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INTRODUCTION:
In Western culture,
We are a busy go kind of culture - we always are moving forward and looking forward.
We are a busy go culture - always moving forward
looking to the next weekend trip
the next holiday
the next project
the next pay check
but always looking forward, and only rarely looking backwards.
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Yet, New years is the one time of year,
where our culture pauses to consider what has happened - and what could happen in the future.
My family rejoices at the fun we had has a family
- camping in Yellowstone for the first time.
- visiting family in Montana.
We have watched the kids grow up quickly
Eli has doubled in size.
- He no longer fits in his space pod.
Matthew begin Kindergarten - In a sense, a first step of many out of the home.
Bekah has learned enough - she is picking up books and reading on her own.
Yet, New Years is not all happy thoughts.
It is not like thanksgiving where we only remember what we are thankful for.
New Years also represents a time in which we recognize our
failures
weaknesses
temptations
laziness
wickedness.
New Years brings a lot of guilty feelings feelings for what I should have done, could have done, and shouldn’t have done.
And so we also bear a lot of guilt and hopelessness during New Years.
- Guilt because of our sin.
And accompany hopeless because of failure
- Hopelessness because we keep being defeated.
A common response by both Christians and non-Christians is this -
One response is a a refusal to make resolutions.
In other words,
because I don’t keep my resolution - I am not going to try.
This is akin to saying,
I am going to ignore my problems and hope they go away.
The problem with resolutions is not that we don’t keep them.
The problem is two-fold - our problem is:
a.
We make good resolutions, but we don’t make good plans to keep those resolutions.
- Sometimes,
we fail because there is no plan.
- Other times,
we fail because we only try to modify our behavior - with rules.
I am not going to _______X______ and so I am going to avoid it.
Yet, you find out your passion for sin always finds a way.
It overcomes the rule and the boundary.
Mere rules do not change our desires - and thus are only effective so long as my desire does not overcome my resolve.
What we need is something greater than my desires; something that will change my desires.
and our text this morning will help us know where we can get that kind of help.
and our text this morning will help us know where we can get that kind of help.
The 2nd problem,
with our resolutions to change is because
b.
We allow our failures and our guilt to choke the right desire to change.
b.
We allow our failures and our guilt to choke the right desire to change.
We assume that failure means we can’t do it.
We assume that failure means it is hopeless.
We assume that failure means there is no point in it.
Illustration:
I remember feeling that way in my own life,
and during an old revival week - I confessed that to a visiting evangelist.
I desired to change, but I was tired of being defeated.
And he shared a great verse on the subject of a failure.
Our text this morning will help us understand why we do not need to feel guilty; nor does our failure mean we should quit.
You will struggle with sin.
You will struggle with people.
This morning,
But I would like to work through a text that will give us 5 reasons why we shouldn’t feel guilty or loose hope.
I would like to work through a text that will give us 6 reasons why we should not feel guilty or loose hope to change.
But I would like to work through a text that will give us 5 reasons why we shouldn’t feel guilty or loose hope.
According to Scripture -
PROP: We ought to entrust our Change to God.
Trans: And From our passage we can observe 6 reasons why we can trust God with our change.
The first reason,
1.
We know the character of God.
Titles and Names in Scripture are in important.
You can do a study about who God is simply by his names.
The same can be said for Christ.
And the same can be said for the Holy Spirit.
Our text this morning gives us two names that tell us about the Character of God.
ILLUSTRATION:
To often, we quit trying to change because
we think God hates us for our sin.
or I am to bad for God to possibly change me.
Yet these names should wipe away our guilty feelings and hopeless despair.
The first one,
a. God the Father is called the God of Peace.
What does the author mean that God - is the God of peace?
speaks of God making atonement - which is to say God satisfies his just Holy wrath for our sin.
By the mercy of Christ, God the Father had his anger and judgement was satisfied through the death of his son.
He literally bought us peace between us and God.
God could have justly condemned us to eternal punishment for sin.
And yet, he found a way to have peace with us through the Gospel of Christ- He signed the ultimate peace treaty.
So,
Why should we not feel guilty for our failure to change in the New Year?
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