We have answered the question…Who is Jesus…and the Bible tells us He is the Christ…the son of the Living God! THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION EVER ASKED…The next logical question that We have asked is…”What is the BIG DEAL?” …it is a question about our mission as a church and as followers of Christ.

The question that needs to be answered today is this…who is Jesus? In this life…this question must be answered by saints and sinners alike. Is He The Christ? As believers, how we answer this questions determines how live our lives. The question is this--who is Jesus?

This morning I want to talk about cleansing…being thirsty for cleansing! Today’s passage is a head scratcher. I have read it many times and every time I read it…I just can’t believe what I am reading. It is about the necessity of being cleansed. Being cleansed means getting the junk out of your life that is not pleasing to the Lord. Are you thirsty for cleansing this morning? Do you have a desire to be cleansed? Are you willing to get the stuff out of your life that is interfering with God’s blessing?

What if we were genuinely thirsty for revival? Have you ever searched the Bible for the word Revival? Is revival something God desires? The answer is no…at least not in the strictest sense of the word. God would rather you stay vived…than needing to be re-vived! However, God does call His people back to himself…and when He does…what does He call them back to? What is revival? Have you ever experienced it? Could you define it? Would you know it according to God’s word? I hear people who say that they are pressing in after God’s heart as an expression of revival. People call for fire, for anointing, for signs and wonders…here is the good news…God does that stuff…praise God! here is the bad news…that is not the heart of God. God’s heart is and has always been about people.

Intimidation is about making you afraid. It is not fear…it leads to fear. Here are just a few definitions of intimidation: to make timid or to fill with fear, to frighten; to compel by threats, to frighten into submission. A few synonyms are: bulldoze, bully, or browbeat. To intimidate implies causing fear or a sense of inferiority into another...to break the spirit of a person, to cause to someone lose courage… Intimidation uses threats, insults, or aggressive behavior, or to treat someone with contempt.