Welcome back to the Brilliant Perspectives podcast. I'm your host, Jalen Bowden, and we are so excited to have you with us.

Today, we're jumping into a brand new theme all about the way that God speaks.

And first up, we're talking about the prophecy of Scripture, because behind every Scripture is the passion of God to include you in the fellowship of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

God uses Scripture so that we can personally understand His true nature, our identity in Christ, and who we're called to be on earth in light of how we're known in heaven.

Today's episode comes straight from Brilliant TV, our online community designed to help you apply the Kingdom way of life to your everyday circumstances.

Now, without further ado, let's turn it over to Graham Cook.

Remember that everything that God does is relational. Behind every word, behind every promise, command, and action is a passion to include us in the community of the Godhead.

So, He's still primary purposes. Let's make man in our image, and by their relationship with us, they will become like us.

So, I love the fact that God knows who you are, and He knows who you are becoming.

And so, He has a path laid out for us that's been predetermined in His own heart.

When He looks at you, He wants you to know how you are known in heaven.

And when you know how you're known in heaven, then you get to know how to walk on the earth, not only in relationship with God, but also in relationship with the people around you.

So, He uses Scripture in that particular context. So, He uses Scripture with us personally so that we can understand who we are in Him, and we understand how to be with the people that He set us amongst, and how we need to operate with the people that He has called us to.

From the very beginning, then, God had us in mind. He settled upon us as the focus of His love.

And if you want to look at Scriptures like Ephesians 1, 3, to 6, and verses 9, to 11, and Romans 8, 29, 30, they talk about the predetermined purpose of God, for us, and how we can interact.

And there's something really comforting for me to know that things that I'm doing, He thought of long before I was born.

So, He has a passion in His heart. He saw you before you were born, and we can actually prove that in a few moments.

He saw you before you were born. If I let's go there right now, it's in Luke 1. Listen to this. It's in Luke 1, 11, to 17.

So, His Zechariah, He's just finished His shift at the temple, and He's getting changed in everything, and suddenly, the angel Gabriel is right there with Him.

And the angel of the Lord appeared to Him, this is Luke 1, 11, standing to the right of the altar of incense.

Zechariah was just troubled when he saw the angel and fear gripped Him, but the angel said to Him, don't be afraid, Zechariah.

For your petition has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you with Son, and you will give him the name John.

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