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Announcements: Bible Study tomorrow night...
Prayer
So…FINALLY!…it seems that it’s been a while since we were walking through this Sermon Series the last time...
We’re finally back into again...
…and i think it might be beneficial if we look back - briefly - to see where we’ve been.
If you recall, we had been answering some questions as we made our way through this series...
1st - What do i believe?
(11 core Christian beliefs)
2nd - What should I do?
And all of THAT - pointing to this - DISCIPLESHIP...
4 weeks ago, we finished up the 2nd section of this sermon series...
…finishing off that 2nd question - What Do I Do?
And now we come to the final question of this series: Who Am I Becoming?
*One of the best things about having kids = see parts of yourself in them
(sons BECOME their dads)
(daughters BECOME their moms)
How many of you see YOU in your kids?
How many of you see YOUR mom or dad IN YOU?
You know why that is?
DISCIPLESHIP - - we learn the ways of our parents.
and so we BECOME like them
Today, we’re going to begin answering the question - WHO AM I BECOMING?
And the first trait we’re going to look at is this - The Love of Christ
If we’re BECOMING like Jesus - then we will begin to LOVE like Jesus...
And so I think before we get into HOW Jesus loved…let’s look at how we’re NOT to love...
Scripture shows us MANY examples of how Love can be MISDIRECTED!
SLIDE - Love Not - Self Interest
Love Not
So what the Bible does is - it takes SELF and puts it in the ring with OTHERS...
And it says - OTHERS - WINS
We must look out for the well-being of others, OVER-AND-ABOVE, our desire to:
win an argument
prove a point
Now - there’s a fine line here.
If someone is about to sin - then yes, you should do what you can do persuade them otherwise...
…and that might take you being - blunt with someone.
But it’s going to take us, SURVEYING the situation…and asking ourselves - is this something that ultimately harm this person…?
If not, then - go with the flow.
FOR INSTANCE:
We know that there is FREEDOM in Christ...
Paul says it this way:
So we know that there is freedom in Christ - to eat anything unto God’s glory...
But Paul makes it clear that EATING food should not be elevated to be something that would cause people to DIVIDE...
Paul says - those who are stronger in their faith, who KNOW it’s ok to eat anything…SHOULD ACTUALLY abstain from eating that CERTAIN food...
WHEN - if it’s going to cause the WEAKER brother to stumble...
And so in that sense - We ought not to LOVE SELF-INTEREST - but instead choose to consider others as more important than ourselves...
what else?
SLIDE: LOVE NOT - Prestige
Love Not
Love does not ENVY or BOAST -
If Arrogance or Boasting is the VEHICLE by which your love MOVES....then you’re not loving...
because love is neither of those things
what else?
SLIDE: LOVE NOT - the world
LOVE NOT
Who in here believes that the WORLD is after your HEART?
Does the world try to tempt you?
every second of every day
the list is never ending
SEE...
The world takes MORALLY-Neutral things…makes those things your pursuit...
…and makes YOU the point of it all!
The world will take a CAR - the newest - coolest CAR...
and the world will CONVINCE you to pursue THAT CAR...
SO THAT — YOU — will receive the glory of man
get it?
So now - take the CAR out of the equation, and replace it with whatever else you want to...
same thing...
to pursue the WORLD is to pursue SELF-EXALTATION...
and this is CONDEMNED in Scripture...
but what else?
SLIDE: LOVE NOT - Money
LOVE NOT
We’ve seen this before - we’ve heard this before...
Do we believe it’s vanity?
This is a HARD thing...
To have money, and to use money…(its like - inside ALL of our pockets lies a TIME-BOMB!
And so if MONEY is the AIM of our LOVE…we’re on the wrong path…a path that leads to destruction.
But what else?
SLIDE: LOVE NOT - Sin
LOVE NOT
So in this verse we see 2 CONTRASTING sides...
According to this verse:
Someone who TAKES PLEASURE in SIN (unrighteousness)...
DOES NOT believe the truth
Notice that it doesn’t say - “in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth, but instead believed a lie.
it doesn’t hold up - THIS BELIEF - against - THAT BELIEF
It holds up BELIEF - up against - AFFECTION*
And so we see the Bible CONDEMNS the LOVE of sin...
because to DO SO is to NOT believe the truth...
OK, last one...
SLIDE: LOVE NOT - other Gods
LOVE NOT
So the WISDOM of the WORLD says - the PHYSICAL is WORTHY of worship....
And HOW does that play itself out within these walls?
Of course…just like anywhere else - We worship and pursue what’s been created...
money
women
men
fame / status
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