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John 14:8 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.” 9 Jesus replied, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and yet you still don’t know who I am? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father! So why are you asking me to show him to you? Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak are not my own, but my Father who lives in me does his work through me. 11 Just believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Or at least believe because of the work you have seen me do. - (NLT)

John 10:30 The Father and I are one.” - (NLT) John 14: 6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. - (NIV84)

John 5:17 Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I, too, am working.” - (NIV84)

Observe Jesus & you will see the Father

1. Intimacy with the Father is the key to authority

2. There is power in the Father - Son relationship

3. Ignoring the Father will be to our own detriment

4. In the Father there is a wealth of wisdom for free

5. Our beginning and our destiny is in our Father

Enjoy and find strength!

Enjoy and may God speak to you

Hebrews 9:11 But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation. 12 Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. - (NKJV)

Genesis 3:8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” - (NIV)

Haggai 2:7 and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,’ says the Lord of hosts. 8 ‘The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,’ says the Lord of hosts. 9 ‘The glory of this latter temple shall be greater than the former,’ says the Lord of hosts. ‘And in this place I will give peace,’ says the Lord of hosts.” - (NKJV)

God desires to tabernacle with man

1. Old Testament picture: Tabernacle of Moses and David 2. Old testaments picture: Temple of Solomon & Zerubbabel 3. New testament picture of ancient truths

4. Man’s negative response to the ancient truth

5. Picture of our final destination

Recorded 25th June 2023

John 17:14 I have given them your word and the world has hated

them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world.

15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that

you protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world,

even as I am not of it. 17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is

truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the

world. 19 For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly

sanctified. - (NIV84)

John 1:15 John testifies concerning him. He cries out, saying, “This

was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me

because he was before me.’ ” 16 From the fullness of his grace we

have all received one blessing after another. 17 For the law was

given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

18 No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is

at the Father’s side, has made him known. - (NIV84)

Recognize Grace in all it’s Truth

1. The Word of God is truth manifested in Christ

2. The old nature can’t keep the Word of the Lord

3. Christ is our salvation and our righteousness

4. Christ grants us grace so we can live in truth

5. There is no hyper grace - sin demands justice

ohn 12:23 Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man

to be glorified. 24 I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls

to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies,

it produces many seeds. 25 The man who loves his life will lose it,

while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

26 Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant

also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me. - (NIV84)

John 1:14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among

us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who

came from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 John testifies

concerning him. He cries out, saying, “This was he of whom I said,

‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before

me.’ ” 16 From the fullness of his grace we have all received one

blessing after another

Revelation 4:9 Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor

and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever

and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who

sits on the throne, and worship him who lives for ever and ever.

They lay their crowns before the throne and say: 11 “You are

worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power,

for you created all things, and by your will they were created and

have their being.” - (NIV84)

Psalms 24:1 The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the

world, and all who live in it; 2 for he founded it upon the seas

and established it upon the waters. - (NIV84)

Proverbs 11:25 The generous will prosper; those who refresh

others will themselves be refreshed. - (NLT)

Appreciate God’s Inheritance

1. David acknowledged that everything came from God

2. If we understand God’s provision we can freely give

3. God provided us with all precious resources on earth

4. Our life is a seed though which God tests our hearts

5. Only when we learn to give will we fit in divine culture

Micah 7:18 Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy. 19 You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea. 20 You will be true to Jacob, and show mercy to Abraham, as you pledged on oath to our fathers in days long ago. - (NIV84) 1 Peter 2:21 To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. 22 “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in his mouth.” 23 When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly. 24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed. - (NIV84)

The solution to the burden of pollution

1. Our world is more polluted today than ever before

2. Pollution starts from a broken relationship with God

3. Pollution makes sick and does diminish the joy of life

4. Jesus has cleansed the pollution of sin on the cross

5. People who are in tune with God can heal the world

Luke 8:4 While a large crowd was gathering and people

were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this

parable: 5 “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was

scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled

on, and the birds of the air ate it up. 6 Some fell on rock,

and when it came up, the plants withered because they had

no moisture. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew

up with it and choked the plants. 8 Still other seed fell on

good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times

more than was sown.” When he said this, he called out, “He

who has ears to hear, let him hear.” - (NIV84)

John 15:8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much

fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. - (NIV)

His Word Bearing Fruit in our Lives

1. The word of God like a seed planted

2. Do not merely listen & having a form of godliness

3. Being wise - its putting the word of God into practice

4. Meditate on the word of God day and night - prosper

5. The Father’s glory - Bear much fruit