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Reemerge: A Return To Promise

Lead Pastor: Rollan Fisher

There is a Promise Of Return
When we return with all of our heart and all of our soul
God returns us too His promises

Focus Point: We will reemerge with Christ when we cling to God’s Word for His promises

A reiteration of the law of God given in Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy.

Deuteronomy 30:1-10
' “And when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God has driven you, and return to the Lord your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that I command you today, with all your heart and with all your soul, then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have mercy on you, and he will gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you. If your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there he will take you. And the Lord your God will bring you into the land that your fathers possessed, that you may possess it. And he will make you more prosperous and numerous than your fathers. And the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live. And the Lord your God will put all these curses on your foes and enemies who persecuted you. And you shall again obey the voice of the Lord and keep all his commandments that I command you today. The Lord your God will make you abundantly prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your cattle and in the fruit of your ground. For the Lord will again take delight in prospering you, as he took delight in your fathers, when you obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, when you turn to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul. '

Moses is preparing the people to come out of their wanderings and into the promised land.

There is a promise of return
1. They did not believe the promises of God
2. They did not obey the commands of God
3. They wanted to return to the familiar slavery in Egypt
4. Only Joshua and Caleb in there generation went into the promised land
  1. Even Moses didn’t enter the promised land
5. Deut 28-29 God gave commands accompanied by blessing and cursing
  1. Obey and be blessed (God’s favor)
  2. Disobey and be cursed (God’s resistance)
6. Deut 30 God knows our tendency to stray and drift in forgetfulness, bringing about cursing.
7. One of those curses was being scattered among the nations (diaspora)
When we return with all of our heart and all of our soul (vs 3)
1. Promise of returning from scattering.
2. Promise of mercy.
3. Promise of restored fortunes.
  1. Israelites: A physical land
  2. Us in Christ: Freedom from sin, fear, lack, and more.
  3. No matter how far we’ve been scattered He can bring us back. (vs 4)
    1. Separated in heart, mind
4. We are blessed when we obey God fully.
5. Heart and soul (will, emotions), mind (thoughts).
6. Vs 6- God will cut away attachments to things destroying us and killing us. Generational sins and habits he will deliver us from. When we come back with all our heart he will do a work in our families multi-generationally.
7. Vs 7 - God puts the curse on the demonic forces oppressing us. God will be an enemy to our enemies.
8. Vs 8 - Freedom to obey and become prosperous in our soul and then the work of our hands, the fruit of our womb and the ground. God DELIGHTS in prospering his people.
God returns us to his promises

This is a prescription for changing seasons. For emerging.

The Great Physician’s prescription: Love Me, turn to Me, and commit to obeying my Word with all your heart and soul.

Heart means ‘affection’.

Q: Survey your affections. Where do they lie? Have you given your heart and affections to Christ? Your mind and thoughts to Christ? Your emotions? Are you committed to obeying ALL of God’s commands? Have you been scattered, how?

Pray: God, forgive me of not loving you by trusting and obeying you wholeheartedly. Help me to take you at your perfect Word. Help me to obey Your Word, believe Your promise, and give you my whole heart. Thank you Jesus for making a way for me to start again by your sacrifice for me on the cross. Help me Holy Spirit live in wholehearted devotion to Jesus Christ all my days. In Jesus name, Amen.

Action: Ask God to show you where you’ve been scattered in your mind, heart, and soul. Repent of where you missed the mark. Commit to God’s grace in Jesus Christ to help you obey His Word that He may bring you back into his favor.

Second City Church - Pastor Rollan Fisher 2021