A Moe-Ment about Fulfillment

Fulfillment means the achievement of something desired, promised, predicted, required, pledged, or expected. In this podcast, we will talk about God fulfilling His promises, the fullness of Jesus Christ, being filled with the Holy Spirit, and filling the emptiness we have in our hearts.

We can be assured that God fulfills all of His promises. The scriptures must be fulfilled is a common statement. You can trust that when God makes a promise He will bring it to fulfillment. He makes faithful promises to the Israelites, the church, and He makes personal promises to us.

[Jos 23:14] “You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the Lord your God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one has failed.”

 [Ps 57:2] “I cry out to God Most High, to God, who fulfills His purpose for me.” 

[Ecc 5:5] “It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.” God fulfills His promises but we aren’t as faithful to Him or to each other.

Jesus fulfilled all prophecy. There are 400 Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah and Jesus fulfilled every single one of them. There were calculations made to figure out the odds that one individual could fulfill just 8 of the prophecies and the odds were 1 in 1027, that is 10 with 27 zeros. All throughout the New Testament is says, “this was done to fulfill prophecy.”

[Col 2:9-10] “For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority.” NIV commentary says the very essence of deity was present in totality in Jesus’ human body.

[II Chron 7:1] After Solomon build temple, it said, “the glory of the Lord filled the temple.” God’s presence was there. We are now the temple of God and believers can be filled with the presence of God through the Holy Spirit. 

[Eph 5:18] “Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.” NIV commentary says the Greek present tense is used to indicate that the filling of the Spirit is not a once-for-all experience. Repeatedly, as the occasion requires, the Spirit empowers for worship, service and testimony. There is a contrast here between wine and the Spirit. Each will affect you in some way. You need to choose whether to be under the influence of wine or the Spirit.

[Matt 5:6] “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” This is a promise.

Heart longs for fulfillment. God promises to fill us with hope, joy, and peace. He can fill every need that you have. Every person has a need for love, purpose, identity, security, and relationship. [Rom 15:13] “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as your trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” 

We are designed with a great capacity for God. God has placed a deep-down desire in our hearts on purpose. We have a heart-shaped vacuum that can only be filled by Jesus. When our hearts ache to be filled, we tend to fill it with things to dull the ache. Things like alcohol, drugs, immoral fantasies, food, relationship, work, shopping, money and busyness. We can also fill it with worry, anxiety, depression, fear, anger, greed, malice, and other unhealthy emotions. These things only give a temporary satisfaction because they don’t fit the space. The bible says to guard your heart and be careful what you let in. If you fill it with negative things, then there is no room for the positive. You need to open up space in your heart and ask Jesus in.

Jesus is enough and is the only one who can fill that empty space in your heart. And the beautiful thing is that He can fill it to overflowing, He uses the word abundant. He can satisfy any longing and meet your deepest need. All you have to do is ask Him to come in and fill it.

Transcript

Fulfillment means the achievement of something desired, promised, predicted, required, pledged, or expected. The meeting of a requirement or condition. Attain, bring about, carry off, executive, deliver, implement, perform, pull something off.

During this podcast, we will also discuss fulfill, fill, and fullness. We will break it down into four categories: God fulfilling His promises, the fullness of Jesus Christ, being filled with the Holy Spirit, and filling the emptiness we have in our hearts.

1.    We can be assured that God fulfills all of His promises. The scriptures must be fulfilled is a common statement. You can trust that when God makes a promise He will bring it to fulfillment. He makes faithful promises to the Israelites, the church, and He makes personal promises to us.

a.    [Jos 23:14] “You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the Lord your God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one has failed.”

b.    [Matt 16:18] “And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.”

c.     [Ps 57:2] “I cry out to God Most High, to God, who fulfills His purpose for me.” 

d.    [Ecc 5:5] “It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.” God fulfills His promises but we aren’t as faithful to Him or to each other.

e.    Jesus fulfilled all prophecy. There are 400 Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah and Jesus fulfilled every single one of them. There were calculations made to figure out the odds that one individual could fulfill just 8 of the prophecies and the odds were 1 in 1027, that is 10 with 27 zeros. All throughout the New Testament is says, “this was done to fulfill prophecy.”

2.    Jesus is the promised Messiah who is the Savior of the World. He was the Son of God,. Fully God and fully man.

a.    [Col 2:9-10] “For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority.” NIV commentary says the very essence of deity was present in totality in Jesus’ human body.

b.    [Eph 1:22-23] “And God placed all things under His feet and appointed Him to be head over everything for the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills everything in every way.”

c.     Jesus also prophesized like when He told about the end times and more currently when He told His disciples that He would send the Holy Spirit.

3.    Filled with the presence of God, filled with the Holy Spirit. 

a.    [II Chron 7:1] After Solomon build temple, it said, “the glory of the Lord filled the temple.” God’s presence was there. We are now the temple of God and believers can be filled with the presence of God through the Holy Spirit. 

b.    Holy Spirit came down like a dove on Jesus during His baptism.

c.     In Acts, the Holy Spirit came down at Pentacost and Peter, disciples, and others like Stephen were filled with the Holy Spirit. 

d.    [Eph 5:18] “Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.” NIV commentary says the Greek present tense is used to indicate that the filling of the Spirit is not a once-for-all experience. Repeatedly, as the occasion requires, the Spirit empowers for worship, service and testimony. There is a contrast here between wine and the Spirit. Each will affect you in some way. You need to choose whether to be under the influence of wine or the Spirit.

e.    [Phil 1:9-11] “This is my prayer…that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless…, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ.” The indwelling Holy Spirit produces Christian virtues in the believer’s life. The Holy Spirit fills us with His presence. 

f.      [Matt 5:6] “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” This is a promise.

4.    Heart longs for fulfillment. God promises to fill us with hope, joy, and peace. He can fill every need that you have. Every person has a need for love, purpose, identity, security, and relationship.

a.    [Ps 145:19] “He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.”

b.    [Prov 13:12] “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.” 

c.     [Rom 15:13] “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as your trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” 

d.    [Rom 13:10] “Love does no harm to its neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.”

e.    [Ps 119:64] “The earth is filled with your love, O Lord.”

f.      [Eph 3:17-19] “And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know his love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” NIV commentary says God, who is infinite in all His attributes, allows us to draw on His resources—in this case, His love.

We are designed with a great capacity for God. God has placed a deep-down desire in our hearts on purpose. 

We have a heart-shaped vacuum that can only be filled by Jesus. When our hearts ache to be filled, we tend to fill it with things to dull the ache. Things like alcohol, drugs, immoral fantasies, food, relationship, work, shopping, money and busyness. We can also fill it with worry, anxiety, depression, fear, anger, greed, malice, and other unhealthy emotions. These things only give a temporary satisfaction because they don’t fit the space. The bible says to guard your heart and be careful what you let in. If you fill it with negative things, then there is no room for the positive. You need to open up space in your heart and ask Jesus in.

Jesus is enough and is the only one who can fill that empty space in your heart. And the beautiful thing is that He can fill it to overflowing, He uses the word abundant. He can satisfy any longing and meet your deepest need. All you have to do is ask Him to come in and fill it.

As Jesus fulfilled all the prophecies of the coming suffering Messiah, there are an equal number of prophecies regarding the return of the Messiah as “Conquering King.” This is in reference to His second coming. The bible says that we don’t know the date but you can be assured that He is coming back and we need to sure we are ready [Matt 24].

Living a radical life for Jesus means filling your life with Him.