Entering His Presence - Living as True Worshipers
Ron:
Welcome to Life Behind the Veil. In today's conversation, we explore the heart of why the Father sent His Son, Jesus, not just to redeem us, but to restore us into a living, ongoing relationship with Him. This discussion uncovers God's deep desire for a people who don't just follow Him out of obligation, but who choose to worship Him from their hearts.
As you listen, allow the truth of who you are in Christ and the access you already have into the Father's presence to come alive in you
Dale:
A lot of people don't realize, why did the Father send His Son Jesus? Why did He do it? God came to the point where He wanted to see His people come forth in all that He had created them and wanted them to be, but they had the option. The sin started right out of the chute. Just, they refused to go up the mountain to meet the, meet God at the first Passover.
God wanted to extend it to His people, grace. That's why He took His Son and He gave His Son in a manner that He could be the Father's ar- right arm of grace, you might say. That He could come and walk this earth and draw a people to Him. That's what all the signs and wonders were for. They were done so people could be drawn to Jesus and hear what He said, that the Father wanted to have a new covenant, and that new covenant was a covenant in the blood of Jesus Christ for their behalf, that they could move into a relationship with the Father through grace.
Ed:
It had to be a perfect sacrifice. When Jesus sacrificed Himself, gave us access again to God. This perfect sacrifice had been given so that we can now enter back into the presence of God through the blood of Christ.
Ken:
God always has a plan for every single human being on the earth. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
Debbie:
And there's only one way. He's the way. The Lord Jesus Christ, His death was the only way we could access the Father, because the Father only accepted a pure sacrifice, so that was the only way we can enter into His presence.
Ken:
I believe this is the plan of God all the way through. He wanted to show man that without Him, it was impossible to live in the world that He created. I think we need to identify something very important about what God really wanted.
Yes, He loved His children. Yes, they were His sons. Yes, He called them out and ... But when He delivered Israel out of Egypt, the one design was that they would come out so that they could worship Him, and that was the key of this whole thing. He said, "I brought you out by eagle's wings." I thought that is such a beautiful picture.
In other words, they didn't do it, He did. He brought them to the mountain, and His full intention was that they were to be His worshipers. And don't you think that that's exactly what He still wants today?
So when you hear a lot of people saying, "I'm of this denomination, I'm of that denomination," the reality is God's not looking for anybody in a denomination. He's looking for them to be His worshipers.
Debbie:
All God wanted really was us. He wanted us. He wanted us to worship Him, to honor Him, to obey Him, be sons to Him, those that He could walk with, like with Adam, a people for His own possession.
Ron:
God has been looking for this, it seems like forever. And you wouldn't think that it would be that difficult to find a people to give themselves to Him in worship and just love Him, right? It just doesn't seem like that would be that difficult, and yet He's had a really hard time finding a group of people that would just worship Him out of their own will, out of their own drive. 'Cause He's not just looking for people that obey Him. He's got angels to do that kind of stuff. He's looking for somebody that out of their own hearts and out of their own will-they'll serve Him and worship Him.
Ken:
The intention that God had was for us to come into a relationship with Him, and to give Him our hearts, to be just like His Son, Jesus Christ.
The Father always wanted His people to come in through the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ, through His blood, and have that relationship that actually has access to the Father. We're looking for a God who wants us to humble our hearts and serve Him from our hearts, and worship Him. I think the worship He's looking for is our everyday relationship with Him as we walk with Him and love Him and serve Him, and being what He's called us to be. He's looking for worshipers. He's looking for people that will humble their hearts and say, "I can wash the disciples' feet. I can do whatever it is the Lord calls me to do."
Debbie:
He's looking for a people, a people He's created for His good pleasure that are focused on Him, that want to see His kingdom brought forth in this earth. Those that love Him and minister to Him and worship Him and delight in His presence. He wants that relationship with a people.
Ken:
How can I love God the way I should? First of all, love yourself. Get a revelation of what God created you to be, and love what He created, and love Him for the creation. Because that's where it all starts, right there. It's a personal relationship.
Dale:
Those in the Book of Revelation that are worshiping night and day before the throne, those are the ones that took up their cross and followed. Those who gather around His throne night and day and worship, that is a reality for this day in those who are given to take up their cross and follow Him.
Ron:
Who can abide the day of His coming, and who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner's fire and a fuller's soap. And He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them as gold and silver, and they shall offer unto the Lord offerings in righteousness.
Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, as in the ancient years. The Lord is trying to cleanse a people to come into His presence to be His worshipers. And yet, I don't think there's a waiting. I think there's a positioning that you can position yourself in faith to be a worshiper.
You don't have to wait until the Lord says, "Oh, you're clean now. You can come in My presence." Because by the blood of Jesus Christ, you already have the access into the Father's presence. A lot of this has to do with a cleansing and a purifying. But because we're being delivered to be His worshipers, we can skip a lot of the hurdles that people have tried to get over in cleansing themselves or seeing themselves delivered by certain things within their nature, and stand in His presence and just worship Him.
Because in His presence, that's where you change, and that's where cleansing comes from. You can take the stairs, or you can get in the elevator. Skip the stairs, because it'll take you the rest of your life, but just get in the elevator and go to where He's at.
Ron:
Thank you for joining us on Live Behind the Veil. As you go forward, remember that you don't have to wait to enter into God's presence. You already have access through the blood of Jesus Christ. He is calling you into a daily relationship of worship, where transformation happens simply by being with Him.
Continue to walk in that reality and let your life become an expression of His presence
