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Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for Zechariah 4:1-6

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"HOW THE WORK OF GOD IS DONE"
Intro: The vision of the lampstand and seven lamps with oil trees on either side feeding a continuous supply of oil.
I. THE CHIEF PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH IN THE WORLD. IS TO GIVE LIGHT, "YE ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD."
A. Two characteristics mark Kingdom of God - Light and life. "God is light."
1. Two characteristics marking Satan's kingdom are death and darkness.
B. The world about us today marked by moral and spiritual darkness.
1. Suppose in the back country of Ecuador you should cross a tribe with a genetic disorder that would cause all of them to be born blind. Learned by feeling, smelling and hearing.
2. The difficulty some have believing is understanding.
C. How desperately the world needs the light today.
II. HOW ARE WE TO FULFILL OUR PURPOSE?
A. "Not by might nor by power..."
1. The first thing we look to is human resources.
a. We usually judge a situation by same.
2. How much might and power being expended by church trying to make the light shine.
Philosophy: The answer must lie in getting people involved.
1. Committee to study problem.
a. The answer lies in getting the Spirit involved.
B. "By my Spirit saith the Lord."
1. Vital lesson:
a. God has to bring us to place of failure or defeat, to teach us.
b. God sometimes strips us of human resources to teach us.
2. The power of the Spirit.
a. God said "I will pour out of My Spirit."
b. "But ye shall receive power."
c. Too many going on will power.
3. The infinite resources of the Spirit.
a. Two oil trees.
4. Some refuse to accept Christ because they say they "just can't live the Christian life."
a. Some trying.
SALVATION HABITS
III. THE WISDOM OF GOD'S WAY.
A. Let us suppose the opposite was true.
1. Think of the boasting.
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