Naalehu Assembly of God
School of The Bible-God's Goals

  • When God Draws Near

    James 4:8 ESV
    8 Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
    How do we come near to God?

    Since the fall of man, we have sought an easy way to God.

    Something within us
    ++Cries out for connection
    ++Realizes that there is more
    ++Senses, craves for the creator
    Job 23:3 ESV
    3 Oh, that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!

    Coming near to God was never easy

    God is
    ++Holy
    ++Righteous
    Man is
    ++Sinful
    ++Carnal

    This is an extreme incompatibility

    God’s real desire
    ++Created a pathway to him
    ++Is to restored what was broken
    Isaiah 58:6 ESV
    6 “Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke?
    God doesn’t want us to be
    ++Bound by wickedness
    ++Strapped to a yoke
    ++Trapped by oppression
    ++Motivated by compliance

    The Goals of God brought a new liberty to us.

    God’s Goals Toward You

    Isaiah 58:8 ESV
    8 Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.
    God’s Goal toward you
    ++Lead by His righteousness
    ++Guarded by His glory

    God’s Goals Through You

    Isaiah 58:9 ESV
    9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you take away the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness,
    God’s Goal Through You
    ++Effectiveness
    ++You will say
    ++God will answer

    God’s Goals For You

    Isaiah 58:14 ESV
    14 then you shall take delight in the Lord, and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
    God’s Goal for You
    ++Know Who’s you are
    ++Walk in your reward
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