LIFE TABERNACLE CHURCH BATTERSEA

BIBLE TEACHING 2012 T H U R S D A Y, 2 7 S E P T E M B E R

30 Days of Prayer & Fasting 2nd January to 31st January 2012

WEEK FIVE: GOD REFRESHES US - The promise to forgive and restore
Scripture Reading: 2 Chronicles 7:14 Verse14. If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. An Overview of 2 Chronicles 7:14 A People Called By Gods Name Will Humble Themselves The Church as Gods people, The Bride of Christ Eph. 2:21 22; 31 - 32 The Church Called To Pray And Seek Gods Face
The Church Called To Turn From Their Wicked Ways

God Promise To Hear From Heaven

God Promise To Forgive Their Sin And Heal Their Land

Key Verses Micah 7:18 19; v18. Who is a God like You, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in mercy. v19. He will again have compassion on us, and will subdue our iniquities. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea Acts 3:19 v19. "Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, Key Thought Healing and restoration are important needs in our world today as many people find that they need more than what the superficial world provides. They are not healed by all the world provides! Knowing that God promises to forgive and heal is such a hopeful thing that must be grasped. We have a duty to preach this truth to the world today that there is salvation from all the hopelessness around if people choose to turn to God through Jesus Christ Introduction 1 GOD FORGIVES & RESTORES We appreciate God more when we realise that we are sinners without hope and that His nature made him to reach out to us. Through His love for us, we are not only forgiven but restored back to a rewarding relationship with him when we seek Him. We realise through his acts of love that He is dependable to keep His promise to not only forgive but to heal our land. Over the ages God has shown he is faithful to keep His covenant with man. When we depart from him by

sinning (our acts of disobedience) we inflict wounds on ourselves as 2 Chronicles 7:13 says (see also Deut 32:39; Job 5:18; Isaiah 19:22 & 30:26), when we return, He forgives and heals us to make us enjoy this covenant relationship again. God promises to forgive and to heal Through Repentance Mark 1:4; Luke 3:3; Acts 2:38; 3:19; 5:31 Through His Blood - Matthew 26:28; Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:14; Hebrews 9:22; 10:18 Through His word Psalm 107:20 Through the fear of God Proverb 3:8; A A Time to Heal/Restore Ecclesiastes 3:1, 3; Jeremiah 29:12; Acts 3:21 B 2 6:7 After His Death & Resurrection Acts 4:30; 5:16; 8:7; 9:34; 14:8-10; 19:12; 28:8-9 & 1 Peter 2:24 Today Hebrews 13:8 - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Through His Name His authority - Matthew 10:1; Luke 9:1 Gift of healings 1 Cor. 12:9, 28, 30 Laying hands on the sick Mark 16:18 Prayer of faith James 5:15 & Praying for one another James 5:16 Through His Church Repentance & Remission to all Mark 13:10; Luke 24:47; Acts 2:37, 38 Ruined Cities restored - Isaiah 61:4; Relationships & Communities restored Isaiah 58:12 God will restore! Sinners Psalm 19:7; Psalm 51:9-12; Daniel 4:36; Luke 1:16; 5:32; Matt 9:13; 1 Timothy 1:15 16; Health Psalm 30:2; 103:3; 107:20; 147:3; 2 Kings 20:5; Jeremiah 33:6; Isaiah 30:26; 53:5; Ezek 47:12 Land/ property Genesis 14:16; 1 Sam 30:18; 2 Kings 8:3-6; Jeremiah 12:15; Ministries/ service 2 Chronicles 29:35; Ps 85:1; People Job 42:10; Isaiah 11:11; 49:5; Hosea 14:4 Nations Deuteronomy 30:3; Jeremiah 32:44; 33:6 13; Psalm 14:7; 53:6; 126:4; Nahum 2:2; Joel 3:1

Jesus Heals All who were ill Matthew 4:23-4; 8:16; 9:35; 12:15; 14:14, 36; 15:30; 19:2; 21:14 Mark 1:32-34; 3:10 Luke 4:40; 5:17; 6:18; 9:11 All who touched his cloak or were oppressed by the devil Mark 6:56 Acts 10:38 At All Times Matthew 8:7; Luke 13:32; On Sabbath days - Mark 3:2; Matthew 12:10; Luke

Conclusion Our God has revealed himself to man throughout the ages as the covenant keeping God who will preserve us if we follow his word and are willing to come back to Him when we fall. No one who calls to Him will he cast away. He forgives and restores today as He has always done. We have a duty to make Jesus known to the dying world that there is hope when people repent and look to Him. He died to give us this hope Reflections Reflect on the meaning of Psalm 107:20 Ponder on the importance of God promising to forgive and heal His people Isaiah 1:18, 19; Exodus 15:26 Compare Isaiah 19:22 with Jeremiah 8:20-22 Why is restoration needful after forgiveness? read Psalm 91; 53:6; Jeremiah 30:17; Acts 3:19 What people or nation can you ask God to bring to repentance today? What benefits awaits them? 1 Timothy 2:3-4; 2 Timothy 2:25; Isaiah 45:22; Acts 11:18