2. The Holy Spirit Reveals the Hidden Life of Jesus — Zac Poonen — August 24, 2024
http://rlcf.church River of Life Christian Fellowship 1306 N Lincoln Avenue Loveland, Colorado - 80537, USA
Summary
The speaker advises listeners to start their day by spending time in prayer with God, treating it as a habit, and to sing songs to Jesus. Drawing from Hebrews 8, he emphasizes that knowing God starts with the least, like a child, rather than intellectual prowess. He concludes by encouraging believers to adopt the mindset of a little child—one that simply enjoys God without concern for status or cleverness—to progress deeper into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
Start each day by talking to Dad and casting your burdensBegin every morning by spending time talking to your heavenly father, calling Him dad, and casting all your burdens on Him before getting out of bed.
What does it mean to know God from the least to the greatest?Knowing God starts from the youngest and least in the room, because God's kingdom operates on childlike humility rather than human intellect.Hebrews 8:11
How to enter deeper into the Kingdom of HeavenWhen the disciples asked who was the greatest, Jesus brought a little child and stated that entering the kingdom requires conversion to become like that child.
Eternal life is knowing God through the BibleEternal life is not merely living forever, but knowing God intimately through the life of Jesus revealed in the scriptures.
Jesus came to explain and reveal the FatherNo one has seen God at any time, but Jesus the only begotten Son has made Him clearly known as a loving Father.John 1:18
Learning how to worship from the angels in heavenIsaiah saw the Lord high and lifted up, and observed the seraphim covering their faces and feet with four of their six wings in true worship.
From pronouncing woe on others to saying woe is meBefore seeing the Lord, Isaiah pronounced woe upon others, but after seeing God's holiness, he cried out woe is me as a ruined man.Isaiah 5:8
The downward path of Jesus versus the upward path of LuciferWhile Lucifer fell through his prideful desire to go up, Jesus humbled Himself by becoming a man, a slave washing feet, and a criminal on a cross.
Read your own letters in Scripture and do not judge othersHusbands and wives must apply scriptures written directly to themselves rather than using the Bible to correct each other.Ephesians 5:22–25
In the scroll it is written about meJesus approached the scriptures personally, recognizing that the word was written about Him rather than using it to point fingers at others.Hebrews 10:5–7
The baptism of fire and the coal touching the lipsWhen Isaiah reached a zero point and confessed his unclean lips, a seraph touched him with a burning coal from the altar, forgiving his sin and anointing him.
Moving from a hand pump to rivers of living waterTrue ministry is not a exhausting human effort like a hand pump, but rivers of living water flowing freely from God through a clean pipe.
