Walking in Faith: Embracing Joy and Redemption
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"We take a moment to remind ourselves that Christians are not people who have it all figured out, who have achieved some level of goodness, but what makes a Christian is walking in repentance and faith. And so we read God's law as his will for our lives. This is the standard by which we know how we're supposed to live." [00:21:38] (23 seconds)
"Everything that we are supposed to be, everything that we are supposed to do is wrapped up in these two commandments, to love God with all of our heart and to love our neighbor as ourselves. Does your life look like that? Mine doesn't. None of ours do. And so this is our opportunity. To go before the Lord, our God and confess our sin." [00:22:49] (31 seconds)
"Creation, fall, redemption, and restoration. So in creation, God was at work creating the world, culminating in the creation of Adam. But do you remember what he said after he created Adam? He said, it's not good for this man to be alone. Still not quite complete. He needs a helper. He needs a companion. And so he made Eve." [00:31:51] (26 seconds)
"And with the creation of Eve, then everything was as it should be. That's peace. That's that shalom peace. And do you remember how Adam responded when he sees Eve? He says, this at last is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called woman because she was taken out at men. At last." [00:32:37] (24 seconds)
"Creation, fall, and so we come then to the redemption of all things. And we read earlier a portion of Luke chapter 2 where the angels appear to the shepherds. And it says in verse 9, that an angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone around them and they were filled with great fear." [00:39:32] (25 seconds)
"For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Jesus has come, and that is the cause of great joy for those who have been waiting for him. Jesus has come, proclaiming the coming of the kingdom of God and the restoration of all things." [00:41:22] (24 seconds)
"In joy, we leave behind all the things that we had trusted previously, all of the false gods that we have worshiped, all of those false sources of peace. And we do it with joy and excitement and gladness because we have found the kingdom of heaven. And do you know how the kingdom of heaven responds when we do that?" [00:43:03] (27 seconds)
"So then there is joy on the part of the repenting sinner who has found the kingdom. And there is joy in heaven that that repenting sinner has found the kingdom. And so the result all around of a person repenting of their sin and placing their faith in Jesus is that there is joy in heaven." [00:43:49] (16 seconds)
"One of the other sources of joy that I have, found in my life, is being a disciple maker, to take joy in what God is doing in other people's lives. In 1 John 1, John says that he's writing to tell them what it is that they have seen, and what that which we have seen and heard, we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us." [00:53:13] (30 seconds)
"The last thing that I need to do to hang on to that joy is to remember the story. Four words, creation, fall, redemption, restoration. Where are we in that story? Are we at the end of that story right now? No. Story's not done. We're in between that redemption and restoration." [00:55:35] (33 seconds)
"And so we can have joy then, even in difficult circumstances, because the story that God is telling in this world isn't finished. That's why James can write to a church that has begun to experience violent violence, and he can say, count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness." [00:56:08] (32 seconds)
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"Everything that we are supposed to be, everything that we are supposed to do is wrapped up in these two commandments, to love God with all of our heart and to love our neighbor as ourselves. Does your life look like that? Mine doesn't. None of ours do. And so this is our opportunity. To go before the Lord, our God and confess our sin." [00:22:49] (31 seconds)
"Creation, fall, redemption, and restoration. So in creation, God was at work creating the world, culminating in the creation of Adam. But do you remember what he said after he created Adam? He said, it's not good for this man to be alone. Still not quite complete. He needs a helper. He needs a companion. And so he made Eve." [00:31:51] (26 seconds)
"And with the creation of Eve, then everything was as it should be. That's peace. That's that shalom peace. And do you remember how Adam responded when he sees Eve? He says, this at last is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called woman because she was taken out at men. At last." [00:32:37] (24 seconds)
"Creation, fall, and so we come then to the redemption of all things. And we read earlier a portion of Luke chapter 2 where the angels appear to the shepherds. And it says in verse 9, that an angel of the Lord appeared to them and the glory of the Lord shone around them and they were filled with great fear." [00:39:32] (25 seconds)
"For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Jesus has come, and that is the cause of great joy for those who have been waiting for him. Jesus has come, proclaiming the coming of the kingdom of God and the restoration of all things." [00:41:22] (24 seconds)
"In joy, we leave behind all the things that we had trusted previously, all of the false gods that we have worshiped, all of those false sources of peace. And we do it with joy and excitement and gladness because we have found the kingdom of heaven. And do you know how the kingdom of heaven responds when we do that?" [00:43:03] (27 seconds)
"So then there is joy on the part of the repenting sinner who has found the kingdom. And there is joy in heaven that that repenting sinner has found the kingdom. And so the result all around of a person repenting of their sin and placing their faith in Jesus is that there is joy in heaven." [00:43:49] (16 seconds)
"One of the other sources of joy that I have, found in my life, is being a disciple maker, to take joy in what God is doing in other people's lives. In 1 John 1, John says that he's writing to tell them what it is that they have seen, and what that which we have seen and heard, we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us." [00:53:13] (30 seconds)
"The last thing that I need to do to hang on to that joy is to remember the story. Four words, creation, fall, redemption, restoration. Where are we in that story? Are we at the end of that story right now? No. Story's not done. We're in between that redemption and restoration." [00:55:35] (33 seconds)
"And so we can have joy then, even in difficult circumstances, because the story that God is telling in this world isn't finished. That's why James can write to a church that has begun to experience violent violence, and he can say, count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness." [00:56:08] (32 seconds)
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