Homecoming | Volviendo a casa Podcast 86 Parte 1

Thank you for always listening to our podcast.

We hope they are a blessing to your life. And

I do want to share what's in my heart. Homecoming

for me is very special. Today is a very special

service. And it's targeted or it's tailor -made

specifically for people who need to be strengthened

in their journey with the Lord. for those that

need to be strengthened in their walk with Christ.

And God placed in my heart for today to be able

to share in a perspective how is the heart of

the Father. And I would like for us to open our

Bibles in Luke chapter 15. And I would like for

Luke 15 · chapter mention

us to capture the substance in Jesus' words from

his heart. Luke 15 -11 says, Do you have it?

No? Okay, so I'll continue reading. You have

it? Versículo 16, si deseaba llenar su vientre

de los algarrobas que comían los cerdos pero

nadie le daba, y volviendo en sí dijo, ¿cuántos

jornaleros en casa de mi padre tienen abundancia

de pan y yo aquí perezco de hambre? Verse 16.

And he would gladly have filled his stomach with

the pods that the swine ate, and no one gave

him anything. But when he came to himself, he

said, how many of my father's hired servants

have bread enough and to spare, and I perish

with hunger? So for this moment, we're going

to leave it there. There's a lot of people that

preach, and when they preach, they specifically

speak about the prodigal son. They focus on how

he asked for his inheritance and how he wasted

it all. And that's true because we can read that.

But I consider, and this is what the Lord is

showing me, that this parable is not much about

the son. It's more about the heart of the father

and how the father saw his son. Because the son

made bad decisions. How many of you have made

bad decisions? Thank you for being honest. I

think as sons or daughters, we've made bad decisions.

Also as adults, we've made bad decisions. But

seeing what this son did, he asked for his inheritance

and he lost his inheritance. He wasted all his

goods, lost everything that he had. But nonetheless,

his pride made him live in a way that he had

a lot of need. The scripture says that great

hunger came, that he even slept with the swine,

imagine. And in that posture, In that condition,

there's a truth. He never stopped being a son.

It doesn't matter where you are, how low you

went, how your decisions took you to that horrible

place. If you knew the Father, You never stopped

being a son. Even now, you never stopped being

a son. And even in verse 17 it says, but when

he came to himself, he said, how many of my father's

hired servants have bread enough and to spare

and I perish with hunger. So when someone gets

to a point, just like what Matt ministered a

few moments ago, you used everything that you

have. You did everything that was at reach. And

this man, this young man, came to a point where

he didn't have anything left and all he had was

to remember his father. Remember his home. How

well he had it at home. And he remembered that.

And he said, even the servants of my dad have

enough food and I'm here eating swine food. And

I perish of hunger. Verse 18. I will arise and

go to my father and I will say to him, father,

I have sinned against heaven and before you.

And look at his condition, being a son. Because

sometimes the decisions that we make in our personal

life makes us seem in a different position. Verse

19 says, I am no longer worthy to be called your

son. And this is what he was going to say to

his father. He would say, make me like one of

your hired servants. And even here, Jesus is

expressing the condition of the son. Remember,

he's the one giving this parable. He's the one

revealing the story. But his desire, more than

just exposing the condition of the Son, it was

to manifest the love of the Father, the heart

of the Father. Reveal to us the heart of the

Father, that we may see clearly how God thinks,

how He loves. Remember that up until that moment,

the people were still veiled. They had a veil

on. And it wasn't until Jesus came. And he came

without a veil. When we speak of a veil, we speak

of something that doesn't allow you to see clearly.

Religion doesn't allow you to see Jesus clearly.

The religion doesn't allow you to see clearly

the heart of the father. That's why a lot of

people have a confusion between God, father,

and the son. It's very difficult for them to

see the heart of the father. Because many of

you compare it. God to your natural father. The

father to your natural father. But that's not

fair. Because Jesus himself said, if we, us being

bad fathers, know how to give good blessings,

How much more our Heavenly Father will not give

us of His Holy Spirit. So it was the function

of Jesus to reveal the Father, show to the entire

humanity how the heart of the Father was. Because

religion has an obstruct way to see the Father.

And through this parable, Jesus is revealing

how the Father loves, how the Father forgives,

how the Father extends mercy, how the Father

redeems, how He receives His children even though

they've left. Because religion, what they do

is they chastise us. It makes us to be ashamed

of ourselves. We feel guilty. They make us work.

Do works. But none the less, Jesus is revealing

how the heart of the Father really is. Please

write this down. Let's edify a little bit and

then we're going to go to the end of the story.

Humanity did not know Jesus. Oh, they didn't

know God. until Jesus in reality came. Let me

clarify that. So humanity had aspects of God,

but Jesus came to clarify who God really is.

And it wasn't until Jesus came that humanity

couldn't see God correctly. So Jesus walked without

a veil, showing and manifesting the whole entire

world how God loves, how God saves, how God forgives,

how He extends of His love. All of this was manifested

through Jesus. That's why the religious people

were upset with Jesus. And they would even say

he was blasphemous because he would say that

he was the son of God. Yet it was only given

to Jesus to reveal God. And in John 14, we can

see how Jesus talks to us and leaves us a promise.

And he's speaking and he's speaking to his disciples.

Because even the disciples had a little bit of

an issue how to really see the Father. In verse

8 it says, Let's start from verse seven. If you

had known me, he's speaking to the disciples,

you would have known my father also and from

now on you know him and I have seen him. Philip

said to him, and Philip was one of his disciples,

Lord show us the father and it is sufficient

for us. Verse 9, and here Jesus says, Jesus said

to him, have I been with you so long and yet

you have not known me, Philip? He who has seen

me has seen the Father. So how can you say show

us the Father? So Jesus is establishing, you're

seeing me. I am the exact representation of my

Father. You see me, you see the Father. Verse

10. Do you not believe that I am the Father and

the Father in me? The words that I speak to you,

I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father

who dwells in me does the works. Believe me that

I am the Father and the Father in me, or else

believe me for the sake of the work themselves.

So it pleased the Father to reveal himself to

humanity exclusively through the person of Jesus.

David had an aspect of God, but he was veiled.

Moses saw an aspect of God, but he also had a

veil. Abraham saw an aspect of God, but he had

a veil. Elijah saw an aspect of God, but he also

had a veil. And now when Jesus came, he revealed

God in all his completeness through his life.

So the right way to see God is through the person

of Jesus. Let me repeat that. The correct way

to see God is through the person of Jesus. Because

it pleased God to reveal Himself to humanity

as a Father, as God, through His Son, Jesus Christ,

who was perfect in all His ways. That's why whenever

He walked and He would do ministry, He was very

different from the religious people, from the

Pharisees. Why? Because He knew the Father. 1

1 John 3 · chapter mention

John chapter 3 speaks about that. But even in

Hebrews chapter 1 verse 3, if you read that verse,

Hebrews 1:3

It's glorious. It says that Jesus is the glory

of God Himself. The exact representation and

the perfect impression of His Father. That's

powerful. And why is it important to know this?

Because when we are with the Lord and we stray

away for some reason. Religion tells you that

you have to make works in order to win God's

love. Nonetheless, you never stop being a son.

You didn't do something to become a son. You

simply believed in Jesus and he gave you all

authority. to be called a child of God. Many

of people today are very hurt or they're hurt,

offended, and even lost. Why? They are church

hurt. Why? Because they stopped seeing Jesus.

Even more, the reference for a lot of people

about Jesus is church. And they say, I don't

want nothing to do with the church because I

went to church and they mistreated me. I don't

want nothing to do with God. And in church there's

no love. And in church they're two -faced. Yes,

but we are not called to follow the church. We

are called to see Christ, follow Christ, walk

with Christ, love Christ, and there you will

see Christ correctly. Are we here? So many people

lost sight of the person of Jesus. lost the focus

of the person of Christ. But today, today, the

Holy Spirit wants to remove that veil, heal those

wounds, so that you can see God correctly. You

can see His heart. That you may see how He receives

you with love. that you can see how great His

mercy is, how He wants to cover you with that.

I want to remind you that in the heavens there

was a master plan based on love to come and reconcile

with Him. Jesus promised He promised not to leave

us orphaned. Do you know how many people nowadays

feel orphaned? They feel like they're not a part

of God. So I pray for the spirit of wisdom and

revelation to rest in this house in this moment.

In the knowledge of Christ, that your eyes may

be opened in the next moments. John 14 verse

John 14:16

16 says, And I will pray to the Father, and this

is Jesus speaking in verse 16, and he will give

you another helper that he may abide with you

forever. Can I have the worship team, please?

Verse 17. Verse 17, the spirit of truth whom

the world cannot receive because it neither sees

him nor knows him, but you know him for he dwells

with you and will be within you. Verse 19, somebody

needs to hear this today. Verse 18, I will not

leave you orphans. I will come to you. This is

a promise of God. Your mother, your father, maybe

abandoned you. Maybe even your wife, or your

children. But he's never gonna leave you. And

there's a promise that he says he's not gonna

leave us orphaned. Now verse 20. A little while

longer and the world will see me no more, but

you will see me because I live, you will live

also. And here we go, the promise of the Lord.

Verse 20. At that day, you will know that I am

in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. This

makes reference to John 17, the prayer that Jesus

had, where he says, Father, make us one, make

them one, just as you and I are one. Just as

you and I are one, you and me, I in you, and

us in them. Verse 20 speaks about a promise that

when the Spirit of the Lord comes, in that day

when the Spirit of God comes, you will know that

I am in my Father and you in me and I in you.

I want to remind you that God has not abandoned

you. It doesn't matter where you are now or what

you've done or how far away you've gone. The

greatest sin that you have committed. will never

be too big so that that blood can cleanse and

be uprooted. The power of the blood of Christ

that can reconcile us to the Father and the power

of the Holy Spirit that comes and dwells in us

unites us to the Father Unite us to Jesus and

unite us to God and that's what you carry. If

you at one time said yes and gave your life to

Christ or maybe if you've never done it, today

is the perfect day so that you would know God.

so that we may be able to see the Father as Jesus

sees the Father, that we may receive from the

Father through the person of Jesus, through the

Spirit of God.