13 Jul Will You Finish Well?
Pastor Vincent - 6 February 2014
Receive The Mind Of Christ
Christian faith, in its very essence, is transformation of a person in their roots after born again, as the Holy Spirit enters in him working supernaturally inside which eventually resulting in one having Lord supreme in his life. When genuine transformation take place incrementally in a believer, the mind of Christ seeds into him gradually and progressively. One cannot imitate the mind of Christ and force himself to live by it. He will lose strength to do so and fail to see how God is supremely in - charge of his living. Instead, it is purely by the grace of God that works supernaturally and mundanely in our every day lives can one receive the mind of Christ. As we confirm it through deep meticulous prayers with the Word, the total submission to God that ensue embeds great power of Holy Spirit, ceaselessly demolishing your old self and restore the mind of Christ within you. "the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world—just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God’s grace" --Colossians 1:5-6
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Are we doing well?
1) Am I closer to God than half a year ago?
2) Have I allowed any weakness or sin to fester without dealing with it?
3) How have I stretched my faith this year?
4) How about my relationships with others?
Obstacles to finishing well:
- <Heb 12:1> “…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”
1) Sin.
- “Fruitfulness” ≠ Holiness
- Holiness > Outcomes
- Battle sin
- Don’t hide
2) “Everything that hinders”.
- May not be outright sin
- Complacency
- Indifference
- Laziness
How can we finish well then?
1) The grace of God above all else.
- <1 Co 15:10> But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
2) Daily “uncompromised” time with God.
- Usually fall not suddenly but bit by bit.
- Daily doses of God’s word and intimate prayers.
3) Offer ourselves as daily living sacrifices to God.
- The power to do so comes from remembering God’s mercy on us.
4) The support of the body of Christ.
- <2 Ti 2:22> “Flee the evil desires of youth and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.”
5) Always carry an eternal perspective.
- Learn to number our days <Ps 90:12>, so that we can live wisely.
Two Sauls:
King Saul- Started well, ended bad
Saul/Paul-Bad start, finished well
“It is more important to finish well than to start well.”
“No one finishes well by accident, it comes with prayerful, deliberate efforts.”
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