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New Covenant - Jesus Revealed Father - Part 6
Zac Poonen

Zac Poonen (1939 - ). Christian preacher, Bible teacher, and author based in Bangalore, India. A former Indian Naval officer, he resigned in 1966 after converting to Christianity, later founding the Christian Fellowship Centre (CFC) in 1975, which grew into a network of churches. He has written over 30 books, including "The Pursuit of Godliness," and shares thousands of free sermons, emphasizing holiness and New Testament teachings. Married to Annie since 1968, they have four sons in ministry. Poonen supports himself through "tent-making," accepting no salary or royalties. After stepping down as CFC elder in 1999, he focused on global preaching and mentoring. His teachings prioritize spiritual maturity, humility, and living free from materialism. He remains active, with his work widely accessible online in multiple languages. Poonen’s ministry avoids institutional structures, advocating for simple, Spirit-led fellowships. His influence spans decades, inspiring Christians to pursue a deeper relationship with God.
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This sermon emphasizes the concept of God choosing a few individuals from the 'mud' of humanity to be like Jesus and enter heaven. It addresses the limitations of human understanding and the need to trust God for wisdom in every situation. The focus is on becoming true worshippers who delight the Father's heart, seeking to know God intimately as a loving Father in the New Covenant.
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You know there are atheists who say, you mean to say God created all these billions of people just to take a few to heaven? I say, do these people dig into the gold mines and bring tons of mud up onto the surface to get this little bit of gold from it? That's right. From all those tons of mud and all that type of stuff, they get a few grams of gold. And they're addicts too, they go down again. Can't you learn a lesson from that? From all this mud called humanity. And I hope you know humanity is just mud. God gets a little bit of few people who choose heaven. Not just choose heaven, but choose to want to be like Jesus. Who found the way to life. Because they've known him as a father. I don't profess to know the answer to everything on earth. People ask me, why is there so much poverty? Why are babies born with AIDS? You know, atheists can ask all types of questions. When I was in the Navy, they used to ask me, I used to witness everybody on the ship and I was the only believer there. And they'd say to me, Oh, tell me, when you go to war and you see a Pakistani soldier, are you going to shoot him or are you going to give him the gospel first? That was serious. What is your answer to that? I'll tell you what my answer was. I said, I pray to God that I'll never find myself in that situation. And secondly, I said, God does not give me wisdom in advance for all the potential situations I'll find in all my life. He gives me wisdom according to my need at that particular time. That means if something is going to happen to me five years from now, he doesn't have to tell me the answer to that. Right now my head will be cramped with all types of information. I won't even be able to store there. Thank God he leads me step by step. I mean, it's something like if God gave you food for the next 25 years, say, keep it. Thank God it's not like that. We get food. Give us this day our daily bread. Give me this day my daily wisdom. That's enough. I said, when I come into that situation, God will tell me exactly what I'm supposed to do. So, we don't know the answer to all the problems in the world. And I say to people, but I know God's my Father. And that solves many problems. To be in the New Covenant doesn't mean we have an understanding of everything. Our mind is like a little cup. And I tell you, in that cup if I know the Father, whom Jesus came to reveal to me, that's the greatest thing. Now I want to tell you something the Father looks for in us. Turn to John chapter 4. John chapter 4 and verse... I remember many years ago when I read this, it really gripped my heart. Verse 23. The hour is coming. And now is. This is like the Kingdom of God is coming and now it's coming. He's talking about the New Covenant. This didn't happen in the Old Covenant. Something is happening. He's giving a revelation to a woman in Samaria who was divorced five times and is sleeping with some man who is not even her husband. People whom we wouldn't even go near. How Jesus cared for such people. Wicked sinners. He didn't come to call the righteous. He came to call sinners. This woman who had messed up her life. It was all wrong that she did, of course. But do you know that so many people have messed up their lives in the world? They didn't want it. The circumstances and so many things happened and Jesus could understand. We're so hard. Jesus wasn't. I've always said, Lord, make me like you. If I see a woman divorced five times and now sleeping around with some man who is not even her husband, make me treat her like you treated the Samaritan woman. He reveals to her, you know, God is a father. Dear sister, God is a father. You haven't found security in that father. That's why you went around divorcing and fooling around in morality. I want you to know the father. And he wants you to be a worshipper. If you worship the father, you won't be worshipping sex. And all these other things. The father is seeking for those who will worship him in spirit and in reality. So that time was never possible till now. And he said, you know, she asked, should we go to Jerusalem to worship? Some people say we've got to go to Jerusalem. Some people say, verse 20, in this mountain, and Jesus says, not in this mountain, in spirit, wherever you are. Father is eagerly seeking around the world for those who will worship him. And worship means to give everything to him. To present our bodies, a living sacrifice. My eyes, my tongue, my life, my time, my money, my ambitions. This is what the father wants. Why does he want it? Because he wants to make the most out of the one life he gives us. He knows that if we don't give it to him, we'll mess up our life. One way or the other. And when I saw this, years ago, I said, father, I want to be a worshipper. More than a preacher. I tell you, God is my witness. I have no desire to preach. I have a desire to worship. And as I worship, I have to speak, I speak. That's all. But my passion in life is not preaching, it's worshipping. Because I know the father, never in the Bible does it say the father is seeking for preachers. No, no. Or the father is seeking for money. What rubbish. The father is seeking for worshippers. Will you be a worshipper? Will you delight your father's heart? And say, father, I want to be a worshipper. Your home life will become like heaven if you become a worshipper. Because that's what they do in heaven. They don't preach in heaven, I hope you know that. They worship. Think if you become a worshipper in your home. Heaven will be in your home. Your children will grow up in heaven. Don't you want your children to grow up in heaven? Make your home like that. This is what happens when we know God as a father. Nobody in the old covenant could know this. They didn't know God. There was a thick veil covering up the most holy place. They didn't know who was inside. Is it a policeman? Is it a judge? What is he? Jesus tore that veil into two when he died and said, it's your father. My father and your father. Come right in to the most holy place and see. I thank God I've seen. I pray that the Holy Spirit will reveal the father to you. Let's pray. While our heads are bowed in prayer, I want to invite you to take this really seriously. To pray that the Holy Spirit will fill you and cry out from within you, Abba, Dad, Father. That's what he's come to do. It will change your whole life. This is the secret of true Christianity. This is the new covenant life. Heavenly Father, Oh, how the devil has robbed your people, left, right and center, of security, of peace, of love, goodness, victory, worship, everything. I pray that you will restore these riches to your people by a revelation of the Father. For you said, he who has seen me has seen the Father. Thank you, Lord Jesus, for that revelation. Amen.
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Zac Poonen (1939 - ). Christian preacher, Bible teacher, and author based in Bangalore, India. A former Indian Naval officer, he resigned in 1966 after converting to Christianity, later founding the Christian Fellowship Centre (CFC) in 1975, which grew into a network of churches. He has written over 30 books, including "The Pursuit of Godliness," and shares thousands of free sermons, emphasizing holiness and New Testament teachings. Married to Annie since 1968, they have four sons in ministry. Poonen supports himself through "tent-making," accepting no salary or royalties. After stepping down as CFC elder in 1999, he focused on global preaching and mentoring. His teachings prioritize spiritual maturity, humility, and living free from materialism. He remains active, with his work widely accessible online in multiple languages. Poonen’s ministry avoids institutional structures, advocating for simple, Spirit-led fellowships. His influence spans decades, inspiring Christians to pursue a deeper relationship with God.