Seeing the Scriptures: A Supernatural Encounter with God

"Jesus treats them as though they can't read why can't they read he connects their inability to read with their inability to see Jesus for who he is so here's the key text for that connection John 537 the father who sent me has himself borne witness about me his voice you have never heard what were they doing with this his voice you have never heard his form you have never seen and you have you do not have his word abiding in your in you for you do not believe on the one whom he has sent." [00:06:23]

"they are spiritually and morally adulterous and that's why they cannot read they talk as though God is there all in all and they have lovers on the side Luke 16 14 Jesus says or luke says the Pharisees were lovers of money that's one of their adulterous Affairs they loved money woe to you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for you clean the outside of the cup and plate but inside you are full of greed and self-indulgence Matthew 23 25 for all their outward religiosity for all their outward religiosity the hearts of the Pharisees were in love with this world big time and one of their adulterous lovers was money." [00:08:02]

"how can you believe when you receive glory from one another and don't seek the glory that comes from God what's the answer to that question you can't is not the meaning how can you believe when you're a lover you're an adulterer you say he's your husband praise is your husband you want to be noticed that's your God and so you can't believe why because Jesus and everything he is everything he stands for everything he's done undermines that you don't want to get near to anything that undermines your adulterous affair." [00:11:14]

"the problem here is not a lack of light it's a love of the dark let me read that to you John 3:19 this is the judgment that light has come into the world it came into the world on Sinai and then the real light the whole light came into the world with Jesus this is a judgment light is coming to the world and people loved they loved note the word love they loved darkness rather than the light because the works were evil for everyone who does wicked things hates the light the love of darkness hatred of light and does not come to the light lest his work should be exposed." [00:12:27]

"recognizing Jesus for who who really is and reading the Bible for what it really reveals are supernatural events or they don't happen it's not gonna happen you're not going to see Jesus is all satisfying you're not going to recognize in the Torah or the prophets or the Psalms or the Gospels or the epistles or the revelation you're not going to see any of the God willed truth for your salvation as supremely beautiful and satisfying unless a miracle happens in your life a supernatural reading." [00:15:03]

"the new birth is a miracle of the word of the word the writers intend that their words would be a means to that miracle of new life so it's not surprising then that if the lifelong drama of the Christian life began by the word with the miracle of life everything else everything else that pleases God and counts for eternity comes by the word through that supernatural work because you're alive you're the one doing it and you're a new person the fruit of this new life is supernatural just like the life itself is and it comes by the word." [00:26:23]

"supernatural seem the biblical authors intent that is they mean for us to see the glory of Christ through what they write the glory of Christ what what John said in John 1:14 we have seen his glory the Pharisees couldn't they mean for you to see it see it here's the text several takes second Corinthians 3:18 we all with unveiled face beholding seeing the glory of the Lord are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another this comes from the Lord who is the spirit in other words it's supernatural." [00:29:15]

"supernatural believing the Bible authors intend they mean for us to experience the miracle of faith through what they write the new birth is a miracle of God that gives rise to supernatural faith listen to first John 5:1 everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God has been not will be has been faith is an evidence a fruit a confirmation that you're alive you've been born which means it's it's a miracle it's part of the miraculous life but it comes through the word right faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of Christ." [00:36:14]

"supernatural tasting the biblical authors intend they mean for us to experience the miracle of a soul tasting a supernatural tasting of the goodness of God through what they write where do I get that I get it from first Peter 1 & 2 so in chapter 1 verses 23 to 25 to the end of the chapter we have just been born again through the living and abiding word of God which is the gospel takeaway the chapter break again not helpful put away all all slander and all envy and hypocrisy and and like newborn babies he's picking up on you just got born." [00:41:30]

"this taste is everything this is what the new birth gives you a new taste natural people don't want to read their Bibles spiritual people with a new taste want to read their Bibles because they love Christ they love the kindness of the Lord they get up in the morning and they need to feel the kindness of God again live without the kindness of Almighty God on them and it's draining out like a week.i leaky bucket and so this is the only place I can taste that he might be for me today I have to be told again by an authority above me that he's for me again today." [00:44:46]

"it's like honey and Edwards has been so moving to me here let me read one quote to help you see what I'm trying to say this is a quote from religious affections Edward says something is perceived by a true Saint something is perceived by a true Saint in spiritual and divine things as entirely different from anything perceived by natural men as the sweet taste of honey is different from the ideas of men that they get from only looking at it or feeling it so if you look at a jar of brown viscous fluid you look at it it looks like honey that sure feels like honey you're not yet saved." [00:47:40]

"you can go to church and sing about how brown it is and how sticky it is forever there is a infinite qualitative difference between knowing by inference that's sweet it's honey honey it's sweet logic so the devil knows that but you do this on the tongue of your newborn soul your spiritual eyes glisten that's how it was made for then you break it you know you're born again so let me sum up skip my summary in fact we have time more time for questions when it closed like this let's close with a glimpse of what it might look like if you do it tonight look let's say tomorrow morning." [00:49:33]