¶ Living in Truth
Hello , hello , and welcome back to Learning to Live in Truth . So glad to be before you one more time . I hope all is well . I hope today has been a good day for you . Amen , if you're listening by night , ready to go to bed , whatever have you . So many blessings from me to you .
I am just once again so glad to be able to serve you one more time , amen . So I hope that y'all tuned in to yesterday's lesson . Yeah , if you did not , I would highly suggest that you do Amen , that you do Amen . I think my biggest takeaway from yesterday was About the fact that they see what God wants them to see . Amen , they want them .
They see what God would have them to see . Yeah , and this is why we don't have to put on . This is why we got to pretend Amen , because God is always giving people and showing people our very best . Yeah , he doesn't desire for people to see all of our flaws and all . You know what I mean .
Yeah , so if you didn't get a chance to check out yesterday's broadcast , learning Living Truth , uh , please do make sure that you check it out . And so the . The passage was first john 4 , verses 9 through 14 . That was yesterday and today we're going to be picking up at verse 15 to finish out the chapter , amen .
So , without further ado , let's go ahead and pray . Father , we thank you so much For your grace and your mercy . Thank you , god , for allowing us this day , another opportunity , god , to get into your word . I pray that you would use me To your glory , father . Use me in such a way that I won't miss it and nobody else will either .
I pray in the name of Jesus . Eyes and ears will be open To your understanding . I pray that we will not just get the understanding , but we will apply it .
Amen , be intentional about living it out , god , as we are , in this particular , particular portion of scripture , talking about loving each other , and I am just so , so very grateful that I understand what it really means to love . Hallelujah , amen .
And I just pray that you will deposit that truth into every last hearer that is here , god , that they truly find out what it means to love . I pray , in the name of Jesus , that you would just have your way here in this place . We love you so very much and we're so grateful , so thankful .
Pray that this prayer and all of our prayers are pleasing in your sight . We pray it in Jesus Christ's name . We do pray , amen , amen , amen , hallelujah . So we pick up here in the 15th verse Amen . And he says to us Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the son of God , god dwelleth in him and he in God .
He says and we have , and we have known and have believed the love that God hath to us . God is love and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God and God in him . Pause for a second . So John says to us . He says if you confess him as the son of God , he says , then God dwells In you , you and him . I mean , I know If ands or buts about it .
You are in him when you confess that . I've heard people say that Jesus is nothing but a prophet . I've heard , you know , I've heard mother nature and I've heard all of these different things , the universe , he's this and he's that .
But anything outside of calling him who he is , which is the Son of God , he lets us know here that if you're not calling Jesus the Son of God , then you're not dwelling in him and he's not dwelling in you .
So I don't care how many songs you write , I don't care how many songs you write , I don't care how many books you write , I don't care how good you feel , accepting God is less than that . The reality is , he said , if you don't confess that he is the son of God , then excuse me , I'm sorry , then you're not in him .
Okay , you're not in his word and he's not in you . I mean , here's the thing . People get mad when you say that . But if you believe one part of the word , then you ought to believe it all . You can't . This is not a smorgasbord where you just pick off what you want to have and then that just be it . You know what I mean .
Truth is truth and it don't change . There are so many people out here that , whatever culture or whatever the mountain denomination that puts other gods and other things and idolizes other things and makes them their God . These people that are doing that , if they never come to the knowledge of Jesus Christ , that he's the son of God , they will perish .
John 3.16 lets us know that the only way that we don't perish is that we receive Jesus as our Lord and Savior . Amen . You have to believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God . He died for you in order to make it into glory . Why ? Because it is the presence of Jesus that is in heaven . You cannot have heaven without Jesus , because he is heaven .
Amen , come on somebody . It trips me out . It really does . It trips me out how people think that they can have and possess what they don't have , what they don't have . Amen . Anybody can say anything , anybody can do anything , but the reality is you cannot have Jesus and not be in Jesus . You got to be in Jesus in order to possess Jesus .
Do you understand what I'm saying ? Yeah , you got to be in . I mean that you got to take on his ways . You are going to adopt his ways . You're going to understand . No longer are you a citizen of this world , but you are a citizen of heaven . He says we've known and believed that , or believed the love that God had to us .
John says we've experienced the love that we're trying to tell you about and we've come to the revelation God has revealed to them , to us , anybody who has a relationship with Jesus Christ . He says God is love . Again , you cannot have God and not have his love because he is that .
Yeah , then he says , he says and he that dwelleth in love , dwelleth in God and God in him . So you cannot have the thing without it becoming a part of you .
¶ The Power of Perfect Love
If I say that , let's see , I'm trying to come up with an example . I can't even think off the top of my head right now , but I don't know how many times to say it . But God is love and you cannot have love without God . You could say Jesus is love . You cannot have Jesus . You cannot have love without Jesus . You cannot have Jesus without love .
Okay , it's impossible . It's like getting in the shower like I'm gonna take a bath , I'm gonna get clean . I gotta get in the shower in order to get the cleanliness . There's no way that I can get clean without getting in the shower or using some water to wash off my body . There's no way that I can possess it , have it without becoming a part of it .
There's no way . So when you're walking around doing this , that and the other , and you're saying this and saying that the fruit is going to show , at the end of the day , what it really is , it's going to show . You say what you want to say , but what it really is .
Isn't it interesting how you mean people seem like mean people , like they just mean , they just angry all the time , but then they turn around talking about God . If you are in Him , then you ought to be expressing love . You ought to be love . I mean , yeah , we all have emotions . You get emotional , but that emotion ought not stick with you all the time .
You shouldn't be angry all the time . You shouldn't be angry all the time . You shouldn't be mad all the time . My God Menin , say that you possess love . Say that you know God , that you love , that you know that he is the son of God . You say you know that , but look at your life . It don't line up so many folks and I hope you're not one of them .
It's out of alignment , that is . That is nothing but out of alignment . And being out of alignment just means that you know your . Your intention is to go one way , but you're going another way . That's what happens to a car when it's out of alignment . You take your wheel off , you're going straight and the car begins to go to the right or to the left .
Why ? Because it's not in alignment with the direction that you're trying to take . It . You are intending to go straight , but as soon as you take your hand off of it , it goes to the left or to the right . It's out of alignment . Folks are out of alignment Professing him , but they're out of alignment . He says herein , because I'm going on y'all .
He says herein is our love made perfect . The more you're in him , the longer you're with him , the more like him you become . Why ? Because he's perfecting that which is not A part of him . He's getting rid of , he's purifying , he's filtering , he's doing the things that are necessary to get out the old and keep the old out to put in the new .
The new is him . He says Herein is our love made perfect . That we may have boldness in the day of judgment , because , as he is , so are we in this world . There is no fear in love . This is powerful , y'all , he says . But perfect love casteth out fear .
If remember , is I-N-G or progressive , he says there is no fear in love , but perfect love casting out fear . So , as we're going along the way , the more we love on him , the more he loves on us , the less fearful we become of circumstances , of situations , of things that are happening in us , things that are happening around us .
Hallelujah , that is powerful , you heard me . Hallelujah . Perfect love casts out fear , he says . Because fear hath torment , he says . He that feareth is not made in , no , is not made perfect in love . Oh my gosh Y'all . I had a friend of mine , which she most likely will be listening to this .
Eventually she said you know , I have this diagnosis and I have this thing going on , but she says I'm not afraid . She says I'm not afraid . I don't understand it . I don't know why you would think I'd be afraid . Hallelujah , they give you a diagnosis . Or you know , your finances is toe out , the frame messed up , hallelujah , come on .
So this is wrong and that is wrong . This is out of balance . This is , you know , nothing is the way I desire . I feel like I'm going to die , but I'm not afraid . Come on somebody . This is why , hallelujah . This is why , because you are in the presence of love and so , therefore , because you dwell in love , fear cannot have power over you .
Amen Doesn't mean that you don't experience moments where you might become fearful for a moment . That moment doesn't last Again , just like that anger . It might come forth and you might have a moment of anger , a moment of being upset , but that thing don't last . Come on somebody . You might have a moment of anxiety .
You might have a moment of anxiety , you might have a moment of worry , but because I dwell in love and I understand who love is and I have love inside of me . It cannot torment me , it cannot have power over me , because I don't allow that amen to , I don't allow it to stay . That is powerful and , oh my gosh , it's just like just like yesterday .
It's like wow to me , amen . It is like wow , you're amen . That that is why we don't fear , because when you dwell in him , he cast it out , because we understand , you understand that Jesus , to have him greater is he than he that is in the world To have him and to dwell in him , you have all that you need Amen .
You know that God is concerned about what is going on in your life . You know that whatever is happening in your life , he's working it for your good . Hallelujah , amen . This is my God . I wish y'all could see me . I got chills running from my left to my right Down my legs . Amen , come on somebody . Hallelujah , amen , come on somebody . Hallelujah , hallelujah .
He says we love him because he first loved us . If a man say I love God and hated this brother , he is a liar and hated his brother . He is a liar , for he that loveth not his brother , whom he hath seen ? How can he love God Whom he hath not seen ?
If you say that you love God and you hate your brother , how , at the end of the day , people make us upset ? That is true . At the end of the day , people make us upset . That is true . At the end of the day , somebody makes people make us upset . Situations , circumstances get us upset , upset , but our response ought not be to stay that way . Amen .
We're supposed to learn how to love beyond our many faults . Are there many faults ? Because none of us are perfect . And when we walk around the mind with a mind that says I'm perfect and you know , I'm doing this and I'm doing that , we're walking around with that type of mind , that type of mindset .
But then , first person that look at us sideways , we ready to jump down that throat . You know what I mean . He says there ain't no way you can be a part of me . There's no way Because I am love . Jesus is love , and love Covers , or grace , co covers , a multitude of sin .
Hallelujah , 1 Corinthians , chapter 13 , verses 4 through 7 in particular , tells us what love is and what it is not . See when you don't practice love and the way and the type of love that Jesus describes .
Don't practice love and the way and the type of love that Jesus described , which is unconditional love , then you ain't nothing , doing nothing , but making noise , and you have no , you hold no weight . You're just making a sound . Hallelujah , don't be that way . He says you're a liar if you say you love God but you hate this one .
You're angry at this one , and you know , spiteful and vengeful and all of that . You're a liar . Amen . Nobody will admit that . I'm not a liar . I'm not a liar . I'm not . I'm just telling you the truth . I'm just telling the truth . Whose truth is that ? Amen ? Whose truth ? Are you standing on and standing by ? Because Jesus is love ? Come on somebody .
Hallelujah , amen . Look at 21 . The final verse for the night or today . He says in this commandment have we from him that he who love of God love his brother also . This is a command . If you dwell in God , this ought to be your mindset . This ought to be the way that you think . Amen .
We live in a world where I want you to prove to me that you get it . I want you to prove to me that you understand . I want you to prove to me that you understand . I want you to prove this to me and prove that to me . Come on , hallelujah . You say you love me but you hate me . There's something wrong with that .
Hallelujah , you love God but you hate me . Hallelujah , there is something wrong with that , and I hope that you are not one of those that are saying you love God but you're hating your brother .
¶ Praying for Guidance and Blessings
Come on , y'all , let's pray . Father , we thank you so much for your grace and your mercy . Thank you , god , for allowing us yet again another opportunity to get into your word . Father , I pray that everyone got what it is that you are saying . Pray that I was the light . I am , a light that you have me to be .
I pray , god , you will continue to lead God and order our steps in a way that we all to go . Father , we just bless your people and we bless your name . We pray that this prayer , all of our prayers , are pleasing . Bless your people and we bless your name . We pray that this prayer , all of our prayers , are pleasing in your sight .
We pray it in the mighty and matchless name Of Jesus Christ . We do pray , amen . Alright , y'all , I pray . You got it , hallelujah , and I hope you'll come on back with me next week , amen , as we journey through chapter 5 . Hopefully we will finish out this great book and see where the lord leads us next .
Amen , I love y'all so much , so much love , so many . Blessings from me to you y'all . A great night , great day , great weekend . Amen , amen and amen .