Spirit Redeemed Chicago Worship Experience

The chamber of the Lord opens the word with protection, peace, love, and the hope of New Jerusalem. The chamber is not just an earthly room. The chamber is that closed protective place God can dispatch when danger is pressing in, and it also points to the day when God’s children will be with Him forever.

Isaiah 43 gives the anniversary word its real weight. The word “remember not the former things” does not erase hard history, and it does not make the old deliverance worthless. The old exodus was real, glorious, and foundational, but God is not trapped inside His previous methods. The new thing opens a door where there was no door, makes rivers where deserts do not have rivers, and says, “I’m not just going to improve your situation. I’m going to reorder your reality.”

Psalm 23 brings that promise down into the language of a son who trusts his Father. David does not begin with provision, direction, or victory. David begins with confidence in his Daddy: the Lord is his shepherd, so need does not get the final word. David’s calm voice sounds like a man who has survived some things, whose tears have dried up, whose fear has dissipated, and who can still say that the Lord makes him safe in His arms.

Second Peter 1 then gives the church the formula. Peter says God’s divine power has granted everything needed for life and godliness, but that grace must be answered with faith, virtue, knowledge, self control, steadfastness, godliness, brotherly affection, and love. Peter knows what it means to be first, to be bold, to be sifted, and to be corrected by Jesus. The rock had to learn that winning can blind a man when Jesus is trying to shape him.

Corruption shows up when words get changed from their original meaning into error. Eisegesis pulls out of the text what the flesh wants it to say, and that kind of thing leads seeking souls astray. Peter’s answer is suitable interpretation and a life of virtue that God responds to. Calling and election are not proven by impressing people, because people have no heaven or hell to give. God calls, God selects, and the believer must respond and ratify His choice.

The protective Father guards, provides, disciplines, comforts, and keeps His children from harm. Protective fatherhood is not passive, soft, or indulgent. Boundaries are not rejection. The Lord disciplines the one He loves, and a child who knows the father’s care can receive correction without suspicion. The Father’s safety says danger does not have the final word, because His children are not facing life alone.

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Key Takeaways

• 1. God reorders reality, not memory. Isaiah’s word does not ask God’s people to pretend the past did not happen. The old deliverance matters, but it cannot become a cage that limits what God is about to do next. God’s new thing does not merely patch up a situation. God opens what was closed and makes the impossible become possible. [49:17]
• 2. Safety begins with the Shepherd. Psalm 23 places trust before explanation. David’s confidence comes from the presence of the Shepherd, not from the absence of valleys. The believer’s peace is not denial of danger, but the settled knowledge that the Father is steady when danger exists. That is why “safe in His arms” carries weight. [59:31]
• 3. Corruption twists the Word inward. Eisegesis makes Scripture serve the point a person already wanted to make. That kind of error is dangerous because hungry souls may believe anything if no one handles the Word rightly. Peter’s concern is not performance, but escape from corruption through truth, virtue, and knowledge of Christ. Suitable interpretation is protection for the church. [79:07]
• 4. Calling must be confirmed by fruit. Peter does not tell believers to prove themselves to people. Calling and election are confirmed before God through faith, knowledge, self control, steadfastness, brotherhood, and love. These graces clear stumbling blocks from the path and sharpen spiritual vision. A life lacking them becomes nearsighted, even blind. [81:42]
• 5. Protective fathers build holy safety. Biblical fatherhood guards more than bodies. A protective father also guards identity, character, choices, and trust. Discipline becomes receivable when a child knows it comes from love and not rage. God’s fatherly protection teaches His children that love can be counted on.
  
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Youtube Chapters

• [00:00] - Welcome
• [38:35] - Entering the Chamber of the Lord
• [45:44] - A Church Moving Forward
• [46:42] - Isaiah’s Covenant Word of Hope
• [48:54] - God Opens What Was Closed
• [50:20] - Fatherhood and Holy Safety
• [53:30] - The Safety of a Protective Father
• [58:27] - Safe in His Arms
• [60:40] - David’s Quiet Confidence
• [65:10] - Peter’s Formula for Godliness
• [69:31] - Simon Peter, the Rock
• [78:05] - Escaping Corruption and Eisegesis
• [81:42] - Confirming Calling and Election
• [87:01] - No Weapon Shall Prosper
• [91:03] - The Advantages of Protective Fatherhood

Bible Reading

1. Isaiah 43:18-19

“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” [45:57]

1. Psalm 23:1-6

“The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.” [01:00:52]

1. 2 Peter 1:3-11

“His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For whoever lacks these qualities is so nearsighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins. Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall. For in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” [01:05:34]

Observation questions

1. In Isaiah 43:18-19, what contrast is made between “former things” and the “new thing,” and what images are used to describe that new thing? [48:54]
2. In Psalm 23, what does the shepherd do for David in peaceful places and in dangerous places alike?
3. In 2 Peter 1:5-7, what qualities are believers told to add to faith, and which one comes last? [01:20:48]
4. What descriptions are given of a protective father—both in how he cares for his children and in how he corrects them? [01:31:21]

Interpretation questions

1. Isaiah says not to remember the former things, yet God’s people were not being told to erase their history. How should that be understood? What is the difference between honoring what God has done before and becoming trapped by it? [47:00]
2. Psalm 23 does not remove the valley, but it does place the Shepherd in the valley. What does that suggest about the kind of safety God gives His people? [52:03]
3. Peter says divine power has already given everything needed for life and godliness, and then he tells believers to make every effort. How do those two truths fit together in the Christian life? [01:06:41]
4. Peter connects corruption with twisting words away from their true meaning. Why is that so dangerous in the church, especially for people who are still seeking and learning? [01:19:07]

Application questions

1. Some people are held back by past pain, and others are held back by past victories. Which one is more likely to imprison the heart right now, and what might it look like to trust God for a truly new thing? [49:17]
2. The Lord is a steady Shepherd, not a distant one. Where has fear been speaking loudly lately, and what would it look like this week to respond to that fear with the words, “You are with me”? [59:31]
3. Peter’s list moves from faith to virtue, knowledge, self-control, steadfastness, godliness, brotherly affection, and love. Which of those graces seems most needed right now, and what is one simple way to practice it this week? [01:23:29]
4. Calling and election are not confirmed by impressing people. In what areas has there been too much concern about human approval, and what fruit would better show a life answered to God? [01:21:42]
5. Suitable interpretation protects hungry souls. What habits could help a believer handle Scripture more carefully instead of forcing the text to say what the flesh already wants? [01:19:45]
6. Protective love includes boundaries, correction, and consistency. How has godly correction been received in the past—with suspicion, gratitude, or resistance—and what helps make correction easier to receive? [01:32:49]
7. Children learn trust when they experience consistent care. Where might God be inviting deeper trust in His fatherly protection instead of self-protection or constant worry? [01:32:30]