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A Sign!!!
• A sign:– may warn us– may guide us– may help us
• A sign acknowledges something is there
Detours of our faith
Sickness
Death of a Loved One
Divorce
Loss of a job/ Financial Worries
Confusion about Religion
Lack of Faith
God, Just Show Me A Sign!!!
Judges• Book of the roller coaster of belief and
unbelief of the children of Israel.
• 12 Judges/Leaders appointed to lead
• A book of Gods patience with us
Just Show Me A Sign!!!
Just Show Me A Sign!!!Judges
Chapter 6-7• Children of Israel do evil ( 6:1)• Attacked by the Midianites ( 6:1-7)• Gideon is told he would save Israel from the
Midianites (6:11-15)• Gideon asks for a sign to be sure (6:17)• Gideon asks for another sign (6:37)• Gideon asks yet for another sign (6:39)
STOP Asking
For A Sign!!!
• We are blessed everyday from God• Family• Friends• Jobs
• Look at what all we have been given, and what makes us think a SIGN, would change the way we think.
• What makes you think you would change how you believe?
• Many had signs (miracles) in the old and new testament, but still would not believe………
If GOD gave us a sign today…Would You Really Believe????
• Healing The Withered Hand (Matt 12:10-13)Response: Matt 12:14 Then the Pharisees went out,
and held council against him, how they might destroy him.
• Healing of the possessed, blind, and dumb
(Matt 12:22)Response: Matt 12:24 But when the Pharisees heard
it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
If GOD gave us a sign today…Would You Really Believe????
Response: Matt 12:38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
If GOD gave us a sign today…
Would You Really Believe????
The Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1-13)
Response: Act 2:13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
If GOD gave us a sign today…
Would You Really Believe????
• Pharaoh does not believe when rod changes into a serpent (Exodus 7:9-14)
• Peter Walking on the Water (Matt. 14:28-30)
• Judas betraying Jesus (Luke 22:47-48)
• Jews say they will believe if Jesus will remove himself from the cross (Matt. 27:42)
• John 21:25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written.
If GOD gave us a sign today…Would You Really Believe????
The Lord tells Gideon to go to the Midianites Camp.
Response: Judges 7:9-11 Gideon is still afraid!
We need to stop asking for a sign, because waiting for a sign will not guarantee that your faith will increase or get stronger
depending on the situation you are in with GOD.
You Seek after a Sign!
• Mat 12:39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it,…………except
The sign has already been given, and the sign is his SON!!!!
• Mat 12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Are you asking for a sign?•GOD has already given us his sign.
•Instead of asking GOD to show you another sign, how about you show GOD a sign.
•A sign of confession, repentance, and obedience in baptism.