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I feel lead to continue through the book of Luke
Jesus is giving out some strong information
Jesus never spoon fed anyone
Jesus knew his task and was not going to let anything distract him
What do we know we should be doing but we are not
Procrastination...
the action of delaying or postponing something.
We only procrastinate about things we don’t want to do
It is spiritual quick sand
The devil cannot stop the plans of God
But he can stop us.....if we allow him
It is time to start making Jesus and our spiritual health a priority
Are we making our prayer relationship with Jesus a priority?
Are we making spiritual disciplines ( bible-fellowship-acts of love) a priority?
The power of God in our life comes from making God’s priorities our priority?
Parable of the ten servants
Given “money” to invest while he was away....(God’s spirit & word)
1st person:
15 “After he was crowned king, he returned and called in the servants to whom he had given the money.
He wanted to find out what their profits were.
16 The first servant reported, ‘Master, I invested your money and made ten times the original amount!’
17 “‘Well done!’ the king exclaimed.
‘You are a good servant.
You have been faithful with the little I entrusted to you, so you will be governor of ten cities as your reward.’
If we make the things of God our priority…(church-fellowship-prayer-acts of mercy & love)
invest time and energy into them
Then God will empower us with more of his resources, presence and power.
Then someone asked Jesus a very important question
Jesus replied with a very famous
He takes it from a general question and makes it very personal
He takes it from a general question and makes it very personal
Instead of how many will be saved....it becomes....how to be saved (are you saved)
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The two words “work hard” come from the Greek word which means “to agonize”
Entering the narrow door will require the hard work of :
Repentance (different from confession)
Luther said that “repentance should be constant”
Faith
Believing Christ’s message and giving obedience to him
The narrow door does not allow you to bring alot with you…its narrow
Its made for one person at a time to go through
Not with alot of packages
There is much we need to shed before we can fit through that door
says it like this:
Jesus explains it this way
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles.
And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.
It is very hard to get through the door with these things.
Matthew 20:24
The possessions the rich man had were the things in his heart he would not let go of
What are we holding onto
How do we rid ourselves of these things?
Not by denying they exist
Honesty is the precursor to victory.
(The truth will set us free)
Before God, and in your own conscience, call your sin exactly what it is.
Stop all explanations and excuses.
Just get on your knees and confess that this thing is absolutely opposed to God’s character, that it is hurting others and destroying you.
Once you confess....then you repent
The biblical word for the movement of the will away from sin and toward God is “repentance.”
It basically means a deliberate change of mind and direction.
The moment you decide against sin and begin to act in a new moral course, new neurological, synaptic pathways immediately begin to form.
Your mind actually begins to take on a new shape!
Paul says you literally “become renewed in the spirit (the bent or inclination) of your mind”
How do we receive power over the sin?
We acknowledge our sin-confess
Then we have to walk
We desire to turn from our sin - repentance
But What will give us the power over the sinful flesh?
There is no magic prayer that is going to take your desire to sin away
We need to “grow in grace” and experience God’s love in our failings to receive the power to change
We need to “grow in grace” and experience God’s love
Ephesians gives us a clue....
16 I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit.
17 Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him.
Confession takes trust
Repentance takes trust
Honesty takes trust
As we do this more and more in Christ we learn of God’s:
Forgiveness
Patience
Restoration
Then......
Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong.
18 And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is.
Here is how this works: (slide of staked trees)
New trees are supported by stakes that protect it from being torn from the ground in storms
Christian analogy:
We stand with new Christians and support them in storms
This shows them the love and concern of God
We pass on our experiences and teach how to pray through situations with God’s word
Eventually:
you understand that God is with us in storms
you don’t need the supports anymore because your roots go down deep enough
Then.....
19 May you experience the love of Christ, though it is too great to understand fully.
Then you will be made complete with all the fullness of life and power that comes from God.
Summary of how to let go of things that will stop you from going through the narrow door
You confess
You repent
You allow your roots to grow deep into the ground (not giving up in storms) and discover the true nature and love of God
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