ESC Shabbat Service: Gabriel Knowlton - Back to Basics

I understand I have limitations. I understand I can't do everything, but I know that I may not have the greatest mind or physical ability, but I can be godly. You can be godly. That's far more valuable than anything you can do for god. You can just love him, you can receive his love, and you can be a light to those that need to see it. So I can be as godly as I trust him and his divine power in me to be. [01:42:19] (33 seconds)  #ChooseGodliness

Self control means the self that wants to live independent, the sinful nature that wants to live independent of god is under control of that same divine power. He says add to your faith virtue to virtue knowledge into knowledge self control. And to this self control, yourself under control in worship of god, patience. We're not anxious. God's got it all worked out from day one to the last one. I know the plans I have for you. I know the promises. He may be a little slow to us, but he's not slow. [01:56:28] (46 seconds)  #SelfControlByFaith

You're not in prison chains and bound any longer. I don't care how you feel. You will never enter into the fullness until we take hold of the truth of the word of God. Man does not live by bread alone, but every word that proceeds from the mouth of God. Are you tempted? Are you find yourself in patterns of sin, strongholds you feel like you can just you just can't get out of? Meditate on the word of God and get on your knees and say, I'm a partaker of the divine nature. [01:51:44] (38 seconds)  #WordBreaksChains

Here's the basic truth. The things that make our lives great, I want you to hear this, is yours and mine to decide. We cannot control others or our circumstances, but we can base our life on our relationship with God and living from that union. We must make daily decisions based on the reality of what this text reveals. [01:31:13] (32 seconds)  #LiveFromUnion

Can we see that we are not called to a mediocre life? None of us. If you've been born again by the spirit of the living God, you were not ordinary according to the word. You are extraordinary. You are not simply marking time, but you're on a mission and a purpose. The life of living in and manifesting his life and all the promises he's given to us as sons and daughters is his heart for us today. [01:46:49] (39 seconds)  #NotCalledToMediocrity

But I'm discovering that I have been given a divine nature and divine power, and that I have been called to something higher, and that I will not rest until I see the glory of God manifest in my life, until people can hear the gospel message through these lips and respond in faith and receive salvation. May this be our heart's cry this year. Do not be content with just coming and breathing unless you're breathing out the very wind and breath of god. [02:08:00] (39 seconds)  #ManifestGodsGlory

Then it goes on and it says this. It's kinda weird. It's like little ones verse in here in verse nine. But anyone who lacks these qualities is blind. Now that doesn't mean they have no eyesight. What it's saying is they're nearsighted. You only see the distractions in front of you. You're only dealing what's right in front of your face. You're you're nearsighted. You can see the trials clearly. You can see your your challenges clearly. You can even see your own sin clearly right in front of your face. [02:03:34] (33 seconds)  #SeeBeyondDistractions

Notice what it says. It says, we received. Those have received a faith. This means that we've been given a gift from our loving father. So this is a gift poured out from a loving father. Do you receive this basic truth today as I've asked before? Your faith, the quality of your faith, the nature of your faith, the substance of your faith, the faith that led you to salvation is the same as those that we read about in scripture. [01:34:45] (32 seconds)  #FaithIsAGift