CONNECTED TO THE SOURCE
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JOHN 15:4–5
4 ABIDE IN ME, AND I IN YOU. AS THE BRANCH CANNOT BEAR FRUIT OF ITSELF, EXCEPT IT ABIDE IN THE VINE; NO MORE CAN YE, EXCEPT YE ABIDE IN ME.
5 I AM THE VINE, YE ARE THE BRANCHES: HE THAT ABIDETH IN ME, AND I IN HIM, THE SAME BRINGETH FORTH MUCH FRUIT: FOR WITHOUT ME YE CAN DO NOTHING.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO LOOK VERY FAR TO SEE THE CHAOS HAPPENING IN OUR WORLD DAY
RIOTING BREAKING OUT IN THE STREETS
THE DESTRUCTION AND DESTROYING OF CITIES
SENSELESS MURDERS HAPPENING ON A DAILY BASIS
VIOLENCE UPON VIOLENCE UPON VIOLENCE
AND IT DOESN’T SEEM TO GET ANY BETTER
YOU CAN TRULY GAUGE THE WICKEDNESS OF MANKIND
BY HOW THEY TREAT THE MOST INNOCENT AMONG US
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT 2,300 CHILDREN ARE MISSING EVERY DAY IN THE UNITED STATES
BETWEEN 1973 AND 2018 THERE HAS BEEN
61.8 MILLION ABORTIONS IN AMERICA
IN 2020 THERE WERE 769 MURDERS IN CHICAGO
MANY OF THOSE WERE CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS
MANY OF THEM WERE INNOCENT BYSTANDERS
HOW MANY OF THEM WERE CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS
WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE
WHERE IS THE POLITICAL OUTRAGE
WHAT MOVEMENTS WERE MADE FOR THEM
THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL MESSAGE,
JUST GAUGING WHERE WE ARE TODAY
BUT THE PROBLEM IS NOT RACISM
THE PROBLEM IS NOT GUNS
THE PROBLEM IS NOT THE LACK OF FATHERS IN THE HOME
I UNDERSTAND THAT ALL OF THESE THINGS CONTRIBUTE TO THE OUTCOME THAT WE SEE
BUT THE PROBLEM THAT WE SEE IN AMERICA
AND ALL ACROSS THE WORLD
IS THAT THERE IS A DISCONNECTION BETWEEN
GOD AND MAN
BUT ONE BLOODY DAY AT THE SOUNDS OF THE WORDS
“IT IS FINISH”
THUNDER ROLLED
THE GROUND SHOOK
THE DEAD WALKED
AND THE VEIL WAS RENT
JESUS BECAME SIN FOR MANKIND
JESUS MADE A WAY FOR US TO RECONNECT TO A HOLY GOD
I WANT TO PREACH TO YOU FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES ABOUT BEING CONNECTED TO THE SOURCE
THE DETAILS OF THE FLIGHT OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FROM THE EGYPT IS FOUND IN THE 2ND BOOK OF MOSES, THE EXODUS.
IN IT WE SEE THE FULFILLMENT OF THE PROMISE MADE BY GOD TO VISIT ISRAEL AND DELIVER THEM FROM THEIE EVIL TASK MASTERS.
GOD PERFORMED MIGHTY WORKS IN THE PLAGUES THAT HE CAUSED TO FALL ON EGYPT.
WHAT I WANT TO TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO IS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT POINTS IN THE STORY.
EXODUS 3:13–14
13 AND MOSES SAID UNTO GOD, BEHOLD, WHEN I COME UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND SHALL SAY UNTO THEM, THE GOD OF YOUR FATHERS HATH SENT ME UNTO YOU; AND THEY SHALL SAY TO ME, WHAT IS HIS NAME? WHAT SHALL I SAY UNTO THEM?
14 AND GOD SAID UNTO MOSES, I AM THAT I AM: AND HE SAID, THUS SHALT THOU SAY UNTO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, I AM HATH SENT ME UNTO YOU.
UPON MOSES HIS REQUEST HE IS GIVEN THE NAME THAT HE IS TO RELAY TO THOSE WHO WOULD I ASK “WHO SENT HIM”
THIS IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE EVERY PLAGUE THAT GOD DEMONSTRATED AGAINST EGYPT
WAS AGAINST THE GODS OF EGYPT
THE GODS LITTLE G OF EGYPT AND THERE WERE MANY THESE GODS EXERCISE POWER OVER CERTAIN THINGS IN THE EGYPTIAN‘S LIVES
JUST TO ILLUSTRATE THE NINTH PLAGUE DARKNESS WAS AIMED AT THE SUN GOD WHO WAS SYMBOLIZED BY PHARAOH GOD WANTED THE EGYPTIANS TO KNOW THAT ONLY HE HAS POWER OVER THE SUN
THE TENTHAND FINAL PLAGUE,
THE DEATH OF THE FIRST BORN MALES WAS AGAINST THE GOD ISISWHO WAS THE PROTECTORS OF THE CHILDREN
GOD WAS SENDING THE MESSAGE THAT THERE IS NO WHERE THAT HIS ARM CAN’T REACH
SO, WITH GOD SAID I AM THAT I AM
HE IS SAYING THAT HE IS ALL SUFFICIENT
HE IS EVERYTHING THAT HE NEEDS TO BE
HE IS ALL POWERFUL AND ALL KNOWING
HE IS GREATER THAN EVERY GOD OF EGYPT
FROM THE ISRAELITES POINT OF VIEW
THE “IAM” DELIVERED THEM FROM THEIR BONDAGE
THE “I AM” MADE A WAY THROUGH THE RED SEA AND DESTROYED THEIR ENEMIES AT THE SAME TIME
THE “I AM” PROVIDED FOOD THAT NO MAN HAD EVER SEEN BEFORE
THE “I AM” GAVE THEM VICTORY AFTER VICTORY
PROVISION AFTER PROVISION
SO, WHEN GOD GAVE THE NAME “I AM”
HE WAS TELLING EGYPT I’M GREATER THAN EVERY GOD THAT YOU COULD THINK UP
AND HE WAS TELLING ISRAEL THAT I AM EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED
WHEN THEY GOT CONNECTED TO THE “I AM” EVERYTHING CHANGED
WE HAVE AN I AM TODAY….AND WE CALL HIS NAME JESUS
JESUS IS EVERYTHING THAT YOU NEED TODAY
JESUS PROCLAIMED EMPHATICALLY
IN THE BOOK OF JOHN THAT HE IS THE “I AM”
THE SEVEN “I AM’S” IN THE BOOK OF JOHN
NONE OF THE OTHER GOSPEL BOOK DESCRIBES THE DEITY OF JESUS AS MUCH AS THE GOSPEL OF JOHN.
IN THE FIRST VERSE OF THE FIRST CHAPTER JOHN LETS HIS READERS KNOW THAT THE WORD WAS THERE IN THE BEGINNING AND THE WORD IS GOD.
THIRTEEN VERSE LATER HE LETS US KNOW THAT THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH AND DWELT AMONG US.
HE DOESN’T WAIST ANY TIME LETTING US KNOW
JUST WHO THIS MAN JESUS REALLY IS.
ALSO, WITHIN THE BOOK OF JOHN WE FIND
WHAT THEOLOGIANS CALL THE 7 “I AM” QUOTES OF JESUS.
1. IN JOHN 6:35 “I AM” THE BREAD OF LIFE
2. IN JOHN 8:12 “I AM” THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
3. IN JOHN 8:24 “I AM” HE (THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD)
4. IN JOHN 10:14 “I AM” THE GOOD SHEPHERD
5. IN JOHN 11:25 “I AM” THE RESURRECTION
6. IN JOHN 14:6 “I AM” THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE
7. IN JOHN 15:1 “I AM” THE TRUE VINE
JESUS CHRIST WAS NOT MERELY A PROPHET
HE WASN’T A GREAT KING, OR A GREAT RELIGIOUS TEACHER
JESUS CHRIST WAS GOD ROLLED IN HUMANITY
TO KNOW JESUS IS TO KNOW THE ONE AND ONLY TRUE GOD
HE IS THE FIRST IN THE LAST, THE BEGINNING AND THE ENDING, THE CREATOR, THE REDEEMER, THE SAVIOR OF ALL MEN.
HIS WORKS PROCLAIM HIS DEITY:
· THE BLONDE RECEIVE THEIR SITE
· THE LAME WALK
· THE LEPERS WERE CLEANSED
· THE DEAF WERE MADE TO HEAR
· AND THE DEAD WERE RAISED TO LIFE AGAIN
EVERY ACT OF HEALING, EVERY DELIVERANCE OF DEMON POSSESSED, AND EVERY MIRACLE OF NATURE IS A WITNESS THAT GOD CAME TO THE WORLD IN HUMAN FORM
· HE FOR GAVE SINS (MATTHEW 9:2)
· HE WAS WORSHIPPED (MATTHEW 8:2)
· HE INSTRUCTED HIS DISCIPLES TO PRAY TO HIM IN HIS NAME (JOHN 14:14)
· HE IS THE OMNIPOTENT CREATOR (JOHN 1:10)
· HE IS THE OMNISCIENT TEACHER (MATTHEW 9:4)
· HE IS THE OMNIPRESENT SPIRIT (MATTHEW 28:20)
· AND THE ONE ETERNAL GOD IN (JOHN 1:1-3)
· HE SAYS, “TO KNOW HIM IS TO KNOW THE FATHER” (JOHN 14:7-10)
· HE TOLD THE UNBELIEVING JEWS “BEFORE ABRAHAM WAS, I AM”
JESUS THROUGH THE GOSPEL OF JOHN PROCLAIMED TO THE WORLD THAT THE SAME “I AM” THAT DELIVERED THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL FORM EGYPT IS THE SAME “I AM” IN THE IN THE FLESH OF JESUS.
WHAT A REVELATION.
THE TITLE OF MY MESSAGE IS CONNECTED TO THE SOURCE
WE HAVE TO STAY CONNECTED TO JESUS
WHEN THE ISRAELITES GOT CONNECTED TO THE GREAT I AM
THEY WENT FROM BEING BOUND TO FREEDOM
THEY WENT SLAVES TO A MIGHTY NATION
THE REVELATION OF JESUS, AS POWERFUL AS IT IS,
WE HAVE TO STILL STAY CONNECTED TO HIM
JOHN 14:15–19
15 IF YE LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.
16 AND I WILL PRAY THE FATHER, AND HE SHALL GIVE YOU ANOTHER COMFORTER, THAT HE MAY ABIDE WITH YOU FOR EVER;
17 EVEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH; WHOM THE WORLD CANNOT RECEIVE, BECAUSE IT SEETH HIM NOT, NEITHER KNOWETH HIM: BUT YE KNOW HIM; FOR HE DWELLETH WITH YOU, AND SHALL BE IN YOU.
18 I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU COMFORTLESS: I WILL COME TO YOU.
19 YET A LITTLE WHILE, AND THE WORLD SEETH ME NO MORE; BUT YE SEE ME: BECAUSE I LIVE, YE SHALL LIVE ALSO.
THE PROOF OF OUR LOVE FOR THE LORD COULD ONLY BE SEEN IN OUR OBEDIENCE TO HIS COMMANDMENTS
THERE ARE PROMISES IN THE WORD OF GOD THAT ARE CONTINGENT AND NOT AUTOMATIC
ANSWERED PRAYERS ARE CONTINGENT AND NOT AUTOMATIC.
THE GOSPEL MESSAGE IS THAT WE CAN RECONNECT A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD THAT WAS LOST IN THE GARDEN THOSE MANY YEARS AGO.
BUT IF WE ARE GOING TO BE RE-CONNECTED TO GOD
THEN WE MUST FIRST HUMBLE OURSELVES AND OBEY HIS COMMANDMENT
WHAT COMMANDMENTS DO WE NEED TO OBEY IN ORDER TO RECEIVE ABIDING COMFORTER SET FROM GOD
GOES BACK TO THE MESSAGE THAT JOHN THE BAPTIST PREACHED PREPARING THE WAY OF THE LORD
JOHN PREACHED A MESSAGE OF REPENTANCE IF WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE THE COMFORTER THE HOLY GHOST FROM GOD, WE MUST FIRST COME TO THE ALTAR OF REPENTANCE
MATTHEW 3:11
11 I INDEED BAPTIZE YOU WITH WATER UNTO REPENTANCE: BUT HE THAT COMETH AFTER ME IS MIGHTIER THAN I, WHOSE SHOES I AM NOT WORTHY TO BEAR: HE SHALL BAPTIZE YOU WITH THE HOLY GHOST, AND WITH FIRE:
LUKE 24:47
47 AND THAT REPENTANCE AND REMISSION OF SINS SHOULD BE PREACHED IN HIS NAME AMONG ALL NATIONS, BEGINNING AT JERUSALEM.
ACTS 1:4–5
4 AND, BEING ASSEMBLED TOGETHER WITH THEM, COMMANDED THEM THAT THEY SHOULD NOT DEPART FROM JERUSALEM, BUT WAIT FOR THE PROMISE OF THE FATHER, WHICH, SAITH HE, YE HAVE HEARD OF ME.
5 FOR JOHN TRULY BAPTIZED WITH WATER; BUT YE SHALL BE BAPTIZED WITH THE HOLY GHOST NOT MANY DAYS HENCE.
ACTS 2:38
38 THEN PETER SAID UNTO THEM, REPENT, AND BE BAPTIZED EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS, AND YE SHALL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST.
THIS IS HOW WE RE-CONNECT TO THE GREAT I AM
THIS IS THE GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL
IF WE ARE OBEDIENT AND REPENT
GOD WILL FORGIVE US
AND WILL SEND US THE COMFORTER TO ABIDE WITH US
JOHN 14:15–21 (KJV 1900)
15 IF YE LOVE ME, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.
16 AND I WILL PRAY THE FATHER, AND HE SHALL GIVE YOU ANOTHER COMFORTER, THAT HE MAY ABIDE WITH YOU FOR EVER;
17 EVEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH; WHOM THE WORLD CANNOT RECEIVE, BECAUSE IT SEETH HIM NOT, NEITHER KNOWETH HIM: BUT YE KNOW HIM; FOR HE DWELLETH WITH YOU, AND SHALL BE IN YOU.
18 I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU COMFORTLESS: I WILL COME TO YOU.
19 YET A LITTLE WHILE, AND THE WORLD SEETH ME NO MORE; BUT YE SEE ME: BECAUSE I LIVE, YE SHALL LIVE ALSO.
20 AT THAT DAY YE SHALL KNOW THAT I AM IN MY FATHER, AND YE IN ME, AND I IN YOU.
21 HE THAT HATH MY COMMANDMENTS, AND KEEPETH THEM, HE IT IS THAT LOVETH ME: AND HE THAT LOVETH ME SHALL BE LOVED OF MY FATHER, AND I WILL LOVE HIM, AND WILL MANIFEST MYSELF TO HIM.
IN THESE LAST MOMENTS THAT JESUS IS WITH HIS DISCIPLES
HE IS TEACHING AND EXPLAINING THAT THOUGH HE MAY BE SOON GONE IN THE FLESH THAT HE WILL RETURN TO ABIDE WITH THEM.
THE SAME ROLE THAT JESUS PLAYED IN THE PHYSICAL HE WILL ALSO PLAY IN THE SPIRIT AS THE.
THE COMFORTER, THE (PARACLETOS) THE HOLY GHOST
HE WILL BE OUR HELPER, OUR ADVOCATE, THE ONE WHO STANDS ALONGSIDE US.
OUR INTERCESSOR, OR SPIRITUAL DEFENSE.
HE IS OUR MEDIATOR
IN HIS IS ALL THE FULLNESS OF THE GODHEAD BODILY
HE IS THE LION AND THE LAMB
HE IS THE ONE WHO WAS AND IS AND IS TO COME
HE IS OUR CONNECTION TO THE SOURCE AND HE IS THE SOURCE.
NO MATER WHAT WE DO IN THIS LIFE WE HAVE TO STAY CONNECTED TO THE SOURCE
WE HAVE TO KEEP THE LINE OF COMMUNICATION OPEN
BECAUSE THERE IS POWER IN BEING CONNECTED TO THE SOURCE
JESUS SAID YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER AFTER THAT THE HOLY GHOST SHALL COME UPON YOU.
THE POWER OF THE CONNECTED LIFE
EXODUS 13:21–22
21 AND THE LORD WENT BEFORE THEM BY DAY IN A PILLAR OF A CLOUD, TO LEAD THEM THE WAY; AND BY NIGHT IN A PILLAR OF FIRE, TO GIVE THEM LIGHT; TO GO BY DAY AND NIGHT:
22 HE TOOK NOT AWAY THE PILLAR OF THE CLOUD BY DAY, NOR THE PILLAR OF FIRE BY NIGHT, FROM BEFORE THE PEOPLE.
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HAD A VISUAL MANIFESTATION OF THE ABIDING PRESENCE OF GOD
AS LONG AS THEY STAYED IN THE CAMP THE THEY DIDN’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING AMBUSHED BY THE ENEMY BECAUSE THE CLOUD CLOAKED THEIR POSITION
THEY DIDN’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT STUMBLING IN THE DARK BECAUSE THE PILLAR OF FIRE GAVE THEM LIGHT AND GUIDANCE.
THE ABIDING PRESENCE OF GOD WAS ALWAYS THEIR TO PROTECT, PROVIDE, AND COVER THEM.
JOHN 15:4–5
4 ABIDE IN ME, AND I IN YOU. AS THE BRANCH CANNOT BEAR FRUIT OF ITSELF, EXCEPT IT ABIDE IN THE VINE; NO MORE CAN YE, EXCEPT YE ABIDE IN ME.
5 I AM THE VINE, YE ARE THE BRANCHES: HE THAT ABIDETH IN ME, AND I IN HIM, THE SAME BRINGETH FORTH MUCH FRUIT: FOR WITHOUT ME YE CAN DO NOTHING
JESUS IS TEACHING US THAT IN THE NEW COVENANT THERE WILL BE AN INVISIBLE ABIDING PRESENCE OF GOD
HE SAYS ABIDE IN ME AND I IN YOU
WE CANNOT AFFORD TO DISCONNECTED TO GOD
WE CANNOT BE FRUITFUL IF WE ARE DISCONNECTED FORM THE SOURCE
JESUS USED THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES TO ILLUSTRATE THAT IF WE STAY CONNECTED
THEN NOT ONLY WILL WE BEAR FRUIT
BUT WHEN WE BEAR FRUIT, HE WILL PURGE US THAT WE WILL BRING FORTH MORE FRUIT
SOMETIMES THE TRIALS THAT WE GO THROUGH ARE NOT THERE TO DESTROY US
BUT TO PREPARE AND STRENGTHEN US TO BE ABLE TO CARRY AN ABUNDANCE OF FRUIT.