Is God's Presence is the main thought or an afterthought? - THE CHURCH series - Nate Clarke

"Guided by His Presence"
Numbers 14:41-44; Exodus 33:15-16
The Church Series - Part 3 Consumer-based vs. Presence-based church
Pastor Nate Clarke
May 10, 2026


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SERMON NOTES:
- Worship God, Equip the believers, Reach the lost
- We are grounded in His Word, Guided by His presence, Building strong families, and fulfilling the Great Commission
- Numbers 14:41-44
- Exodus 33:15-16
- Guided by His Presence
- "If the Holy Spirit was withdrawn from the church today 95% of what we do would go on and no one would know the difference. If the Holy Spirit had been withdrawn from the New Testament church, 95% of what they did would stop, and everybody would know the difference." AW Tozer
- Numbers 14:39-40
- Numbers 14:41-43
- Numbers 14:44-45
- Numbers 14: God's presence is an afterthought
- Exodus 33:1-5
- Exodus 33:12-16
- Exodus 33: God's presence is the main thought
- Afterthought: Independence. "We got this!"
  Main thought: Dependence. "We need you, God!"
- Afterthought: wants the 'thing' at the expense of God
  Main thought: wants God, even at the expense of the 'thing'
- Afterthought: moves whenever
  Main thought: refuses to move without God
- Exodus 13:21-22
- Afterthought: results in defeat and loss
  Main thought: results in presence, rest, divine favor
- Numbers 14:45
- Exodus 33:14
- Consumer-based vs. Presence-based
- C Primary audience is people. P Primary audience is God
- C Works to please people. P Works to please God
- C Gears worship service towards people. P Gears worship service towards God and His presence.
- C Program driven, people driven, talent driven, etc. P Driven by His presence
- C Jesus is a mascot. P Jesus is master
- C Martha church. P Mary church.
- C Focused primarily on what the human consumers say will make them happy. P Focused primarily on encountering God through worship, Word, prayer
- C Sunday = performance for the people. P Sunday = offering to God
- C Ask: did the people like it? P Ask: Did God show up?
- Exodus 33:15

Oasis Church exists to Worship God, Equip the believers, and Reach the lost.
We are led by Pastor Nate Clarke and are located in Mechanicsville outside Richmond in Central Virginia.

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