Robert McLaughlin Bible Ministries
Discovering the intimacy and the nearness of the Lord, manifested by not worrying. Part 4.
Sunday, June 24, 2001
PHI 4:5 “Let your supergrace mental attitude be known to all men. The Lord is near.”
The intimacy and the nearness of the Lord, near grace, makes it possible for the supergrace believer to advance to ultra-supergrace.
An intimacy and a nearness to the Lord.
Turn to 1JO 1:7
There will be periods of dryness, but this does not cause him to fall backward but only to move forward in the spiritual life.
JAM 1:17 “Every good thing bestowed and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation, or shifting shadow.”
2CH 14:7 “The land is still ours, because we have sought the Lord our God; we have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.
You will become aware that you are experiencing, again, tendencies and desires for things that you thought you had overcome.
The battle between the flesh and the Spirit is still there in spite of your victories, your spiritual growth and the intimacy and the nearness of the Lord, GAL 5:16-17.
The keener our spiritual senses become, the more sensitive we become to our intimacy and to the nearness of the Lord.
EPH 5:3-4 “But do not let immorality or any impurity or greed even be named among you, as is proper among saints; and there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.”
Turn to 2CO 4:16
Passions and lusts, which you thought were dead, may come back to life.
Everything they try to do is labor.
PHI 3:10 “that I may come to know Him, and the power of His resurrection and the participation of His sufferings, being conformed to His death;”
ISA 40:29 “He gives strength to the weary, And to him who lacks might He increases power.” 2CO 2:14 “But thanks be to God, who always leads us in His triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place.”