Face To Face:
Key: 1 Jn 4:19 We love Him & other - because he first loved us.
Gods Cry:
"Adam where are you" –> not so much about where Adam was & why he could not be found, but the "call" of the Father Heart of God: "where are you" (Gen 3:9).
Please be found / please don't hide – my heart, my heart!!
Heart of God is for us to be in His Presence: He knew where Adam was, He knows where we are -> He wants us to know that He WANTS us in His presence – why He called / still calls out.
"Adam where are you" –> not so much about where Adam was & why he could not be found, but the "call" of the Father Heart of God: "where are you" (Gen 3:9).
Please be found / please don't hide – my heart, my heart!!
Heart of God is for us to be in His Presence: He knew where Adam was, He knows where we are -> He wants us to know that He WANTS us in His presence – why He called / still calls out.
Man mainly resists but God never forsakes: Deut 31 – Gods promise -> Never to leave us or forsake us -> God's encouragement -> be strong & courageous.
His Heart For His People <-> the Blessing He Instructed:
Num 6::22 The LORD said to Moses, 23 "Tell Aaron and his sons, 'This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them: 24 "'"The LORD bless you and keep you; 25 the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; 26 ESV = the Lord lift up His countenance upon you / NIV = the LORD turn his face towards you and give you peace."' 27 "So they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them."
This was God's instruction to the priests, not the cry of the priests heart / people-> His pronunciation was for intimacy, blessing, keeping, peace & knowledge of His Glory (name) – the "Good Mood" of God was / is / will always be.
(Numbers = "In the Desert" in Hebrew – coz of unbelief & stubbornness to enter the Promised Land – interesting!)
His Heart For His People <-> the Blessing He Instructed:
Num 6::22 The LORD said to Moses, 23 "Tell Aaron and his sons, 'This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them: 24 "'"The LORD bless you and keep you; 25 the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; 26 ESV = the Lord lift up His countenance upon you / NIV = the LORD turn his face towards you and give you peace."' 27 "So they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them."
This was God's instruction to the priests, not the cry of the priests heart / people-> His pronunciation was for intimacy, blessing, keeping, peace & knowledge of His Glory (name) – the "Good Mood" of God was / is / will always be.
(Numbers = "In the Desert" in Hebrew – coz of unbelief & stubbornness to enter the Promised Land – interesting!)
Few Key Words broken down:
Lord = Jehovah -> the existing one.
Keep – keep / watch over / guard / preserve.
Face = face / person / presence.
Shine = light / enlighten / illuminate – to become bright.
Lift up = exalt / raise -> His face / presence -> over and above ours!
Peace = Shalom!!!!
Put upon = set / lay upon / direct or point towards / ordain / establish.
My Name = name / reputation / glory = who He is.
That is how He will bless His children – Father gives & stakes His name on / puts it "on" His children.
Speaks of who are we – we are His!!!!
Lord = Jehovah -> the existing one.
Keep – keep / watch over / guard / preserve.
Face = face / person / presence.
Shine = light / enlighten / illuminate – to become bright.
Lift up = exalt / raise -> His face / presence -> over and above ours!
Peace = Shalom!!!!
Put upon = set / lay upon / direct or point towards / ordain / establish.
My Name = name / reputation / glory = who He is.
That is how He will bless His children – Father gives & stakes His name on / puts it "on" His children.
Speaks of who are we – we are His!!!!
This pronunciation / blessing = at the direction of a near / loving / gentle Father – (Israel's history shows that He did not take sin lightly BUT His cry is always "draw near".)
Easy to fix on the negatives BUT the positives far outweigh them – rather lets fix on & believe the positives –> "perfect love drives our fear!!!!" (1 Jn 4:18 – perfect love -> fear -> to do with punishment).
His perfect love drives fear out of our hearts -> IE when we have had revelation of it -> touchy feely experience of it –> our hearts / minds on fire with His presence.
Lets fix on Him -> His presence & not principles about Him / of men (& very thankful we are for all the great teaching that has crossed our intellectual paths).
In His Presence is "sense / meaning" found = IE understanding of who He is & our position in Him -> mainly it being that we are allowed to "know" Him -> tangibly / intellectually / experientially = "the meaning of life".
Jesus -> Holy Spirit : Encounters -> living in us.
Without God / a "knowing" Him, life is senseless.
In amidst the turmoil of life -> "whirlwinds" (Job 42) -> God "speaks" to us -> our Spirits (when we have learned to open their "ears" & trust their ability to hear).
Job – 42:5 My ears had heard of you BUT now my eyes have seen you. 6 Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes."
Revelation -> from the whirlwind's of life -> encounters with God -> fruit = His face / name / blessing upon us -> we change (repent) from who we are without Him (despise ourselves) -> to who we are in Him (love ourselves coz He loves us / loved us first) -> we find His original plan for us -> our privilege of increasing in Glory -> His Name put upon us -> we become His wisdom displayed to principalities and powers -> we become the "God is great" & "God be praised" -> coz of our lives & deeds in Him.
BJ – any area of our lives not in / under the expectation of Glory is under the influence of a lie -> appropriate radically.
Whirlwinds pass & return (good & bad times), but His blessing (word) in our heart / His glory all over us / His promise -> will not only keep us but will make us victors & rescuers -> people of His purpose.
To know God is to flourish!!!!
Easy to fix on the negatives BUT the positives far outweigh them – rather lets fix on & believe the positives –> "perfect love drives our fear!!!!" (1 Jn 4:18 – perfect love -> fear -> to do with punishment).
His perfect love drives fear out of our hearts -> IE when we have had revelation of it -> touchy feely experience of it –> our hearts / minds on fire with His presence.
Lets fix on Him -> His presence & not principles about Him / of men (& very thankful we are for all the great teaching that has crossed our intellectual paths).
In His Presence is "sense / meaning" found = IE understanding of who He is & our position in Him -> mainly it being that we are allowed to "know" Him -> tangibly / intellectually / experientially = "the meaning of life".
Jesus -> Holy Spirit : Encounters -> living in us.
Without God / a "knowing" Him, life is senseless.
In amidst the turmoil of life -> "whirlwinds" (Job 42) -> God "speaks" to us -> our Spirits (when we have learned to open their "ears" & trust their ability to hear).
Job – 42:5 My ears had heard of you BUT now my eyes have seen you. 6 Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes."
Revelation -> from the whirlwind's of life -> encounters with God -> fruit = His face / name / blessing upon us -> we change (repent) from who we are without Him (despise ourselves) -> to who we are in Him (love ourselves coz He loves us / loved us first) -> we find His original plan for us -> our privilege of increasing in Glory -> His Name put upon us -> we become His wisdom displayed to principalities and powers -> we become the "God is great" & "God be praised" -> coz of our lives & deeds in Him.
BJ – any area of our lives not in / under the expectation of Glory is under the influence of a lie -> appropriate radically.
Whirlwinds pass & return (good & bad times), but His blessing (word) in our heart / His glory all over us / His promise -> will not only keep us but will make us victors & rescuers -> people of His purpose.
To know God is to flourish!!!!
Ps 67: the blessing & the fruit = presence -> praise.
His Call To Us -> enter with confidence.
Heb 4:16 – "Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need" – context = a High Priest who understands the whirlwinds of life & intercedes (stands in the gap) for those approaching ….
10:19 – seeing that …..
The confident do not bow & scrape in the presence of the King – they walk / live in joy & celebration – approaching the "seat of authority" as legitimate, righteous, heirs -> knowing they are in the presence of the One who has true authority & power to Act.
*** We act from a place of authority coz we LIVE in the Presence of the One who possess ALL authority – at His command -> baptisms (resurrection from the dead – water / Spirit / Fire) -> healing -> deliverance -> Kingdom come!!!! Etc etc.
Enter -> throne room -> with confidence – cos of His Grace -> the fruit / result / product of His love for us who believe.
Can only be done face to face with Him – not thro any mediator -> man or man made.
Once Face to Face -> you don't wont any other interaction with Him -> cast off king & priest -> we have the Perfect One in Jesus.
Come face to face this morning into His presence.
It is sweet -> you will never regret it.
You will never be the same again – that is how He wants us to be.
Lovejastax - Amen
Heb 4:16 – "Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need" – context = a High Priest who understands the whirlwinds of life & intercedes (stands in the gap) for those approaching ….
10:19 – seeing that …..
The confident do not bow & scrape in the presence of the King – they walk / live in joy & celebration – approaching the "seat of authority" as legitimate, righteous, heirs -> knowing they are in the presence of the One who has true authority & power to Act.
*** We act from a place of authority coz we LIVE in the Presence of the One who possess ALL authority – at His command -> baptisms (resurrection from the dead – water / Spirit / Fire) -> healing -> deliverance -> Kingdom come!!!! Etc etc.
Enter -> throne room -> with confidence – cos of His Grace -> the fruit / result / product of His love for us who believe.
Can only be done face to face with Him – not thro any mediator -> man or man made.
Once Face to Face -> you don't wont any other interaction with Him -> cast off king & priest -> we have the Perfect One in Jesus.
Come face to face this morning into His presence.
It is sweet -> you will never regret it.
You will never be the same again – that is how He wants us to be.
Lovejastax - Amen
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