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  (CLIP) THE PROMISE OF GODLY CHILDREN
  by Zac Poonen
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Summary: This sermon emphasizes the assurance that God provides the
grace and power to fulfill His commands, particularly in raising godly
offspring. It highlights the importance of faith in believing God's
promises and the impact of our faith on the outcomes we experience. The
message encourages trust in God's power over challenging circumstances
and the need to have unwavering faith in His ability to bring about His
purposes.

Duration: 3:02 Topics: "God's Grace", "Faith in God's Promises"
Scripture References: Philippians 4:13, Hebrews 4:16, Mark 9:23, Proverbs 22:6, Matthew 17:20

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This sermon emphasizes the assurance that God provides the grace and
power to fulfill His commands, particularly in raising godly offspring.
It highlights the importance of faith in believing God's promises and
the impact of our faith on the outcomes we experience. The message
encourages trust in God's power over challenging circumstances and the
need to have unwavering faith in His ability to bring about His
purposes.

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CONTENT
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Do you think God will give us a command like that and not give us the
power? Do you think God will tell us to do something and not give us the
ability to do it? It's impossible. God's word is the word of His grace,
which means if there is a single command in scripture, you can be
absolutely sure that He will give you the grace to keep it. You can be
sure of that, without any doubt.

So that's why when we read something like this, we know that, yeah, if
God wants a godly offspring from me and my wife, He will definitely give
me the power for it and the grace for it. And when we say, Lord, I
believe, You'll give me the power and the grace to raise up all my
children as godly. You know what the Lord will say to you? My son, my
daughter, according to your faith, be it unto you.

But if there are some who say, oh, children are all different. We can't
expect them all to be the same. Some will turn out badly.

God will say, according to your faith, be it unto you. You believe the
giants of Canaan are more powerful than Almighty God. You will never
enter the land.

You believe that the evil in the world is more powerful to influence
your children than the power of Almighty God. You will never get godly
offspring. But if you say, Lord, I believe.

What power can stand against you if you told me that that's why you
united us as one? To give us godly offspring? Well, it shall be so. You
know, when we read a command in scripture, or a promise in scripture,
our duty is only to say Amen. It will be so.

That's an expression of faith. And I'll tell you one thing. When we
stand before the Lord, it's good to know it now.

You know, it's good to know how to do a mathematics problem before the
examination, not after the examination is over. The examination will be
over when we stand before Christ on the final day. And in that day, we
will discover that some people who had real problem children but trusted
God produced godly offspring because they trusted him.

And those who kept on blaming circumstances and children and evil in the
world and they said it's not possible. It did not happen. And you'll
discover in that day, it had nothing to do with the children.

It had nothing to do with the evil circumstances. It had to do with how
much you had faith that an almighty God is more powerful than all the
giants of Canaan.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/LdNCN_LTvbk.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/zac-poonen/sermon-clip-the-promise-of-godly-children/
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