Thank you for always listening to our podcast.
We hope they are a blessing to your life. And
I do want to share what's in my heart. Homecoming
for me is very special. Today is a very special
service. And it's targeted or it's tailor -made
specifically for people who need to be strengthened
in their journey with the Lord. for those that
need to be strengthened in their walk with Christ.
And God placed in my heart for today to be able
to share in a perspective how is the heart of
the Father. And I would like for us to open our
Bibles in Luke chapter 15. And I would like for
us to capture the substance in Jesus' words from
his heart. Luke 15 -11 says, Do you have it?
No? Okay, so I'll continue reading. You have
it? Versículo 16, si deseaba llenar su vientre
de los algarrobas que comían los cerdos pero
nadie le daba, y volviendo en sí dijo, ¿cuántos
jornaleros en casa de mi padre tienen abundancia
de pan y yo aquí perezco de hambre? Verse 16.
And he would gladly have filled his stomach with
the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave
him anything. But when he came to himself, he
said, how many of my father's hired servants
have bread enough and to spare, and I perish
with hunger? So for this moment, we're going
to leave it there. There's a lot of people that
preach, and when they preach, they specifically
speak about the prodigal son. They focus on how
he asked for his inheritance and how he wasted
it all. And that's true because we can read that.
But I consider, and this is what the Lord is
showing me, that this parable is not much about
the son. It's more about the heart of the father
and how the father saw his son. Because the son
made bad decisions. How many of you have made
bad decisions? Thank you for being honest. I
think as sons or daughters, we've made bad decisions.
Also as adults, we've made bad decisions. But
seeing what this son did, he asked for his inheritance
and he lost his inheritance. He wasted all his
goods, lost everything that he had. But nonetheless,
his pride made him live in a way that he had
a lot of need. The scripture says that great
hunger came, that he even slept with the swine,
imagine. And in that posture, In that condition,
there's a truth. He never stopped being a son.
It doesn't matter where you are, how low you
went, how your decisions took you to that horrible
place. If you knew the Father, You never stopped
being a son. Even now, you never stopped being
a son. And even in verse 17 it says, but when
he came to himself, he said, how many of my father's
hired servants have bread enough and to spare
and I perish with hunger. So when someone gets
to a point, just like what Matt ministered a
few moments ago, you used everything that you
have. You did everything that was at reach. And
this man, this young man, came to a point where
he didn't have anything left and all he had was
to remember his father. Remember his home. How
well he had it at home. And he remembered that.
And he said, even the servants of my dad have
enough food and I'm here eating swine food. And
I perish of hunger. Verse 18. I will arise and
go to my father and I will say to him, father,
I have sinned against heaven and before you.
And look at his condition, being a son. Because
sometimes the decisions that we make in our personal
life makes us seem in a different position. Verse
19 says, I am no longer worthy to be called your
son. And this is what he was going to say to
his father. He would say, make me like one of
your hired servants. And even here, Jesus is
expressing the condition of the son. Remember,
he's the one giving this parable. He's the one
revealing the story. But his desire, more than
just exposing the condition of the Son, it was
to manifest the love of the Father, the heart
of the Father. Reveal to us the heart of the
Father, that we may see clearly how God thinks,
how He loves. Remember that up until that moment,
the people were still veiled. They had a veil
on. And it wasn't until Jesus came. And he came
without a veil. When we speak of a veil, we speak
of something that doesn't allow you to see clearly.
Religion doesn't allow you to see Jesus clearly.
The religion doesn't allow you to see clearly
the heart of the father. That's why a lot of
people have a confusion between God, father,
and the son. It's very difficult for them to
see the heart of the father. Because many of
you compare it. God to your natural father. The
father to your natural father. But that's not
fair. Because Jesus himself said, if we, us being
bad fathers, know how to give good blessings,
How much more our Heavenly Father will not give
us of His Holy Spirit. So it was the function
of Jesus to reveal the Father, show to the entire
humanity how the heart of the Father was. Because
religion has an obstruct way to see the Father.
And through this parable, Jesus is revealing
how the Father loves, how the Father forgives,
how the Father extends mercy, how the Father
redeems, how He receives His children even though
they've left. Because religion, what they do
is they chastise us. It makes us to be ashamed
of ourselves. We feel guilty. They make us work.
Do works. But none the less, Jesus is revealing
how the heart of the Father really is. Please
write this down. Let's edify a little bit and
then we're going to go to the end of the story.
Humanity did not know Jesus. Oh, they didn't
know God. until Jesus in reality came. Let me
clarify that. So humanity had aspects of God,
but Jesus came to clarify who God really is.
And it wasn't until Jesus came that humanity
couldn't see God correctly. So Jesus walked without
a veil, showing and manifesting the whole entire
world how God loves, how God saves, how God forgives,
how He extends of His love. All of this was manifested
through Jesus. That's why the religious people
were upset with Jesus. And they would even say
he was blasphemous because he would say that
he was the son of God. Yet it was only given
to Jesus to reveal God. And in John 14, we can
see how Jesus talks to us and leaves us a promise.
And he's speaking and he's speaking to his disciples.
Because even the disciples had a little bit of
an issue how to really see the Father. In verse
8 it says, Let's start from verse seven. If you
had known me, he's speaking to the disciples,
you would have known my father also and from
now on you know him and I have seen him. Philip
said to him, and Philip was one of his disciples,
Lord show us the father and it is sufficient
for us. Verse 9, and here Jesus says, Jesus said
to him, have I been with you so long and yet
you have not known me, Philip? He who has seen
me has seen the Father. So how can you say show
us the Father? So Jesus is establishing, you're
seeing me. I am the exact representation of my
Father. You see me, you see the Father. Verse
10. Do you not believe that I am the Father and
the Father in me? The words that I speak to you,
I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father
who dwells in me does the works. Believe me that
I am the Father and the Father in me, or else
believe me for the sake of the work themselves.
So it pleased the Father to reveal himself to
humanity exclusively through the person of Jesus.
David had an aspect of God, but he was veiled.
Moses saw an aspect of God, but he also had a
veil. Abraham saw an aspect of God, but he had
a veil. Elijah saw an aspect of God, but he also
had a veil. And now when Jesus came, he revealed
God in all his completeness through his life.
So the right way to see God is through the person
of Jesus. Let me repeat that. The correct way
to see God is through the person of Jesus. Because
it pleased God to reveal Himself to humanity
as a Father, as God, through His Son, Jesus Christ,
who was perfect in all His ways. That's why whenever
He walked and He would do ministry, He was very
different from the religious people, from the
Pharisees. Why? Because He knew the Father. 1
John chapter 3 speaks about that. But even in
Hebrews chapter 1 verse 3, if you read that verse,
It's glorious. It says that Jesus is the glory
of God Himself. The exact representation and
the perfect impression of His Father. That's
powerful. And why is it important to know this?
Because when we are with the Lord and we stray
away for some reason. Religion tells you that
you have to make works in order to win God's
love. Nonetheless, you never stop being a son.
You didn't do something to become a son. You
simply believed in Jesus and he gave you all
authority. to be called a child of God. Many
of people today are very hurt or they're hurt,
offended, and even lost. Why? They are church
hurt. Why? Because they stopped seeing Jesus.
Even more, the reference for a lot of people
about Jesus is church. And they say, I don't
want nothing to do with the church because I
went to church and they mistreated me. I don't
want nothing to do with God. And in church there's
no love. And in church they're two -faced. Yes,
but we are not called to follow the church. We
are called to see Christ, follow Christ, walk
with Christ, love Christ, and there you will
see Christ correctly. Are we here? So many people
lost sight of the person of Jesus. lost the focus
of the person of Christ. But today, today, the
Holy Spirit wants to remove that veil, heal those
wounds, so that you can see God correctly. You
can see His heart. That you may see how He receives
you with love. that you can see how great His
mercy is, how He wants to cover you with that.
I want to remind you that in the heavens there
was a master plan based on love to come and reconcile
with Him. Jesus promised He promised not to leave
us orphaned. Do you know how many people nowadays
feel orphaned? They feel like they're not a part
of God. So I pray for the spirit of wisdom and
revelation to rest in this house in this moment.
In the knowledge of Christ, that your eyes may
be opened in the next moments. John 14 verse
16 says, And I will pray to the Father, and this
is Jesus speaking in verse 16, and he will give
you another helper that he may abide with you
forever. Can I have the worship team, please?
Verse 17. Verse 17, the spirit of truth whom
the world cannot receive because it neither sees
him nor knows him, but you know him for he dwells
with you and will be within you. Verse 19, somebody
needs to hear this today. Verse 18, I will not
leave you orphans. I will come to you. This is
a promise of God. Your mother, your father, maybe
abandoned you. Maybe even your wife, or your
children. But he's never gonna leave you. And
there's a promise that he says he's not gonna
leave us orphaned. Now verse 20. A little while
longer and the world will see me no more, but
you will see me because I live, you will live
also. And here we go, the promise of the Lord.
Verse 20. At that day, you will know that I am
in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. This
makes reference to John 17, the prayer that Jesus
had, where he says, Father, make us one, make
them one, just as you and I are one. Just as
you and I are one, you and me, I in you, and
us in them. Verse 20 speaks about a promise that
when the Spirit of the Lord comes, in that day
when the Spirit of God comes, you will know that
I am in my Father and you in me and I in you.
I want to remind you that God has not abandoned
you. It doesn't matter where you are now or what
you've done or how far away you've gone. The
greatest sin that you have committed. will never
be too big so that that blood can cleanse and
be uprooted. The power of the blood of Christ
that can reconcile us to the Father and the power
of the Holy Spirit that comes and dwells in us
unites us to the Father Unite us to Jesus and
unite us to God and that's what you carry. If
you at one time said yes and gave your life to
Christ or maybe if you've never done it, today
is the perfect day so that you would know God.
so that we may be able to see the Father as Jesus
sees the Father, that we may receive from the
Father through the person of Jesus, through the
Spirit of God.