CFC Daily Devotions - Zac Poonen
Excerpt from the message: The Fear of the Lord is the ABC of Spiritual Wisdom - Zac Poonen
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Summary
The central message is that delighting in the fear of the Lord means one will never judge or form an opinion based solely on what their eyes see or what their ears hear. The speaker uses examples from scripture (Jesus's actions) and daily life to illustrate that true wisdom requires looking beyond surface appearances and understanding underlying motives. This principle is presented as a way to avoid wrongly judging others and to ensure one's own life is built on deeper truth rather than mere observation.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
What is the mark of delighting in the fear of the Lord?The primary mark of someone who fears the Lord is that they will never form an opinion or judge by what their physical eyes see alone.
An example of misunderstood actionsA believer was seen walking out of a drinking saloon and was falsely accused of drinking, when he had actually just gone inside to distribute tracts.
Learning from the sun not movingGod placed the sun in the sky as a daily reminder not to trust everything our eyes perceive, just as people falsely believed the sun orbited the earth for thousands of years.
Jesus in Jerusalem during the PassoverWhen many people in Jerusalem believed in His name after seeing His miracles, Jesus did not entrust Himself to them because He knew what was inside their minds.John 2:23
Applying Christ's discernment to ourselvesJesus knows our hidden thoughts, private motives, and the real goals we live for, even if we appear pious and religious before others.
Not making decisions by what our ears hearJust as Jesus refused to judge by what His eyes saw, He also refused to make decisions based solely on what His ears heard.
The story of the mosquito coilA child saw smoke rising from a group of church youth at night and wrongly assumed they were smoking, prompting his mother to spread a damaging rumor before checking the facts.
The permanence of spread rumorsSpreading false reports is like scattering feathers from a pillow; once the words are spoken and passed on, you can never take them back.
Investigating before making a decisionWe are not told to remain passive, but rather to investigate matters fully rather than stopping at surface reports.
God's law for the Israelites in DeuteronomyGod commanded the Israelites to carefully investigate, search out, inquire thoroughly, and establish the truth before acting on a bad report.Deuteronomy 13:12
Living as Jesus lived with righteousness and fairnessFollowing the example of Jesus and treating other believers with the same protective love we show our own children will keep us from spreading lies and ruining reputations.
CFC Daily Devotions - Zac Poonen
Excerpt from the message: The Fear of the Lord is the ABC of Spiritual Wisdom - Zac Poonen
To listen to the complete message click here : https://cfcindia.com/sermon/the-fear-of-the-lord-is-the-abc-of-spiritual-wisdom
Visit our website for more information: https://www.cfcindia.com
Summary
The central message is that delighting in the fear of the Lord means one will never judge or form an opinion based solely on what their eyes see or what their ears hear. The speaker uses examples from scripture (Jesus's actions) and daily life to illustrate that true wisdom requires looking beyond surface appearances and understanding underlying motives. This principle is presented as a way to avoid wrongly judging others and to ensure one's own life is built on deeper truth rather than mere observation.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
What is the mark of delighting in the fear of the Lord?The primary mark of someone who fears the Lord is that they will never form an opinion or judge by what their physical eyes see alone.
An example of misunderstood actionsA believer was seen walking out of a drinking saloon and was falsely accused of drinking, when he had actually just gone inside to distribute tracts.
Learning from the sun not movingGod placed the sun in the sky as a daily reminder not to trust everything our eyes perceive, just as people falsely believed the sun orbited the earth for thousands of years.
Jesus in Jerusalem during the PassoverWhen many people in Jerusalem believed in His name after seeing His miracles, Jesus did not entrust Himself to them because He knew what was inside their minds.John 2:23
Applying Christ's discernment to ourselvesJesus knows our hidden thoughts, private motives, and the real goals we live for, even if we appear pious and religious before others.
Not making decisions by what our ears hearJust as Jesus refused to judge by what His eyes saw, He also refused to make decisions based solely on what His ears heard.
The story of the mosquito coilA child saw smoke rising from a group of church youth at night and wrongly assumed they were smoking, prompting his mother to spread a damaging rumor before checking the facts.
The permanence of spread rumorsSpreading false reports is like scattering feathers from a pillow; once the words are spoken and passed on, you can never take them back.
Investigating before making a decisionWe are not told to remain passive, but rather to investigate matters fully rather than stopping at surface reports.
God's law for the Israelites in DeuteronomyGod commanded the Israelites to carefully investigate, search out, inquire thoroughly, and establish the truth before acting on a bad report.Deuteronomy 13:12
Living as Jesus lived with righteousness and fairnessFollowing the example of Jesus and treating other believers with the same protective love we show our own children will keep us from spreading lies and ruining reputations.
