29 Jun Comfort And The Cross
Pastor Vincent - 12 March 2015
Make Good Judgment Through A Pure Spirit
In our everyday living, we receive a lot of information about people and things, causing us to respond to them in certain ways. And it is important to not only make good judgment on them, but also rejecting and challenging the wrong thoughts we have, so that we have assurance in the decisions and footsteps we're taking. Often, we use certain yardstick or standard to discern the thoughts coming to us. Instead, what is most needed is a pure spirit that is upright before God - one that recognises the truth of God as supreme, and constantly pray through it to seek His will in discerning all things coming to us. Reject and go against the self-serving voices, rationalization and own logics inside us, while there's speck in others eyes, likewise, there may be spiritual blindness of our own eyes too. Pray to seek God's will according to His truth, and Holy Spirit will work according to the truth we know, manifesting the loving kindness, wisdom and love of God to the people around us!
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1. The traps of Comfort.
- “Suffering”: Abstract
- The problem of “not having problems”
- Resistant to even little inconveniences
- Stay in comfort zones
- <Lk 9> 23 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. 24 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.
- Spiritual battles faced in comfort:
- People proud toward God (no need for Him)
- God-loving spirit put to sleep
- Flesh is stirred up
2. Be intentional about carrying the cross in the midst of comfort.
- [one slide] Cross and Comfort: Opposites or Correlated?
- If we do not carry cross intentionally:
- Devil will get us
- World will consume us
- Many things other than God will influence us
- Accusations grow
- Get listless about “God-stuff”
- Evangelism becomes non-urgent
- People who want to live by the truth will remain in a constant state of battling and tension
- Carry the Cross: Centre on God, Gospel and Kingdom
3. The importance of gatherings.
- <Heb 10> 23 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
- <Mt 18> 19 “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.”
- Value creates Momentum
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