01/15/2023
APGCI UNITED CHURCHES GLOBALY MINISTRIES
January 15/2023
Apostolic Power of God Church International Ministry
Theme: ( Intimacy with God )
By Apostle Jean Baptiste Paluku MULOVERY
What does intimacy with God mean??
The answer in a word is.....How close...
Intimate means to be close, to draw near, as opposed to being far and distant.?
So how close are we willing to get to the
Lord Jesus Christ today this morning this week or this month and year of 2023 ??
We know this is what He wants.?
But how far are we willing to go.?
To go even deeper, what are the things that keep us back from intimacy with Him.?
What are the things that are displeasing to Him?
Read the verse:
James 4:8
“Draw near to God and He will draw near to you…”
Intimacy with God....How to achieve it?
Do we get closer to God just because we cut off various activities??
Now. The real issue is where we get our life, what well do we drink from, what do we value??
If we value God, we will spend time with Him and carry Him into our daily activities.? ( APGCI BIBLE COLLEGE)
We need to Carry God Every time
To include our God in all our activities and actions in our life is getting closer to God. This is the real intimacy. Getting Closer to Jesus Christ
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According to 1 John 1:9.
1 John 1:9, ESV: "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
Intimacy with God always begins with repentance from sin as we willingly humble our selves as we kneel before His Throne.
Secondly we need to openly forgive those who have in any way offended us.
And now God will hear the petitions on our hearts as “our house” is swept clean and there’s an open road to God the Father.
This is the way to get intimacy with God.
The model of Intimacy with God:
The model of true intimacy is the Trinity.
God is a Trinity of persons:
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Therefore, our intimacy with God (and with each other) is ultimately a reflection of Gods intimacy within the members of APGCI BIBLE COLLEGE UNITED CHURCHES GLOBAL MISSIONARY
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This means that intimacy is an essential part of the very nature of God and because we are made in His image, it is natural to us as well.
This is why we are capable of intimacy with others and with God. It is in our nature.
Our intimacy with God first began in the Garden of Adam and Eve when God walked with man (Gen. 2 3).
It was something that God desired. As we know, Adam sinned and the intimacy with God was lost.
But, God had a plan and He covered Adam and Eve with animal skins and shedding blood in the process (typifying the sacrifice of Christ in the future) so that the fellowship with mankind could be restored.
This was realized at the cross where Jesus became sin on our behalf
(2 Cor. 5:21) and bore our sins in His body
(1 Pet. 2:24).
Therefore, we are able to come to God through Jesus our mediator (1 Tim. 2:5).
Practical Steps toward Intimacy
Step 1: Reading the word of God
Jesus said, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.” (John 6:35)
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God gave us a clear picture of what He’s like, and He put it all down in a book that we can use to learn and remind ourselves of His nature.
In the Bible we see how God interacts with man, how He communicates, and the topics He sees as priorities.
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If we want to know God in a deeper way, if we want to draw closer to his heart then we need to be spending time in His word consistently daily.
If we don’t feed ourselves with the Word of God on the inside, we dry up. Yes 👍
2. Worship
God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth. (John 4:24)
In times of worship, we declare the truth of who
LORD is.
Through worship we align our will to God’s desire and are able to reset our focus on the One who is our Maker, Creator, and Lord.
As we worship, we see Him as He is the One with all power, all authority, who is compassionate and sovereign over every part of our lives and this world.
We gain a greater understanding of God and who He is.
The Experience of Intimacy
At the Time of His Chrisifition He enters our life. At the cross, he puts our cold, hateful humanity to death.
In the resurrection, He rises as the true Man of God.
In the ascension, He carries us up with him to the Father's right hand.
At Pentecost, he pours out his Spirit to seal the believer into himself
(Ephesians 1:13).
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In the gospel, we are caught up into God's own intimacy.
Again we must stress, this is nothing of our own doing. We have not decided to 'join the party'.
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Instead we have been seized, carried and now seated in Christ at the Father's right hand.
The way of intimacy has not been our way made with God, but his way made with us.
Nevertheless, this is where the believer really stands: in Christ, filled with the Spirit of adoption and calling on our dear Abba (Galatians 4:4-6).
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True Christianity is not about obtaining favour from God. It's about sharing by the Spirit in the eternal intimacy of Father and Son.
No wonder Peter can say we "participate in the divine nature" (2 Peter 1:4).
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