Inconceivable Imperative

1. INCONCEIVABLE IMPERATIVE
Red Sea(Ex.14)
, Naaman (2King5)
, Salvation (Eph 2:13)
Christianity a contradiction of terms.
2Cor 6:8-10 8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report:
as deceivers, and yet true;
9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as
chastened, and not killed;
10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as
havingnothing, and yet possessing all things.
The Christian is commanded to do the imposible.
I. Elevate God
Isa 57:15 For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity,
whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place…
Jer 23:24 …Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
EXALT
to raise in rank, honor, character, quality…to elevate
Matt 23:12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he
that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
John 3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
What is in your power is prohibited; what is deplorable is your
duty.
1Pet 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty handof God,
that he may exaltyou in due time:

2. Hos 11:7 And my people are bent to backslidingfrom me: though they
called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
Exod 15
1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and
spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously:
the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
2 The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is
my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will
exalt him.
A. The Commander
Exod 15:3 The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.
B. The Conductor
Exod 15:13 Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou
hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy
habitation.
C. The King
Exod 15:18 The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.
Elevate God
II. Enlarge God
MAGNIFY
make (something) appear larger than it is, especiallywith a lens or
microscope:
Ps 34:3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
Job 36
24 Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.

3. Job 36:25 Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.
Job 36:27 For he maketh small the dropsof water: they pour down
rain accordingto the vapour thereof:
Ps 69:30 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will
magnify him with thanksgiving.
Ezek 38:21-23 21 And I will call for a sword againsthim
throughoutall my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's
sword shall be againsthis brother.
22 And I will plead againsthim with pestilence and with blood;
and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the
many people that are with him, an overflowingrain, andgreat
hailstones,fire, and brimstone.
23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctifymyself; and I will
be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that
I am the LORD.
Luke 1:46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
Acts 10:45-46 45 And they of the circumcision which believed
were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on
the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify
God. Then answeredPeter,
Elevate God
Enlarge God
III. Emulate God
synonyms: imitate, copy, mirror, echo, follow, model oneself after
HOLINESS
Lev 11:45 For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the landof Egypt,
to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.

4. Lev 20:7 (You)
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the
LORD your God.
Eph 5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord:
walk as children of light:
Col 3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of
mercies,kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that
ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which
is your reasonable service.
A. Holiness is the mark of Godliness
Titus 2:11-12 11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath
appearedto all men,
12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldlylusts, we should
live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this presentworld;
Heb 12:10 For they verilyfor a few days chastened us after their own
pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
Heb 12:14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man
shall see the Lord:
1Thess 4:7 For God hath not calledus unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.
2Cor 7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse
ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfectingholiness in the
fear of God.
B. Holiness is the character of Christ
Rom 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be
conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among
many brethren.
Phil 2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
1John 2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk,
even as he walked.
C. Sanctification by the Word of God the way to Holiness

5. John 15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto
you.
John 17:17 Sanctifythem through thy truth: thy word is truth.
Eph 5:26 That he might sanctifyand cleanse it with the washingof water
by the word,
2Tim 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
2Tim 3:17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnishedunto
all good works.