Encouraging One Another: The Heart of Community
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"I got no illusions that a church can be healthy Whole New Testament Church on preaching alone preaching is essential for a healthy church but not preaching alone in this episode of light and Truth John Piper turns to Hebrews 10:23 to 25 to underscore the vital role of mutual encouragement in strengthening the body of Christ." [00:00:06]
"This is a test of whether you're mature or mentally ill because the mark of immaturity and mental illness it's just a matter of degree whether we're sick or not everybody's sick a little bit it's what Jesus said he only came to fix sick people the difference between sick or immature people and healthy mature people is other orientedness other directedness." [00:00:48]
"Hope in God not self-esteem hope in God he's there for you we're all Sinners we're all imperfect we all blow it in church and out of church and our standing is not because of some manufactured self-esteem but because God loves people who are crummy like me who blow it that's where I get the resources to go ahead and say hi I've never met you." [00:04:48]
"Let your light so shine that men may see your good deeds and give Glory to your father so whatever anybody else might say we say here stirring people up to love is about God it's about getting Hope from God at the beginning it's about the glory of God at the end so study one another." [00:05:22]
"Not forsaking our own assembling together as is the habit of some but encouraging one another so you got two things don't neglect to meet together and when you get there when you get there encourage each other there's that mutuality again now when I was growing up Southern Baptist Church and it isn't just a Southern Baptist Church a lot of churches." [00:06:02]
"I believe in preaching I believe in it I believe there's something about the word of God and the gospel that cries out to be heralded and trumpeted that's what I'm doing doing right now I I lift my voice heralded and trumpeted now you can get together in small group and you can discuss me of the text Small Voice quiet." [00:07:19]
"Small groups which is why this ministry is absolutely crucial in our church there are a lot of reasons why it's crucial verse 25 is one of the biggest reasons that it's crucial because stirring one another up to love and Good Deeds verse 24 happens according to verse 25 in a togetherness where Mutual encouragement goes back and forth." [00:08:58]
"Dozens of you in this room maybe hundreds who through no particular ill will of your own or No Malice of your own or no rebellious I don't want to do what the Bible says but rather drifting into habit don't find yourself week by week in any kind of grouping where this happens That's not healthy and I'm pleading with you change it." [00:10:25]
"Say things that direct people whose hope is wavering or whose eyes are being blinded to Hope say things that will help them hope in God and the reason I say that is very simple we have already seen the key to love is hope the key to love is hope you can't love others without hope in God you will be depleted before the day is over." [00:14:08]
"Let this be a description of your small group or an imaginary small group that you might be a part of the situation in the early days according to Hebrews 10:32 following is that they had become Christians and there was persecution and some of them got thrown into jail and those who didn't get thrown into jail were forced with to deal with the question what am I going to do." [00:15:02]
"Knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an abiding one that's hope in God I have a better possession in heaven it will abide it will never let me down God is my portion his steadfast love is better than life of course we're going to go to the jail of course we're going to talk about her and her not being here." [00:17:16]
"Let's get our hearts full of Hope in God number two out of that hope let us study one another okay you're walking out of here in three minutes you don't look at the floor out of self-concern you look at people you see the tears you see the face you know the face that's not the face she usually has you study her you see his his bent over shoulders." [00:18:10]
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"This is a test of whether you're mature or mentally ill because the mark of immaturity and mental illness it's just a matter of degree whether we're sick or not everybody's sick a little bit it's what Jesus said he only came to fix sick people the difference between sick or immature people and healthy mature people is other orientedness other directedness." [00:00:48]
"Hope in God not self-esteem hope in God he's there for you we're all Sinners we're all imperfect we all blow it in church and out of church and our standing is not because of some manufactured self-esteem but because God loves people who are crummy like me who blow it that's where I get the resources to go ahead and say hi I've never met you." [00:04:48]
"Let your light so shine that men may see your good deeds and give Glory to your father so whatever anybody else might say we say here stirring people up to love is about God it's about getting Hope from God at the beginning it's about the glory of God at the end so study one another." [00:05:22]
"Not forsaking our own assembling together as is the habit of some but encouraging one another so you got two things don't neglect to meet together and when you get there when you get there encourage each other there's that mutuality again now when I was growing up Southern Baptist Church and it isn't just a Southern Baptist Church a lot of churches." [00:06:02]
"I believe in preaching I believe in it I believe there's something about the word of God and the gospel that cries out to be heralded and trumpeted that's what I'm doing doing right now I I lift my voice heralded and trumpeted now you can get together in small group and you can discuss me of the text Small Voice quiet." [00:07:19]
"Small groups which is why this ministry is absolutely crucial in our church there are a lot of reasons why it's crucial verse 25 is one of the biggest reasons that it's crucial because stirring one another up to love and Good Deeds verse 24 happens according to verse 25 in a togetherness where Mutual encouragement goes back and forth." [00:08:58]
"Dozens of you in this room maybe hundreds who through no particular ill will of your own or No Malice of your own or no rebellious I don't want to do what the Bible says but rather drifting into habit don't find yourself week by week in any kind of grouping where this happens That's not healthy and I'm pleading with you change it." [00:10:25]
"Say things that direct people whose hope is wavering or whose eyes are being blinded to Hope say things that will help them hope in God and the reason I say that is very simple we have already seen the key to love is hope the key to love is hope you can't love others without hope in God you will be depleted before the day is over." [00:14:08]
"Let this be a description of your small group or an imaginary small group that you might be a part of the situation in the early days according to Hebrews 10:32 following is that they had become Christians and there was persecution and some of them got thrown into jail and those who didn't get thrown into jail were forced with to deal with the question what am I going to do." [00:15:02]
"Knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an abiding one that's hope in God I have a better possession in heaven it will abide it will never let me down God is my portion his steadfast love is better than life of course we're going to go to the jail of course we're going to talk about her and her not being here." [00:17:16]
"Let's get our hearts full of Hope in God number two out of that hope let us study one another okay you're walking out of here in three minutes you don't look at the floor out of self-concern you look at people you see the tears you see the face you know the face that's not the face she usually has you study her you see his his bent over shoulders." [00:18:10]
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