THE FATHER’S HOUSE

SOME PLACES OF INTIMACY IN

JOHN 14:1-6 (NIV)

Jesus Comforts His Disciples 14 “Do not let your hearts be

troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know the way to the place where I am going.”

JOHN 14:6 (NKJV)

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

Jesus went to prepare rooms, dwelling places for us. This rooms can be visited now on this time, you can experience the knowing of the different rooms in the Father’s house.

BECOMING A FRIEND

Let’s compare our natural dwelling with the one in heaven.

Having a quick look to this study, you could determine where are you standing in the House of God.

As in the natural, if you are just visiting a person that you just had known for the first time, you won’t pass further than the dining room, you may ask permission to use the Bathroom though.

ACQUAINTED WITH

As you become acquainted with this person, he will invite you to have dinner, you will be more relaxed and act in in a more natural way, you will not feel a complete estranger any more.

As your relationship with this person ascends to the category of friendship you feel comfortable with this person whom you know, like, and trust; you will go to the different rooms with confidence. You will feel you are welcome and accepted in his house.

PARTNERING WITH

As you treat more this person, your relationship could escalate to a partner in business.

As you become associated with this person you have more and more confidence and you are now able to freely go through the whole house.

Your friend at times could even entrust you with the keys of the hold house and put you in charge and custody of all his goods.

IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM

In the spiritual realm, in our relationship with God the same process happens with us. At the beginning we just approach to His living room, them little by little as we fellowship with Him we start to know other rooms from His house, and as with and old good friend we freely go through all the rooms; we get to know them all and we may even have a preferred one.

PSALM 65:4 (NKJV)

4 Blessed is the man You choose,And cause to approach You,That he may dwell in Your courts.We shall be satisfied with the goodness

of Your house, Of Your holy temple.

God invite us to come and stay at home with him, not jus as a visitor, but to stay with Him as a son

THE LIVING ROOM

THE LIVING ROOM

● It’s a place where you receive visits, or where you are received when you go to your friends.

● Talk and fellowship.● Let requests be known unto God.● Where you ask and you receive.● Here is where you seek and shall find.

THE LIVING ROOM

● In here we:● Sit Down with the Father.● Talk to him about the things of the day and

present our requests.● Here we present all our supplications and

cares.◆ Sadly many Christians live here

THE LIVING ROOM

● They relationship with God is:● Talking to God just when they’re in need.● Trying to see what God has for them.● Asking and seeking the things they need.● Some get trap in their own things, they

are just talking about their Kingdom, their ministries, finances, bills, family,

You cannot live in the living room

● Check your heart: What is that you talk the most to God when praying?

● Is your prayer focus on you or Him?● A relationship cannot be centered only on

asking.● Look for the place of giving your love and

freely receiving it.

THE KITCHEN

THE KITCHEN

● The kitchen is the place where people are serving, working and preparing things for God.

● Is the Place of “Doing”.● The Kitchen is necessary, but if all you

know of the house is the Living room and the Kitchen, then you are too busy.

● In the Kitchen you are the Elder son.

THE KITCHEN

● Mary was at the feet of Jesus, she was having intimacy with Jesus by just seating at His feet and listening to his words. That filled her heart.

● Martha was busy in the kitchen with serving and the work she was doing. She lost the main point of a complete relationship: Intimacy.

THE KITCHEN

● The kitchen is a great and glorious place of producing good fruit and doing the Father’s business.

● But at the same time can be a place where out of too much serving we lost sight of the Glory and Intimacy with God.

● If we don’t have equilibrium we can easily be burnt out.

THE DININGROOM

THE DININGROOM

● Psalm 23:5 (NKJV)● 5 You prepare a table before me in the

presence of my enemies;You anoint my head with oil;My cup runs over.

● Psalm 34:8● 8 Oh, taste and see that the Lord is

good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!

● Psalm 119:103● 103 How sweet are Your words to my

taste, Sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Psalm 81:16 16 He would have fed them also with the finest of wheat; And with honey from the rock I would have satisfied you.”

THE DININGROOM

● In His Dining Room there are two very noticeable seats: One is for Jesus, and the other one is yours.

● You and Him are prominent in all the group of people.

● In this place we have the Bread of Life, Living Water and the New Wine; and of course never misses a pot of Honey.

THE DININGROOM

● Just as you need in the natural to drink and eat every day, so we have the same needs in the spiritual realm.

● This is the room of experiences where God touches us.

● But we cannot live only of experiences

The Bathroom

THE BATHROOM

● Place of repentance and of cleansing, and cleaning; place of getting rid of some unwanted stuff.

● EVERY CHRISTIAN needs to visit the bathroom,

● Some Christians believe that once they are saved, they don’t need to visit the bathroom.

● 1 John 1:9● New King James Version (NKJV)● 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and

just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

It’s good to go to the cleansing place.

● It is absurd to believe that one doesn’t need the bathroom, it’s like suddenly you decide not to relief yourself, and think you are going to be OK.

● Some Christians live holding everything, they have spiritual constipation, not realizing they can visit the bathroom and get rid of everything.

THE BATHROOM

● There are others that live in the bathroom, they are living in shame, guilt and condemnation, they don’t dare to come out of the bathroom.

● They go the bathroom but still feel dirty. They feel shame because they feel they haven’t been forgiven, and repeat the process again and again.

THE BASEMENT

● There are Christians who live in the basement, it’s their secret place.

● A basement is not in the open, there is no fresh air and there are no windows

THE BASEMENT

● The basement is dark, humid and dingy.● It’s messy, a place where you leave

everything hung out.● A place where you throw all your junk

and don’t bring your friends into.

THE BASEMENT

● Look for those friends that will help you to clean up.

● Don’t think that if you don’t go to the basement things would go away by themselves

THE BASEMENT● It is the place of

intercession, warfare, birthing and calling forth things.

● The things that happen out in the open, happen in the basement first.

● What happens down in the basement is the foundation of what God does.

THE BASEMENT

● When your basement is clean, then you can have an extra room where to enjoy a time of meditation, reflection and spend some private time reading and studying the word of God, this place becomes your prayer closet.

THE BASEMENT

● As in the natural a home cannot stand without a basement or foundation,

● No work of God can stand without a foundation of prayer.

THE BASEMENT

● 2 Timothy 2:19● New King James Version (NKJV)● 19 Nevertheless the solid foundation of God

stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.”

THE BEDROOM

THE BEDROOM

● Is the place of intimacy with Jesus.● In here He touches you and He kisses

you with the kisses of His mouth.● In this place you feel like in a honeymoon

with your King.● In here is like living the Song of Solomon

with Jesus.

THE BEDROOM

● The sad thing about the bedroom is that some Christians fell terribly uncomfortable and don’t know how to be a lover and friend of God, and so they won’t stay long in this place of intimacy.

● In the Bedroom you are secure in God’s love and you know His acceptance.

● All ministry needs to flow out of this room.

THE BEDROOM

● It is so good to start in the bedroom, here you will receive great revelation , but if you don’t persist on intimacy, you will end up in the Kitchen and get stuck in there.

● People start to notice that you have been with Jesus and have received something fresh from God.

THE BEDROOM

● Acts 4:13 (NKJV)● 13 Now when they saw the boldness of

Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.

THE REC ROOM

THE REC ROOM

● This is the place of fun, praise, celebration and joyous dancing.

● This is the place to worship The King.● In here the river of God is flowing.● Break troughs come when worshiping.● Worship, life, and joy fills the Rec Room.

THE STUDY ROOM

A room full of bookshelves packed with Greek and Hebrew Bibles, Dictionaries, Books of concordances, and maps.

All the materials for the searching of the scriptures are here.

Tables and desk complement the room. This is the place of digging out golden

nuggets of truth and the treasures of God’s Word.

2 TIMOTHY 2:15 (NKJV)

15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Here you get to know and discern the Word of God.

JOSHUA 1:8 (NKJV)

8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

The Storage Room

Inside of this room there is a large open treasure chest overflowing with diamonds, rubies, gold and silver coins, all kind of treasures.

This is the Room of revelation. This is the room from where Jesus said to Peter: “Flesh and blood have not revealed this unto you, but my Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 16:17

Overflowing Treasure Chest

MATTHEW 13:44 (NKJV) The Parable of the Hidden Treasure 44 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is

like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.

All revelation and understanding comes out of the presence of God

PSALM 73:17 (NKJV)

17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God;Then I understood their end.

It is in the Sanctuary that we see and receive God’s perspective and heart.

I invite you to have a look at your relationship with God, where are you standing in the House of God?

Are you a prodigal? Are you in the front yard or the backyard? God is coming to meet you, to welcome you, to embrace you cleanse you, put a mantle upon you and invite you to enter, seat at His table, rest in His Chamber and stay at home.

Are you an Elder Brother? Do you feel like somebody else is stealing

the love of the Father? Have you come to realize that everything

that He has is yours? Have you been feeling like an estranger in

your Fathers House? He is calling you to embrace you. to make

you feel his love and protection. Just come.

WHATEVER YOUR POSITION IS,

Just say with me: Father, I know that you love me and have a dwelling place for me, I repent for my lack of intimacy with you. I choose to come home and get to know and become familiar with all the wonderful rooms that are in your house. Draw me and teach me how to become your friend. Holy Spirit, help me to come to my Father’s house.

In Jesus name I pray. Amen.

NOW IS YOUR TURN.

What people would be doing in the following places in the house of god?

The attic. The Balcony. The terrace. Give your personal opinion about what

type of relationship can be cultivated on those places.

NEXT WEEK

Next week we will study a couple of dreams from the bible.

We will focus on what the dreamers did after they had their dream.

Thank you for coming tonight. See you next week.