~ Scriptures about forgiveness ~
Matthew 6:15
"But if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses."
Ephesians 4:32
"Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you."
Colossians 3:13
"Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive."
Daniel 9:9
"To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him."
Romans 3:23
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
Proverbs 10:12
"Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses."
Micah 7:18
"Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love."
Mark 11:25
"And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses."
Luke 17:3-4
"Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him."
Luke 6:37
"Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:"
Matthew 6:14
"For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:"
1 John 1:9
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
Isaiah 1:8
"Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool."
James 5:16
"Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."
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Intimacy with GOD | SOLD School [Romans 8:15]
1.] Intro
Hey guys, welcome to our sold value series.
In these videos, I'll be covering our values here at
SOLD schools & there's six of them that we live by,
that we treasure and value — and that we seek to
explore all the treasures of these truths.
So in this session, it's about our 1st & primary value
— which is intimacy with JESUS — it is what we are
created for.
Meaning to know GOD & walk with HIM, & to make
HIM known; in the beginning, we see GOD created
Adam to walk with GOD in the cool of the day.
1.] Look Like JESUS
And here at SOLD, this is our primary way we know
that GOD begins to develop us as people. [0:56]
Because one thing that HE has created us for,
it says in Romans that HE predestined us to be
conformed to the image of HIS SON.
So one thing that we're always pursuing is:
“How can we be made to look more like JESUS?“
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And this is our life-long pursuit, and in different
seasons GOD is positioning us to change us—to
look more like HIM.
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And the way HE does that is by allowing us to come
into direct contact with HIM — when we walk with
GOD & have direct encounters with YHWH—by the
HOLY SPIRIT, we begin to hear HIS voice.
We begin to encounter HIS Presence, & that in turn
begins to transform us.
And this in turn allows us to receive life from HIM;
& this is our greatest value because when we look
like HIM, we could shine HIM wherever we go [1:49]
2.] Walking with JESUS
And this is why JESUS died, to reconcile us back to
the FATHER—so we would be HIS sons & daughters
that live & walk with GOD.
That we would be restored to walking with GOD.
In the cool of the day, this is what HE created Adam
for. This is why we're created & this is why we live
to walk with HIM.
An element of walking with JESUS, that we value
here is encountering HIS Presence.
We know that JESUS came right? [2:27]
HE was the SON of GOD, that GOD
became a man, & HE came down as
a living being.
So JESUS is a real person, just like me & you. HE has
flesh & blood right? HE was raised from the dead.
We serve a living GOD, & this living GOD thru JESUS
invites us to walk with HIM, right? [2:45]
3.] Developing a Relationship
If you meet a complete stranger in
a coffee shop or at the store.. [2:52]
You have a decision to make: You can begin to form
a relationship with that person if you so desire & as
you begin to choose to spend time together; as you
choose to go out of your way to develop a relation-
ship, with really any individual in our lives.
It's something we choose to do with our lives right?
This is something all of us get & have the decision
to make, to walk with the LORD right? [3:20]
HE invites us in a real relationship with HIM, that
we would know HIM—that we would walk HIM,
that we would hear HIM.
That we would experience HIM.
How JESUS walked with GOD—HE revealed the
FATHER, & by the SPIRIT that JESUS has given us.
By the HOLY SPIRIT, HE now comes & dwells within
us. Guess what? [3:49]
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GOD is the closest person to you.
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And this is what you're created for, to walk in
intimacy & closeness.
4.] Being Fathered
And nearness with HIM, by the indwelling SPIRIT
that you have from YHWH. [4:00]
You would have constant relationship with HIM—
constant conversation with HIM, constant dialogue
by which you're being really Discipled.
And really what we talk about here at SOLD
primarily is to be fathered by GOD.
Really this is one of our highest values & this is
why we really do the schools in this certain way.
We want to see a generation fathered by GOD.
We want to see people that receive the HOLY
SPIRIT, & it says that we've received the SPIRIT.
The HOLY SPIRIT within us, “cries ABBA FATHER!“
it cries we are accepted, we are in the beloved;
we are in HIM, we are made one with HIM.
And this is why JESUS died:
To bring us into union with CHRIST
5.] The Sons of GOD
And as we grow in the knowledge of JESUS as our
friend, as our LORD, as our SAVIOUR—& the many
revelations that are found in the lordship of JESUS.
And knowing HIS heart, and knowing HIS ways, we
begin to grow-up into CHRIST—knowing HIS heart
& HIS ways! And as a byproduct we are matured to
then reveal HIM to our generation.
Romans 8 talks about this, “As many as are led by
the SPIRIT of GOD, these are the sons of GOD! And
I believe that GOD is raising up sons and daughters
who're led by HIS SPIRIT—who know the FATHER's
heart, & who know HIS will & HIS ways. [5:28]
Because they've had direct contact with JESUS,
by the SPIRIT, & have been fathered by GOD.
6.] Baptism
What is the first thing that happened, when JESUS
came into public ministry? [Before anything HE did
publicly] HE went to John the Baptist—and HE said,
“Baptize ME.“
To fulfill all righteousness, and we see when JESUS
descended into the waters & rose from the waters,
then the voice of the FATHER from Heaven spoke,
“This is MY beloved SON, in
WHOM I AM well pleased.“
[6:16]
And this is only spoken through the intimacy that
JESUS had with the FATHER.
JESUS was fathered by GOD, HE was loved on by the
FATHER, HE knew that HE was accepted—and that's
why HE was able to fulfill the FATHER's will on Earth.
You know we won't be able to fulfill the calling of
GOD on our lives—if we don't understand this call
of intimacy. [6:34]
If we don't understand that HE says:
“Come away with ME, come be with ME, come and
dwell with ME.“ JESUS said, “You know when you
pray go to the secret place & shut the door.“ [6:49]
7.] Voice of Affirmation
So in the secret place, as you have fellowship with
GOD, as you walk with GOD—as Adam did..you can
receive the voice of affirmation from the LORD, &
in HIS affirmation of you—we believe that is when
GOD's Presence comes, & HIS voice comes as well.
And this is part of this experience of intimacy that
we get to have with the LORD.
That as HE speaks, HIS voice, HE's building our lives
—& HE is raising us up. You know I mentioned that
verse in Romans 8, I'm going to turn to it here.
In Romans 8:15 it says,
“You didn't receive the SPIRIT of bondage again to
fear, but you've received the SPIRIT of adoption by
WHOM we cry 'ABBA FATHER!'“ [7:39]
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So there's a residual cry from our spirit, to
know HIM—to identify HIM as the FATHER.
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And we as HIS sons, & as you begin to be raised up
by the FATHER—and in the family setting, which is
another value of ours.
I'll get to in another video, but as you begin to be
raised up as a son in the FATHER's House — your
identity becomes secure, your heart becomes
whole, & you become a true son of GOD.
And this is why JESUS died, to bring us into the
family—into the heart of the FATHER.
And that we would be secure walking with HIM.
Another part of intimacy is something that we get
to choose to cultivate. [8:28]
By our lives decisions right?
8.] Intimacy Is Not Cheap
Intimacy isn't cheap & doesn't come easy you know.
JESUS gives a parable in Matthew 25:1-14 about the
five wise virgins & the five foolish virgins; & HE said
the difference between those five wise and the five
foolish was that the wise ones had oil in their lamps.
I believe the oil that it talks about in that parable is
talking about the oil of intimacy.
You know oil isn't cheap nor was it cheap back in
JESUS's day.
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It was something that came by crushing. [9:11]
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It was where that olives that are grown on trees—
once the olives are crushed then oil begins to pour
out. [9:13]
And you need a whole bunch of olives, to make a
whole lot of oil; and so this is what speaks of our
devotion to the LORD.
What is your devotion to JESUS?
Are you paying the price to allow HIM to produce
oil inside of your heart—because the tenacity we
have in the secret place, in our hearts.
When we develop intimacy with the LORD, this is
what gives us the strength & endurance in public
places—to allow the crushings that come our way,
to produce an intimacy.
By which we're able to endure even hardship and
suffering. And in those hardships—we are able to
see the LORD is changing us to look more like HIM.
GOD's goal of intimacy is that you
would look more like HIM. [10:09]
9.] Challenge
And so I want to commission you guys & challenge
you guys, “Let HIM call you into a deeper level of
intimacy.“
You know here at SOLD, we spend Mondays during
our school season here is: On Monday, we do what
we call a lock up—where we spend a day fasting &
praying.
And each student gets to spend
eight hours shut away with JESUS.
10.] Pursuing GOD
You know it's what I've learned to do in my life, &
what I've seen different fathers & mothers of the
faith—heroes & generals of the faith, they were
constantly fighting for the secret place.
They're always pursuing GOD in the secret place—
where they're unplugging from the world—they're
unplugging from this generation—and from all the
noise that's going on, be alone to hear what GOD
is saying.
What is HE doing & what is HE leading
me to do in my day & generation. [11:08]
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And I've learned it from the desert fathers, there's
heroes of mine where you know they would leave
the noise of the city and go to the deserts into the
caves—& shut away for many years & decades.
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They would literally become I actually encourage
you to research them, they are some of my heroes
— they were #leading a move of GOD in their own
generation because they were hungry for more of
GOD. And they paid the price to really shut them-
selves away—to seek the face of GOD.
You know in Psalm 27, it talks about there's
this call that the LORD gives to David. [11:47]
11.] Seek the Face of GOD
That he hears Psalm 27:8 it says,
Psalm 27:8 | The LORD Is My Salvation
Hear, O YHWH, my voice when I call;
be merciful & answer me. ⁸ My heart
said, “Seek HIS face.”
YOUR Face, O YHWH, I will seek.
And this is actually what Moses embodied!
Remember in the Book of Exodus, he's on the
mountain & Moses says, “Show me YOUR glory,
show me YOUR glory.“
And GOD says “I can't show you MY face,“ the face
of GOD is the glory of GOD!! Imagine that the face
of GOD is the glory of GOD, and that is what GOD
attributes to HIS glory right?
But guess what?
We get to see the glory of GOD in the face of JESUS.
This is what Corinthians talks about, “all of us are
now invited into fellowship behind the veil, into
the secret place with GOD to behold HIM
—to allow the eyes of our hearts to behold HIM.“
And it says the pure in heart will see GOD, & JESUS
is here to wash your heart—bring you into intimacy
with HIM.
12.] Conclusion
So that your eyes can see HIM. [13:01]
So you would behold HIM; when YOU said
“Seek MY face,“ my heart said to YOU:
'YOUR Face LORD, I will seek!“
May grace be released over you to seek the face of
JESUS may you hear just the fresh call of JESUS &
come away with HIM—to spend extended amounts
of time with HIM
• to block out days
• to block out hours
But in your daily devotions to say yes to JESUS
I will be with YOU, I will come to YOU
—& live sitting at YOUR feet just like mary did
So bless you guys, and I hope you enjoyed our first
value of intimacy here. Check out our other videos
as well thanks for joining GOD bless you
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