Trust The Lord’s Performance (The Mis-education Of The Saints)
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· 13 viewsGod the Father has begun a good work in us through the work of Jesus Christ and God will complete His good work in His when Jesus Christ returns for the Church
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Introduction
Introduction
Illustration: The Mis-education of the Negro by Carter Godwin Woodson (1933)
The Mis-Education of the Negro is a book originally published in 1933 by Dr. Carter G. Woodson. The thesis of Dr. Woodson's book is that blacks of his day were being culturally indoctrinated, rather than taught, in American schools. This conditioning, he claims, causes blacks to become dependent and to seek out inferior places in the greater society of which they are a part. He challenges his readers to become autodidacts and to "do for themselves", regardless of what they were taught:
History shows that it does not matter who is in power... those who have not learned to do for themselves and have to depend solely on others never obtain any more rights or privileges in the end than they did in the beginning.
Here is a quote from the book:
"When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions. You do not have to tell him not to stand here or go yonder. He will find his 'proper place' and will stay in it. You do not need to send him to the back door. He will go without being told. In fact, if there is no back door, he will cut one for his special benefit. His education makes it necessary."
Transition
Transition
Teaching and issues rippling through the Philippian church around salvation and sanctification and circumcision. If you were saved?
Illustration: Bruxy Cavey @ the GO Conference
Body
Body
Last week learned that Paul is thankful for his relationship with the church in Philippi.
How many of you are thankful for your relationship with the church?
How does Paul arrive at a place in his heart of being grateful for his relationship with the church?
Reasons 2 Be Thankful 4 Church Relationships:
Reasons 2 Be Thankful 4 Church Relationships:
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
He that began…will complete it.... (beginning a sacrifice....will end the sacrifice)
God Created The Church
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
God Created The Church (Body Of Christ)
God Created The Church (Body Of Christ)
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
The Church Is Created For Good Works
The Church Is Created For Good Works
Illustrate: The Go Conference
Where our evangelical churches across the region cross-denominational lines to share and be equipped to show the love of Jesus Christ in real and tangible ways.
Giving the World something it can feel:
Loving our neighbors
Loving our enemies
Elevating the women in our life
Being motivated by Jesus Christ
He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
(But) The Church Is God’s Incomplete Good Work
(But) The Church Is God’s Incomplete Good Work
i.e. the Church is a Good Work In Progress
God Does Not Give Up On The Church
God Does Not Give Up On The Church
God Will Complete His Good Work Of Perfecting The Church i.e. God will not abandon the Church in a state of incompleteness
(God Will Complete His Good Work Of Perfecting The Church) i.e. God will not abandon the Church in a state of incompleteness
“Be Patient with me, God is not through with me yet”
Transition
Transition
Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh. For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh—
Philippians 3:
But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
Philippians 3:7-10
But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
Conclusion
Conclusion
So Trust the LORD’s Performance
Paul trusted the performance of the LORD, because
Paul knew the history of his people and the LORD
How the twelve tribes of Israel went down to Egypt
Whom the LORD God did good work through Joseph
Were enslaved in Egypt
But God was not finished yet
Whom God had brought out of Egypt with a strong a mighty hand
In the good work of Moses
But God was not finished yet
Israel, whom God has contended with in the wilderness for 40 years
Some died in the wilderness, but God was not finished yet
Israel, whom Joshua courageously led into the promise land
Israel, whom God had given a king in the person of King David
Israel, whom God sent into exile
But God was not finished with Israel yet
God the Father, whom at the right time
Sent His only begotten son, Jesus Christ
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
God is not finish with you yet...
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you.
Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
2 Corinthians
For this is why I wrote, that I might test you and know whether you are obedient in everything.
But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”—
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 29:11
Romans 8:
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.