Scott Palmer - Challenging Times - SENT – Part 2

March 05, 2023

Challenging Times
SENT – Part 2
March 5, 2023
Matthew 10:16-25

When I am faithful in challenging times…

1.   It is a WITNESS ___________________________. (17-20)

“When the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all the truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak whatever He hears. He will also declare to you what is to come. He will glorify Me, because He will take from what is mine and declare it to you.” John 16:13-14 (CSB)

“I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. You will have suffering in this world. Be courageous! I have conquered the world.”   John 16:33 (CSB)

2.   It DEMONSTRATES _______________________. (21-23)

“Great crowds were following Him. He turned around and addressed them as follows: ‘Anyone who wants to be My follower must love Me far more than he does his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, or sisters—yes, more than his own life—otherwise he cannot be My disciple. And no one can be My disciple who does not carry his own cross and follow Me.” Luke 14:25-27 (LB)

“Therefore we do not give up…For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory. So we do not focus on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.” II Corinthians 4:16-18 (CSB)

3.   It REVEALS ________________________________. (24-25)

“Instead, rejoice as you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may also rejoice with great joy when His glory is revealed. If you are ridiculed for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.” I Peter 4:13-14 (CSB)

“Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the proper time.” I Peter 5:6 (CSB)