Overruled!

Somebody tried to bury your future with your past. But Heaven already said one word: OVERRULED. This message will confront every lie that says you’re disqualified. To learn more about The Feast of the Lord, visit us online at www.orangeburgchurch.com Here are Apostle Shane Wall's notes for this week's message: *- After God judged Israel for their wrongdoing, His compassion restored them. His love annulled His anger, and His mercy repealed their failure. And when He restored them, He made this covenant promise: But no weapon that is formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall show to be in the wrong. This [peace, righteousness, security, triumph over opposition] is the heritage of the servants of the Lord [those in whom the ideal Servant of the Lord is reproduced]; this is the righteousness or the vindication which they obtain from Me [this is that which I impart to them as their justification], says the Lord. Isaiah 54:17 AMPC *- God allows weapons to form, but He allows none of them to prosper—because you prosper. *- Every tongue that evaluates the forgiven—God responds by saying that their argument is… Overruled! *- overrule: to rule against or disallow the arguments of (a person); to rule or decide against (a plea, argument, etc.); reject. *- People may still rehearse what God has already dismissed. People may still whisper about what God has wiped away. People may still judge what God has justified. But Heaven’s verdict is final. Their opinions are overruled. *- When Joseph’s brothers judged him and planned evil against him, God overruled their intentions. As for you, you thought evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring about that many people should be kept alive, as they are this day. Genesis 50:20 AMPC *- People, even Christians, tend to believe their opinions over God’s Word, but God always promotes the forgiven over the ones who spoke against them. Why? Because the forgiven have work to do that the bitterness in others will never qualify them to handle. 5 And going into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting [there] on the right [side], clothed in a [[a]long, stately, sweeping] robe of white, and they were utterly amazed and struck with terror. 6 And he said to them, Do not be amazed and terrified; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, Who was crucified. He has risen; He is not here. See the place where they laid Him. 7 But be going; tell the disciples and Peter, He goes before you into Galilee; you will see Him there, [just] as He told you. Mark 16:5-7 AMPC *- Why specify “and Peter, ” when virtually all of them abandoned Jesus? Because Peter was now perceived as the least qualified: He failed publicly. He denied Jesus. He ran in shame. But Jesus overruled the embarrassment, the judgment, the whispers, the suspicion, and the guilt. *- What did the angel essentially say by including Peter in the grand call to meet Jesus? *- Jesus was saying to Peter then (and now to us): “I still want you. I still choose you.” I still call you. I’ll still use you.” 14 Afterward He appeared to the Eleven [apostles themselves] as they reclined at table; and He reproved and reproached them for their unbelief (their lack of faith) and their hardness of heart, because they had refused to believe those who had seen Him and looked at Him attentively after He had risen [from death]. 15 And He said to them, Go into all the world and preach and publish openly the good news (the Gospel) to every creature [of the whole human race]. Mark 16:14-15 AMPC *- After we have sinned against Jesus, when we repent and answer the call to come back to Him, He will assign us to do what we were always called to do. *- Forgiven people aren’t disqualified—they’re restored and recommissioned. Three days after Peter’s public sin and repentance, Jesus told him to preach. 30 And those whom He thus foreordained, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified (acquitted, made righteous, putting them into right standing with Himself). And those whom He justified, He also glorified [raising them to a heavenly dignity and condition or state of being]. 31 What then shall we say to [all] this? If God is for us, who [can be] against us? [Who can be our foe, if God is on our side?] Romans 8:30-31 AMPC *- Don’t concern yourself with how people judge the forgiven. Their judgments have already been overruled by God, for the moment He forgives us, He also justifies, restores, reassigns, and recommissions us. What people say after that holds no power in God’s heavenly court. Lifework Assignment: 1 Fret not yourself because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness (that which is not upright or in right standing with God). 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. Psalm 37:1-2 AMPC *- Remember what God said about what people say: His verdict overrules theirs. His justification overrules their suspicion. His mercy overrules their memory. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. Revelation 12:10 KJV *- Don’t fear accusers of the forgiven. They are employed by satan, who’ll be cast down for good. Expected Behavior: Trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) in the Lord and do good; so shall you dwell in the land and feed surely on His faithfulness, and truly you shall be fed. Psalm 37:3 AMPC *- We don’t respond to people’s criticism and judgment, or else we’ll become irritated and withdraw. We only respond to Jesus’ call by returning to Him, because He has truly forgiven us.