Little Pot of Oil
About this sermon
In “Little Pot of Oil,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about holiness, the Holy Spirit, freedom from fear. Drawing especially from Romans 8, Acts 1, Mark 16:15, Matthew 24, the teaching emphasizes that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that the Holy Spirit leads, equips, corrects, and strengthens believers who yield to God.
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Odle focuses on gratitude. The message argues that thankfulness remembers God’s mercy and guards the heart from entitlement and complaint. It connects this with the conviction that the believer must answer fear with trust in God, sober judgment, and faithful action. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on holiness while working through Romans 8, Acts 1. The message argues that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. It connects this with the conviction that the Holy Spirit leads, equips, corrects, and strengthens believers who yield to God. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on holiness while working through Mark 16:15. The message argues that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. It connects this with the conviction that the Holy Spirit leads, equips, corrects, and strengthens believers who yield to God. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on the gospel while working through Matthew 24, Matthew 24:14, Revelation 3:10. The message argues that the gospel announces Christ’s saving work and calls every hearer to repent, believe, and obey. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on biblical love while working through Hebrews 11:3, Luke 24. The message argues that biblical love is demonstrated through truth, patience, sacrifice, and conduct toward others. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to respond with honest repentance and concrete obedience.
Odle focuses on holiness while working through Acts 1, John 20, Acts 2. The message argues that God calls believers to reject compromise and pursue practical holiness. It connects this with the conviction that the Holy Spirit leads, equips, corrects, and strengthens believers who yield to God. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on repentance while working through Matthew 11. The message argues that repentance involves turning from known sin and bringing conduct into agreement with God’s word. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to respond with honest repentance and concrete obedience.
Odle focuses on grace and mercy while working through Hebrews 10, Revelation 21. The message argues that God’s grace forgives and also trains believers to leave sin and live in obedience. It connects this with the conviction that the believer must answer fear with trust in God, sober judgment, and faithful action. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on a biblical foundation. The message argues that a durable Christian life must be built on Christ, sound doctrine, and obedient response to Scripture. It connects this with the conviction that biblical love is demonstrated through truth, patience, sacrifice, and conduct toward others. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
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I was a rich I remember who I was I was lost I was blind I was running out of time sin separated the breach was far too wide but from the side of the CM you held me in your side so you made a way across the Great Divide Left Behind Heaven's Throne to build it here inside and there at the cross you PID the debt I owe broke my chains freed my soul for the first time I had hope thank you Jesus for the blood applied thank you Jesus it has was me thank you Jesus you have saved my life brought me from the darkness into glorious [Music] light you took my place laid inside my tomb of sin you were buried for 3 days but then you walked right out again and now death has no sting and life has no end for I have been transformed by the blood of the Lamb thank you Jesus for the blood thank you Jesus youus [Music] thank you Jesus you have Sav my life me from the darkness into glorious [Music] light there is nothing stronger than the wondering power of the blood
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that calls us Sons and Daughters we are by Our Father through the the there is nothing stronger of the Wonder working power of the the that calls us sons and daugh we areis by Our Father through the [Music] blood than you Jesus for the blood of life you [Music] Jesus me J you have Sav my life into glorious glor to his name glory to his [Music] name to my heart was the blood glory to his yes yes go ahead and give him praise in this place Lord we praise you for your precious blood that was shed on that cross we praise you Lord for your Resurrection from the dead we thank you for bringing the way of Salvation Lord the way to forgiveness of sins the way to eternal life and you are the only way and the only truth and the only life the true creator God Almighty In the Flesh the name above every name we exalt you Lord Jesus king of kings Lord of lords we thank you for all that you have done and all that you are going to do and it's in Jesus name we pray amen and amen you may be seated this morning want to welcome everyone fire and Grace Church well two weeks not even two weeks
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Skyfall 2024 it's going to be good so you can still register out there Skyfall conference.org just do it right just do it all right everybody got their Bibles this morning I hope all right want you to turn to Second Kings chapter 4 so I was praying last night and just asking the Lord to confirm it this morning but I do feel like I need to share this with you and to me it's going to be kind of basic but I think there's somebody that needs to hear this this morning um CU I even know some of us Christians and I'm talking about true Born Again Christians some of us get in a rut sometimes don't we and some of us let the fear of man put us in a box we just don't do what we're supposed to do because we worry about what other people think don't we or we're afraid we might be rejected or ostracized or persecuted a little bit right if we actually open our mouths and speak but I'm going to show you a principle this morning um do you want the anointing of the holy spirit in your life all right I'm going to share a little secret with you um but let's read this this is the story here of the Prophet Elisha when he helps the Widow I don't know what we'll call this the morning the little pot of oil maybe a little pot of oil it says now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha saying thy servant my husband is dead and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the lord and the Creditor has come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen and Elisha said unto her what shall I do for thee tell me what hast thou in the house and she said thine handmade hath not anything in the house save a pot of oil then he said go borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors even empty vessels borrow not a few and when thou art come in Thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons and thou shalt pour out into all those vessels somebody say pour out into those vessels pour out into those vessels all right that's an important Point here but he says you shall pour out into those vessels Thou shalt set aside that which is full so she went from him and shut the door upon her and upon her sons who brought the vessels to her and she poured out and it came to pass when the vessels were full that she said unto her son bring me yet a vessel and he said unto her there is not a vessel more more and the oil stayed or stopped and she came and told the man of God and he said
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go sell the oil and pay thy debt and live uh thou and thy Children of the rest now I was reading this last night and it just kind of jumped off the page to me um you know we just kind of sometimes we read this stuff and we don't pay attention and one of the things I found interesting is that she said her husband who was of the sons of the prophets now let me just go on and tell you what that represents because we're going to get into this and I think there's an allegory here that's going to help us a lot though this was a real story but there's spiritual truth here but being of the sons of the prophets um this was a family that feared the Lord this was a family that knew the Lord um and they knew not just the Lord but they knew the voice of the Lord they could hear the Lord and the fact that it says that he feared the Lord means that they were obedient so this was a a Christian family we could say if we were in the New Covenant we could say they are a Christian family that loved the Lord that obeyed the the word of God but also had a relationship with the Lord whereby they could hear his voice now this is very important and I just want to tell you that if you're a Christian that's yet to be filled with the Holy Spirit IR to the point that you have learned to hear and discern the the voice of the Holy Spirit and the leading of the Holy Spirit you should be pursuing that above all else I I'm just going to tell you the Lord said that my sheep hear my voice he told us the Holy Spirit would speak to us and show us things to come this is Bible New Testament Christianity is all about hearing from the Lord now I'm going to share this as I always do the Lord will speak to us number one primarily through the word as we read the word as we meditate on it as we study it and he will never say anything to us in the spirit to our spirit to our minds God will never communicate anything to us that's contrary to the written word but let me just go on and tell you right now what God needs and what we what the church needs in especially in this hour in this dark hour and as it gets darker we need people who are full of the Holy Spirit and being led by the Holy Spirit now I teach on this a lot and I preach on this a lot because let me tell you you can be born again you can be born again and truly at some point in your life maybe it happened when you were a child maybe in your teenage years I don't know it could it at any point you could have been really born again but but but for the most part after that you've kind of sat in the
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