ESC Shabbat Service: Gabriel Knowlton - Hunger for Heaven

God wants us as believers. This message is for those that are born again that can see, and for those that are yet to see. My heart and hope is that we don't think that this world is all there is, that all of our desires and hopes and dreams and hunger is for this world, but for the actual reality of who we are and where we're living now and what we're waiting for when everything is finally consummated. [01:40:57] (30 seconds)  #EyesOnEternity

But he didn't just come, he died as the video showed. He rose again and has taken all authority, and he lives in us who by faith have called upon his name for salvation and therefore, our address has changed and our hunger should no longer be for this world or any of this process and anything that it can provide us. But our hunger to now today has to be in heaven as we await his return. [01:50:54] (30 seconds)  #RaisedAndSeated

God has given us the promised land. He's prepared us to live in the fullness of our relationship with him. He dwells in us. Every moment of every day is fellowship with the one who created you, that loves you. No longer do we look at ourselves to see if we're worthy. We look at his worthiness, his accomplishments, his word that states that he snatched us from the fire. And we walk by faith in the truth of what he says, and we ignore every impulse, every feeling, every voice that tells us contrary. If you have been set free, you are free indeed. [02:13:53] (49 seconds)  #PromisedLandWithin

He wants us to be hungry for his word. We're living in an age where truth is relative. Everyone has their opinion and has elevated their opinion as truth. My opinion is equal in stature to the very nature of Yeshua. That's what we say. But if my opinion isn't formed on eternal truth in which he is, we're all just drifting on an endless sea without a harbor, without a lighthouse, with no hope of finding our way home. [02:10:24] (37 seconds)  #AnchorInTruth

The relationship is secure, but the fellowship is what he's longing for. He's longing for moment by moment, day by day fellowship, and it's when we forget to hunker for heaven and forget who we are that we look around in the red zone and our eyes forget all that he's done. Sound familiar? And then we start making choices based on what we see and feel. That's why those tzitzis were given. Don't forget. [01:59:40] (31 seconds)  #FellowshipWithGod

You have been set right with God. You've been set in the center of the of his heart. When you died with him, that's why Paul's telling us, but you died. You've been raised, but you died to this world. You died to the old way of life. You've put off the old man. You put on a new man, and you've been made righteous. So now, go live in the righteousness of Messiah. Hunger for righteousness. What does this look like? [01:56:00] (30 seconds)  #HungerForRighteousness

Righteousness is not first the things that we do. Hear me carefully. Righteousness is not first the things that we do. It is faith in what he has done. He is our righteousness. You can go to the next slide because I want us to see this. He is our righteousness. Outside of that space where heaven touches earth, there is no righteousness. [01:54:38] (28 seconds)  #RighteousByGrace

People don't need our empathy. We're in a culture that's all about empathy, empathy without truth. And the bedrock of genuine love is truth because Yeshua is the way, the truth, and the life. Did you understand what I mean by we're not called to first empathy? Compassion will trump empathy because compassion from the Lord by his spirit will pierce to the dividing heart and will reveal to people who God truly is. [02:07:31] (36 seconds)  #TruthfulCompassion