reading Isaiah earlier this week and a spoke of the same burden and the burden generally speaking is seeking deliverance from selfish Christianity seeking deliverance from selfish Christianity and if you look with me at

appointed order in the world and in the church submission is a precious virtue and while the world hates it and dism dispenses of it entirely sees it as unnecessary in the church all the way to Jesus Christ brother Jude says be very

count them but rubbish so that they might gain Christ I was thinking this week I really want to spend my time looking into the lives of those who walk as Paul says according to the pattern that we have in him it says he goes on

all of our circumstances as the hedge which when Bobby was mentioning the snake bites message the hedge witch it's it's driving me towards God's ultimate purpose of making me like Jesus Christ and he's using the challenges and

happened as an example to us. And you Christians be careful if you are thinking I would never behave like that. Let this be a warning to you. You too may fall into sin as God's people did. So that's when we when we read the Old

how do we increase in fruitfulness I think increasing and fruitfulness is increasing in Christ's likeness right in John chapter 3 I was thinking about what John the Baptist says you know the phrase you're already hopefully already

our Christian lives I almost picture it like the pilgrims progress as you walked down the path there's at different points there are different things that are dangerous right and depending on where you are some things afflict you in

uh in verse 5, it says "Slaves, be obedient to your masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling and sincerity of your heart as to Christ. Not by way of thy servants as men-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart.

I've set the Lord continually before me even in failure. I refuse to be condemned. Romans 8:1, There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. I trust his promise. 1 John 1:9, If we confess our sins, he is faithful to

disciples he said who do they who who do you say i am and they said oh you're the christ he said don't tell anyone and so again you go okay what's up with why you know he often says don't tell um and as i meditated on this question

be more kind. It's exactly opposite. It's exactly un-Christ-like. I want to be overflowing in kindness and love to the ones who don't seemingly deserve it yet, to the least of these. And then the last thing is that I see

our area of inability but what i say here see here is this was a uniquely designed trial in that it tested them in the one if there's any area in which their knowledge exceeded that of the lord jesus christ it's in a storm on a

make a road not for you to get through the wilderness but I want to get through the Wilderness I want for the Lord Jesus Christ to be manifested through every desert every circumstance like that it doesn't matter what it is you don't need

and it says he disguises himself as an angel of light even and um there can be there i find as as i look at my own susceptibility no one else's there's all sorts of dangerous half truths being peddled around christendom

the heavenly places the wisdom of God Lord and we want to show the world that you sent Jesus Christ out of love Lord so we pray that you would perfect us in unity please Lord thank you for this morning for what we've heard we pray for

steadfastness of jesus christ and part of the steadfastness of jesus christ is being happy knowing god's working quietly in me even if there's not even if i'm having trouble measuring it day after day meal after meal i'm happy and i'm at rest in my heart

about if you look at ii corinthians 11 starting in verse 23 he says you want to talk about being a servant of christ i'm going to speak like i'm crazy for a minute i had far more labor far more imprisonment speed in times of that

about Jesus Christ himself when the fruit of the spirit is the fruit of spirit is gentleness what about when Jesus drove the money changers from the temple do your eyes say that's gentleness right there or uh Joy free of

i wanted to start in uh john chapter four if you want to turn to john chapter four and i wanted to talk today about something that i would say really is revolutionize my christian life as i look back through the years i see

burdened by it. And so, I um I sought the Lord and I feel like he taught me a few things I want to share. So, um at first I was kind of almost embarrassed, I would say, that that the life of Christ wasn't manifested. That

office of being a pillar in the church anyone who wants to be elder to anyone else who wants to be mature and be dependable in the body of Christ I think there's a real warning in this story if you want to hold your finger here

but am i growing in that I'm having faith for believing that he will he's able to keep me from falling that there's there's an what what I'm saying here is in Jesus Christ there's not only power for forgiveness there's power

and you know if someone can express my rules but without my heart it's a tragic misrepresentation am i as i think about being a representative of jesus christ i may know his rules and i may abide by his rules i might brush my teeth on time