Pharisees sitting in our church because the inner thing is what God sees and there's an so I said there's this external type of Christian who's only taken up with doctrines and my external life must be good everybody must see me as a good person and then

When Paul said in one Corinthians chapter 11 and verse one, "Follow me as I follow Christ or be imitators of me as I also am of Christ." I mean, first of all, to imitate Paul,

three this is the definition Jesus gave himself this is eternal life if you want a definition of eternal life by Jesus Christ here it is this is eternal life not that they may live forever but that they may know

that Paul paid in order to come to this see Philippians in chapter 3 I've often thought about this passage how did Paul come to this place of fervent Devotion to Christ Philippians

that's how they preach in the Prosperity Gospel it's one one of the greatest deceptions in the last 50 years that the devil has put upon Christendom that this is freedom freedom to dance down the aisle In a Pulpit in a church they call that

makes you afraid to stand up for Christ in front of your unconverted relatives, a ashamed to stand up for Christ in your office, or unable to overcome sin. It all goes in one packet. If you are ashamed to own Christ before

[Music] but when we are put in Christ we are to the sap that flows from the tree is the sap of unselfishness and humility it's not something I

world who are so modest about their accomplishments I've met atheists and non-christians who are very modest about their accomplishments they won't try to show off the way some Christians do we'll get a lot of surprises when we

[Music] another thing he says the true grace of God is 1 Peter 2: 211 the last part Christ suffered for you leaving you an example this is the

I want to speak today about the grace of God. >> [clears throat] >> Beginning with John 1:17, which says The law was given through Moses, but grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. >> [clears throat]

testimony what is that verse 18 I do not bow to Beal I've not kissed the idol of Beal is negative what do you do positively well there's not much to say positively but I don't do this and I tell you the testimony of a lot of Christians is

tell you my whole life was changed when the Holy Spirit began to show me the inner life of Jesus because I wanted to be be an inner type of Christian and I thought of Jesus walking to school with the other boys and old

[Music] because as we approach the end of time you will discover that most Christians are not serious about this goal and you may discover that most Christians even in

Servants of the New Covenant we are not verse five we are not adequate in ourselves that's the first thing we need to understand what Jesus said without me you can do zero how much can I do without Christ

like Jesus Christ and all your ministry is not just Ministry but the Overflow of a personal Devotion to Christ I want every message that I preach not to be something I just sit and study and prepare and come and vomit it all out on Sunday morning that's

and we're the only body of Christ and all that wonderful thing. They hear that and one day it splits and some people are left alone. And you know what happens to them? Some of them go right out into the world. Why? Their only security was in the group.

Christians and all that. Yet, okay, he messed up the first 30 years of his life, but the remaining 37 of years of his life, he made such good use of it that at the end of when he was 67 years old and about to die, he said, "I

loveliness divine and I shall never think or dream of other love save thine. They had a personal devotion to Christ which I fear that so many believers never have. I wanted that. I want it. But I also want fellowship. See one is the vertical

that and the other guy who says Jesus will open both eyes he calls him a heretic how in the world can you say Jesus opens both eyes he opened only one eye of mine this is the controversy going on in Christendom some people say Jesus

Unlike so many other people who call themselves Christians, you have really understood the new covenant. You understood it so well that you can explain it to others." That's the first commendation he gave to the Pharisees.

Your minds should be led astray from the simple, pure devotion to Jesus Christ. That's why I started the message with Psalm 73:25. I'm afraid

therefore my beloved verse 14 flee from idolatry and when a Christian reads that he'll say well we're not Idol idol worshippers I never worshiped an idol in my life think again let me show you a verse

presence of Christ. More and more. It's not there in the beginning. We should be when we receive Christ into our life, he's come to dwell in our hearts, but if you don't like uh it says practice the presence of God, recognize that the Lord is here. If you

heart. I took a long time after being born again. I'd say more than 15 16 years as a born again Christian before I discovered where the root of sin was because I never heard anybody preach about it. People were preaching about