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 creatorJob 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 easyGod is++Holy++RighteousMan is++Sinful++CarnalThis is an extreme incompatibilityGod’s real desire++Created a pathway to him++Is to restored what was brokenIsaiah 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 complianceThe Goals of God brought a new liberty to us.God’s Goals Toward YouIsaiah 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 gloryGod’s Goals Through YouIsaiah 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 answerGod’s Goals For YouIsaiah 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 James 4:8KJV1900
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