HOW TO RECEIVE AN ETERNAL LIFE?

 2 King 18:1~7

Ø  Why Hezekiah was good king?

1.       He recognized that the land was spiritually bank corrupt.

2.       He removed the high places.

3.       He breaks the images.

4.       He cut down groves.

5.       Instead of remembering god’s provision they started to worshiping serpent.

6.       He broke brass serpent named Nehushtan in to pieces.

Ø  Today we are not looking for Gods purpose & planning in our life, instead we are looking for symbol to get connected to the lord. You just need to kneel down & cry out to the lord, you don’t need any symbol or idol.

Ø  If we want to experience restoration in our lives, in our homes, in our church, in our workplace we’re going to have to make the same bold stand like Hezekiah did. We cannot allow the high places of sin to getaway the Lord’s authority.

Ø  Brass serpent was made by Moses upon God’s command that helps to remove the deadly bites from the children of Israel, by just looking to it to get healed. That was a God’s provision for the children of Israel. All they have to do is just to look at the brass serpent.

Ø  John 3:14, Jesus said, just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up.

Ø  If you just looked at Jesus, believe in him, you will live. You will delivered & receive eternal life.

Ø  Just like some of the things (ex .Gravitational force), you don’t have to understand, you just believe it, the same way come to Jesus & believe in him.

Ø  In wilderness, judgment came due to sin of Israelites, but lord block the passage of Satan’s destruction and provides serpent on the tree so the people can just looked at the lord’s provision to get healed., the same way today’s world we shall looked at the cross that brings healing & eternal life.

Ø  Today people remembering the date/time & place of their Baptism that is only sign what you are doing in your everyday life. Then you are not different than the children of Israel. Lord ask you a question, are you baptize in Jesus resurrection? In Jesus life?

Ø  God wants’ you to experience a living water in your life.

Ø  To choose life we must choose to turn around, breaks our Nehushtan, and tear down the high places giving God sovereignty over every part of our life, leaving no reproduction ground for temptation and sin. And we must choose to trust in Christ alone.

  

  Sermon outline from www.intlcog.org dated: 6/10/2012