16th May 2021 - Sunday Church Service | God Can Make You Increase In Love - Zac Poonen
16th May 2021 - Sunday Church Service | God Can Make You Increase In Love - Zac Poonen
Summary
The central message emphasizes that true fellowship with God requires understanding that God is pure light and cannot tolerate any sin, no matter how small. The speaker warns that claiming fellowship while ignoring small sins is a lie, urging listeners to confront and repent of any hidden sin to maintain closeness with God.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
God is light and the standard of truthThe primary message of fellowship with God is understanding that God is light and cannot tolerate the smallest sin, requiring a sensitive and repentant conscience.1 John 1:5
Holiness is defined by loveWhile God is light, Scripture also declares that God is love, meaning true holiness is practically expressed through increasing and abounding love for one another.
Out loving rather than outlivingThe goal of the Christian life is not to live a long life or outlive others, but to out love them just as Jesus did during His time on earth.
What makes the new commandment new?Jesus gave a new commandment to love one another not merely as we love ourselves, but by the ultimate standard of how He loved us.John 13:34
Loving as Jesus loved by dying to selfJust as Jesus demonstrated His love through a cross, loving others in the family and the church requires dying to our own selfish desires and demands.
God's love expressed through discipline and reproofA mature understanding of God's love recognizes that He lovingly rebukes and disciplines His children, and we must accept correction without getting offended.Revelation 3:19
Aiming for a hundred percent before the LordBy daily judging ourselves and welcoming correction, we can stand unblameable and receive a hundred percent approval at the judgment seat of Christ.
Asking the Lord to cause our love to increaseBecause we cannot love difficult people in our own strength, we must humble ourselves and ask the Lord to supernaturally cause us to abound in love.
God works in us to will and to doGod works inside believers through the Holy Spirit both to give us the desire for His good pleasure and the power to actually carry it out.Philippians 2:13
Moving beyond old covenant limitationsWhile David delighted to do God's will under the old covenant, new covenant believers follow Jesus by actually having the power to fulfill it.Psalm 40:8
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