The Controversy of Zion

Pastor Kerry Wilson

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Isaiah 34
• The indignation of the Lord,
because nations forget to
realize that they are used for
the purpose of God.
• Spiritually they are slain and
humbled because they
thought they were the
conquerors
• The line of confusion, and
emptiness
• His Vengeance & Recompence
Isaiah 35
• Joy and Singing return
because captivity is turned.
• Zion getting in position
• Supernatural because of
right position
• The Way of Holiness Road
by Divine Enablement
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• Isaiah 35.8 “ And an highway shall be there,
and a way, and it shall be called the way of
holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it;
but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men,
though fools, shall not err therein”
• Though we may have been waylaid, or made
foolish choices, we have the Captain of the
Hosts leading us.
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• Isaiah 34.8 “ For it is the day of the Lord’s
vengeance, and the year of recompences for
the controversy of Zion.”
• This eternal conflict is about the soul of
mankind. Lucifer against God in an epic battle
for man’s heart. Lucifer knows his end, but
people don’t realize that they are part of his
cause in an unregenerated state.
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• Consecration “ a filling of the hands” Leviticus
8.18-28
• Isaiah 63. 17,18,19 “ O Lord, why hast thou made
us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart
from thy fear? Return for thy servants’ sake, the
tribes of thine inheritance. The people of thy
holiness have possessed it but a little while: our
adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.
We are thine: thou never barest rule over them;
they were not called by thy name
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• Consecration is about filling your place, your
hands and feet fulfilling the calling of God in your
life.
• You submit to where the Holy Spirit has placed
you in the body and you function.
• Consecration is about position
• Satan is sure that if he can keep us in grumbling,
complaining, gossiping, backbiting that we will
never fill our true position. We do these things
because we believe those in that position aren’t
supposed to be there.
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• You see if you’re not in the right place at the right time,
you can’t fulfill your purpose. We talked about Joseph
in Egypt.
• Being in the right place is more than geographical, it is
spiritually a mandate. An example of purpose can be
found in Jacob being called back to his homeland. It
has to do with divine prerogative. (Genesis 31.3,13)
• 1 Corinthians 6.19,20 “ Or know ye not that your body
is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye
have from God? And ye are not your own; for you have
been bought with a price: glorify God therefore in your
body.”
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• The Corinthians understood the human
market of slavery, the price paid was directly
related to the value of the slave.
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• This is the crux of the matter, Satan will not
allow us to believe that, we are going to move
to this place of surrender.
• Matthew 16.24 “ Then said Jesus unto his
disciples, If any man will come after me, let
him deny himself, and take up his cross, and
follow Me”
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• The Self Life, I am not talking about sin, I am talking
about you. Your natural man, you are dead to sin but
you must deny self. Jacob is a perfect example of his
position getting in the way of his Divine Purpose.
• Even when he was getting ready to meet Esau, after his
meeting at Peniel, still trying to make secondary plans.
You don’t need secondary plans when the Lord goes
before you. Genesis 33.4 “Esau ran to meet him, and
embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him.”
God had already made “Jacob’s Purpose” happen, it
was now Jacob that had to get in position.
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Perfection
• Will we ever mature? The enemy wants to
keep reminding us of who we are, we need to
remind him of who is in us.
• Isaiah 35. 3,4 “ Strengthen ye the weak hands,
and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them
that are of a fearful heart, Be Strong, fear not:
behold, your God will come with vengeance,
even God with a recompence; he will come
and save you.
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Perfection
• Hebrews 5.14 “ but strong meat belongeth to
them that are of full age, even those who by
reason of use have their senses exercised to
discern both good and evil”
• Discernment is not just about spiritual
warfare, it is the function of the Spirit that
brings us to our purpose.