DECEMBER 12 Mon.

How Can You Meet God?

John 14:6 / Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

Hymn #289 What a Wonderful Change (Unified Hymn 208)

"Acceptance" is seeing the absolute value of you and God and meeting Him. Furthermore, it's completely freeing yourself from Satan's twelve strategies. Your meeting with God was predestined by Him before the creation of the world and is entirely by His grace. (Ephesians 1:3 & 2:8~10) Without the Holy Spirit, you can never confess Christ as your Savior. (1 Corinthians 12:3)

1. God Is Spirit
Because God is Spirit, He is unseen and without limits. Anything that's limited is an idol and involves the works of demons. (1 Corinthians 10:20) God is also omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent. Therefore, He is "Jehovah," the "Great I AM." Salvation takes place when man, a spiritual being, meets God, who is Spirit.

2. Man Has a Physical Body
Because man has a physical body, he's unable to see God. In addition, man's spirit is confined to the body, so once it departs, the body will die. That's why people can be saved only when their souls remain within their physical bodies.

3. The Way to Meet God (John 1:14 & 1:12; Rev. 3:20; 1 Cor. 3:16; & Rom. 10:10)
God who is Spirit Divinity came in the form of man Humanity to save people. Therefore, He is sinless, and He is God. He is none other than Jesus Christ. Accepting this Jesus Christ is meeting God. When you believe in that name, (Acceptance) the Holy Spirit will come and dwell in you, and Satan's authority will depart forever. When you believe in your heart, you'll be justified, and when you confess with your mouth, you'll be saved.

4. The Evidence That God Is with You
If the Holy Spirit dwells in you, then from that point on, He'll sanctify and guide you according to the stream of the Word. Whenever you realize mistakes, you'll receive the guidance of the Holy Spirit. (Repentance) Although Satan hinders you, if you're filled with the Holy Spirit, you'll overcome everything and fulfill the will of God. In the end, the doors of evangelism will open, and you'll become a witness of God's existence.

5. Healing - Anxieties (Ezekiel 37:1~10)
Anxieties are gifts given by Satan. God revives you through the Word and “breath of life." (The Filling of the Holy Spirit)

[Covenantal Prayer] Dear God, thank you for letting me meet You through Jesus Christ who is the way; truth; and life. Please help me to daily realize my worth when I stand before Your "absolute value." Help me live each day as an evangelist who gives answers to those souls that are dying because they don't know the way. In Jesus Christ's name, I pray. Amen.