Trusting God: Jesus Reveals the Father and Love

show us the father and that's enough for us. And Jesus says, I'll show him to you. He's the triune holy God who's so transcendent that we can't even approach him, but he's so good that he came down and pursued us. He's the one who loves you to death, brings you into his family, calls you his child, and gives you everything that you need. [00:55:54] (25 seconds)  #JesusRevealsTheFather

You see, Jesus loved you to death and his death accomplished something for you. It accomplished exactly what God intended it to accomplish. And the resurrection is what proved it. Jesus went to the cross to take on your guilt and shame and to pay the price that you and I deserve because of our rebellion, and he did it. And the proof that it worked was the resurrection because it was proof that he defeated sin, death, and Satan because God could bring him back to life. [00:53:13] (27 seconds)  #JesusDefeatedDeath

When he purposed to pour out his love on you, he knew exactly what he's getting into. He knows all of your past sins, all of your present struggles, all of your future mess ups. He knows it all, and still he loved you to death. That's how good our God is. [00:55:29] (22 seconds)  #LovedDespiteEverything

A lot of us are scared to trust God, think, because we're scared what would happen if I actually got that close to God and gave him my whole life and he saw all of me? What if he doesn't like me? And what we learn by looking at what Jesus did for us and loving us to death is that God knew exactly what he was getting into when he got in with you. [00:55:07] (22 seconds)  #GodKnewYou

If God were to show up to you in the middle of the night and be in your room, would he be smiling at you or do you feel like he'd be disappointed in you? Do you feel like he'd be bummed out that you don't read his word more, you're not faithful enough or you don't serve him enough or give enough to him? Do you feel like he'd be ashamed of you that you haven't shared the gospel with your neighbor? Do you feel like he would be a little disappointed in who you are as his kid? [00:51:50] (24 seconds)  #GodIsNotDisappointed

In all these images, pictures that we get when God allows us to see a glimpse of him, he's always high and lifted up and transcendent above us. But did you notice these angels, beings that if we saw them, we'd be tempted to worship him. They're covering their eyes and their faces in God's presence. That's how holy he is, and they're singing of his holiness. Here's what this means. Here's a teaching we get all over the Bible about God. He is completely without darkness, without sin. There are no skeletons in his closet. He has never failed. [00:39:26] (36 seconds)  #GodIsCompletelyHoly

And if he doesn't give it to you, praise God. Because that means he knows that you don't need it, and that it might actually destroy you. He is that trustworthy. He knows us and gives us exactly what he knows that we need. And in giving us what we need, look at how Jesus continues, verse 18. He says, I will not leave you as orphans. [00:46:56] (24 seconds)  #YouAreNotOrphans

Because it means that God really is that great and grand and glorious. We can't even comprehend him. Because there's there's some teachings out there. Like, let's let's take one. There's this teaching out there that exists that says this. It says that, yes, God exists and is eternal and he created us. And the reason he did that is because, man, as he existed forever, just kinda by himself, [00:35:46] (25 seconds)  #GodIsBeyondComprehension