10 March 2019

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We see in John chapter 17.

Where Jesus was talking to the father? And he says this is everlasting life that they may know you. Knowing god at the level. He wants you to know him. Is the most important thing that we ever see Jesus teach his disciples.

If it weren't so important he wouldn't have said it. If it weren't so important he wouldn't have taught it if it weren't so important and wouldn't be written down in Scripture. knowing god

Is the most important thing that should be in a child of God's life. Is to finding a way where we can be in position as a person to know God.

the way scripture says that we can I when we learned about knowing god we start to learn about the ways of God. There's a difference between the ways of God and the acts of God. If you would turn to Psalms 103. R7

there's seven teachers. He revealed his ways to Moses. But his deeds or his acts to the people of Israel.

There is a difference between the ways of God. versus the acts of God

the ways of God he teaches those who are near to him. The acts of God are available for people to see because someone who's been there has ushered in the ways of God. This past couple weeks. We've been talking about cutting wheel not communicating being in position to see what's doing.

Is there a way we can put verse? 7-Up on that

Maybe I'll write technical difficulties since he revealed his ways to Moses. His deeds to the people of Israel. This past couple of weeks. We've been talkin about communing with God code laboring with her. What does that mean? We seeing John chapter 5 that started this whole process. It says that the father loves it shows him everything. They does the sun can't even do anything on his own. But yeah, he does what he sees and we see that I had brought about the communication between the father and the son

What is that teaches about this principle here it teaches us the ways of God. They come to us through having a relationship for Christ. That teaches us an everlasting relationship about eternity.

Last week we talked about Isaiah.

Isaiah was moving into his call as a prophet of the Lord as the office of a prophet who prophesied the first five chapters of the book of Isaiah and it was basically pronouncing judgment on the people probably been living according to their own ways to remember chapter 1 square Isaiah was telling the people of Israel. Hey, you were like a modern-day version of Sodom and Gomorrah because of how you're living. Isaiah has been commissioned by God because Isaiah knows the ways of God. God is going to speak to Isaiah to show the acts of God. to the people of Israel We have a decision to make in life. We can either want to know the ways of God like Moses did in Exodus chapter 33 verses 13, if we had that can we please put that up?

Teach me your ways that I may know you. Moses was receiving the Commandments from God closed the storm of the Lord that they were talking about that and kept outside the personal presence of God the glory of God given to Moses. This is a relationship that Moses one of Moses didn't just want a little bit of God because God said hey, look I'll send my angel in front of you. Moses said no. I don't think that's going to work and I want you. If you don't take us from here, if you don't leave if you don't go with us, we don't even want to move. See, there's a difference between being a Believer versus a disciple. There's a difference between someone who just wants to see the acts of God for someone that wants to know the intimacy of God. And our mission statement is to teach people how to reach their full potential of who they are in Christ Jesus and your full potential of my full potential a rest in the in the entire Foundation of knowing god. Not just a little bit. I'm talking about knowing that God that comes in a little it changes the atmosphere of your heart. I'm talking about a guy that comes in and change. The atmosphere is your that teaches you how to think new it says if any man be found in Christ, he is a new creation. The crucified the flesh knowing god in a way that pleases him. This is therefore offer yourself as a living and holy sacrifice, please is your acceptable worship.

Crucifying the flesh is a way to know God. It's a way of God in this season. We're in late just started this past Wednesday lent is a time that resembles the fact of Jesus before Jesus start his ministry Jesus fasted for 40 days and 40 nights since I was when is the time. They just leave Wednesday up until we have Easter we celebrate the resurrection. We celebrate the crucifix of the entire life of Christ when he did how he made for us is a time. She sends like Roy said, hey, it's time to take those things man that weighs against your spirit and put them down here with

How many time for that are flesh rise up against us when that takes place in the car now if you have a mind is hindering us for really knowing god.

As a child of God she want nothing else more than to know. God every moment of our life. Because we have a yield at heart that yielded mine and we just want to see God be God in that moment. Here Isaiah in chapter 6 before fixing to go into Isaiah is is is he's been discouraged because of the things of like and you imagine being a prophet. To Israel and you're telling them that judgment has come. The goddess fixing to deport you to another land because you have been so thick-headed because you were now labeled as a modern day Sodom and Gomorrah that's bad news. I would really not want to be in his shoes because I remember profit and it wasn't even welcome in his hometown back then. But he was sick with him on a mission with a message. the first five chapters when she Isaiah. We also see Isaiah. Can I get discouraged? Chapter 6 his life changes because he gets to see a different side of God. He gets to be exposed to a way of God. like Moses was

remember Moses went after the face of God by Israel when after the acts of God. But also Israel more important than that, they went after their own Acts.

In the last days, our job is children of God. It's a go after the ways of God. So his will can be done in Matthew chapter 6 verse 10 says let your kingdom come. Your will be done on Earth as it is in heaven. The ways of God is All Around intimacy and understanding that the things of Heaven supposed to manifest here on Earth, but it comes to relationship not religion. It's all we're going to see here and Isaiah chapter 6 where no one through eight and we're going to talk about what takes place in Isaiah's life in this moment because he encountered something that literally reveals something and he encounters something that changes him for the rest of the life and he and kind of something else sends him. It awakens him and it sends him to co-laborers with god. So let's go to chapter 6, Isaiah. We're going to go to first one.

When it says in the year that King Uzziah died. I saw the Lord Seated on a high and lofty throne and his robe filled the temple seraphine. We're standing above him each one had six wings with to be covered his face with two he covered his feet and with two he flew and one call to another holy holy holy is the Lord of hosts his glory fills the whole Earth.

Last week we talked about this very first sentence in this and I don't think we even got past the first sentence when we started opening up. But before we dive into this, I want to go to the Lord in prayer father. This is your word.

But we asked that we have the ear to hear what the spirit is saying, it's you go before she sterba Hearts God the soil within us to receive your spoken word. God help us. Sect you would help us listen to that was looking to publish the dick. So we may know your ways father that please you

Holy Spirit have your way in Jesus name. Amen.

Guys, I'm just going to be honest. Pastor Steven our upstairs earlier

and we began to pray.

And when we pray the room changed.

Okay continue in prayer like the whole atmosphere just shifted like all the sudden God just came in the room and everything changed.

That's the god that we serve. When two or more are together, he is in the midst. And for him to really be in the MIT, that means man that every knee should bow and every tongue shall confess to what the glory of God now watch this talking about every knee bow and every tongue confess to the glory of God as I saw the Lord Seated on a high and lofty throne. What he's seeing is the glory of God that is talked about in Ezekiel chapter 1 verses 26 and 27. He's having an encounter with the king of Eternity.

This is in the year that King Uzziah. We got to go to King Uzziah was the king over Judah at this time. He was over the the southern portion of Israel King. Uzziah was a a king that that Israel had that was kind of trying to raise up an army but what I mean by he was one of those kings that God was like, okay I'll work with you but you're you're going to give me a little bit but you're not going to come back to me with everything that I want you to remember the greatest commandment is love Bible that God with a whole heart a whole minor hole saw. That's our greatest commandment. You were supposed to resemble that in here is our King. Uzziah wasn't doing that but God still left him was he when he died. He was he was the one who fortified the Erie. He was going to find it. It was one that made the first of the provisions were there when the king that use Ian served under when he died. It says now it says I saw the Lord Seated on the throne. No, more my look into a man on the throne, but I look at the God on the throne. I have now seen your picture when you see the glory of God move in your life change you to the very core life it will teach you.

It wasn't so important. She just wouldn't have spoke about it all the time. Remember Matthew chapter 17 is around the Transfiguration. It says he revealed to them boy get exposed to the glory of God changes us literally makes your flesh. Right here says the glory of the Lord in the biggest chapter 9 verse 23 and fire came from the Lord consuming the offerings that were on the Altar and all the people rejoice when you encounter the glory it allows you to understand it is a car.

Most people in today's time don't want to deal with our cardinality that must be dealt with in order to know the ways of God. He was not born to just know we're born to have intimate encounters just off the chain relationship with a God that has no.

Play begins knowing his ways that people go Pastor. Why you preach on Gloria light. Why do you preach on the anointing a lot? Why do you preach on the baptism of the Holy Spirit scriptures? Because it was the foundation of what happened when the people of God came together in the Old Testament so many times and they would gather around music words and we don't dial around the glory of God. It's when the glory of God comes in now we can have church is real taught us how to gather around the voice crucifying the flesh months to get ready for this time of worship. I have months of ready to get ready. Hey, I'm fixing to go in, we're going to we're all better. We're all changed. We're all transformed by the renewing.

There's nothing on Earth. That'll change. You better than Glory a man. We should seek this as a matter of fact, but we operate in the anointing teaches us to seek and be zealousness to go after the gifts of the Spirit because when the spirit comes upon you in power you're encountering a portion of Glory. Changes you that ministers to you that feels you that gives you a new perspective on what life looks like. I want to know what life looks like through my eyes. I want to know what life looks like Through The Eyes of Christ. I remember he said it's better for you that I leave so I can send another. The comforter the counselor and he remind you of all things this is about a relationship that is just so filled with passion and have mercy I have left. This is why I'm slowly becoming angry. Why because he wants us to encounter him and everything that we do in this entire season without letting our life now. It's about crucifying the flesh as we can. Remember what Jesus did when he climbed up on Calvary. What is it father? Not that I would not my will but thy will be done father. He showed us that it's not him. It's not us. It's the father he came to reveal the nature of the father in the nature of the father is glory and we see that I saw the Lord seated. Thank you. Holy ghost face. And if you're coming to worship and you were thinking the boy, you ain't thinking good enough. I might be preaching in just a minute. I said if you want it's taking me for everything that I am he said seek more because there's more to encounter.

If it was available to is really the failable to us. the glory fills the temple what changes that's what gets us out of our car now. That's what I see the father do.

He was so enamored by what God was doing with a father was doing he wanted to give us a picture of how we should live as man this and it's finding God is awesome.

There's a joy when you get near God that is indescribable. It's called the joy of the Lord to the joy of the Lord is my strength.

And here Isaiah, pull it back up, please Isaiah's having a life-changing encounter. That is motivating him in his Awakening him. It is revealing to him something that he needs to deal with in order to be a better Stewart for the life that God has given him if it worked say it should work for me to a man. Oh, I love you Holy Spirit. Who? alright Cuz I saw the Lord Seated on the high and lofty throw we still in the first sentence. And his robe filled the temple last we we talked about the road. It was the bottom part of His Garment of his robe. That is what it was that filled the temple. It wasn't the entire train of his robe. You know how big that is in the very next sentence for next Friday. Is that his glory fills the Earth. This is the temple here. It says that the train of his robe in the King James version. The train is described as a Shaw s h o l in Hebrew it is the bottom Fringe rent. of His Garment Hatfields the temple Oh how we should be longing? to be in position when we are renewed. And I'm not in position to be like this. filled with the presence of God, Amen Let's go the next sentence.

Is it say if it were standing above and each one had six wings and two he covered his face with two he covered his feet and with two he flew and one call to another holy holy holy is the Lord of hosts his glory fills the whole earth now seraphim. It is specific class of angels that lead Worship in heaven. These are some bad boys that works from translation the word burning one. They are burning after their God and what this teaches us. Is that when we come to worship, we're supposed to burn after our God's and seek his glory. And then there were just now watch this flying in heaven. They're leading worship. Okay. There's singing Holy Holy Holy.

When you get near. Because you know the ways of God. There's a response so I take place from within. Proper response that that happens is Holy. Holy holy because he a lot of times we try to bring God down to our size. We try to bring God down into our life where we have ate a small box made for just got the ones that are called The Burning ones in the heavens men burning after the Lord God Almighty. They say when the glory of God shows up. How do you understand? What a manifestation takes place it is is Holy schnitzel about here. It is different. And it'll cause you to worship.

Isn't that the foundation's verse 4 of the doorways they shook at the sound of their voices and the temple was filled with smoke. This is a picture of worship in heaven and Isaiah has this moment. This is not a moment you can plan for this is a moment that you were just walk into. Oh my gosh because it was God's idea. Not yours, but he did say you have not because you ask you can ask for this you absolutely can. I want to ask what every single day of my life. Why because it would change me even closer to the image of Christ. Amen. I have more of a mindset of Christ. Want to know his ways I want to seek the things of my father's Kingdom. I don't want just a little bit. I'm talking about a God that will change you a guy put his gums. Now. We are so much changed like that.

I need to laborers in the church to help pray for things like that to happen.

Name people be praying for your lives to be changed and touched I'm talking about those in the highways of those in the byways men that most churches won't even deal with what about our neighbors that are run across the street or us men that were sitting next to you. Never know where someone is dealing with pain in a touch of Glory because it's only

Then I said woe is me for I am ruined because I'm a man of unclean lips and I live among the people of unclean lips because my eyes have seen the king of hosts. He is and he says woe is because Glory showed up.

Glory is now. evident Remember when Glory shows up? Glory Will Reveal Your send to you and reveal your flesh to you. He says I'm a man with unclean lips and I come from a people with unclean lips. Remember Isaiah. Was from Judea in that area Isaiah was just calling five chapters ago these people modern-day sodomites and in modern-day people that they resemble the likeness of Gamora. He sang Hey, I am from these people and glory is now showing up and now oh my gosh, what is going on? But this is Isaiah's Awakening moment. It's a re energized moment and it is a moment where he says Commission. Before the Throne now watch this as I taught last week A lot of times In life, we think men. I have to look perfect before I can be used by God. I have to make a certain measuring stick of Holiness. Okay, before I am used as a mouthpiece by God that is not what scripture teaches that is law. That wasn't nailed to the cross.

Scripture teaches that through Christ now, we've been made competent Ministers of a new covenant.

Isaiah has an encounter with Glory. And it send as Magno to his mind cuz I remember in and Israel the time you were born to time your 12 if you were a male you had to learn the first five books word for word of the Old Testament. He knew it now. He's having kind of with gold the glory of God.

I've read about this.

And so every single thing that he hasn't laid down for the he stumbled we've been a stumbling block is now they make of it in his mind and he says man I come from people who use profanity I come from people who don't have clean Lips My Lips Are clean now, he's face-to-face with something that separates him from God.

This is law in this moment. This is not Grace. Okay. The remember God chose this moment. So watch this. This is the one then one for six of the seraphs. Are they flew to me and in his hand was a glowing pole that he had taken from the author with tongs. He touched my mouth with it. If he said now that this has touched your lips your wickedness is removed for your sin is atone for

Eminem verse 8. He says then I heard the voice of the Lord saying who should I send? Who will go for us?

And Isaiah replies here I am. Send me.

Isaiah responded

to a question that God was asking for a long time. God has been wanting to tell his people he has told his people. He is still. As an agenda in heaven and he wants his people to know about his ways.

How are people going to hear unless they hear the word of God spoken?

Isaiah has a moment.

And it's called. all end

it comes before the father. He is aware of the glory of God. He is where the person of God he is aware now of his sin. He that has seraphim come he's having an encounter. His day is changed. He may have never had this before whatever. Okay, like this is one of those moments heads up here. But because of the moment that he's having because of the first revelation. There's something on the inside of him. That's a wake before he wants to serve God.

When you meet the real Jesus, then you learn about his ways and you become intimately acquainted with knowing him something on the inside of a make you want to serve him. with your everything remember scripture teaches us to to seek diligently. The Lord is his reward Hebert ever since he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him but also teaches us to be fervent in prayers at the prayers are right here that when we serve the Lord that we are not to lack spiritual fervor. Or diligence meaning you were to serve God. I have deserved with every part of us and it says that is are reasonable service. I thought Above & Beyond. Just reasonable. That's what our God asked for us to do. That's a part of his ways is for us to serve. Our God was our entire portion and we have our minds we haven't submitted.

The teacher says not our ways what's his ways? It's not out of a surprise to listen to me. And so I say it is commissioned out of an encounter that re-energized him, but it spoke and it told him about really watching him and we have to remember that we serve a god. That watches us because he loves us. We serve a god that is all mine who made a way. Amen that we can have fellowship with him.

Bracing if I could get you guys to go ahead and come back up here. in the season of Lent

there's some things that we have to deal with that we should be dealing with. That we should want to lay down that we should want to go before our God that we should want to go before our King that we should forgo before our maker and say Hey, I want this to end. Hey God, I want to take this part of me and God. I want you your glory to encounter it because when your glory and Connors it, it will change the things that I'm dealing with.

But the desire should come from within here. We should have that desire to say hey not I that live but it's Christ that lives within me standing all around the house.

Have you ever had a prayer or have you ever been in prayer? Where you didn't hear the Lord speak back to you? Have you ever been in prayer where you didn't hear his voice?

we all have we've all had prayers that we didn't hear God and we didn't even feel God and we didn't hear what God response was to us. And the reason is because we're not standing still.

It's because we're not stopping what we're doing this because we haven't said the Time Out World.

Let me crawl up in your lap. bother Let me sit at your table.

I don't want to leave this moment until you deal with everything God that they did that you want to deal with is called the coming vulnerable to his will his desires. We know the skeletons in her closet. We all know him. We all know the things minute hendris. when I want for the pastor say this to accept

no answer or no reply from God means you got up too fast.

It means you heard more things in the world than you heard the voice of Heaven.

I saw this morning the Lord woke me up with two words. constantly renew

need to constantly renew my mind. So I'm tapped into hearing what the spirit is saying that's a decision that I have to make that's a decision that's in my power. That's a decision that I have the key to operate with. Constantly renew my mind for his Awakening and his shaking so that when he says whom can I send in this moment? I am ready. I am in position to hear Here. I Am Lord.

Just yesterday morning. I went and go preach at another Ministry.

I just testify on the goodness of God. And on my way, I went to go get my truck washed.

In this ministry was the ministry has been giving us food for the past year.

It's a walk in the car wash. And this guy comes straight to the door, this is Pastor Matt.

We got soap he's got the water boots all the way up to hear. She's got soap and water all over his arms, and he just says Hey, can I have a hug and he just hugs me? And all the customers into the store or sitting here going. Wow, what's going on?

Well, then he leaves in about two minutes later another guy comes and it goes faster Matt, Matt. I like he walks across everybody other than you like makes his way and he says Hey and he Embraces me with a hug. And now the manager is going and what is going on here.

I didn't ask for this moment. I just knew God was moving in it. Nothing. I'm available if you want to use me.

And then the manager comes up. Hey, what church do you go to? How did I know you? I feel the rooms change. Something's going on. What is it? So I told her who we were told her what we do that we minister to this area and we can minister to them before with food.

When she says wow.

God will send you you just got to be ready to receive what he wants to do.

So I walk outside. Charged up another worker comes by and he goes. Hey, who are you? Message Matt and have a good day and see Spirit was recognizing Spirit In This Moment and God you started getting Glory. We just start talking about the Lord and somehow they changed it they changed. And then the lady he was acting my car. She said come here. Okay. And she said where you from I said the church down the street. I said why she said because I can feel something is different about your vehicle. But I just got out of prison.

And I can feel the spirit of God.

And all of the workers started gathering around my truck. And I'm like, okay Lord. What do you want to do? And he said just love them. Slava there's people in life that just are in your path to just be loved. The just be loved.

But we just need to be in position to hear what he wants to do what he wants to say. Remember he says he who has an ear let him hear what the spirit is saying to the church. So that deals with the imposition of knowing the ways of God of having encounters with the glory of God that teaches about our carnality and how to do with us how to crucify the flesh have to be in a position to hear it when he whispers. how to be sensitive to his heart So we're going to open up the altar. for a few minutes If God is dealing with you if he just has said hey, I want you to bring this to me so you don't ever have to do with it again so that I can just minister to you in it. The time is now.

Nothing's too hard for God.

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