Do you want to know God
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intro and Tension
intro and Tension
For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land.
**Prayer**
Gospels | Story, Jesus teaching | Man is bought to him on bed | Couldn’t get in | Through roof.
And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”
Jesus saw exactly what he needed - Sins forgiven.
Then it says;
“I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home.”
Rise - Go home | No, Rise - Pick up BED and go Home | interesting | why did Jesus say pick up bed? - Tells us;
And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”
“Let me tell you why - Jesus” - Man needed Spiritual Healing |
This man had Tasted and Seen - About to proclaim.
Why did they get this man to Jesus? They KNEW HIM. | His Power | His Authority | His Deity | He knew Jesus, and now he had the Miracle to prove it.
My challenge today; Let’s get to know Jesus/ our God..
Title: The power of knowing God and how to get there.
My Hope: Desire to get to know the God that we walk with - That it will stir you to lay down everything that you have for Him.
2 Part Series: Do I even know you? - Practical steps on knowing God |but I also want you to get to know Him.
Usually truth, then application - Today straight to application.
And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
2 Stories - Old Testament, ready?
might remember - Moses comes down mountain with tablets - Golden Calf - Smashes tablets - chooses to talk to God | Meets with God | beautiful meeting takes place - after calling them stiff-knecked people -
Moses similar to ruth says “If you’re not going going, I’m not going, I want YOU on this Journey”
Then Moses just goes for Broke
Moses said, “Please show me your glory.”
And the Lord says;
no one can see face and live - Stand on rock, i’ll pass, and you can see my back.
Be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me on the top of the mountain.
So he goes up the mountain to meet God and it says;
The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s children, to the third and the fourth generation.”
Remember Moses came down, face shining - awe and revent fear of Lord - magnificent.
Who wants to go up mountain to meet God?
I pray that we will want to know God - that we will SEEK HIM, way Moses Seeked him. We will want to go up mountain.
Some of us want Miracle without the Maker | Fruit without the Father | Reversal without Redeemer - We need to want HIM and HIS WILL.
What you need to get up Mountain.
Information - Downplay this - but you will stalk people before meeting - God is saying -I want you to know EVERYTHING you NEED to KNOW = it’s in the Bible
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Logos = To Speak = We know “Word” is Jesus. Want to go up mountain? stay in word of God.
2. Revelation
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,
Ask God give you revelation to the information - Ask God - Open my eyes to see. God’s word can not be exhausted.
3. Conversation - News Flash -don’t go up mountain to get nugget. - We go up the mountain to get glimpse.
4. Transformation
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
5. - Duration - Relationship takes time - knowing takes time - Know him - Through Jesus, free to come up mountain, to meet, see, experience God.
6. Application - need to apply. This is not about being a “Good person” - about Obeying will of the Father.
*Illustration - Obstacle Course blindfolded - Ears muffed - - Nothing in the course - Cause only God can see what’s going to HARM YOU, but you’re not Listening/Obeying”
This is us - however - true obedience hard - There is anoter story in OT that can teach | Remove your veil about waht you think you know about the INFORMATION ,and get fresh REVELATION -
Another Mountain - This mountain is in Moriah.
About Man - Greatest Test - This is what happens - We want to go up mountain - God gives test.
Abraham and Isaac- If you don’t know - Abraham prayed for Son with Sarah - God said yes, they laughed - God provided | Shall we read? Ok Story time.
After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and his son Isaac. And he cut the wood for the burnt offering and arose and went to the place of which God had told him.
Test = Severe. Give isaac back to God - Give promise Back | test to prove his faith.
Would he still obey God when it feels like it’s working against God and the covenant? “but God, you said this boys seed was going to birth nations.”
For it to be real test - push limits of Logic- Why? - So that Abraham could only OBEY By Faith -
easy to try and claim God’s word in waiting. but after you have recieved the promise - to follow God when it means giving up dearest posession?
Point: Obeying God doesn’t require your understanding.
Then Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey; I and the boy will go over there and worship and come again to you.”
translates to “Worship so that I may come back to you” - All abraham knows - Many Nations through Isaac - Isaac about to be sacrificed - Could not reconcile = Only Obey and leave outcome to God - that is faith.
And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. And he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together. And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?” Abraham said, “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they went both of them together.
I want to make point; Most people think Isaac is like this (little boy). Isaac = mid to late 20’s. (Josh example)
When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built the altar there and laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood.
Abraham was 100 - no fight here - Faith, together.
Gets the knife - Lifts it -
He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”
Abraham sees ram - Puts it on the wood instead (Teddy).
So Abraham called the name of that place, “The Lord will provide”; as it is said to this day, “On the mount of the Lord it shall be provided.”
The Lord will provide- Yahweh-Yirah, leter translated to Jehovah-Jirah.
by Faith he offered to God, his very best. It’s what God is asking of me/you.
Do you trust Him, that you would offer, very best - All that you have?
interesting = When ever Yirah is mentioned in OT = means ‘to see’ - to look - to see to it- Except here, it says - to Provide - Why? Mostly because of context.
When we get there - God going to SEE and WORK IT OUT. God will SEE TO IT -
Then god SEES what happens - SEES the FAITH of people that are willing to give everything.
Abraham doesn’t call God Yirah - place Yirah -
The lord PROVIDED - the LORD SAW TO IT.
We have opportunity today, to move into THIS identity.
What do we need to know going UP the mountain?
It is not unlike God to test you - God doesn’t test us to find out what we are made of - God tests us so we can find out what HE is MADE OF.
He invites “I’m inviting you to take this step into the promise” Community is important - Right people, right heart, right sensitivity, so you know when God is putting you to test. Right at last moment God came through for Abraham - Don’t pull out - So you can say - This place is Yahweh-Yirah - That is the place God provided.
The test is not to deepen your faith, it’s to make you a more useful instrument for HIs Kingdom - “Because of this obedience, everyone will be blessed” - Through isaac came Jesus - The test was not about Abraham - it was about everyone else - Stand Firm.
The test is to provide a picture of the ultimate provision of God - “On mountain of the Lord it will be provided “- Led him to hills in Jerulusum - Can’t prove it - but up mountain in this region was THE temple,- God was going to provide the most precious thing to Him(GOD) - JESUS! He wants same character of us, but only with the help of the HS. Sacrificially giving.
When Isaac asked “Dad, where is sacrifice” “Son, Lord will see to it” = never answered - until John - standing there, baptising, looks over and see’s Jesus and answers the question;
The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
Inspo and Close
Inspo and Close
Listen; This was not for Shock factor - Was to prepare us to undersatnd what God is doing right now - For God so loved the world - Yaweh Yirah - he will see to it - HE DID SEE TO IT - As God sees- you step, into the promise -
Broken Marraige - See to it | Addiciton - See to it | lonliness - see to it.
If you believe in Jesus - he will wipe away your debt and bring eternal life to your soul and in that very moment you get saved - that place is Yahweh-YIRAH.
and every place you step by faith - He will see to it, and He will provide.
Once you Know God, Know he Gave His one and only Son for your Sins, You will only have one reaction
And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
Because He gave His Life, to buy yours.
Let’s go up mountain - Together - We have the info - Let’s get revelation - have a conversation - be transformed - apply - duration- stay in it - When someone comes and says your crazy, When a TEST comes - Let this be your cry
“I am doing GREAT WORK, and I CAN’T COME DOWN, I am going to meet my creator”
**Prayer**