Jeremy Utley - Make a Road for the Lord

Jeremy UtleyMarch 10, 202529mWatch on YouTube

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Speaker: Jeremy Utley Title: Make a Road for the Lord Date: 03/09/2025 Our Goal as Christians is this: To be an exact reflection of Jesus, the Son of God (Romans 8:29) We do this individually by growing in purity in our personal lives (1 John 3:2-3) We do this corporately by becoming fully functioning members of a local Church (Ephesians 4:11-16)

Summary

Jeremy Utley teaches that Christians must surrender everything to God in order to experience His love and make a way for Him through the wildernesses of their lives. Beginning with the assurance that Jesus has fully paid the penalty for all our sins (Isaiah 40:1-2), believers are commanded to prepare a straight path for the Lord by clearing away the obstacles of the flesh and self-centeredness so that His glory can be displayed through our transformed lives (Isaiah 40:3-5).

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Turning to Isaiah 40The speaker shares how a verse from Isaiah 40 struck him profoundly while traveling on an airplane.

Grab hold of verse one firstWe cannot properly approach the commands in verse three until we deeply believe verse one and two, knowing that God has punished Jesus fully for all our sins.

The Full Gospel of John 8Brother Zach once shared that the Full Gospel is found in Jesus telling the woman not to condemn her and telling her to go and sin no more.

Why obedience feels like a burdenIf obeying God's commands feels overwhelmingly burdensome, it is often because we do not truly believe the first part of the Gospel—that we are fully forgiven and not condemned.

Make a road for the Lord through the wildernessThose whose sins have been forgiven are commanded to make a straight, smooth road through the desert by filling valleys, leveling hills, and straightening crooked paths.

Who needs to get through the wilderness?We often think we are the ones who need to escape the wilderness, but the verse shows that Jesus is the One who wants to break through the wilderness of our lives.

Our job is the road, His job is the gloryWe cannot manifest the glory of God ourselves; our responsibility is simply to obey in the little things and make the road clear, while Jesus manifests His glory.

The Grand Canyon road illustrationJust as travelers focus on the Grand Canyon rather than remembering the road workers who built the way, we should be content to be forgotten road workers if Jesus is magnified.

Stripping off what slows us downHebrews 12 urges us to strip off habits, hurts, and disappointments that trip us up, which we only hesitate to do when we lack revelation of Christ's glory.

Getting as close to God as we canPsalm 73 expresses the desire to get as close to God as possible, evaluating everything in life not just by what is permissible, but by whether it is holy.

The life story of Gertrude HobbsThrough a life filled with seemingly disappointing hardships, Gertrude Hobbs was uniquely prepared to preserve and publish Oswald Chambers' notes for millions.

Manifesting His glory through unityJesus prayed in John 17 for His followers to experience glorious unity so the world would know the Father's love, fulfilling the promise of Isaiah 40.

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