August 21, 2022 - Love and Faith
LOVE IS STRONGER THAN THE MOST PERMANENT THINGS IN THE NATURAL REALM
Isaiah 54:10 Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed," says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
IF SOMEONE FEELS: JOYFUL, GLAD, DELIGHT & PLEASANT SWEETNESS → YOU’RE IN LOVE & THIS IS EXACTLY HOW YOU DESCRIBE WHAT YOU FEEL IN GOD’S PRESENCE
Psalms 16:11 In Your presence is fullness of joy [EXCEEDING GLADNESS]; At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore. [WHAT IS DELIGHTFUL, PLEASANT & SWEET]
THIS IS WHY PEOPLE FALL IN LOVE WITH GOD’S LOVE
THIS IS WHAT WAS HAPPENING BETWEEN THE FATHER AND SON FROM THE BEGINNING
John 17:24 "Father, I want [THEM] to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
SPECIAL NOTE: THIS LOVE IS ALSO CALLED GOD’S GLORY
JUDE REVEALS THE AMAZING LOVE BETWEEN THE FATHER AND SON, (AND WHY HE CAME)
Jude 1:24 (AMP) Now to Him [JESUS] Who is able to keep you without stumbling or slipping or falling, and to present [you] [TO THE FATHER] unblemished (blameless and faultless) before the presence of His glory in triumphant joy and exultation [with unspeakable, ecstatic delight]--
WE ARE- BLAMELESS AND FAULTLESS
BUT JESUS IS- TRIUMPHANT, WITH UNSPEAKABLE ECSTATIC DELIGHT
BECAUSE JESUS BECAME A LIFE GIVING SPIRIT NOW THAT LOVE FLOWS THROUGH US
John 7:38-39 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him." (39) By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believeEd in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.
JUST LIKE LOVE USES MANY DIFFERENT WORDS TO DESCRIBE IT. SAME WITH THE SPIRIT: OIL, RAIN, WIND, FIRE, RIVER
THE LAST REVIVAL WILL BE AN REVELATION OF THE FATHER’S LOVE
GREATER MIRACLES COME AS THE FATHER LOVES THE SON IN EVEN GREATER MEASURE
John 5:20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, to your amazement he [THE FATHER] will show him [THE SON] even greater things than these.
2 STEPS TO FINDING LOVE & BEING AN OVERCOMER
1--OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD MUST GO PAST WHAT WE SEE IN THE NATURAL
2 Corinthians 4:18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
WE ARE NOT SEEING THE TRUTH
UNLESS WE GO BEYOND THIS NATURAL WORLD WE AREN’T MAKING ANY CONNECTION Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
THIS IS HOW WE SHOULD DESCRIBE THE LIFE WE LIVE
Galatians 3:11 "The righteous will live by faith."
2--OUR IMPORTANT RESPONSE WE SPEAK LIFE
Psalms 63:3 Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.
EVERYTHING GOD HAS EVER BROUGHT INTO YOUR LIFE, WE ARE TO SPEAK ABOUT
2 Corinthians 4:13 It is written: "I believed; therefore I have spoken." With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak,
SPEAKING BRINGS SALVATION & IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WE REALIZE
Romans 10:8,10 "The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart," that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming (10) For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
[TAMMIE]
Psalms 45:1 My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses for the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
Malachi 3:16 Then those who feared the LORD talked with each other, and the LORD listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the LORD and honored his name.
Psalms 71:24 My tongue will tell of your righteous acts all day long, for those who wanted to harm me have been put to shame and confusion.