Frustrated or Fulfilled: Why Your View of God Changes Everything

And here comes the son or the father. And now this is what I wanna ask, who ran? Fatherhood. Who ran? The father. Who ran? God. Not the son, the father. What I wanna say to you is your father's better than you think. Amen. ran out and he fell on that son, and he began to hug him, and he began to kiss him, and the son is reciting his confession of unworthiness, and I want you to notice the father never responds. He doesn't say a word about what the son is confessing. Why? Because the confession of unworthiness is not repentance. That can be an emotional outburst. Repentance is when you turn and you walk back to the father. Yes, sir. Amen. [00:21:27] (46 seconds)  #ReturnToFather

But until you've bitten toast, you don't know toast. And that's what the psalmist is saying. It's not enough for you to hear a preacher talk about God. It's not enough for you to believe that grandma knew God. The psalmist is saying that you have to experience the goodness of God Come Go. For yourself. Come on. Because once you taste it and the tapestry of flavors have danced across the back of your tongue, they'll never undance. [00:01:59] (36 seconds)  #TasteGodsGoodness

Not everything that is said about God is accurate. That's right. That's right. Come on, pastor. I have heard preachers preach using Job's friends as their reference points. But God himself said of Job's friends, the resident theologians, the bible school graduates Good gracious. God himself said that what they said about me, that ain't true. So listen, you and I have got to understand, don't let a man paint the portrait of God for you. [00:05:37] (35 seconds)  #DontLetMenDefineGod

Now, here's what I want you to see. What is repentance? What we need to understand, and we've been confused in the church about this, confession or repentance is not in the confession of unworthiness. Yes. Right. It's in the return to the father. Yes. Right. So every step this young man took was repentance and action. But even as he's walking, he's repent he's rehearsing a confession the father paid no attention to. He began to recite it every step. I'm no longer worthy. I'm no longer worthy. I'm no longer worthy. I've done great sins. I'm no longer worthy. And the Bible says here, if we can put up on the screen, verse 20, [00:19:20] (42 seconds)  #RepentanceIsReturn

Because listen, if we're trying to earn what he's already provided, the question is always, am I enough? Yes. I hear you. If we're trying to earn it. Right. If we're trying to earn it, the question is, did I pray enough? Yeah. Did I give enough? Uh-huh. Have I served enough? Have I been around long enough? Am I this enough? Am I that enough? The answer is no. You ain't. Right. Right. You didn't, and you can't. But if we reposition and realign that question, and it comes down to, is he good enough? [00:12:46] (31 seconds)  #StopEarningStartReceiving

There's a promise from God that covers everything you'll ever encounter in life. Yeah. Thank you, father. He's not left you uncovered in any area. He's got promises for you physically. He's got promises for you relationally. He's got promises for you financially. He's got promises for you spiritually. Every facet of your life, he has uttered a promise and he watches over his word to Perform it. Amen. For as many as are the promises of God Mhmm. [00:09:14] (35 seconds)  #GodsPromisesCoverAll

You'll know forever and a day no matter what happens, no matter what mountain crumbles, no matter what promise doesn't come to pass, no matter what they did or she said, no matter what goes on in your life, once you have tasted Yes, sir. And you have seen Uh-huh. That God is good Yes, sir. He'll be forever good, and nobody can ever convince you Nobody. That God ain't good. That's right. [00:02:36] (28 seconds)  #OnceYouTasteGod

Because listen. If we see the father wrong, we see the father wrong, we believe wrong. Yes. And if we see the father wrong, we expect wrong. Jesus, in the fifteenth chapter of Luke y'all know this story, but we're gonna reexplore it this morning. What a masterful storyteller he is because he told a story about a father and two sons. And in this story, it's like everything we need to know about the God man tension. He explains perfectly the whole thing. [00:14:36] (39 seconds)  #SeeingFatherMatters