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Can You See Him?

John K. Jenkins Sr.

First Baptist Church of Glenarden • Aug 3, 2025 • 97 min

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Summary

Pastor John K. Jenkins Sr. teaches on John 14, exploring how believers can discern and experience God's active presence in their daily lives. Through the Biblical framework of Principle, Program, and Promise, he demonstrates that God manifests Himself to those who possess deep, sacrificial agape love for Him. By guarding and obeying Christ's commandments rather than following worldly opinions, believers invite the Father and Son to make their home with them, experiencing divine breakthroughs, miracles, and provision.

Themes

Loving GodObedience to ScriptureGod's Manifest PresenceExclusive Way of SalvationDiscipleshipSpiritual Vision

Pastor's Points

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Principle: Loving God with agape love (John 14:21)

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Program: Keeping and guarding God's commandments (John 14:21)

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Promise: God manifesting Himself and making His home with you (John 14:21, 23)

Key Points

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The Principle: God reveals and manifests Himself to those who genuinely love Him with agape love.
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The Program: True love for God is demonstrated by actively guarding, holding fast to, and obeying His commandments.
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The Promise: When believers love Jesus and keep His word, the Father and Son will manifest themselves and make their home with them.
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Your theology and what you believe dictates your spiritual condition and eternal status.
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Jesus is the exclusive way to God the Father, and access to salvation comes solely through Him and His work on the cross.
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Studying, worshiping, and looking at Jesus reveals the true character, nature, and heart of God the Father.
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Seeing God means spiritually discerning, experiencing, acknowledging, and recognizing His active power and hand in daily life.
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True discipleship goes beyond passive belief to being an active doer of God's Word in every life decision.

Sermon Moments

“Your theology will dictate your eternal status.”

“Jesus is saying He is the only way to get access to the Father. You got to come by way of Calvary.”

“To see means to discern, to experience, to acknowledge, to be able to recognize.”

“God is not into suggestions; He doesn't offer opinions, He offers commands.”

“We are not called to make believers; we are called to make disciples.”

“When you take my commands, prescriptions, answers, truth, and principles and apply them to your life, you put guards around it.”

“When God makes His home at your house, there's miracles, breakthroughs, and provision happening at your house.”

This Week

Evaluate your heart to ensure your love for God is genuine agape love that surrenders personal desires for His will.

Treat Scripture as authoritative commands from God rather than optional suggestions when making daily choices.

Guard God's truth in your heart so daily stress, spiritual attacks, or distractions do not steal it away.

Examine your lifestyle, media choices, and entertainment to align them fully with biblical teaching.

Actively look for and acknowledge God's hand working in your daily life, answers to prayer, and provisions.

Move from being merely a believer to an active disciple by consistently obeying what you learn from God's Word.

Invite the continuous presence of God into your home by practicing daily obedience and fellowship with Christ.

Remember This

God manifests His miraculous presence and makes His abide-in home with believers who genuinely love Him and demonstrate that love through faithful obedience to His word.

A Challenge for You

If you have never given your life to Christ or have drifted away from fellowship with Him, surrender your life to Jesus today, receive His complete forgiveness, and commit to walking in the center of His will.

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