Bobby McDonald - Jesus Died For Me, So I Want To Die For Him

Bobby McDonaldOctober 24, 201615mWatch on YouTube

Speaker: Bobby McDonald Title: Jesus Died For Me, So I Want To Die For Him Date: 10-23-2016 Our Goal as Christians is this: To be an exact reflection of Jesus, the Son of God (Romans 8:29) We do this individually by growing in purity in our personal lives (1 John 3:2-3) We do this corporately by becoming fully functioning members of a local Church (Ephesians 4:11-16)

Summary

The central message is that Christian life requires a two-sided response: receiving God's grace and love, and then responding with a life of total surrender and gratitude. The speaker emphasizes that believers should live not for temporary, self-serving goals, but for eternity, mirroring Daniel's devotion to God's sake. This surrender means recognizing that we belong to God, just as we were created in His image, and living accordingly.

Outline

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Daniel's attitude of doing everything for God's sakeWhen studying Daniel, what stood out most was how his prayers, labor, and fasting were done entirely for God's sake rather than personal gain.

Don't live for things that are temporaryFrom an early age, a voice in the speaker's heart guided him not to waste his life on temporary things, but to store up treasure in heaven by living for God.

The two-sided coin of the Christian lifeThe Christian life is a coin where God's grace reaches down to save us, and our grateful response reaches back up as we die to our own will to live for Him.

Give to God what bears His imageJust as Jesus noted that a coin bearing Caesar's image belongs to Caesar, humans bear the image of God from creation and therefore belong completely to Him.

What does the big picture of Scripture say?Random sampling of New Testament epistles reveals two core themes: what God did for us in Christ, and how we should live in light of it.

The contrast between Romans chapter 7 and chapter 8Romans 7 focuses heavily on 'me' and fleshly struggles over thirty times, while Romans 8 shifts radically to God, Christ, and the Spirit over fifty times through the intervention of God's grace.

The parable of the wedding feast and true appreciationThe parable of the wedding feast illustrates that many accept God's invitation for salvation, but few appreciate it enough to dress in wedding clothes and prepare themselves.

Where are the other nine lepers?Out of ten lepers healed by Jesus, only one returned to fall on his face in gratitude, showing that true appreciation for grace is rare.

Surrendering to Jesus is a daily choiceGiving one's life to Jesus is not just a past one-time event, but a conscious, daily decision to take up your cross and live for Him today.

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