Words and Worship
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I’ve had quite a week. It’s been healing and cathartic. I’ve learned a lot. I’m at peace for the first time in a long time. I’ve learned a lot about grace. I’ve learned a lot about myself. I’ve learned a lot about the heart of God, and I can’t think of a better text to walk through this week as I’ve learned so much.
And I don’t mean intellectually. There’s a difference between knowing (head) something and knowing something (heart).
Hear now the true word of the Living God:
Then the angel showed me a river with the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb. It flowed down the center of the main street. On each side of the river grew a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, with a fresh crop each month. The leaves were used for medicine to heal the nations.
No longer will there be a curse upon anything. For the throne of God and of the Lamb will be there, and his servants will worship him. And they will see his face, and his name will be written on their foreheads. And there will be no night there—no need for lamps or sun—for the Lord God will shine on them. And they will reign forever and ever.
This is the beautiful restoration of everything! Because right now, everything is broken. It’s all broken. And there are five relationships right now that are broken that will be restored at this point, and I want to walk through this passage and show them to you:
e 5: this is recapitulation. We've seen this concept of no more darkness before
What does verse 4 you of?
Verse 5: this is recapitulation. We've seen this concept of no more darkness before
5 Restored Relationships:
5 Restored Relationships:
1. God & Creation
1. God & Creation
1 Then the angel showed me a river with the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb.
(- God is irrigation, 12 crops ever month [144 crops/year]).
For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who his children really are. Against its will, all creation was subjected to God’s curse. But with eager hope, the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay. For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time.
Creation is yearning for this burden that we brought onto it to be lifted off. Christ's work is for us, yes, but it's bigger than just us. We see this in the Triumphal entry, and when the pharisees try to get Jesus to get the people to shut up, he says, "if they don't cry out, the rocks will! ()" Because it isn't just humanity that yearns for the messiah to come to restore everything, but also creation.
Creation wants to be free to worship God with us. And on that day, burden will be lifted off. And creation will be free to worship.
It flowed down the center of the main street. On each side of the river grew a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, with a fresh crop each month. The leaves were used for medicine to heal the nations.
2. Man & Creation
2. Man & Creation
2 It flowed down the center of the main street. On each side of the river grew a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, with a fresh crop each month. The leaves were used for medicine to heal the nations.
( Creation was not designed to sustain us meal to meal. Our relationship was designed to heal humanity and give us knowledge. Creation is supposed to do something deeper than just get us to the next meal. That's what it did in the Garden of Eden,
6 The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too.
and that's what it will do in the new heavens and new earth. But because of the curse, we don't get to partake of that right now, and creation is frustrated.)
and that's what it will do in the new heavens and new earth. But because of the curse, we don't get to partake of that right now, and creation is frustrated.)
θεραπεία lemma.
This is personal. The healing is not just for nations, but also for individuals. The healing is for you. Creation wants to minister to us. Our relationship with creation will be restored. But what creation will do will affect the next two relationships that will be restored.
through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
3 No longer will there be anything accursed, but the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will worship him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever.
3. Man & Man
3. Man & Man
3 No longer will there be a curse upon anything. For the throne of God and of the Lamb will be there, and his servants will worship him.
Our relationships with each other will not be cursed.
Right now, relationships are hard.
talks about love, and I’m fairly certain none of us live up to the definition. Like, “love does not insist on its own way.” Anyone here obeying that all the time? I’m not. And that causes tension between us. Our relationships are broken.
The curse will be gone and all of our relationships with one another will be healthy and loving and joy-filled.
4. Man & Self
4. Man & Self
2 It flowed down the center of the main street. On each side of the river grew a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, with a fresh crop each month. The leaves were used for medicine to heal the nations.
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We have psychological issues. We’re messed up.
Let me tell you some of that ways that I’ve been messed up that it took someone that loves me to point out:
7 even though I have received such wonderful revelations from God. So to keep me from becoming proud, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger from Satan to torment me and keep me from becoming proud.
8 Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away. 9 Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. 10 That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Let the Spirit lead through the story of your week and conversation with Jared:
Have a voice in your life as big as yours and when you disagree, defer.
Never fight for your job.
Never be the smartest guy in the room.
I’m tired of being the answer guy. I’m done.
And that’s how I’m weak. And I’m okay admitting that. Maybe you’re there. I don’t know, but I’m reminded that even the Apostle Paul had issues, hangups, struggles, and sins. He talks about a “thorn in the flesh” that Jesus wouldn’t remove from him. He says:
8 Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away. 9 Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. 10 That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
6 though if I should wish to boast, I would not be a fool, for I would be speaking the truth; but I refrain from it, so that no one may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from me. 7 So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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4 And they will see his face, and his name will be written on their foreheads. 5 And there will be no night there—no need for lamps or sun—for the Lord God will shine on them. And they will reign forever and ever.
Let’s be a church where, right now, we’re jacked up, and we admit that and we love one another anyway. Let’s admit our own weakness and not pretend we have it all together. Because the church’s job is to take broken people and pick up the pieces and bring them to Jesus so he can put them back together.
When we’re weak, Jesus can work most powerfully through us. When we’re weak, he is strong in us. Therefore, let us boast all the more about our weakness.
But that’s all going to be healed. That will all go away. All of our junk. All of our weakness. All of our self-hatred. All of our brokenness.
5. Man & God
5. Man & God
4 And they will see his face, and his name will be written on their foreheads. 5 And there will be no night there—no need for lamps or sun—for the Lord God will shine on them. And they will reign forever and ever.
(; Jesus defines eternal life- the ones who know God and serve Jesus. And this is the relationship- the face-to-face relationship that is restored in the New Heavens and New Earth.
4 And they will see his face, and his name will be written on their foreheads. 5 And there will be no night there—no need for lamps or sun—for the Lord God will shine on them. And they will reign forever and ever.
20 But you may not look directly at my face, for no one may see me and live.”
3. Man & God (; Jesus defines eternal life- the ones who know God and serve Jesus. And this is the relationship- the face-to-face relationship that is restored in the New Heavens and New Earth.
God is talking to Moses- one of the holiest dudes of his day!
If we see that face of God, we die. Then we will see him face to face in glory!
That day is going to be awesome. And we wait eagerly, but right now, we can have some wholeness.
If you’re broken mentally, or maybe you have a relationship that’s broken, and it’s been broken for a while, and you just need to give it to Jesus, today is a good day. Give it to Jesus. Let him tell you who you are. Let him heal your brokenness. Let him heal your relationships. If you need to do that, you can pray where you are, or I’d love to talk to you and pray with you.
3 And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.
3 No longer will there be a curse upon anything. For the throne of God and of the Lamb will be there, and his servants will worship him.
5. Man & Self
5. Man & Self