Mountaintop Church
The Unexpectant Gift of Trials
Pastor Rob Seagears
Locations & Times
Mountaintop Church | Bull Run Campus
1815 Loudoun Dr, Haymarket, VA 20169, USA
Sunday 10:50 AM
WORD POWER:
Good- (agathoss) - refers to persons, things, acts, conditions and situations that produces benefits.
Perfect (teleios)- to bring to complete and perfect maturity and wholeness
Gift (charisma)- goodwill, underserved favor, divine gratuity or spirutal endowment.
Tribulation (thlipsis) - pressure, stress, adversity, trial or distress.
INTRO: The Unexpectant Gift of Trials
1.) The Gift of Trials reveals our Approval before God.
Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God Vs 12-14
2.) The Gift of Trials produces Endurance.
"And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; 4 and perseverance, character; and character, hope." Romans 5:3-4
3.) The Gift of Trials result in the Completion and Maturity in Christ. That you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.Vs 4
ANALYSIS: Though maybe Unexpectant, you know the Gift of Trials is Good and Perfect because of…
The Relationship you have with the Giver.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights...Vs 17
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly. Psalm 84:11
The Reputation associated of the Giver.
“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 11 If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!” Luke 11:9-13
The Resources available through the Giver.
For every beast of the forest is Mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills. Psalm 50:10
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. James 1:5
APPLICATION:When you get that Unexpectant Gift of a Trial…
Make sure to Open It. And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to
Romans 8:28
Never try to Re Gift It.
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. 16 Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion. 17 Repay no one evil for evil. Have[e] regard for good things in the sight of all men. 18 If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. Romans 12:14-17
Always give Thanks for It!
Count it all joy…1 Cor 15:57
He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:3-6
Good- (agathoss) - refers to persons, things, acts, conditions and situations that produces benefits.
Perfect (teleios)- to bring to complete and perfect maturity and wholeness
Gift (charisma)- goodwill, underserved favor, divine gratuity or spirutal endowment.
Tribulation (thlipsis) - pressure, stress, adversity, trial or distress.
INTRO: The Unexpectant Gift of Trials
1.) The Gift of Trials reveals our Approval before God.
Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God Vs 12-14
2.) The Gift of Trials produces Endurance.
"And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; 4 and perseverance, character; and character, hope." Romans 5:3-4
3.) The Gift of Trials result in the Completion and Maturity in Christ. That you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.Vs 4
ANALYSIS: Though maybe Unexpectant, you know the Gift of Trials is Good and Perfect because of…
The Relationship you have with the Giver.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights...Vs 17
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly. Psalm 84:11
The Reputation associated of the Giver.
“So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 11 If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!” Luke 11:9-13
The Resources available through the Giver.
For every beast of the forest is Mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills. Psalm 50:10
If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. James 1:5
APPLICATION:When you get that Unexpectant Gift of a Trial…
Make sure to Open It. And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to
Romans 8:28
Never try to Re Gift It.
Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. 16 Be of the same mind toward one another. Do not set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Do not be wise in your own opinion. 17 Repay no one evil for evil. Have[e] regard for good things in the sight of all men. 18 If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. Romans 12:14-17
Always give Thanks for It!
Count it all joy…1 Cor 15:57
He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. Isaiah 53:3-6
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