Seeing God's Face: River of Life and Hope

And for those who have recently been beside the bed of their loved one sharing those last words, those last moments, that that's no more in Revelation twenty one and twenty two. There is no more death. Thank the Lord for that. Which then leads us to verse three of Revelation 22. He tells us there is no more curse. Amen. No more curse. He says, and there will no longer be any curse, the throne of God and of the lamb will be in the city and his servants, they will worship him. What is the curse referring to here? I believe the curse is referring back to Genesis chapter three. [00:35:36] (39 seconds)  #NoMoreCurse

Then finally, this morning, we'll pick up next week in the next verse, but verse seven, I wanna see this. Not only are these words faithful and true, but then he tells us that we must obey the words. He says, look, I'm coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book. Man, that first phrase there, first sentence, look, I'm coming soon. Jesus is coming soon. Now commentators are different on this that this could be the rapture or the second coming. I mean, equally it can apply because obviously Jesus is gonna do both of those. [00:50:47] (38 seconds)  #JesusIsComingSoon

But it shows something to people when we actually open this. Because if you're ADD, ADHD, whatever all the other letters are, and if you're following along on your phone, on your iPad, what might happen at the top of that screen? You might get a notification. And if you like to chase squirrels, what are you gonna do? Well, let me find out what that was. Yeah. Then I gotta go to the social media deal, then I gotta go to this and that, whatever. And then about ten minutes later, so what's the preacher talking about? I have no idea. [00:53:01] (39 seconds)  #StopChasingSquirrels

But one day, man, one day, we'll all see the face of the Lord for those of us who believe in him. Because the bury, the curse of sin, it has been lifted. John tells us about this in first John chapter three verse two. First John chapter three verse two, dear friends, John says, we are God's children now and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when he appears, Jesus, we will be like him because we will see him as he is. [00:39:46] (40 seconds)  #WeWillBeLikeHim

don't you long for that day that you'll be forever in the presence of the Lord? That you'll get to see his face as it talks about here in a few moments. We'll get to see the face of God. I mean, they've been longing for that all throughout scripture. And we'll reference one of those guys in a few moments who long for that. Matter of fact, we get into it right now. The beginning of verse four, he says, they will see his face. [00:38:16] (25 seconds)  #LongForHisPresence

And if you don't know this living water, if you don't know the living water, if you don't know Jesus Christ, then our prayer all morning long has been that today would be the day that you know him. You believe in him. You repent of your sins and turn to the father. So we note there in verse one of Revelation 22, the river of the water of life clears crystal. Then in verse two, we see that there's the tree of life down the middle of the city's main street. [00:31:09] (30 seconds)  #ComeDrinkLivingWater

We'd have on our foreheads his name written. Why? Because of things we've done? Absolutely not. Because of what Jesus has done. And once again, the question is this, are you going to see the face of the Lord in heaven, new Jerusalem, new earth? Are you gonna reign with him forever and ever? And if you can't say that with a 100% certainty, our prayer has been this morning that God would do willingly he can in your life. So that you can walk out of this place and say, yes. Yes. I know I'm gonna see the face of Lord because of who he is and what he's done, and he's now transformed my life. Let's pray. [00:55:53] (47 seconds)  #MarkedByJesus

The Holy Spirit indwells us. The Holy Spirit teaches us. The Holy Spirit guides us. The Holy Spirit illuminates scripture for us. The Holy Spirit nourishes our minds and our souls. And yet this river of life in this new city, this grand city, this majestic city is gonna provide for us living water, refreshing water, nourishing water. Almost like the living water that Jesus would tell the woman at the well about over in John chapter four. [00:29:29] (30 seconds)  #HolySpiritAndLivingWater