Isolation and the Cross

1. Session 4
Isolation and
the Cross
Course

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4. Messes - Messengers-
Messengers
And He has made My
mouth like a sharp
sword;
In the shadow of His
hand He has hidden Me,
And made Me a
polished shaft;
In His quiver He has
hidden Me.”
Isa 49:2

5. Isolation Period
God initiates a time of separation from
past dependencies to realign values

6. Spiritual Deposits
Messes into Messages and Messengers
I will give you the treasures of darkness And hidden riches of secret places,
That you may know that I, the Lord, Who calls you by your name, Am the
God of Israel (Isa 45:3).
"Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear in the
ear, preach on the housetops.
Matt 10:27-28

7. Jesus preparation before His public ministry?

8. “You shall hide them in the
secret place of Your presence.”
Ps 31:20
• John Bunyan, Pilgrims Progress
• Apostle John, wrote the book of
Revelation

9. He who dwells in the secret place of the
Most High shall abide under the shadow of
the almighty. Psalm 91.1

10. Isolation and Revelation
• Paul - 3 years in Arabia
• David – Cave of Adullam
• Nelson Mandela -27 years in prison
• Elijah - flee from Jezebel.

11. Dark Places = Revelation
• “He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings
the shadow of death to light.” Job 12:22
• “He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in
the darkness, and light dwells with Him.” Dan 2:22
• David: Ps 34, 57, and 142
“David therefore departed from there and
escaped to the cave of Adallum.”
I Samuel 22:1

12. If God calls us into darkness in order to enter His
presence, then that darkness will become an
entry to new levels of relationship with a God who
longs for fellowship with you and me.

13. Steinway soundboard rims remain in the
conditioning room between 10 and 16 weeks
depending on the thickness and size.

14. Wait, Wait, Wait
Joseph waited 13 years
until he was freed from
captivity into his 81
year destiny,
3 years in prison
Elijah waited beside
the Brook of Cherith.
Abraham had to wait
for Isaac.
Moses waited 40
years before God
spoke to him.
But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord;
I say, "You are my God." My times are in Your
hand; Ps 31:14-15

16. 4.
Personal Cross
Character tests designed to
develop humility, trust &
intimacy w/ God.

17. The Cross
I am crucified with
Christ: nevertheless I
live; yet not I, but
Christ liveth in me:
and the life which
I now live in the flesh
I live by the
faith of the Son of
God, who loved me,
and gave himself for
me. Gal. 2:20

18. 3 Nails
For Jesus, it was
Judas.
For David, it was
Absalom.
For Joseph, it was
his brothers.
Crucifixion usually
requires a third party.

19. Josephs are called to wash the
feet of their betrayers
(Jn 13:10-11).
Jesus, Joseph, David

20. Josephs are Wrongly Accused
Satan is the “accuser” of the brethren –Rev 12:10

21. Ps 55:12-14
For it is not an enemy who reproaches me;
Then I could bear it. Nor is it one
who hates me who has exalted himself
against me; Then I could hide from him.
But it was you, a man my equal,
My companion and my acquaintance.
We took sweet counsel together,
And walked to the house of
God in the throng.

22. 2 Cor 4:8-12
We are hard-pressed on every side,
yet not crushed;
we are perplexed, but not in despair;
persecuted, but not forsaken;

23. 2 Cor 4:8-12
struck down, but not destroyed—
always carrying about in the body the
dying of the Lord Jesus,
that the life of Jesus also may be
manifested in our body.
for LIFE in YOU!

24. God Has to Disqualify You
God has to disqualify you
from thinking you are
qualified for the mission He
has for you. i.e. Moses,
Joseph
40 and 13 years of preparation
“Moses spent his first 40 years thinking he
was somebody.
He spent his next 40 years learning he was
nobody
He spent his third 40 years discovering what
God can do with a nobody.”
-- D.L. Moody

25. Sometimes a man finds his destiny
on the road he most seeks to avoid.
“God gives us the cross, and the cross gives us God.”
– Jeanne Guyon

26. Crisis and pain leads to
greater commitment,
obedience and intimacy
Loosens our grip on cares of this world.

27. "In that day," says the Lord, "I will
assemble the lame, I will gather the
outcast and those whom I have afflicted;
I will make the lame a remnant, and the
outcast a strong nation; So the Lord will
reign over them in Mount Zion from now
on, even forever.
-- Mic 4:6-7

28. Pain is designed to encourage
obedience that leads to intimacy with God
• Psalm 119:67 “Before I was afflicted I went astray,
but now I keep Your word.”
• Hebrews 5:8-9 “Though He was a Son, yet He
learned obedience by the things which He
suffered.”

29. The higher you go on the mountain
of influence, the greater the scrutiny.

30. • And it came to pass on the way, at the encampment, that the Lord met him and sought to
kill him. Then Zipporah took a sharp stone and cut off the foreskin of her son and cast it
at Moses' feet, and said, "Surely you are a husband of blood to me!" So He let him go.
Then she said, "You are a husband of blood!" — because of the circumcision (Ex 4:24-26).

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