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GREGG ROSENBOOM – THE PURSUIT OF 100 FOLD OBEDIENCE
For whoever has, to him more will be given, and he will have abundance; but whoever does not have,
even what he has will be taken away from him. (Matt. 13:12
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INTRODUCTION
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Who am I?
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What I have been doing and what the Lord has put on my heart.
TALKING ABOUT PURSUING 100 FOLD OBEDIENCE
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I will be looking at Biblical, Personal, and Practical examples of Pursuing100 Fold Obedience
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The Benefits of Pursuing this kind of obedience
CREDIBILITY
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This is something that I have been pursuing in my own life.
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I have been pursuing this since I received Christ 7 years ago
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Every year has not been perfect
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I have been pursuing this on & off over the years
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I am by no means an expert on this topic
Transition – I would like to start off by first looking at some biblical examples of pursuing 100 Fold Obedience.
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BIBLICAL EXAPMES OF 100 FOLD OBEDIENCE
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The Lord gives several parables about Pursuing 100 Fold Obedience
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Parables of the Talents Matthew 25:14 – 30
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Parable of the Sower Matthew 13:11 – 23
Gregg Rosenboom – The Pursuit of 100 Fold Obedience
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Jesus used a familiar agricultural illustration to teach them how the Kingdom of God
operates. It is parallel to a farmer who works for months to cultivate his fields that he
might harvest the crops to sell in the marketplace. It was common for a farmer to
discover that a portion of his field did not yield fruit that was good enough to sell in the
market.
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His neglect in cultivating the land impacted how much return he had at the harvest. It was
rare that one would yield fruit from 100% of the ground. It was a wonderful, but rare
thing for a farmer to receive a 100-fold return on his labor in the field with no waste or
loss of the potential fruitfulness of his land.
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Jesus’ goal was to present the wisdom of pursuing a lifestyle of obedience now that
results in a 100-fold return on the “potential” of what God has invited us to receive from
our time on earth in this age.
Hero’s of the Faith who pursued 100 Fold Obedience
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Noah, Abraham, & David
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Hebrews 11 mentions the blessings and life these men lived.
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It says that David fully did the will of the Lord in his generation.
Now when David had served God's purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep; he was
buried with his ancestors and his body decayed. (Acts 13:36)
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What would have happened if these men didn’t pursue 100 Fold Obedience
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Noah would have perished with the rest of humanity.
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Abraham would have never had Isaac and Israel would have never been created.
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The Temple would have never been built.
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Most importantly the Messiah would have never been born through their family line.
These men were not perfect and by no means had 100 Fold Obedience all the time but they
pursued and chased after it.
Transition – I would like to next look at some personal examples and stories of pursuing 100 Fold Obedience.
Gregg Rosenboom – The Pursuit of 100 Fold Obedience
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The Pursuit of 100 Fold Obedience
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PERSONAL EXAMPLES
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MoCo Wash Job Story
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Strike Team Juarez Story
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Moving Back Home Story
Transition – Next I would like to look at some practical examples and tips for pursuing 100 Fold Obedience.
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PRACTICAL EXAMPLES
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Its not about achieving perfection but its about the pursuit of it.
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The pursuing of 100-fold obedience is very different than attaining it.
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There are so many powerful and wonderful dynamics that occur in our heart when we
soberly aim at pursuing 100-fold obedience. His presence, His powerful, it is so worth it
and so wonderful.
Many live their lives in pursuit of 98% obedience.
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The 98% pursuit of obedience has a limited blessing on it. However, the last 2% has
double the grace on the heart. The place of power is in pursuing obedience in the last 2%
of our heart.
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We cannot manipulate the Holy Spirit, if we do everything He leads us to but leave one
thing out, He will withhold His presence and power and keep bringing it up until we
surrender.
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That 2% is what sets your heart on fire or makes you dull
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It’s a decision in the heart to fully go after God.
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The pursuit of 100-fold obedience includes things like making a covenant with our eyes
(Ps. 101:3; Job 31:1), bridling our speech (Jas 3:2; Eph. 4:29-5:4), managing our time
(Eph. 5:15-16; Ps. 90:12) and money to increase the Kingdom (beyond personal comfort
and honor) (1 Tim. 6:8; Mt. 6:19-21) as we engage in communing prayer with the Holy
Spirit (2 Cor. 13:14).
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There is a glory and a necessity in pursuing 100-fold obedience if we are to receive the
maximum blessing of what God has offered each one of us from our labors in this life
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We will be humans and mess up from time to time. That’s when we just push delete and sign
back up again.
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Boredom & Lack of feelings can be 2 of the biggest obstacles to 100 Fold Obedience. We have
to daily sign back up.
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Whenever we fail we repent, push delete, and sign back up again.
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If we don’t quit we will win. We press on towards the goal.
Transition – Lastly I would like to look at some benefits of pursuing 100 Fold Obedience.
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BENEFITS
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There are many benefits to pursuing 100 fold Obedience
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A Heart on Fire.
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Heavenly Rewards.
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Peace and Joy.
There are things that Obedience does not earn us.
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Love – While we were still sinners he loved us. (Romans 5:8)
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Righteousness – Jesus is our righteousness (1 Corinthians 1:30)
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Salvation – It is through faith in Jesus not works (Ephesians 2:8-9)
CONCLUSION
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We have looked at Biblical, Personal, and Practical examples of Pursuing100 Fold Obedience
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The Benefits of pursing 100 Fold Obedience
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I want to challenge you to pursue this type of obedience not just because it is a good idea but
because it will not only impact and change you but those around you as well.
Gregg Rosenboom – The Pursuit of 100 Fold Obedience