From Law to Love: Embracing Spiritual Maturity

"for as many as are being led by the spirit they are the sons of god and here the greek word is not naphios not the untrained ones they're the whias the very first word of we asthesis the stated sons when god wants to bring us out of living under the basic principles of thou shalt not and thou shalt what he does is he sends forth his spirit and his spirit enters into us and his when his spirit enters into us we become sons trained sons of the living god led by his spirit no longer living under thou shalt not and thou shalt" [00:09:58]

"when the holy spirit comes in the love of jesus for his father enters us you know what set jesus apart from us his perfect love for his father that's the secret he walked in that's why he could say i don't say what what i want to say i only say what my father tells me to say i don't do whatever i want to do i only do what my father tells me to do and my yoke is easy and my burden is like why because i love my father" [00:15:54]

"the holy spirit fills our heart with the love for the father a perfect love and when our hearts are filled with this love for the father we take on the same spirit of jesus jesus said for lo it's written about me in the volume of the book i delight to do thy will it's a privilege when we love our heavenly father and the love of god is filling our hearts you know what it produces it produces a joyful obedience to the heavenly father" [00:17:50]

"god is trying to save us from the effects of society he's trying to save us from the toxic culture we're in he's trying to save us from the trap of living your life driven by self-gratification and it brings into us a power an eternal power the very nature of jesus who did everything he did through the love of his father and this is what jesus prayed for us look turn with me if you have your bibles john 17 this is what he prayed that we would experience in john 17." [00:18:48]

"the love of god, poured into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, is the driving force behind our spiritual growth. It compels us to live in a way that reflects the nature and character of Christ, producing the fruit of the Spirit in our lives. In these last days, as lawlessness increases, it is crucial to remain filled with the Spirit to prevent our love for God from growing cold. This love is the fire that fuels our spiritual journey, enabling us to overcome the challenges of the flesh." [00:38:36]

"god wants the same relationship with you and i that he enjoyed with his son he wants a heart that delights to do his will freedom he wants you to be filled with understanding he wants you to understand his goodness here's the danger we face in our day this is the danger jesus said in matthew 24 that the last days are going to be pretty difficult lots of false prophets many are going to be deceived all kinds of things going on in the world" [00:37:09]

"when the love of god begins to cool in the life of a believer they lose power and when you lose power to overcome the law of gravity what happens if a plane loses power gravity sucks it right back down and if it does not regain power there is going to be a terrible crash landing to lose the fire of the love of god in our heart is a great danger" [00:39:11]

"the church at ephesus was the first church he spoke to this is when john the apostle had the the revelation on the isle of patmos and jesus used him to send a message to this church of ephesus well this church of ephesus by our standards today would have been pretty decent they were pretty strict they were faithful to what they knew they were they they were still doing a lot they still had a lot of outreach and ministry a lot was going on but jesus said to them through john i've got this one thing against you yes you have left your first love" [00:39:46]

"god what does god want he wants your heart he wants you to know how good he is he wants you in the very same relationship he had with jesus so he can pour out his spirit in you shed abroad his love into your heart and when his love is being shed abroad in your heart the natural response is you do the will of god you obey the voice of god you love the presence of god you're his son and you and there's nothing to fear in the day of judgment because you know you're living the very same way jesus did he loved his father and did what his father said that's how you live" [00:42:10]

"it's a good thing to know what's right and wrong that's good that's good that'll keep you from doing a lot of stupid things but that's not what god wants god what does god want he wants your heart he wants you to know how good he is he wants you in the very same relationship he had with jesus so he can pour out his spirit in you shed abroad his love into your heart and when his love is being shed abroad in your heart the natural response is you do the will of god" [00:42:10]

"when you are being filled with the holy spirit and when the love of god is being shed or brought into your heart it's a delight hmm it's a delight you know it's that song oh how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way leaning on the everlasting arms oh how bright the path grows from day to day now i don't want you to be discouraged i see this so clearly sometimes that i get this this is where i get in trouble sometimes i would like to you to see it fully right now and you know how we can do that" [00:43:36]

"those who are led by the spirit they do not fulfill the desires of the flesh they're being filled with the love of god and the love of god is is producing in them an ability to delight in the way of god that they never knew while they were living under the basic principles you got it all right" [00:47:52]