Sermon by Andre Webster 7 August 2016

1. KNOWING
AND
BEING KNOWN

2. Jesus Prays for All Believers
John 17:20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I
pray also for those who will believe in me
through their message, 21that all of them may
be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in
you. May they also be in us so that the world
may believe that you have sent me. 22I have
given them the glory that you gave me, that
they may be one as we are one—23I in them
and you in me—so that they may be brought to
complete unity. Then the world will know that
you sent me and have loved them even as you
have loved me.

3. 24 “Father, I want those you have given me to
be with me where I am, and to see my glory,
the glory you have given me because you loved
me before the creation of the world.25
“Righteous Father, though the world does not
know you, I know you, and they know that
you have sent me. 26I have made you known
to them, and will continue to make you
known in order that the love you have for me
may be in them and that I myself may be in
them.”

4. Proverbs 13:12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but a longing (dream, desire) fulfilled is a tree of life.
Proverbs 13:19 A longing / Desire fulfilled is sweet
to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil.

5. Life is Sacred
Everything is Good
All Fell
All can be redeemed

6. • An ache of the heart.
• Cavity of the spirit crying to be filled
• In its deepest sense it spans the gap between
emotion and genuine need.
• It cannot be reasoned with, negated or dismissed.
• If not attended to, it will overtake us.
• One way or another, whether legitimately or
illegitimately, a human longing will be filled.
• It MUST be filled!

7. PURPOSE: To woo us into God’s grace and
presence (To give them beauty for ashes [Isaiah
61:1-3]. Ashes are the leftovers of burning our
passions in the wrong way).
ULTIMATE FULFILMENT: It needs to be filled by the
one who created it.

8. 1. To be Enjoyed
‘As a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your
God will rejoice over you.’ (Isaiah 62:5).
2. To be Fascinated
‘I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up
… above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings:
with two he covered his face, with two he covered his
feet, and with two he flew. And one cried to another
and said: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts’ (Isaiah
6:1-3).

9. 3. To be Beautiful
‘The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me, because the
Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings to the
poor .. to give them beauty for ashes … (Isaiah
61:1-3)
4. To be Great
‘To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on
My Throne’ (Revelations 3:21).

10. 5. To be intimate without shame
6. To be Wholehearted
‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ (Matthew
22:37)
7. To make a deep and longing impact
‘I have no greater joy than to hear that my children
walk in truth’ (3John 4)

11. Enjoyed
Is 62:5
Beauty
Is 61:1-3
Intimacy
without
Shame
Jn 17:21-23

12. Enjoyed
Beauty
Intimacy
without
Shame

13. Enjoyed
Beauty
Intimacy
without
Shame
Social media
Sex
Food
Money
Chemicals
Ambition
Exercise
Art

14. Enjoyed
Fascinated
Beauty
Greatness
Intimacy
without
Shame
Be wholehearted
Deep & lasting
Impact
Counterfeits
v
v

15. Enjoyed
Fascinated
Beauty
Greatness
Intimacy
without
Shame
Be wholehearted
Deep & lasting
Impact
Counterfeits
Domination

16. Enjoyed
Beauty
Intimacy
without
Shame

17. • It started in the garden
• Jesus was an intimate man
1 Cor 13:12 For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but
then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I
shall know just as I also am known.
• Results of an intimacy deficit

18. • knowing and being known.
• mind-mapping ourselves and
others, and then letting others
mind-map our own minds
• attachment
(hormonal interchange)
• neocortex development
• meeting moments
• different kinds of intimacy: relational, occupational,
family, recreational, sexual, intellectual ….

21. …take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
(2 Cor 10:15)