Sermon Series: “Exponential” — Sermon 3: “Raising A Transformational Generation”

Sermon Series: “Exponential” — Sermon 3: “Raising A Transformational Generation”

Romans 8:32 “He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?”

The Wicked Priesthood.

Eli:– to exalt.  A fat fleshly system.

Hophni:– cantankerous, fist fight.

Phinehas:– mouth of a serpent.

The old fleshy system always wars with the new move of God. 

When God wants to change the world He begins with the birth of a new generation.

The glory of the Lord was not being guarded and promoted. 

God takes it in His own hands and provides for Himself a generation that will declare the Word.

Sometimes you don’t know how special you are.

Become complacent because you don’t know that you are exceptional.

God won’t let you be satisfied with less than what He has for you.

God’s dream wrapped in flesh.

1 Samuel 1:6-7 “And her rival also provoked her severely, to make her miserable, because the Lord had closed her womb. So it was, year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, that she provoked her; therefore she wept and did not eat.”

Peninah:— pearl, irritation, provoker.

Hannah:—Grace, to be favoured.

Peninah provokes Grace to become fruitful and bring the purpose of God into manifestation .

1 Samuel 1:9

“So Hannah arose…”  (NKJV).   “Hannah stood up.”    (NIV).   “Hannah went over…”  (LB)

“So Hannah rose up…”  (KJV).   “Then she pulled herself together…”   (Message)

The Provoking Causes Rage.        The Rage Becomes A Cry

The Cry Brings Alignment.             The Alignment Brings Results

Hannah (GRACE) gave birth to a new generation (Samuel:— The Lord Hears and Answers) that was aligned with the voice of God and led the people of God into a revelation of Kingdom life.

Worship is the dynamic power that opens the barren womb to the eternal purposes of God.                                                                 Hosea 10:11 “Judah shall plow.”   Praise makes way for WORD.  Samuel:– God hears and answers.

Isaiah 54:1 “Sing, O barren, You who have not borne! Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, You who have not labored with child! For more are the children of the desolate Than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord.”

1 Samuel 3 “Now the boy Samuel ministered to the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation.

And it came to pass at that time, while Eli was lying down in his place, and when his eyes had begun to grow so dim that he could not see, and before the lamp of God went out in the tabernacle of the Lord where the ark of God was, and while Samuel was lying down,  that the Lord called Samuel. 

And he answered, “Here I am!” So he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” And he said, “I did not call; lie down again.” And he went and lay down. …

… Then Eli perceived that the Lord had called the boy.Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down; and it shall be, if He calls you, that you must say, ‘Speak, Lord, for Your servant hears.’ ” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

… Now the Lord came and stood and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant hears.” Then the Lord said to Samuel: “Behold, I will do something in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. …

… And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to  the ground. And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel had been established as a prophet of the Lord.  Then the Lord appeared again in Shiloh. For the Lord revealed Himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the Lord.” 

John 10:27 “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.”

Hebrews 1:1-2 “God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son,”

John 8:47 (AMP) “Whoever is of God listens to God. [Those who belong to God hear the words of God.]”

1 John 2:27  (AMP) “As for you, the anointing [the special gift, the preparation] which you received from Him remains [permanently] in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you.

“But just as His anointing teaches you [giving you insight through the presence of the Holy Spirit] about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as His anointing has taught you, you are abiding. [being rooted in Him, knit to Him].”

Ephesians 4:11-13  “And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,  

… till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ; 

John 16:13-14 “…when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; … and He will tell you things to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.”

Acts 2:18-19 “…in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall prophesy. And I will show (Display)…”

Isaiah 48:6-7  “…I show you specified new things from this time forth, even hidden things [kept in reserve] which you have not known. They are created now [called into being by the prophetic word], and not long ago; and before today you have never heard of them, lest you should say, Behold, I knew them!”    

1 Corinthians 1:4-5 (TPT)   “I am always thanking my God for you because he has given you such free and open access to his grace through your union with Jesus, the Messiah.

In him you have been made extravagantly rich in every way. You have been endowed with a wealth of inspired utterance and the riches that come from your intimate knowledge of him.”