June 28, 2009

Pastor Brooks
June 28, 2009

• Mark 4:9-
• God’s kingdom is invisible which makes it more powerful than seen things.
• God gives us authority and power. Authority is the right to exercise your dominion and power is the ability to move things.
• Water represents Judgment.
• In order to get rid of evil, there has to be judgment.
• Religious people are the ones who got on Jesus’ nerves.
• Sometimes you have to offend the mind to reveal the heart.
• Matthew 13:10-15
• v.15 Grown Dull = make thick or make fat (metaphor is to make stupid). Jesus was saying that the people have grown into stupidity and that is why he speaks in parables. If God spoke to them directly, they would reject it. Parables caused them to ask questions and opened them up to gain knowledge.
• Jesus asked questions. We need to ask more questions and make people think.
• A religious spirit equips you with a defense mechanism against the truth.
• In the spirit the way you blind a person is through their mind.
• The god of this world has blinded the eyes of those who see not.
• If your thinking is wrong, you can’t see properly.
• What God is positioning you for this year is where he is going to take you next year.