle, whose number is as the sand of the sea. ⁹ They went up on the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. And fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them. ¹⁰ The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

2.      Our enemies often thrust us into destiny

a.      Judas with Jesus.

b.      Potiphar’s wife with Joseph

c.       Pharaoh with Moses

d.      Goliath with David

God either sends adversity or allows it and works through it

The arrival of an enemy is a sign you are leaving one season entering into another one.

3.      No negative circumstance is too big for God to turn to our favor

Romans 5:17-18

¹⁷ For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)

Romans 8:28

²⁸ And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.