27th Nov 2022 - Knowing God Through Brokenness - Zac Poonen
27th Nov 2022 - Knowing God Through Brokenness - Zac Poonen For more sermons please visit https://www.cfcindia.com/
Summary
The message emphasizes that God's grace is evident in His willingness to seek out and restore us, even when we were sinners and enemies. The speaker encourages the congregation to approach God with gratitude, recognizing that salvation and new life come through His immense, undeserved love. The core message centers on acknowledging God's boundless mercy and the security found in Christ.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
Christ triumphantThe service begins with a song proclaiming the glory, crown, and eternal reign of Christ, who defeated death through the cross.
The triumph of God's graceA song celebrates how the triumphant King came down to seek, buy, and bring the lost into His fold through His wondrous grace.
Entering His presence in prayerThe speaker invites the congregation to bow their heads and quiet their spirits, focusing on God's mercy and the righteousness described in the Psalms.
A prayer of gratitudeThe speaker begins with a prayer of thanks to God for His immense love, for cleansing believers through Christ, and for the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Weekly memory versesThe speaker reviews the previous week's verse from 2 Peter 3:9 and introduces this week's command from 1 Peter 4:11 regarding serving by God's strength.
Trusting God's care in the darknessUsing the analogy of a banknote seen in the light, the speaker encourages believers to trust God's proven truths even when facing the darkness of life's trials.
Trusting what you saw in the light during times of darknessGod gives us understanding during times of ease so that we can rely on His character when we face trials and darkness.
The lie of the prosperity gospelTrue Christianity is not about wealth or health; in fact, the message of Christ implies that knowing God often involves suffering on this earth.
Counting everything as loss for the sake of knowing ChristFollowing Paul's example in Philippians, we must view all our achievements and qualifications as rubbish compared to the incomparable value of knowing Jesus.Philippians 3:8
The grain of wheat must die to produce fruitJust as a seed must be buried and broken open for the life inside to emerge, our outward reputation and self-will must be broken to release God's life through us.
Moses: From worldly success to being brokenDespite rejecting worldly honors and pleasures at age forty, Moses still needed forty years of being crushed by God to reach true humility.
True blessing is found in brokenness, not worldly abundanceWealth and even large families are not marks of God's blessing; rather, the true mark of a blessed life is the inward work of brokenness.
Jesus bore our sicknesses and sinsDrawing from Isaiah, the speaker explains that Jesus experienced physical ailments and temptations to prepare us to be overcomers in our own struggles.
Living for God's will provides securityIf your primary ambition is to fulfill God's work on earth, you are safe from any harm until your appointed hour arrives.
Talking to God through our questions and painUsing the examples of Job and Paul, the speaker encourages believers to bring their questions and sufferings directly to God's throne, knowing He listens with sympathy.
