Are you ready? So let's open up our Bibles to
the book of John 14 and we're gonna go there.
We're in a season we're learning how to live
in the Lord. We're in a moment of metamorphosis.
In other words, we could express it this way.
We're in the school of the Lord. Look at the
person next to you and tell him, we're in the
school of the Lord. The Spirit of the Lord in
this season, He's transforming the church. He's
taking us by our hands. And he is teaching us
on how to walk with him, how to see the way he
sees, and how to see ourselves. And what I see
is that the Spirit of the Lord is being intentional
to prepare us as the bride. One thing is an expression
as the church. Another thing is an expression
as the bride. The book of Revelation says, It
expresses to us that there is a moment where
the bride and the spirit are so united. It says
that the Spirit and the bride in unison, they
say come. So there is a moment of a transformation
of metamorphosis. And I believe that the Spirit
of the Lord has started that metamorphosis to
to prepare us as the bride. And look at the person
next to you and tell them you are the bride.
And tell the person you are called to be glorious.
The bride of the Lord is a glorious bride. He
comes for the one whom he's married to. He's
already married to you. He already... enter into
covenant with you. He's committed to you. So
the Spirit of the Lord has the responsibility
to prepare us as the bride. I'm now wearing this
walk with Him. So the Spirit of the Lord is working
in us. And one of the ways in which He does this
is that He begins to execute and to give us understanding
of the perfect work on the cross. How on the
cross only Christ forgave us, He didn't just
forgive us, but He also tore the veil, to allow
us to give us access to Him. Access not only
to His heart, but also to a divine communion.
and within that we deposit our faith in the person
of Christ Jesus us deposited in our faith in
the person of Christ. We are revived in Him.
We are born again in Him. Say with me, I am born
again. And the Spirit of the Lord is teaching
us to be born again, again. Because again, He's
teaching us things What happened and what happens
when we are in Christ? So the seed of God, when
we deposit our faith in God, and I'm going to
put a stop here, because it's not that in your
own effort you believe in the Lord. The Lord
is the one who does the work in everything. He
gives you the grace to believe in Him. He gives
you faith to believe in Him. So it's not you
that believes. It's Him giving you the grace
so you can see Him, so you can believe in Him,
so you can embrace Him, and deposit the faith
that He Himself gave you, and you deposit it
in Him. He begins a complete work. The work with
Him is never independent from Him. Because you
need of God to know God. It takes God to know
God. Say amen please. That's why men cannot teach
you about God. Only he himself can reveal himself
and teach it. That's about Him. That's why it
was necessary for Jesus to come to earth. The
only begotten Son is God made man, walking among
men, revealing that He is God, revealing who
God is for men that didn't know Him. That's why
Jesus Christ is so important. That's why your
focus should be to get to know Him. Everything
else is extra. The gifts, the talents, that's
extra. The ministry, wisdom, that's extra. The
favor, the grace, that's extra. The blessing
is also extra. It's Him. We are blessed because
of Him. We are blessed because we know Him. Because
we walk with Him. Because we're learning from
Him. Say amen, please. You're not blessed because
of the things that you do. You're not blessed
because of the job you have. That job, He gave
it to you. Health, He gave it to you. Wisdom,
He gave it to you. Understanding, He gave it
to you. The air that you breathe, He gave it
to you. He gives you everything. Are we here?
That was the key. So all our being is His. And
when He died on the cross, the scripture says
that we were crucified with Him. And when he
died, we also died with him. And when he resurrected,
we also resurrected with Christ. And when he
ascended to heaven, he also packaged us with
him. So now we're learning. And religion is falling
down. So we're being transformed. We're being
reformed according to his truth. And the goal
is to be made. conform to His image. So in this
school, say with me, the school of the Lord,
we're being re -identified. Christ is being introduced
to us once again through the Spirit of God. We're
being re -identified. Because we thought that
God was so far away from us, but the reality
is that He is in us and we are in Him. And He's
relocating us into the correct place. And this
can only be done through the Holy Spirit. And
this is John 14 verse 26. Tell the person next
to you, get ready. Tell the person, do not get
me distracted. Don't talk to me. I want to learn.
And tell the person, take notes. It's not enough
to just listen to a message one time. It's to
listen to it, to touch it, to hear it, to...
To see it, to touch it. John 14 verse 26. But
the helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father
will send in my name, he will teach you all things
and bring to your remembrance all things that
I have said to you. There we are in his school.
He's teaching us. We are learning that we are
in the Lord. So let's put some foundation. 2
Corinthians 5, 17. How many of you brought your
Bibles? If you brought it, you can lift it up.
If you didn't bring it, it's okay, but I encourage
you to go and buy a Bible. Therefore if anyone
is in Christ, he is a new creation. All things
have passed away Behold all things have become
new. So the scripture says right here that we're
in Christ That we're a new creation and that
speaks of a new birthing So being in Christ gives
us a new birth We're sealed in him, and he is
in us. And that's in John 1420, and you can read
that later. So it's important for us to know
the image of the one where we are. What is his
likeness? The beautiful thing is this is documented
in the Gospels. Because you can see there how
Christ lived. He expresses perfectly Dad. And
He is the perfect expression of our Father. So
all His way of being, it was Him revealing who
God is. So the important thing here is to know
His essence. That if we are in Him, so that means
that His essence is working in us. With who God
is. Say with me, who God is. So when we see,
when we say who God is, we're talking about his
essence and his image and likeness. So the first
thing that the Bible says, who God is, that is
important for us to have, God is spirit. Juan,
chapter 4, verse 24. And this is John 4, 24.
You ready to learn today? Juan 4, 24, dice la
Escritura. Dice, Dios es que... Vamos, ayúdeme.
Dios es que... Él no tiene espíritu. Él es espíritu.
So it says, God is spirit. He is... He does not
have spirit. He is spirit. Dice... And those
who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.
This is Jesus Himself, His own words. So here
He's expressing, revealing His Father, He says,
He is Spirit. And you and I were also spirit,
spirit, soul, and body. But also the same spirit
that resurrected Jesus from the dead, he lives
in us. Let that sink in a moment. The same spirit
with the one that Jesus Christ walked with, that
same likeness is in you. Everyone who has deposited
their faith in Christ. So the first thing, God
is spirit, that's his essence. Say with me, his
essence. He's the spirit. Number two. He is one.
Deuteronomy chapter four, verse 31. Deuteronomy
four. Deuteronomy 4, Versículo 31. Deuteronomy
4, 31. ¿Qué dice la Escritura? Let's read it
real quick. Is it up there? Okay. Dice, ¿Porque
Dios Misericordioso es Jehová, tu Dios, no te
dejará ni te destruirá, ni se olvidará? Is that
the correct verse? 431? Is that the correct verse?
For 21? I said 31, yes. But that's not the verse.
Say with me, God is one. Let's look it up. God
is one. How did I mess it up so much? Okay, Deuteronomy
6 -4. Okay, Deuteronomy 6 -4. Muchas gracias.
Deuteronomy 6 -4. Yes, it is. Dice, Oye, Israel,
nuestro, Jehovah, nuestro Dios, Jehovah, que
dice uno es. Diga conmigo, uno es. Eso es parte
de su esencia. Say, say, okay. Hear, O Israel,
the Lord our God, the Lord is one. The Lord is
one. How is, how many is he? One. So in the mind
of God, there is no separation between them.
His essence is one. His Father, His Son, and
Spirit. None of them work independently. But
all work as one. His essence is unity. His essence
is one. That's why when Christ, in John 17, he
prays to the Father, he says, Father, make them
one as you and I are one. I in you, you in me.
and us in them. Like he's saying, because as
we are in our essence, make them as well. Introduce
them in the same essence we are. So how is God?
He's one. So when we speak of one, the other
one is not absent. The Bible says that God was
in Christ reconciling the world. There was no
separation. They were always together. And He
introduced us to that unity, where we are one
with Him. And from that posture, God operates.
Genesis 1, let's make man according to our image
and likeness. He would work together. Everything
he did, he would do it together. When Jesus was
baptized, the heavens were opened. It's not that
in that moment the Father spoke. The Father had
already spoken through an angel through the life
of man. It was not that the Spirit of God appeared
for the first time. The Spirit of God had already
covered Mary so she would get pregnant in Jesus.
They all work together. They say with me, they
work together in everything. And you and I are
in the same place. God does not work independent
from you. And we're not supposed to work independently
from God. That's why we're supposed to walk according
to His Word. That's why we're supposed to grow
in the Lord. To walk in the fear of the Lord.
That all of the Lord may come over our lives.
That we never want to be independent from God.
That was the fall from... Lucifer's fall, because
he wanted to be independent, he wanted to be
like God. But God made space and He introduced
us into Him, because just as we are, you will
be in me and me and i and you and we will walk
together say amen please that's what the bible
says about living in him let's go there quickly
act 17 verse 25 if i could have the worship team
in about two minutes Yes, not 25. So Acts 17?
I'm all over the place today. I had a coffee
before I came here and I never do that. So I'm
all over the place. So it is in the Bible and
we're going to find it. The Bible says for we
live in Him and we move in Him and we exist in
Him. So in this aspect of having our being is
what the Lord is teaching us. He's teaching us
how to live in Him. Say with me, I'm going to
learn how to live in Him. So we're gonna go to
Acts 17, 28. For in Him we live and move and
have our being. Say with Him, in Him we live,
in Him we move, and we have our being. And this
is what the Lord is teaching us today, how to
live in Him. So to live in Him, we need to understand
how He is. Are we here? So we know that He is
spirit. We just now learned that. We know that
He is one. He doesn't do anything independent
from Him. He is inseparable, eternally united.
And in that same union, So here we're going to
learn how to live in Him. So what other aspect
is God? There are many, but I'm going to give
you two. God is love. First John, chapter 1,
verse 5. And this is chapter 1, 5. So this is
1 John 1 5. This is the message which we have
heard from him and declared to you that God is
light and in him there is no darkness at all.
Say with me he is also light. And let's continue
reading. Let's go to 1 John chapter 4. Verse
seven. So first John four, seven. Go ahead. This
is first John 4 verse 7. has manifested was manifested
toward us that God has sent his only begotten
son into the world that he might be that he may
live through him so God is help me out God is
what all his essence all who he is is love and
take note of this God doesn't do anything outside
love Everything that God does, He does it out
of love. So He doesn't do anything outside love.
And everything that He does, He does it through
love. The greatest power over the earth is love.
You don't believe that. In fact, the power of
God is manifested because of love. There are
aspects of miracles that will only happen when
you minister in love. Everything that Christ
did, every miracle, every healing, every deliverance,
every word. When he gave his life, everything,
when he washed the feet of the disciples, when
he resurrected Lazarus, everything he did, he
did it out of love. He did it out of his own
substance, which is love. Say with me, love.
Being in Him, so being in Him and living in Him,
we have to understand that God wants to work
His love in us. That the aspect of love goes
from being mental reality to something real in
our lives that his substance of love thus the
transforming substance for man is his love. In
fact, his goodness is manifested through love.
His power is manifested through His love. That's
why power outside of love is dangerous. Authority
outside of love is dangerous. Correction outside
of love is dangerous. If you correct outside
love, you're going to produce a rebel. Love is
a substance. It's who God is. He is filled with
love. He is oozing love all over. But His love
doesn't mean that He tolerates everything. His
love protects us. His love sustains us. His love
made Christ come to earth. Because in such a
way, He loved the Lord, loved the world, that
He sent His only Son, so you and I would not
perish, but we would have eternal life. You cannot
minimize and cultivate your own righteousness
when you think that you already know about love.
His love is incomprehensible. His love is out
of our reach of understanding. He just simply
loves. And you are in Him. And He's cultivating
that in you. So you can be the same as Him. That
you simply love. Even though they speak bad about
you. You love. You're so blessed. And say Amen
please. Jesus said bless your enemies. Love your
enemies. Why? Because that is His essence. That's
who He is. There there is a real transformation
in you. Because His love is being worked in you.