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This post is directly from my notes, you may or may not be able to follow!
We had Dean Sherman speak on our school last week, and MAN.. did he bring it!
He spoke on my DTS as well, however, we had a DVD recording that we watched.
Here in Kona, we got the Live Dean Sherman.
His topic: Spiritual Warfare.
You may or may not have heard of Spiritual Warfare.
You may or may not believe in Spiritual Warfare.
You may or may not agree with things in this post.
So, be open minded, feel free to ask me questions.
Enjoy learning about God's Kingdom.
I love this stuff :)
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((Also, I have 24 pages worth of notes, from day 1 and day 3 alone. I had a meeting on day 2, so will be listening to the podcast to put notes up in the near future.
So for today, day 1 of notes.))
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-Why does YWAM start with DTS'?
*Because "we want to train our lives more than our heads"
(i.e. DTS has lecture phase, followed by outreach)
-Discipleship training is a life training.
-What was God thinking when he created humans?
Genesis 1:25-26 NIV
"Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."
1:27-28
"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground."
*God created humans to manifest his likeness and image.
*Manifest nature/image/character/glory of God.
-What is God's image?
*Love, holiness, goodness
His Character is always loving.
-Love is not opposite of anger.
*There's no opposite with God.
Even wrath and judgment are His love; His unchanging character.
-God's nature: almighty, all powerful, unlimited in abilities.
-Sovereign = no limitation.
-God says, I'm gonna make man like me; meaning His character and nature.
-He made us for relationship.
-Relationship is the most valuable thing in universe.
*Eternal
*God's image
-Never been a time in the past where there was not a relationship of some sort.
*Always has been relationship between trinity.
-God is relationship.
-"No solitary independent individual is the image of God."
-Image is male/female.
-Do 2 males form the image of God? No
Do 2 females form the image of God? No
*We were made from a male and female.
-Alone = State of being.
Independent = Attitude.
-We are here to live God's life.
-When I have good relationship with God and other's I manifest God's image.
-Way to manifest His image (likeness) is to relate well to God and to others, and that's glory.
(Read John 17)
-Relationship is the glory, not some type of cloud.
-Serve, care, get along with people.
-"Give God glory, get along. Love."
-Why are we here? For a manifestation of God's love.
-Why is God Almighty? Where did He get His authority? Is it power or is He just a tyrant?
Because of His Love.
-Love and relationships are what give you power and authority.
-If you respect your leaders, you do because they love, serve and care for you.
*That's why we honor God.
*"Worthy is the lamb that was slain"
*We give Him worth/honor/glory because he cared for us.
-Love leads to power.
-People you love and serve will respect your authority.
-Authority does not come from positions. We don't respect positions. We do respect/allow authority over us from those who love and serve us.
-Why are we here?
*Manifest His image
*Here to rule
-"Rule over all the earth."
*Eden was not all of earth, only one location. God said to rule over everything, which is necessary because satan was already here.
*We don't know if satan was/is a serpent or if it was just what he used to walk and talk through.
Read Revelation 12.
-Earth being destroyed/chaotic.. is this how God creates things?
No, he has complete order.
You know He has order through seasons, tides, sunrises, sunsets, etc.
(My notes say Gen. v 2?)
-Earth was without order.
Does God make darkness? No.
*Revelation says there will be no night, lamb will be the light, only time darkness exists is when there is no light.
*Adam and Eve were in Garden to rule over darkness.
Keep death out.
Keep disobedience and sin out.
We were created for spiritual warfare purposes.
-Spiritual warfare is the reason humans were put here, to rule over sin/darkness.
We are gate keepers/guardians.
-Games, movies, media can't leave supernatural "stuff" alone because it is there!
It is real.
*Thor is real, he's a demon.
This is not fiction.
*Demons dwell in darkness.
*When world was covered in darkness, God created man to cover all the earth.
*Eden = Kingdom of God.
Where I live, right now, expands borders of Garden of Eden, to fill the whole earth.
-Genesis 1:27-28 "... be fruitful and multiply.."
*Fill earth and subdue it; rule over; take authority over it.
We are here to subdue evil by manifesting life of God thru relationships.
-"If we are in good relations with God and others, we rule and subdue evil and expand (advance) the kingdom! When we have bad relations with others, we allow satan to rule in our place."
-"Good relation with God = Evangelism.
Good relation with others = Discipleship."
-Third biggest cause of children dying is not disease, it's being killed by their parents.
Does that sound like satan or God?
-"Leave off religious cliches and help people."
-satan is able to mess with people when we don't rule;
bad relationships/un-forgiveness/impatient/not unified/un-caring.
-Nothing is more important that relationship because it is eternal.
-Reason we take the time to introduce our speakers is to build relationship; has value.
-(*I love this) Relationship is as valuable as the two people who make up the relationship.
No human is a half.
They 2 shall become 1.
2 BECOME 1
2 + 1 = 3
3 = Image of God
Where is His image? Husband, wife, IMAGE.
BAM!
Person A + Person B = C (relationship)
Value + Value = Entity.
-Matthew 5
(murder and hate)
"You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgement.' But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgement. Again, anyone who says to his brother, 'Raca,' is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell.
Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother, then come and offer your gift.
Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to court. Do it while you are still with him on the way, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison. I tell you the truth, you will not get out until you have paid the last penny."
(Words of Jesus)
*Why is murder serious? Because of value of human life!
*How can Jesus/Bible teach when you hate = Same thing as murder.
Relationship has same value as each of the two people who make it up.
Hating = Murder.
Hate kills a relationship.
As serious as taking an axe and killing one of the people.
-Nothing is more important than loving one another.
-"God blessed them.." - Blessing, presence and power of God comes to and thru relationships.
-Matthew 18:19 "Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven."
Matthew 18:20 "For where two or three gather in my name, there I am with them."
Presence of God
Psalm 133 - Unity
Blessing in unity = Revival.
Revival: Gods maximum blessing on a particular people in a particular place.
-Anywhere good relationships are with one another, there will be God's blessing. He will command blessing.
-"God visits relationships. Satan visits independence."
-Serve, forgive, love.
-God is wanting to endorse togetherness, team, community, unity.
-Want the blessing of God on your family? Get along.
-Relationship always brings God's presence.
-Don't have to be in occult or witchcraft to allow enemy in
Bad relations welcome enemy.
*Bad relationship to God --> opens door to enemy --> fighting --> petty arguments...
-Sin = Bad relationship. (Enemy comes in)
Righteousness = Good relationship (Enemy's kept out)
-"Everything happening in the world are manifestations of bad relationships!"
-LOVE means satan has no open doors.
-Have good relation's and you'll have blessing.
-Power manifests by Father in heaven.
-When asking God for something (i.e. miracle) and nothing happens, ask again.
-"You stand against evil, not people."
-Never ok to not love your neighbor.
-Don't hurt or damage people.
-Speak against evil, non truth. Don't speak against the person
-"Jesus was a friend with sinners."
-The better relationship you have with people, the more they'll respect your authority and hear what you're doing.
-Religious system misrepresents God.
-Jesus took a relational approach to Gospel.
-"Practice what Jesus did, since He Is the one we are becoming disciples of."
-John 8:1-11
Jesus Forgives an Adulterous Woman
(Read this short story; one of my favorites.)
The woman heard Jesus gladly and respected what He's said.
(He showed her love.)
-"Stop where they stop receiving."
Don't talk AT people.
-Evangelism...
We think we're failing God and being "people pleasers" when we try and push the message past when they're listening.
*He who has an ear to hear... Matthew 13
*No heart to receive/change, I don't want you to understand what I'm getting at, don't want you to go against me.
*Look to see if their heart has hardened, don't antagonize them.
Must have willingness to hear.
*Speak truth into hearts. That's not being a people pleaser.
-When did "Love your God and Love your neighbor" merge in to one command?
When Jesus became a neighbor
*Bethlehem, God became a neighbor
*Matthew 25:40 "I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me."
-Not biblical to make great distinction of loving God or neighbor first; not new testament.
-Go and preach the Gospel. That's his commandment.
*Love God by keeping commandment.
-It's a mistake to love God only and leave people alone.
Sin to leave millions of people alone today, do justice.
-Hebrews 12
All correction is done in love.
-Rebuke and correct within framework of what we have; trust/relationship.
-We assume love has no correction, because society thinks correction means I get away with it.
~Wound of rejection is never corrected.
"We think correction means rejection."
**Apologize for offending someone; repent.
-Prayer.
How many of us think Holy Spirit can correct something almost as good as we can? (Ha.)
First inclination is to talk to someone; this is pride because I have assumed I can talk to someone better than the Holy Spirit can.
-John 14 & 16
Chapters are full of how Jesus explained what Holy Spirit would do on day of Pentecost.
*Jesus only told his disciples to wait for Holy Spirit.
*John 16:8 "When he comes (Holy Spirit), he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgement.."
*Convince (or convict) world of sin/righteousness/judgement to come.
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-Romans 3:23 "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.."
*Often times we think we have to start with "you're a sinner!" - We can't speak truth until there's agreement/understanding.
*100's saved/100's disagree.
*Truth, they're sinners.
They will not receive.
Then they avoid you.
They are angry.
Why do we auto-think that's the way to start?
That's religion.
*"If you don't accept what I'm preaching and you die tonight, you'll go to hell."
Terrorist tactic/manipulation.
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-We react in pride.
-Tell the truth in a loving way and at loving time.
-Jesus ate with people not for a particular method (church), it was to build relationship so they'd hear Him (receive His words).
-What if we offend someone?
Pray.
Before. During. After.
*Trust God will do what he said in John 16:8 "When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgement.."
-We cannot do things on our own.
We cannot change hearts.
Only thru prayer.
-"I don't have everything I need to do this!"
Jesus says all we need is Holy Spirit.
HE Will convince.
-Nothing can prepare you.
(Years of schooling, seminary, etc.)
Only Holy Spirit.
-Worship.
Learning how to be more yielded and be a channel for God's Holy Spirit.
Only He can guide people in to all truth.
-"We think training starts in the lecture room. No, no, no... Everywhere."
-DTS isn't training heads, it's changing lives.
(Live in community, train in relationships, can't do it alone.)
-YWAM is international and interdenominational because it was planned that way.
Living in good relationship makes you wider channel for Spirit of God.
-Tolerate difference.
-Don't take things personally.
Pray Spirit of God to lay truth on their head.
-Is it loving to not tell your neighbor how they can have eternal life?
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-We need to know our purpose.
*Relationship.
*Love.
*Subdue evil.
Genesis 3
Animals communicated with people, obviously because Eve didn't scream and run away when serpent spoke.
*We are to rule over all animals/plants
*Animal speaking to Eve - Questions her - Why was animal immediately talking about a specific tree?
Because he was able to mess with/mutate a plant - The tree caused death.
*God didn't create us to die.
He never is cause for death.
"I am the resurrection and life"
i.e. I'm not anything to do with death.
Tree caused death.
That's how we know satan created it.
*God protected them and told them don't eat of it.
Satan is interested only in that tree.
Manipulation.
How do we know satan said that?
When talking with unbelievers, they have own religion, view, beliefs - eat of tree and have eyes opened.
-Hebrew.
Good : Function.
Evil : Disfunction.
Knowledge : Experience (Not cognitive)
*You have to experience function and disfunction.
Death = Disfunction.
i.e. Elderly bodies don't function properly.
Experience disfunction.
Alzheimer's, disfunction.
Parkinson's, disfunction.
*Enemy was wrong.
Not good think for us to know disfunction.
-Don't need to experience evil to appreciate good.
-Eve was to subdue evil; had authority in her will to say no.
Eve, obviously did not rule or subdue.
Satan then gained authority to rule/subdue over us.
That's why generations are dying; pain.
We did not subdue evil, now evil is subduing human race.
*God did not allow - He said to subdue in name of Jesus; pray "Kingdom come"!
"Deliver us from the evil one"
"Lead me away from temptation"
Lord's Heart = Lord's prayer.
We have to ask.
That's why we intercede.
We have to subdue/rule. Doesn't happen automatically.
-Model of all Christian praying includes spiritual warfare.
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**That concludes my notes from day 1!
SO MUCH to take in.
You may want to read some parts over again, study quoted scripture a bit more, or simply never read this post again :)
I hope you enjoyed it and got some revelation thru Mr. Sherman's teaching.
Try and post Day 3 tomorrow.. and day 2 after the weekend :)
xo
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