Zac Poonen - Overwhelmed by the presence of God

Zac PoonenSeptember 14, 202031mWatch on YouTube

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Speaker: Zac Poonen Title: Overwhelmed by the presence of God Date: 09/13/2020 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)

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The central message is that the greatest achievement in the Christian life is not theological accuracy, but rather being overwhelmed by the presence of God. The speaker uses John's experience in Revelation to illustrate that even highly knowledgeable people can make mistakes when confronted with God's presence. True spiritual depth comes from humility, which Jesus taught was a gift revealed to the humble rather than the clever or intelligent.

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John falls down to worship an angelAfter walking with God for many years and receiving the great revelation of the Book of Revelation, John mistakenly fell down to worship the angel who showed him these things.Revelation 19:10

Theological accuracy versus knowing GodEven though we know theologically that we should only worship God, we can have our doctrines right while lacking the deep sense of God's presence that John had.

Eternal life is knowing GodJesus stated in John 17:3 that eternal life is to know God and Jesus Christ, proving that the greatest thing in the Christian life is not theological correctness.

God hides truths from the cleverGod hides His greatest truths from clever and intelligent people and reveals them to babies, because genuine humility is exceedingly rare among the educated.Matthew 11:25

Seeing the Father always in our presenceThe greatest blessing of the new covenant is not merely victory over sin, but maintaining the constant awareness of the Father's presence just as Jesus did.

Entering the most holy placeThe tabernacle progression leads past the outer court and holy place into the most holy place, symbolizing true worship in the spirit beyond soul-driven religious expression.

Crucifying self-will to enter the veilThe veil symbolized Jesus' flesh and self-will, and the only thing that blocks us from dwelling in God's presence constantly is our own strong self-will.

Jesus speaks about worship to the Samaritan womanWhile Jesus spoke to the theological graduate Nicodemus about the ABCs of being born again, He revealed the profoundest truths about worship to a simple, five-times-divorced Samaritan woman.

Seeking the Lord and more humilityBelievers are called to seek the Lord and pursue more humility so that they remain overwhelmed by God's presence rather than prideful in their theological knowledge.Zephaniah 2:3

Recognized as having been with JesusTrue discipleship is not about impressing people with scholarship or perfect language, but being recognized by others as ordinary people who have truly been with Jesus.

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Zac Poonen - Overwhelmed by the presence of God

Zac Poonen · September 14, 2020 · 31m

Humility The Holy Spirit

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The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.

Theological accuracy versus knowing GodEven though we know theologically that we should only worship God, we can have our doctrines right while lacking the deep sense of God's presence that John had.

Eternal life is knowing GodJesus stated in John 17:3 that eternal life is to know God and Jesus Christ, proving that the greatest thing in the Christian life is not theological correctness.

Seeing the Father always in our presenceThe greatest blessing of the new covenant is not merely victory over sin, but maintaining the constant awareness of the Father's presence just as Jesus did.

Crucifying self-will to enter the veilThe veil symbolized Jesus' flesh and self-will, and the only thing that blocks us from dwelling in God's presence constantly is our own strong self-will.

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