Bobby McDonald - Living in God’s Presence, Walking by the Spirit

Bobby McDonaldSeptember 2, 202420mWatch on YouTube

Speaker: Bobby McDonald Title: Living in God’s Presence, Walking by the Spirit Date: 09/01/2024 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

Bobby McDonald teaches that living in God's presence and walking by the Spirit involves maintaining a constant, intimate conversation with God in all circumstances. Using the example of Jesus in John 8 when faced with the woman caught in adultery, he demonstrates how Jesus withdrew to seek the Father's wisdom rather than relying on his own understanding, modeling a life of dependence, prayer, and trust that yields God's perfect answers. The key to this walk is surrendering our struggles to God, waiting patiently for His guidance, and taking one small step at a time as He reveals His will.

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An intimate secret life with GodBelievers have access to a close, constant life in God's presence, an intimate secret fellowship with the Father and the Son that carries us through anything.

Walking by the spirit to overcome the fleshGalatians 5:16 teaches that walking by the spirit prevents us from carrying out the desires of the flesh, involving an inward, constant life lived before God.

Jesus' example of depending on the FatherIn John 8, when confronted by the Pharisees with a difficult question about the woman caught in adultery, Jesus stooped down and depended entirely on the Father.

Finding rest in admitting we do not know what to doThere is freedom in coming to God like the psalmist and admitting that matters are too difficult for us, committing them to the Lord so we can rest.

Entrusting everything to God's safekeepingPaul states in 2 Timothy that God is able to guard what has been entrusted to Him, meaning whatever we give to God, He will protect.2 Timothy 1:12

Waiting in faith for God's clear wordOur job is to wait in patience and faith, taking small steps only when God shows us, rather than trying to figure everything out in our own strength.

God's perfect answerBecause Jesus was walking by the spirit, the Father gave Him the perfect word to answer the accusers without rejecting the law.

Looking unto God to be savedIsaiah 45:22 calls everyone to turn to God and look to Him for salvation, because there is no other.Isaiah 45:22

Charles Spurgeon's conversion through a simple textCharles Spurgeon shared how he was saved simply by hearing a plain preacher urge him to look to Jesus Christ rather than looking to himself.

Stopping our own reasoning and looking to JesusSpurgeon's testimony challenges us to stop trying to fix everything through our own reasoning, failures, or guilt, and instead keep our eyes fixed on Jesus.

The freedom of making a habit of looking to the LordFreedom comes from denying ourselves, carrying our cross, and making a daily habit of leaning on and listening to the Holy Spirit in every little thing.

The one necessary thingJust as Jesus told Martha, listening at Jesus' feet with the attitude of 'your will be done' is the only necessary thing.

Not doing our own will but the Father'sJesus declared in John 6:38 that He came down from heaven not to do His own will, but the will of Him who sent Him.

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