Transformative Faith: Beyond Miracles and Leadership Legacy
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"Now of course my fundamental appeal here is to the scriptures - the Bible itself, but it's not wholly to the Bible, it's to our own experience. When you take a look at the Bible and our experience, this is what you'll find: you'll find that we far overestimate the ability of the miraculous to make lasting changes in people's minds and hearts." [00:02:29]
"Now there is no doubt that somebody can be impacted immediately in a powerful way by something miraculous that they have happened to them or right in front of their eyes. Obviously, that's true, and there are some people for whom that encounter with the miraculous is an absolutely life-changing event." [00:02:54]
"Think of all the people that saw Jesus perform mighty signs and wonders. Only a small percentage of those ever became his true disciples, his followers. Did some? Yes. But when you take a look at the Bible, you do not see that the miraculous things being demonstrated is some kind of key that draws great multitudes into the kingdom." [00:04:35]
"Do you want your ministry to end when you die? Is that what you want? When you die or leave or pass from the scene in one way or another, do you want that church, that ministry, that whatever thing God has called you to lead, do you want it to end when you die or when you move on to someplace else?" [00:10:21]
"If you don't want it to end or die, then you need to deliberately be raising up people who are capable of succeeding you. And maybe, maybe you'll raise up several people, and it's not really clear to you who God would have succeeded. But our job as pastors and leaders is to be training up a new generation in leadership." [00:10:39]
"Every pastor is an interim pastor. Do you know what an interim pastor is? Usually, we think of an interim pastor as somebody who pastors a congregation for a few months or a few years between the longer pastorate of one person and the longer pastorate of another person. The guy in between is an interim pastor." [00:11:24]
"1st John chapter 1 verse 9, it's this: that if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. That's his promise. If you've confessed your sin, even your sin of cursing God, if you've confessed your sin, if you ask for God's forgiveness, he is faithful and just to forgive your sin." [00:13:17]
"Base it upon the promises of God's word. And what does God say in his word? He says, as I quoted to you before, 1st John 1:9, if we confess our sins, he's faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. You have hope. Your hope is in Jesus Christ. Your hope is not in yourself." [00:14:32]
"Who do men say that I am? But then Jesus turned it around in verse 15 of Matthew chapter 16, where he says, who do you, speaking to his disciples, who do you say that I am? Brothers and sisters, that's a very important thing. It was fine for the disciples to know what other people thought about Jesus." [00:18:56]
"Jesus had to ask them as individuals what they actually believed about Jesus. And I gotta say, this is the question placed before everybody who hears about Jesus. We are on judgment by this question. You know, Jesus isn't sitting up in heaven folding his hands and, oh, I hope they like me." [00:19:36]
"Most assuredly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he shall never see death. Isn't that an amazing promise? Never see death. You keep the word of Jesus, you will not see death. Now, according to some Bible scholars, commentators, the Greek here is very interesting, Greek being the original language of the New Testament." [00:25:06]
"The idea is simply this: is that we have our back turned to death. We're not gonna see it. In Jesus Christ, our face is towards eternal life, and that's our hope, that's our joy. Our back, I should say, is upon death, and our face is towards life eternal. That's a great thing for you to tell your family." [00:26:12]
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"Now there is no doubt that somebody can be impacted immediately in a powerful way by something miraculous that they have happened to them or right in front of their eyes. Obviously, that's true, and there are some people for whom that encounter with the miraculous is an absolutely life-changing event." [00:02:54]
"Think of all the people that saw Jesus perform mighty signs and wonders. Only a small percentage of those ever became his true disciples, his followers. Did some? Yes. But when you take a look at the Bible, you do not see that the miraculous things being demonstrated is some kind of key that draws great multitudes into the kingdom." [00:04:35]
"Do you want your ministry to end when you die? Is that what you want? When you die or leave or pass from the scene in one way or another, do you want that church, that ministry, that whatever thing God has called you to lead, do you want it to end when you die or when you move on to someplace else?" [00:10:21]
"If you don't want it to end or die, then you need to deliberately be raising up people who are capable of succeeding you. And maybe, maybe you'll raise up several people, and it's not really clear to you who God would have succeeded. But our job as pastors and leaders is to be training up a new generation in leadership." [00:10:39]
"Every pastor is an interim pastor. Do you know what an interim pastor is? Usually, we think of an interim pastor as somebody who pastors a congregation for a few months or a few years between the longer pastorate of one person and the longer pastorate of another person. The guy in between is an interim pastor." [00:11:24]
"1st John chapter 1 verse 9, it's this: that if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. That's his promise. If you've confessed your sin, even your sin of cursing God, if you've confessed your sin, if you ask for God's forgiveness, he is faithful and just to forgive your sin." [00:13:17]
"Base it upon the promises of God's word. And what does God say in his word? He says, as I quoted to you before, 1st John 1:9, if we confess our sins, he's faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. You have hope. Your hope is in Jesus Christ. Your hope is not in yourself." [00:14:32]
"Who do men say that I am? But then Jesus turned it around in verse 15 of Matthew chapter 16, where he says, who do you, speaking to his disciples, who do you say that I am? Brothers and sisters, that's a very important thing. It was fine for the disciples to know what other people thought about Jesus." [00:18:56]
"Jesus had to ask them as individuals what they actually believed about Jesus. And I gotta say, this is the question placed before everybody who hears about Jesus. We are on judgment by this question. You know, Jesus isn't sitting up in heaven folding his hands and, oh, I hope they like me." [00:19:36]
"Most assuredly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he shall never see death. Isn't that an amazing promise? Never see death. You keep the word of Jesus, you will not see death. Now, according to some Bible scholars, commentators, the Greek here is very interesting, Greek being the original language of the New Testament." [00:25:06]
"The idea is simply this: is that we have our back turned to death. We're not gonna see it. In Jesus Christ, our face is towards eternal life, and that's our hope, that's our joy. Our back, I should say, is upon death, and our face is towards life eternal. That's a great thing for you to tell your family." [00:26:12]
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