I downloaded these notes this morning...sure wish I would have heard the sermon! I might go to IHOP and see if I can purchase the CD. There are some powerful statements here.
Then tonight I was reading I Samuel and chapters 13 -15 sure do show what obedience and disobedience do to a person in relationship to God. We often hear the story of David and Goliath. Amazing story...but that was one to one. Jonathan and his armor bearer go against "3,000 chariots, 6,000 charioteers, and as many warriors as the grains of sand on the seashore!" with the mindset of, "Perhaps the Lord will help us, for nothing can hinder the Lord. He can win a battle whether he has many warriors or only a few!" ...And God honored that!!!!
AWESOME!!!!!!
Abiding in Christ: Releasing the Kingdom on Earth
I. foundational premise of the Kingdom: voluntary love (relationship)
A. God desires to release His heavenly power (power of the age-to-come) into the earthly realm.
10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. (Mt. 6:10)
4 Those who…have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come… (Heb. 6:4-5)
B. In Gen. 1, God manifested His power without using us. After He created Adam and Eve, He determined to only manifest His power through relationship with His people. He longs to share His life with His family, thus He runs His Kingdom and releases His power through them.
C. The Father has chosen to release the Presence and power of the Spirit in us and through us in direct proportion to how much we live in relationship with Him by dialoging and agreeing with His heart. He will not violate our free will by forcing us to live in relationship with Him.
D. The Holy Spirit continues to draw close to us only as we deliberately draw close to Him by asking for His help and obeying His leadership.
8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. (Jas. 4:8)
E. Our relationship with the Holy Spirit will stop growing if we intentionally neglect His leadership in any area of our life. He stops talking to us and imparting more to us when we stop agreeing with His leadership. He will not force us to relate to Him in love.
3 Truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. 4 These things we write to you that your joy may be full…7 If we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus…cleanses us from all sin. (1 Jn. 1:3-7)
F. God withholds blessing that He intends to give us until we interact with Him in relationship. Pressure, pain and spiritual barrenness are meant to cause us to arise out of our passivity to more deeply relate to Him by calling out to Him. Asking the Lord for help is invasive.
2 You…covet and cannot obtain…Yet you do not have because you do not ask… (Jas. 4:2)
G. In Jn. 14-15, Jesus summed up the main principles of how God runs His Kingdom. Jesus promised to manifest His presence to those (v. 21, 23) who dialog with or ask God (v. 13-14) and who agree with the Spirit’s leadership or keep God’s commandments (v. 15, 21, 23).
13 Whatever you ask (persistently) in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask anything (for our heart and circumstances) in My name, I will do it. 15 If you love Me, keep My commandments…21 He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him… 23 If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. (Jn. 14:13-23)
H. The Father loves everyone in the sense of valuing and caring for them. However, He only loves the lifestyle, choices and fruit of those who pursue Him with the intention of 100-fold obedience.
I. Whatever increases our activate dialog (prayer) and agreement with God’s heart (obedience) results in a greater release of God’s Presence and power in our lives. This is the essence of wisdom. Whatever decreases this dialog and agreement diminishes our experience of God’s Presence and power in our lives. This is the essence of folly. It is worth any price that we must pay to cultivate greater dialog and agreement with God’s heart.
J. Abiding in Christ refers to our dialog and agreement with God’s heart. It results in a greater release of God’s Presence and power in our lives. This is the simple yet prevailing condition for how God’s Kingdom is manifest into the earthly realm in this age and in the age-to-come.
4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. 5…He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing...7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. (Jn. 15:4-7)
K. Fruit refers both to godliness in having a vibrant heart in God (Rom. 6:22; 7:4-5; Gal. 5:22; Eph. 5:9; Heb. 12:11; 13:15; Jas. 3:18) and to being a vessel that God releases His presence through in ministry to others (Jn. 4:36; Rom. 1:13; 15:28; Phil. 1:22; Col. 1:5-6).
L. Abiding in Christ is a concept that is so simple that anyone can understand and do it but it is so simple that few do. Scripture validates the wisdom of a lifestyle of abiding in Christ.
27 God has chosen the (so called) foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and…the (so called) weak things of the world to put to shame the… mighty… (1 Cor. 1:27)
M. Satan’s priority against us is to lead us astray from cultivating a responsive heart of devotion.
I. foundational premise of the Kingdom: voluntary love (relationship)
A. God desires to release His heavenly power (power of the age-to-come) into the earthly realm.
10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. (Mt. 6:10)
4 Those who…have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come… (Heb. 6:4-5)
B. In Gen. 1, God manifested His power without using us. After He created Adam and Eve, He determined to only manifest His power through relationship with His people. He longs to share His life with His family, thus He runs His Kingdom and releases His power through them.
C. The Father has chosen to release the Presence and power of the Spirit in us and through us in direct proportion to how much we live in relationship with Him by dialoging and agreeing with His heart. He will not violate our free will by forcing us to live in relationship with Him.
D. The Holy Spirit continues to draw close to us only as we deliberately draw close to Him by asking for His help and obeying His leadership.
8 Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. (Jas. 4:8)
E. Our relationship with the Holy Spirit will stop growing if we intentionally neglect His leadership in any area of our life. He stops talking to us and imparting more to us when we stop agreeing with His leadership. He will not force us to relate to Him in love.
3 Truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. 4 These things we write to you that your joy may be full…7 If we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus…cleanses us from all sin. (1 Jn. 1:3-7)
F. God withholds blessing that He intends to give us until we interact with Him in relationship. Pressure, pain and spiritual barrenness are meant to cause us to arise out of our passivity to more deeply relate to Him by calling out to Him. Asking the Lord for help is invasive.
2 You…covet and cannot obtain…Yet you do not have because you do not ask… (Jas. 4:2)
G. In Jn. 14-15, Jesus summed up the main principles of how God runs His Kingdom. Jesus promised to manifest His presence to those (v. 21, 23) who dialog with or ask God (v. 13-14) and who agree with the Spirit’s leadership or keep God’s commandments (v. 15, 21, 23).
13 Whatever you ask (persistently) in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask anything (for our heart and circumstances) in My name, I will do it. 15 If you love Me, keep My commandments…21 He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him… 23 If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. (Jn. 14:13-23)
H. The Father loves everyone in the sense of valuing and caring for them. However, He only loves the lifestyle, choices and fruit of those who pursue Him with the intention of 100-fold obedience.
I. Whatever increases our activate dialog (prayer) and agreement with God’s heart (obedience) results in a greater release of God’s Presence and power in our lives. This is the essence of wisdom. Whatever decreases this dialog and agreement diminishes our experience of God’s Presence and power in our lives. This is the essence of folly. It is worth any price that we must pay to cultivate greater dialog and agreement with God’s heart.
J. Abiding in Christ refers to our dialog and agreement with God’s heart. It results in a greater release of God’s Presence and power in our lives. This is the simple yet prevailing condition for how God’s Kingdom is manifest into the earthly realm in this age and in the age-to-come.
4 Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. 5…He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing...7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. (Jn. 15:4-7)
K. Fruit refers both to godliness in having a vibrant heart in God (Rom. 6:22; 7:4-5; Gal. 5:22; Eph. 5:9; Heb. 12:11; 13:15; Jas. 3:18) and to being a vessel that God releases His presence through in ministry to others (Jn. 4:36; Rom. 1:13; 15:28; Phil. 1:22; Col. 1:5-6).
L. Abiding in Christ is a concept that is so simple that anyone can understand and do it but it is so simple that few do. Scripture validates the wisdom of a lifestyle of abiding in Christ.
27 God has chosen the (so called) foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and…the (so called) weak things of the world to put to shame the… mighty… (1 Cor. 1:27)
M. Satan’s priority against us is to lead us astray from cultivating a responsive heart of devotion.
Cultivating a responsive heart of extravagant devotion to Jesus takes time and effort. It does not automatically grow. Rather it automatically diminishes unless we cultivate it.
3 I am afraid, lest as the serpent (Satan) deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds should be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ. (2 Cor 11:3, NAS)
N. There are three main components necessary for the Word to abide or live in us. First, we choose to pursue God with a loving obedience. Second, we regularly feed our heart on the Word. Third, we need the activity of the Spirit to turn our meditation into living revelation so that it delivers us from sinful desires. We do this best as we fellowship with the Spirit (by talking to Him).
3 I am afraid, lest as the serpent (Satan) deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds should be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ. (2 Cor 11:3, NAS)
N. There are three main components necessary for the Word to abide or live in us. First, we choose to pursue God with a loving obedience. Second, we regularly feed our heart on the Word. Third, we need the activity of the Spirit to turn our meditation into living revelation so that it delivers us from sinful desires. We do this best as we fellowship with the Spirit (by talking to Him).
Summary:
we obey God, feed on the Word and talk to the Spirit.
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