Embracing Christ: The Call to Humble Service
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"so last session I was able to tell you the greatest news on Earth the fact that this holy God who demands Justice is also a loving God an amazingly loving God that that he would sacrifice his only son for us and have him rise from the grave and give us new life but that doesn't mean that everyone on the earth is now forgiven we all have to make a choice a decision to believe in him to follow him in fact the Bible says we need to repent which means it means to turn to do a 180 that we were living for ourselves we were just doing whatever we wanted to do but now it's turning back towards him and saying no I want want you as my Lord" [00:15:12]
"Romans 10:9 says that if we confess with our mouth Jesus is Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised him from the dead you will be saved and so the idea is can you say with your mouth he's my Lord saying I want him to be my master you know how Adam and Eve rebelled and said no no we don't want to come under your commands it's it's us making that turn back and saying no we want you we want you to be our Master but but Jesus warned listen this is a difficult life and when people wanted to follow Jesus he says you got to understand it's a difficult path there there's a wide easy path but there's this narrow path that leads to life and it's difficult" [00:62:19]
"in John 15 Jesus says in verse 18 He says if the world hates you know that it hated me before it hated you if you were of the world the world would love you as its own but because you are not of the world but I chose you out of the world therefore the world hates you remember the word that I said to you a servant is not greater than his master if they persecuted me they'll persecute you if they kept my word they will also keep yours he tells his disciples look I lived a certain way and it's going to get me crucified it's gotten me hated they're going to persecute me and in the same way if you want to follow me the things that I'm going to call you to do aren't popular" [00:106:64]
"as Christians as followers of Christ we're actually supposed to become more and more like him and he gave us this example this this example of humility first of all Philippians 2 says that that Jesus even though he existed in the very form of God he didn't consider this equality with God something to be held on to but instead it talks about how he emptied himself and he made himself nothing taking the form of a man taking the form of a servant and and and and the Bible says that that's supposed to be our example here we have Jesus God Almighty empty himself making himself nothing and taking the form of man he says that's our example of humility that's what that's what people should see in Us" [00:154:00]
"in fact the Bible says in in first John chter 3 verse 16 it says this by this we know love that he laid down his life for us and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need yet closes his heart against him how does God's love abide in him little children let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth you know right there he says look this is how we know what love is you you've got the example of supreme love God laying down his life for us and then he says we now ought to lay down our lives for our brothers that's difficult but that's what it means to follow Jesus" [00:210:15]
"and that's why he says he says you know if if someone has the world's goods and sees someone else in need and he doesn't help them he goes how could that how could the love of Christ be in you because the love of Christ was all about sacrifice for others and he says isn't about talking it's about loving someone through your actions actually giving to those who are in need Jesus had the most amazing example in John Chapter 13 in John 13:3 I love this picture this Jesus with his disciples and it says Jesus knowing that the father had given all things into his hands and that he had come from God and was going back to God Rose from supper he laid aside his outer garments and taking a towel tied it around his waist" [00:252:43]
"then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him such an amazing picture because it starts off saying that Jesus knowing that the father had given him all things so Jesus understood who he was he's Lord of the universe everything is in his hands but at that moment knowing the power he had he chooses to Humble himself grab a towel pour some water in a basin and start washing the feet of the disciples and then he tells us if you want to follow me here's the example get over yourself empty yourself start pouring out your your life for others your you're deciding when you decide to follow Jesus you're deciding to take the role of a servant" [00:310:88]
"we live in a world where everyone wants the power wants the authority and we have the example of Jesus who had the power had all authority and he chose to serve are you ready for that kind of life is that the life you desire see Jesus wasn't just to be our savior he was to be our example" [00:367:24]
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"Romans 10:9 says that if we confess with our mouth Jesus is Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised him from the dead you will be saved and so the idea is can you say with your mouth he's my Lord saying I want him to be my master you know how Adam and Eve rebelled and said no no we don't want to come under your commands it's it's us making that turn back and saying no we want you we want you to be our Master but but Jesus warned listen this is a difficult life and when people wanted to follow Jesus he says you got to understand it's a difficult path there there's a wide easy path but there's this narrow path that leads to life and it's difficult" [00:62:19]
"in John 15 Jesus says in verse 18 He says if the world hates you know that it hated me before it hated you if you were of the world the world would love you as its own but because you are not of the world but I chose you out of the world therefore the world hates you remember the word that I said to you a servant is not greater than his master if they persecuted me they'll persecute you if they kept my word they will also keep yours he tells his disciples look I lived a certain way and it's going to get me crucified it's gotten me hated they're going to persecute me and in the same way if you want to follow me the things that I'm going to call you to do aren't popular" [00:106:64]
"as Christians as followers of Christ we're actually supposed to become more and more like him and he gave us this example this this example of humility first of all Philippians 2 says that that Jesus even though he existed in the very form of God he didn't consider this equality with God something to be held on to but instead it talks about how he emptied himself and he made himself nothing taking the form of a man taking the form of a servant and and and and the Bible says that that's supposed to be our example here we have Jesus God Almighty empty himself making himself nothing and taking the form of man he says that's our example of humility that's what that's what people should see in Us" [00:154:00]
"in fact the Bible says in in first John chter 3 verse 16 it says this by this we know love that he laid down his life for us and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need yet closes his heart against him how does God's love abide in him little children let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth you know right there he says look this is how we know what love is you you've got the example of supreme love God laying down his life for us and then he says we now ought to lay down our lives for our brothers that's difficult but that's what it means to follow Jesus" [00:210:15]
"and that's why he says he says you know if if someone has the world's goods and sees someone else in need and he doesn't help them he goes how could that how could the love of Christ be in you because the love of Christ was all about sacrifice for others and he says isn't about talking it's about loving someone through your actions actually giving to those who are in need Jesus had the most amazing example in John Chapter 13 in John 13:3 I love this picture this Jesus with his disciples and it says Jesus knowing that the father had given all things into his hands and that he had come from God and was going back to God Rose from supper he laid aside his outer garments and taking a towel tied it around his waist" [00:252:43]
"then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples feet and to wipe them with the towel that was wrapped around him such an amazing picture because it starts off saying that Jesus knowing that the father had given him all things so Jesus understood who he was he's Lord of the universe everything is in his hands but at that moment knowing the power he had he chooses to Humble himself grab a towel pour some water in a basin and start washing the feet of the disciples and then he tells us if you want to follow me here's the example get over yourself empty yourself start pouring out your your life for others your you're deciding when you decide to follow Jesus you're deciding to take the role of a servant" [00:310:88]
"we live in a world where everyone wants the power wants the authority and we have the example of Jesus who had the power had all authority and he chose to serve are you ready for that kind of life is that the life you desire see Jesus wasn't just to be our savior he was to be our example" [00:367:24]
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