Most Christians have been taught that God is a God of wrath. But is that really true? Religious teachings and misinterpretation of the Bible have propagated a wrong impression of God, which makes it difficult to have a vibrant relationship with Him. Thankfully, God has revealed His true nature to us through His Word.

welcome to a special edition of gospel

truth with Andrew Wommack a teaching

ministry that focuses on God’s

unconditional love and grace today

andrew is teaching on who God is and who

we are recorded live from the 2019 grace

of faith conference in Telford England

you need to recognize that you were an

absolute mess before Jesus saved you

apart from God’s influence in your life

you just don’t realize how perfect God

created us to be

and now here’s Andrew this week on our

gospel truth broadcast we are going to

be doing something a little different

I’m going to be playing a live teaching

that I did in Telford England back at

the end of May and I was teaching about

the true nature of God I was doing it

from a little bit different perspective

just talking about how that to have a

relationship with God you have to

understand some basics about what is

true nature and character is and I tell

you most people have a misunderstanding

about God and who he is and so I think

that this is really gonna bless you this

was a teaching in Telford England we had

about 3,000 people at the conference and

it was just an awesome time so watch

this as we air this teaching that I did

in Telford England you know God laid

some things on my heart for this week

specifically and I’m really excited

about this you’ve probably heard me say

this but I have to tell you and I’m

excited because I’m always like this

I actually went to Disney World and you

know when you go on those rollercoasters

they take pictures of everybody you know

screaming and stuff and then at the end

of the ride they sell it to you you

could have taken a picture of me right

now and that’s the way I looked on that

roller coaster that’s good in some ways

I guess it’s bad in some ways but I have

to tell you when I’m excited and I am

really excited about what God is gonna

do and praise God we’re believing God

that this week we are going to see great

and mighty miracles happen because Jesus

is alive and Jesus wants to heal you he

wants to set you free and specifically

the Lord spoke to me that he wants to

reveal himself to you instead of you

coming to get healed or come in to get

prospered or coming to get your needs

met what you need is an encounter with

the Lord

and when you really connect with him

everything that he is and has is yours

and I promise you you’ll be healed

you’ll be delivered you’ll get whatever

you need and sometimes we can get our

eyes so much on what we need that we

forget that it’s Jesus that we need more

than the healing more than anything else

and I believe that God is going to do

some great things I actually brought

notes which is nearly impossible for me

to minister from but the reason I did

this is because God showed me specific

things that he wants me to share with

you and I’m gonna try and follow this

and get through some things that God

specifically spoke to me but I’ll

confess to you upfront I’m not very good

ministering from notes but the Lord

spoke to me that we need to really

understand what his nature is who God is

and there’s a lot of people that have

misunderstandings about God and then I

want to show who we are and eventually

I’m going to get to who we are in Christ

our new born-again self but I am going

to share who we are without Christ and

this is important I don’t think most

people have a rebel

of this matter-of-fact Steven Bransford

the man that does our media department

we were in Denver coming here and both

of us were getting our boots polished

and we were talking to the man who was

polished in our boots and Steven just

asked him he says so do you think people

are basically good are basically bad and

he said oh they’re basically good

everybody’s really good at their core

and if we just gave him the right

environment and enough money and all of

these things then everybody would be

good and man that is exactly opposite

what the Bible teaches and if you don’t

understand that it’s going to lead you

to some wrong decisions some wrong

things so anyway I’m gonna be talking

about who God is who we are without

Christ and then who we are and what we

have in Christ and these things many of

the things that I’ll be sharing may look

like they’re exact opposites of each

other in the beginning but it all ties

together and it really begins with you

finding out who God is if you don’t

understand the very nature and character

of God there is no way that you can

really have a good relationship and sad

to say this is where so many people are

they come to a meeting like this and you

know that God exists but you don’t know

it and I’m not talking about you aren’t

born again you can be born again but you

don’t have a relationship with him and

therefore it’s easy for the devil to

accuse you and say for instance if you

came for healing and if you don’t

instantly see something happen you just

fall for the lie that well God hasn’t

done anything God didn’t touch me

because you don’t know his nature in

character and you’re just going by what

you feel and what you see and what

somebody else has to say about him you

need to know God not just know about him

but you need to know God you cannot have

a relationship with God if you don’t

first of all know his real nature and

character there is a lot of

misinformation about God being put out

and a lot of it comes from the Bible I’m

going to be dealing with that tonight a

misinterpretation of the Bible it says

in 2nd Timothy chapter 2 verse 15 it

says study to show yourself approved

unto God a workman that needeth not to

be ashamed rightly dividing the word of

truth there is a right way to interpret

the word in a wrong way and sad to say a

lot of religious teaching today is

giving a wrong understanding of God

because it takes the Old Testament wrath

that was released and they present that

this is the nature and the character of

God there is no scripture that says God

is wrath there is a verse that says

first John chapter four verse eight that

God is love and yet there is wrath from

God revealed in the Old Testament how do

you rightly divide this and this is what

I want to talk about tonight and help

you to see what the true nature of God

is it says in John chapter eight verse

thirty-two that you shall know the truth

and the truth will make you free and so

it’s not good enough just to believe

that there is a God and just to believe

whatever you want to about it let me say

something right here that may shock some

of you but you know what idolatry is a

lot of people think well sure I dolla

tree is having some graven image and you

pray to it or worship to it Digital

idolatry is just making your own God and

there’s many people that have not

created an image and yet they have

created their own God I’ve actually

heard people before say well I wouldn’t

wish worship of God that doesn’t heal or

that doesn’t set free or that doesn’t do

this did you know I understand what

they’re saying but that’s really wrong

because what you’re saying is I’m going

to only worship God if he’s like this

you are creating a God in your own image

you are you are at side Allah tree what

we’ve got to do is go to the Word of God

God revealed himself through his word

and we have to accept the revelation

that he’s given us now it’s wonderful

that we do serve a good God a gracious

God a Merce

for God a forgiving pod God is

absolutely better than any office could

ever imagine I agree with that but did

you know what I am NOT going to go and

say god I’ll serve you if this is the

way you are he’s God and I’m not and I

just have to accept the revelation that

he has given in his word it says in 2nd

Timothy chapter 3 verse 16 that all

Scripture is given by inspiration of God

and is profitable for doctrine for

reproof for correction for instruction

in righteousness and that word they’re

given by inspiration of God if you look

it up in the Greek it literally means

that the scripture is god-breathed the

scripture is not man revealing their

thoughts about God there’s a lot of

people that believe this and they think

that this is an old book that it was

people writing their opinions of God and

so therefore they cherry picked the

parts that they like and what they want

and they just believe that it’s fallible

it’s it’s written by man but the

scripture says about itself that it is

god-breathed God inspired the Word of

God through people it also says in 2nd

Peter chapter 1 verse 4 it says whereby

are given unto us exceeding great and

precious promises talking about the Word

of God that by these you might be

partakers of the divine nature having

escaped the corruption that is in the

world through lust the way you for take

of God is through the scripture God

revealed himself and we have to take the

revelation that God’s Word gives so I

just want to introduce this introduce

this tonight by saying that you don’t

need to sit here and have these things

and say well I believe this is the way

that God is I believe God ought to be

like this I wouldn’t worship a God who

does this you need to just drop those

things and say what does the revealed

Word of God teach about him and that’s

what I’m going to share with you tonight

and I tell you if you don’t really

understand the true nature and character

of God you’ll never understand your new

nature you’ll never understand

and a lot of things we are his offspring

it is not up to us to create a God in

our own image that we want we have to

take the revealed revelation of God’s

Word and so there’s so many scriptures

that talk about this I haven’t got time

to go through all of it but the Bible

has been misinterpreted and missile IED

and even the devil tried to use

scripture on Jesus Matthew chapter 4

Luke chapter 4 the devil said if you be

the Son of God cast yourself down for it

is written he shall give his angels

charge concerning thee and in their

hands they shall bear thee up lest at

any time thou dash thy foot against the

stone you know what he was doing was

quoting Psalms chapter 91 verses 11 and

12 but here’s what sums 9111 says it

says for he shall give his angels charge

over thee and then it goes on to say to

keep thee in all thy ways the devil just

conveniently left that part of the

scripture off which means see he was

just saying that God is going to protect

you in anything you do whether it’s

tempting him whether it’s going against

his promises or not that’s not what the

Word of God says so he left that part

out and then he added some to it it says

and in their hands they shall bear thee

up lest at any time thou dash thy foot

against the stone

Satan said lest at any time you dash

your foot against the stone

so he took Bible truth but he quested it

and applied it in a way that would have

made it okay for Jesus to tempt God and

yet Jesus responded to him and said get

behind me Satan and he says because it

is written and he quoted the scripture

to him that you shall not tempt the Lord

your God so my point is that if Satan

tried to use scripture on Jesus then you

know what you could misinterpret the

scripture you need to take the word of

God and you need to rightly divide the

word here’s what it says in Hebrews

chapter 1 verses 1 & 2 God who at sundry

times and in divers manners spake in

time past unto the father’s by the

prophets hath in these last days spoken

unto us by his son whom he hath

appointed heir of all

by whom also he made the world’s this is

saying that Jesus is a greater

representation of God than anything that

was ever said or done in the Old

Testament

not that the Old Testament was

inaccurate it was just incomplete Jesus

is the complete revelation of who God is

and in verse 3 it says who being the

brightness of his glory and the Express

image of his person and upholding all

things by the word of his power when he

had by himself purged our sins sat down

on the right hand of the Majesty on high

Jesus is the perfect representation and

that word that was translated right

there that he is the Express image did

you know that the greek word there is

the word character it’s spelled exactly

like our English word character this is

the where we get the word character from

and it literally means an exact copy

Jesus is an exact copy of God he is the

perfect representation jesus said this

of himself he says have I been so long

time with you and yet thou has not known

me Philip he that has seen me has seen

the father and how sayest thou then show

us the father jesus was such a perfect

representation of God he was able to

tell his disciples if you’ve seen me

you’ve seen the father in John chapter 5

verse 19 jesus answered and said none of

them verily verily I say unto you the

son can do nothing of himself but why do

you see it the father do for what thing

soever he doeth these also doeth the son

likewise I’ve actually had some people

take that verse and say well this is

showing that Jesus wasn’t truly God

because he said he couldn’t do anything

by himself it’s actually just the

opposite this is Jesus claiming such a

oneness with God the Father that they

could not operate independent of each

other he couldn’t do anything just of

himself he and his father were one is

what he said and if you have seen him

then you have seen the Father and Jesus

is the perfect representation if you

understand what he’s

right here this answers a lot of

questions about God

some people think well is it God’s will

to heal everybody let me ask you did

Jesus ever put sickness on a person did

Jesus ever say no you haven’t learned

your lesson yet you aren’t mature enough

you haven’t suffered enough I want you

to suffer longer there is not one single

instance that Jesus ever refused to heal

a person there’s a couple of times that

people wouldn’t receive the healing that

he offered it says in mark chapter 6

verse 5 that he could do no mighty work

say that he laid his hand upon a few

sick folk and heal them and he marveled

because of their unbelief it wasn’t

Jesus who wasn’t able to minister the

healing it was them that wouldn’t

receive it but there is not one single

instance of Jesus not healing a person

there is not one single instance of

Jesus laying hands on a person in giving

them sickness and yet there are people

in the church today that says God is the

one that gave you this trial God is the

one who wants you to be sick they will

say it’s punishment for sin or sometimes

they’ll say that you’re learning

something by this this is how God breaks

you and makes you a better person if

that was true well then Jesus didn’t

accurately represent the father because

he never made a single person sick he

never refused to heal a person he never

sent anybody away unhealed it says in

Acts chapter 10 verse 38 how that God

had anointed Jesus of Nazareth with

power and with the Holy Ghost who went

about doing good and healing all that

were oppressed of the devil Jesus also

set people free from demonic things it’s

not God’s will for a single person to be

suffering under emotional things if you

were experiencing any of those things if

you’re listening to what I’m saying God

is revealing himself to you that Jesus

came to set you free

it’s the devil who comes to steal kill

and destroy John chapter 10 verse 10 but

Jesus came to give you life and to give

it to you more abundantly see you need

to take what the word says right here

and say God I know

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that my suffering my problems this is

not you this is not you it’s not God

he’s turned to deaf ear to you there’s

multiple things that work but somehow or

another it’s the devil or you’re

ignorant or your rebellion or there

could be multiple things involved but

it’s not God who is not healing you it’s

not God who hasn’t set you free it’s not

God he’s not giving you an abundant life

because he came to give you life and

give it to you more abundantly it says

in 1st John chapter 4 verse 8 the last

part of that verse it says that God is

love that is who God he is that is his

nature that’s the core of God John 3:16

for God so loved the world that He gave

His only begotten Son that whosoever

believeth in him should not perish but

have everlasting life Jesus came to keep

you from perishing and this isn’t

talking about just going to hell that’s

the extreme that’s the ultimate but he

came to give you life right now and to

give you joy and peace you don’t have to

wait until you died and go to heaven to

start experiencing heaven jesus said to

pray thy will be done on earth as it is

in heaven he wants you to have heaven

here on earth it’s not just pie in the

sky by and by but it’s steak on the

plate while you wait amen

God wants you to be blessed 2nd

Corinthians chapter 5 verse 19 says that

God was in Christ reconciling the world

unto himself not imputing their

trespasses unto them and hath committed

unto us the word of reconciliation this

is how he’s able to extend grace to you

and when I get into talking about who we

are in Christ and who we are in just our

natural self without Christ I’ll explain

this a lot more in detail and I think

it’ll really help you to understand it

but in Christ

we are now reconciled unto God how did

he reconcile us by not imputing our

trespasses unto us this is another great

revelation about God is that he is not

holding your sins against you and

brothers and sisters the vast majority

of the body of Christ does not

understand this the vast majority of the

body of Christ believes that God is

dealing with them according to their

sins and there’s different degrees of

this some people will believe that any

sin in your life God won’t answer your

prayers if you have any sin and they

will just sit there and make you feel so

depressed and so discouraged because

your own heart will condemn you and

recognize that you’re falling short and

I have meant hundreds probably thousands

of people who knew that God exists they

had had a touch from God but they just

couldn’t live perfectly and they thought

they had to be perfect before God would

answer their prayers and they just

finally despaired of it and went the

other direction not because they didn’t

believe that God exists they just

thought there’s no way I can meet this

standard but then there’s other people

that believe well you won’t go to hell

you won’t necessarily be hated by God

but he won’t answer your prayers he

won’t bless you he won’t use you but

this verse says that he does not impute

our trespasses unto us all of our sins

have been atoned for past present and

even future sins sins you hadn’t even

committed yet have been put upon the

Lord Jesus and he forgave you of sins

that you haven’t even committed yet and

I know somebody’s thinking how can God

forgive us in before I commit it you

better pray that he can

because he only died for your sins one

time 2000 years ago and if he can’t

forgive sins before you commit them then

you can’t be forgiven he can forgive

sins your sins have been forgiven now

does that mean that you’re free to go

live in sin I’ll be dealing with this in

more detail too but no even though God

is not bringing his judgment on sin

Satan games in road to you through your

sin so if you go out and are living in

sin Satan is going to eat your lunch and

there you go so you do not want to live

in sin it’s just stupid quit living in

sin but what I’m saying is God loves you

stupid a man he’s not holding your sins

against you but Satan will make you pay

if you’re living in sin so quit doing it

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it’s better to give Jesus a hand

and of course there’s so much more that

we could share than what that little

video showed but tell him about your

healing that you had that is absolutely

miraculous well we’ve been through a lot

of mission trips to Brazil and basically

there was an outbreak of the yellow

fever

and it’s a deadly virus and I never I’m

stumped by any mosquitoes but that time

I was stung by a mosquito and I had the

yellow fever I didn’t know it but when I

went back to Holland the doctors told me

I we got some bad news for you you have

yellow fever your organs gonna bleed

you’re gonna be turning into yellow and

you’re gonna and you can probably die I

said well first of all let me stop you

there yellow is not my color

some people are yellow but it’s not my

color my organs are not gonna bleed and

I am NOT gonna die because I’m gonna

live that’s what my father says I break

it in a mighty name of Jesus hallelujah

so when they told me the next day I was

healed so you know that’s cool but

that’s basically the father that we are

surfing you know and now I know my daddy

God is my father and all the other

things that I desire in my life he is

giving it to us we live in prosperity

believers supernatural help he restored

our family our children our marriage and

I’ve got so many testimonies I can speak

on til tomorrow morning I know Hobie you

know it will never end we got a good

card hallelujah all right Brandon let’s

hear from you how is your oh my we’ve

been together for 24 years and only the

last year since we’ve been through Karis

Bible College only then started our

marriage and now we’re walking with

Jesus I would encourage everybody who’s

in here just go to a school nearby

because it’s gonna change your life

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and who we are recorded live from the

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