Seeking to Be Unknown — Brian Guerin

Jesus Withdraws From Fame to Fulfill Isaiah's Prophecy

Starting in verse 15 we're gonna read through it and then I'm gonna hit some other verses and we'll come back. But when Jesus knew it Matthew 12 15 when Jesus knew it he withdrew from there. Great multitudes followed him and he healed them all.

Yet he warned them not to make him known. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet saying behold My servant whom I have chosen behold in whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my spirit upon him and he will declare justice to the Gentiles.

He will not quarrel nor cry out nor what anyone hear his voice in the streets a Bruised reed he will not break a smoking flax. He will not quench till he sends forth justice to victory and in his name.

The Gentiles will trust. So I love this. I'll read another few verses then we'll just talk from my heart. John 6 15 watch this. Therefore When Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take him by force to make him King He departed again to the mountain by himself alone.

Matthew 16 20 you don't need to turn to these then he commanded his disciples that they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ. He often did not even allow even devils to bring him notoriety.

And of course you could preach this from a million different ways, you know, it was before his time he wasn't to be promoted King because he's supposed to die on the cross and these things are true, but Matthew 12 clearly says if You read it slowly Watch we'll back up verse 16.

Yet he warned them not to make him known. Why you ask verse 17 says that he might fulfill a prophecy Isaiah gave. So in this where I'm getting at is this is also a full-blown attribute of Jesus our King that he's looking for in his bride.

And it's this thing about him that he's seeking to be unknown. He warned them do not make me known. Not because it's before its time. He did this often, but this specific verse says that he might fulfill Isaiah 42 that prophecies in Isaiah 42 and This is where God's like behold my servant.

This is him. You won't even hear his voice in the streets. He's not trying to be heard. He's trying to hide. There's a side to him. He doesn't like the high places. He wants to remain unknown. I see it as like this race, you know of a Society, you know, we're like say everybody's at the starting blocks getting ready to race.

Unto sorry this thing of being known. We're gonna hit it in a second. It's the greatest. I feel temptation the devil brought to Jesus. There's something about it in humanity flesh. That's not Holy Spirit not pleasing to God.

That wants all eyes on me. Notice me see me. I need the credit me me me and Jesus is total opposite and I pray this would get on us. We'd find pleasure in the opposite. So like humanity's at the starting blocks race is ready we're racing on to who can get there first to climb the ladder of Self-fame notoriety recognition and it comes in so many different forms and fashions and we've all been there.

It's fine. But I feel like Jesus is that the blocks like what are we doing again? Human Jesus, he's 100 God 100 man. Gun goes off all of humanity and I'm tell you right now. It's rampant about 99

Check check. There we go takes off. Racing the race of life. Smokes in the air all the dirt and dust they're racing for this thing. Networking all these different means by which it happens and it creeps in and we start to attach it to oh This is God and it'll give him more wrecking all this stuff.

And Jesus the guns go off and Jesus goes. He's like looking for somewhere to hide and he's so secure there. Look you get around people that are quiet. There's so much power. They don't need you to know anything about him.

They're so secure. They don't need you to know their resume. They just need to obey him. The gun goes off. Jesus is not a child to run that race he Strictly urges is what that word warns me. Do not make me known.

I'm telling you my heart I wish I could I could if I wanted to heal the old whole earth right now. But I'm just gonna heal the masses that are following me now, but I'm telling you don't make me known and Matthew said there.

It is he fulfilled Isaiah 42 bruised read he won't break. You know Candle about to go out he won't he won't put out. He seeks to be unknown and God is pleased with this in this hour. Look, we'll make mistakes, but I'm telling you the kingdoms backwards to the earth.

The earth is running this race and it's such a heavy thing in society. It's jumping on the church and. So anyway watch this though. We'll turn to Matthew 4 back up a few. Watch the temptation 8 through 11 chapter 4 verses 8 through 11.

Jesus Rejects Satan's Offer of Earthly Fame

So here we go. We all know Jesus Gets tempted. He's in the wilderness fasting 40 days. And so Matt the gospel of Matthew and Luke give us pretty extensive detail on what that looked like. Mark breezes over it fast and even tell you what all three are.

John doesn't even mention it. He kind of alludes to it in different passages. But Matthew I believe gives the perfect order. You know Matthew's a tax collector he probably had like QuickBooks on his MacBook Pro, I mean he's being big, but you know.

He's no one like checking it off like he he's order Luke they know history shows as a physician. I mean there you do you seen the signatures of physicians? They just give you a prescription and I was six to four weeks and you'll be healed there, you know.

Take medicine eight weeks. They're just really I'm more having fun with it, but I believe you can see it really honestly a scripture. Matthew goes through the temptations. And look if Jesus couldn't get human Jesus because in this window, it's it's humanity.

Jesus the devil's coming at. Jesus was 100 man while he was 100 God and. So and he catches him in a 40-day fast week in the flesh. He's lived in the earth 30 years. So he's seen poverty and and hurt and been rejected as a young boy like he knows the ways of the flesh so this is when Satan comes and.

And He hits him with the first one can't get him hits him with the second. So you it would be highly likely you'd save your greatest hit for the last and final one. Wouldn't it and it has to do with this right here fame?

I'm telling you few people can walk in this lane. And I see two companies that that's most of humanity chases that carrot all the day of their life. And a lot of them never attain it. Some few obtain the carrot but then crumble under it a Few people can handle this this room.

So Satan comes with the final and last it'd be like Baseball, you know Tommy Chris a lot of us played ball. If you can't get him to swing at the first you are bringing the best pitch you've got. You know, it's Tommy would that be a fastball for your junk?

Back in the day something. But you you are trying to make them miss. And so Matthew says after this one this final last one Jesus has away from me Satan and Satan left angels came and ministered. Luke puts it in the middle, but he still says away from me Satan.

It was at the final. I believe Matthew had the the order a Whole thing meaning this this deal with being seen in a lot of us. We don't know it's really within us. We're at Luke small level of whatever it may be not me, but then you're like well.

Then why at the workplace you keep talking about yourself? Everybody sees you and you can get noticed you can get a raise and politically, you know, correct and network. And there's just something with it in us that and what I'm about to show you in Scripture is when we do that you negate God's ability to breathe his spirit upon you and behold you and Jesus knew this but I love it force of first and foremost that this was his like natural Demeanor he was not after that.

He didn't care about it. Three years in the earth. He came even not very very like he didn't stand out much as far as being handsome. The Bible says he was just kind of ordinary man. Wouldn't cry out in the streets you'd walk right past him a Lot of us would be like, oh my gosh, man.

I can watch this, you know, we would pull on that that deity. But Jesus was the opposite. And so it says. In in verse 4 verse 8 watches it says again the devil took him up on an exceedingly high mountain and Showed him watch this all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

Two things and he said to him all these things. I'll give you if you'll fall down and worship me. Jesus said to him verse 10 Away with you Satan for it is written You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve the devil left him and behold angels came and ministered to him.

So watch this I proposed and again you could teach this from so many different angles. But I love that Matthew 12 paints Jesus in this way that he's trying to go the other way. And in that you'll find that God picks those people out of the earth and just possesses them by a spirit.

He puts a behold on them. That's different than the others. But kingdoms of this world speak of of course the authority the power first off. He takes him to a high mountain puts him on top. Jesus does not like that and I pray we become more and more uncomfortable with being on that top mountain above everything.

Human Jesus is like get me as low as possible. So God can be worshipped. You notice he says no worship God and serve him only as soon as you get high. You're starting to worship and serve you. You're worshiping your pure worship and serving God.

It starts going out the window soon as we want to be on top notice me. But it's in the name of God. I'm trying to recognize good my message. I've seen professional athletes hit the professional level and they all it seems like they always get pulled something goes wrong.

And a lot of us are natural understanding as man would be like no the platform got to set them up so they can preach. And it's like why does he often pull the rug out from under it? Because I think often they have to learn like no, it's not on fame.

I can use you regardless. There's few that you see. But he takes me to a high place. Where he's exalted everything's below and again, this is human Jesus. New poverty knew all the struggles of humanity and he's at the weak point of just fasting.

And he says all the kingdoms of this world and their glory the kingdoms of this world speak of the authority. Obviously the power a lot of people want it for that reason some people want fame so they can be the top notice me.

Oh you. Oh little you this is so not Kingdom. But Also with the kings of this world comes the fortune of it. The position and this is another one that they're like fortune and fame are two currents that flow in the same River.

They're always connected in there. They're at the root of it. But and their glory again the notoriety of the fame it's in there and the devil's like I'll give you all of it. Jesus says away from you away from me.

Sorry, you know away with you. That's how I would say it and depart from me all this stuff. We should worship and serve God alone. So watch this I have five points. I'm gonna hit quick and then we'll pray.

God's Behold and the Call to Remain Hidden

So again in Matthew 12, we'll go back there. That's our main kind of staple passage. I want to point out like five kind of highlights from this this Prophecy that Jesus fulfilled in Isaiah 42 and remember the Bible says right when he said.

Right when the Bible says he warned them not to make him known that and that only fulfilled Isaiah 42 not out of you know. Things being ahead of their time or he would get put on the cross to earlier made King when he's supposed to die all that's definitely Biblical and true.

But I love this side of the Lord that's trying to be hidden. He wants to be known in heaven. He wants to be known there and we're too busy often trying to be known down here and it's backwards. And when we do that we get in the way of God truly making us known there.

That's what needs to be in focus and I pray he'd find a lowly people here so he can plant them on the high red carpet of heaven. That that's where it's at. I'm telling you I can feel it and I just see it getting in worship movements all over.

Just look at me and in God and all this stuff attached to God. God's in Jesus like no no, no, that's the wrong race. Warn people not to know you and again here the balance. I'm all about souls. We're all about testifying the Word of God discipling making making nations.

So making disciples of nations. But you know here the balance is just this heart thing is what I'm addressing that I think a lot of us don't realize subconsciously is fueling this desire to be known and a lot of it is.

Notice me. I'm at the top. Fortune connects with it. This will bring about a better monetary status for my life, whatever it is. And um, but you see in verse 18 By Jesus saying by him warning them not to make him known.

God says this about him behold exclamation mark. Right when he said that he warned me says look I realize and first off to if you back up. He had just healed on the Sabbath. Invert in a chapter 12 and it says the Pharisees plotted to kill him Jesus.

They're plotting now because he healed on the Sabbath. So it says he knew that and he left and multitudes followed him. So that will happen sometimes if the Lord wants to that's fine that I'm addressing the heart.

So, please hear me. Multitudes follow his heart of compassion heals them all but he knew what that would cause. Which in the natural think if people are plotting to kill you. The natural flesh you would say oh no make it known.

I need to up my popularity now because I've got enemies at high places. Trying to plot against my life and kill me if anything your natural flesh would be like, you know. If you just realize people are trying to kill you you kind of want to if anything.

No, let him at least don't warn him. Let him make me know a little more because then riots will start to break out if they're trying to kill me. You know, you'd want to go that way but still He warns him he goes out of his way don't make me known and right there it triggers Isaiah 42 which causes this God saying behold exclamation mark.

And so I have here. When you create your behold when you create your own behold point the finger to yourself you remove God's behold from your life. He's looking for people that are warning I don't want to be no I don't care.

They're so secure in him. They just want to get alone and see his smile. And when he's like behold those type people that behold exclamation mark. But soon as we're like behold and when I get the behold, I'm gonna point it back to God.

We have all these ways of doing it and we go behold you remove God's behold. He's like don't do that. Because they won't mix. I can promise you. The more you want to behold down here the less of God's behold you'll get up there.

It's a super important. Um, I have here your own behold it can look like this look at me notice me. What about me? Let me make sure and like these other platforms so they will notice me. So that my subconscious networking ploy behind it may create a better behold for me.

And again, we've all been there. So this isn't a condemning thing. It's just like oh, yeah, help me Lord. Like he's so good. The Holy Spirit will come aside and be like, why'd you really do that? You know, he's he's famous for that you're like, yeah, you're totally right, please forgive me.

You set it that way and you did this or like that because I see what you're trying to do. You're trying to create your own behold. It's good. That's a long track to get on and People end up on it forever.

Jesus will not and the Father will not adjust his pure method if you want the true ways of God. And I know it's harder in the natural because then you think nobody will see me. But that's what the Lord would do and God has a way of finding these people these Ruth's these Davids.

But as soon as we start creating our own behold you remove God's power to behold you because he won't bless that he's not into it and so number two first point is Those seeking to be unknown. Warning others not don't make me fit.

I don't need the crap. I don't need that. You know if God does it awesome if others do it great. But you constantly see Jesus and nope are they one of them they try to make him King. He slipped away alone to be in prayer.

Like he's just he's not into that and I think sometimes we see him as the lion of the tribe of Judah and roaring. But the Bible says he's not even trying to be heard in the streets. He's not looking for bullhorns.

Although that's awesome for evangelism. I love all of it. I'm just meaning the nature of the heart you guys tracking with me. I prayed get on us like paint us with it Lord. We're you know, there's a crowd of people and you're the last one to speak up to be known about what who cares.

I'm telling you people that are secure and quiet and meek in him. They're dangerous the devil fears them but those people that always got us with no, but yeah, but The Lord's like no, he's looking for somewhere to hide.

He's going out of his way. It's real important right now that none of you make me known. Triggers one of the baddest prophets in the land prophecies from Isaiah 42. But those seeking to be unknown you trigger God's behold of you in the earth.

Servanthood Requires a Hidden Heart

Number two. Seeking to be unknown actually qualifies you to become God's true servant. You see in verse 18 behold, there's that first step then my servant. That word actually means slave like a bond slave to God like you don't have a say so you don't need one you're fully yielded and.

So I have here the power the path of self-driven recognition will never overlap with the path of truly serving God. They're like oil and water. They don't mix. So if you're constantly trying to draw attention this way, but serve God they won't work those paths never overlap.

But those ones that want him known and if he puts you up to be known, that's great. Who cares again? I'm just in the heart. He's like behold my true servant after he won't he didn't do anything flashy.

You would have thought I've been after the multitudes got healed. No, all he simply was a hey, please guys, please don't make me know. I'm not looking for credit here that my assignment has nothing to do with what y 'all are into down here.

Y 'all are into the whole fame and making people can't. I don't do all that. I'm coming to die for a bride one day and I don't need to be known right now and right there guys like behold. That's my kind.

That's my servant. I Walk right by wick about to go so gentle. So meek so quiet mild. He steps back when the race and everybody's running. Working the system. I Love Jesus man. He's like no other no one like him.

And you get around him. You're like man, let me be more like it's just too perfect. He's too perfect to complete and full. He doesn't need your. Wow. He don't need your. He does not care. He'll slip through a crowd heal the sick and be over here before you know it he doesn't want the recognition.

I Love that man changes Lord number three. Those seeking to be to be unknown. God actually chooses those right behold. My servant whom I choose. He chooses those people the longer. And I want to want to point this out the more we seek to be known down here.

Oh, you'll get chosen but not by God and that's where the mistake often happens. We get chosen by stuff that looks like God. Because you're too busy. Look at me and old people notice you. But it won't be his perfect plan.

But those are looking to hide he's like behold. All the angels are like yes, finally. That's my servant my slave. That's who I choose. But we and again, we've all been there. We're down here. We just get too caught up in the now and wanting this and oh, you'll get chosen, but it won't be his highest way.

I feel like yeah, I had an example like, you know if you ever. Hey you guys, how are you? Good to see you again. I always get to run into y 'all. We hit you in the stairway last week. Where you all from?

Like about an hour from here and I knew you said it's a drop. Oh, oh Smyrna. Okay. Awesome. I know it's a drive for you. But I feel like this like if God's picking teams, you know, like you would in school.

Whatever it may be pick your little volleyball team or basketball, whatever. He's going to pick all the ones that aren't trying to be known the unknowns. Like literally that's what he's after in the earth and it's so contrary to the flesh.

It's so unlike us. That's why there's so few and far between. But I pray it would get upon us number four. So number one seeking to be unknown triggers God's behold. Let's go for that because when he behold you it's over.

No, nobody in the earth can stop that the whole got one. God opens the door. No man can shut it. Those are the type doors that open when he behold you. But when you behold you you open all kind of doors.

But then they slam shut and get stuck halfway open you're trying to squeeze through and it's just not good. It's not good. Or, you know those ones that they're out of plum and the door won't shut good and you're hoping it'll shut but you can't shut it.

I just got a cram it. Seeking to be unknown. God's behold. Is what it attracts you become God's true servant. God chooses you. And then I love this and listen to this one verse 4 because again you can see this Isaiah 42.

God's Pleasure in His Beloved Servants

It's so clear right when Jesus said, please don't make me known it triggered an age-old prophecy. They said behold my servant who I choose. My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased. This is crazy. So first off my beloved is obviously super intimate love.

We all want that but I love to look at it even like this. God is love. There's no thing he can't love he is the thing. But if he goes out of his way to also emphasize that his soul is well pleased with you.

He actually likes you too. That's big. You know what? I mean We're gonna start pointing fingers and I'm too but. Because the Bible even says we are to love our enemies, but you ain't gonna invite him to lunch.

You know, you don't your soul's not. Well, please you don't like them. How I was being real. But he goes my beloved who also really really like these are the people I love to hang with. This is what God's after when he see.

I'm tell you it's hard. I get it because there's just so much opportunity and if I just work this and go for it. But God's like that's okay. I still love you. But man, my soul I love and my soul's well pleased with this kind.

Right when I saw he did he warned please don't make me known. Behold this prophecies comes into fruition. My servant who I choose and he's my beloved who my soul's well pleased with. I love being around you.

I just love the nature of that because it's who I am. Think about it the Holy Spirit just you start to look at this side of God. I love it. The Holy Spirit don't even have a name doesn't care to have one.

You understand he's just given a description an adjective. He's completely equal with God the Father and God the Son. God's like I am he's still he just can't fix it to a name because he's so full and in vast.

He can't there's just I am. Jesus at least in human form gets a name. Holy Spirit's not even done him care. Completely equal with God. I've been graced on several occasions to see the angelic realm, you know, which is just Bible.

It's just Hebrews 1 when the Lord wanted to speak things would always love my journey. They're always trying to be hidden. You wonder what angels are in here right now. The Bible says over 270 times it refers to the angelic realm.

We may teach on it one day if you're born again in here you have an angel that assists you. There's angels over cities and regions over churches and Revelation. They're very very busy. They bid to do his will.

Hebrews 1 14 says they're ministering spirits sent to do God's will. Sorry and minister to those who inherit salvation. They're busy. But why do you hardly ever see them? They don't want to be known. They don't care because they come from his presence and you dare try and give him worship then don't do that.

In scripture don't do that. I'm a servant it with you. But often when I've seen him either them on purpose won't. I can't see their face. They often don't want you to know their name. They don't want to be known.

They come from his presence. They're bidding to do his will. Remember one nine feet tall monster, but he had his back turned in the foot of my bed one night a powerful experience. Just revelation. I needed to know but they don't want to be seen.

They could bust in here any moment and just while everybody's not interested not interested. They don't do the whole fame game. I was seeking to be unknown because they're hanging around the lamb. They come from his presence man.

It's a beautiful beautiful people. And please hear me. He's gonna put people on platforms and he uses them and praise God. But the heart of them I pray would be like the Lord like no, I don't care. I really uncomfortable here actually, but if it gives God glory praise God.

In his bride, I'm Taylor gonna be they're gonna look like there's more and more. So God's beloved and whom he's well-pleased he actually likes them to he's like, yep, this is my Five and I'll land it.

The Spirit Empowers Those Who Seek to Be Unknown

Finally last but certainly not least he puts his spirit upon those who are seeking to be unknown. Seeking to be hidden having no desire for selfish recognition or fame of any sorts. I Have here you are going to see the wind of the Spirit God's supernatural favor and grace.

Which is his divine empowerment coming upon and behind. Those that are seeking to be unknown in this last hour. Next verse right behold my servant who I'm choose. My beloved and whom my soul is were well-pleased.

I will put my spirit upon him. I Believe in this last hour these people that are seeking to be unknown warning people, you know, you guys hear me. We want to get all legal and weird about it. Like if they're like, thank you for the cooking that you know cake.

Well, it wasn't really me, you know. You don't have to get weird. Yeah. You guys know what I mean? I'm addressing the heart. Everybody's it starts to get like well, I might have brought it and that may have been my cake, you know.

It's like no we saw it in your hands, you know you. That's like false humanity the other way. But But. But I believe people were hits at the core level again like the Lord not weird fake, you know. None of that and if he exalts for the purpose of his purpose praise God, I love all that I really do dear friend of mine Daniel Clint.

I've seen him preach before the seas of a sea of people. But also he's super easy to go to a hotel. You never knew he was up there. You know, you don't you don't care and. But I believe it says I will put my spirit upon him and again that Prophecy didn't come into fruition until after he said, please don't make me know.

I believe the Holy Spirit is gonna come in this last hour powerfully upon people that are like this or not caring to be known. Because the Lord's like oh, yeah, and then the wind I'm telling you I believe they're gonna start coming out of the woodworks like where did they come from and you'll look at them closely.

But oh, yeah, they could care less a lot of times. I don't even know. That that the the wind is hitting it. They don't know cuz they don't really care. They're not interested. You know that whatever the Lord's doing with them a lot of times I don't know because you're just caught up on him but I believe the Spirit super nasty gonna come upon and back people that take on this posture and Simultaneously, I believe the Lord is gonna start removing and he already is I can see it happening.

He's removing people that are starting to elevate themselves the slightest bit. The people are starting to do behold. He's just pulling them. You're starting to see this rug get pulled out from so many things.

I believe in this last hour. Those that are deceived and don't walk with the Lord deeply are gonna be fooled and caught off on those narratives of the beholds. And there's gonna be off on this spiritless journey thinking getting the goose bumps and the lights and smoke and and I'm okay.

It likes to smoke. I'm meaning that this symbol of it, you know. But I believe if you don't have a depth in the Lord. You're not gonna know and get caught off in emotion and think all this stuff that's fueled by by a self behold.

Whereas the true remnant the Lord's gonna breathe his spirit upon and remove it from others. And I believe it's gonna even hit the smallest areas of life the workplace the family that he's gonna start placing his spirit upon those Children that start to grip this and get a hold of this the humble route the low pass.

I'm not hit the Lord's get there. They are there's another Ruth. I've been waiting ten years for another one to come to the earth. Watch how fast I get her to Boaz. These promises when they're just willing to sell all they do not care.

The Mary of Bethany's Bust an alabaster jar all of everything she could have hung her hat on. We did a recent teaching on it. The worth there was possibly up to a year to three years salary that she just busted and gave it all.

She could have built off that built her a name and started to build a business whatever. What you're gonna love that but I just think this spirit is coming back in the church and Building these things back within his bride.

That are starting to be missing and if we aren't careful to him trying to expose what's getting on the church. So we don't know it. It's starting to drive a lot of what we're doing in the name of him and we're wanting to behold first and then give him.

His backwards never works that way it goes this way hide and then he beholds. And even then you're just like thank the Lord. What do you want me to do? I just want to obey so I've got a lot more notes here, but.

Okay. Well, I'll read this and then we'll end it. The path of self-recognition and aspiring to be known. With everybody creating their own beholds is coming down. There will be no spirit placed upon that.

I'm telling you try it or just watch the ones that are doing it and watch you be like there's no end on that at All it's actually the eyes going nowhere. They're gonna have to work that. Train hard because it is not gonna move.

Or you have to fool people with however you think it's moving. I'm telling you that there's not gonna be no spirit. Grace is supernatural empowerment from God where he backs it you start doing this behold thing.

It's like the brakes. You're gonna be an emergency brake mode. It's not gonna move. Yeah, God is only placing his spirit upon those that are finding delight in remaining hidden. I Love that you can continue to go.

We'll just stop with the spirit upon him. But it says he will not quarrel or cry out in the streets that word quarrel there means needless strife. He's not gonna waste his time. He don't get caught up in all that.

Needless strife to just get all over who cares to prove a point. He doesn't care. He's not gonna cry out. Did you hear him? There's gonna be all kind of people racing and running and you know. You can imagine people selling stuff on the side and look at me look at me.

He's gonna creep right through and if you aren't paying attention, you'll miss him. But those that are near him, they're right there beside him faithful chosen called That are with the Lamb. Have here nowadays many people in the church are looking just like the world seeking to be known wanting their voice to be heard in.

The streets look at me getting loud running towards the ladder of self-aim and making oneself known. You have a bunch more but but I touched on this watch this. I love this. We'll close with this verse.