Words of Encouragement -- Olu Talabi & David Lane -- December 27, 2020
http://rlcf.church River of Life Christian Fellowship 1306 N Lincoln Avenue Loveland, Colorado - 80537, USA
Summary
The speaker discusses the theological understanding of Jesus Christ, drawing from Mark 6 and 1 John 4. The central message is that Jesus was fully God and fully man, a truth that the devil attempts to obscure today. The speaker warns against the deception of the antichrist, which tries to make people believe that because Jesus was God, they cannot follow him because he was not fully man. True belief requires acknowledging that Jesus was fully human and fully divine, making him a model for discipleship.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
The question of Jesus' identity in MarkThe speaker points to Mark chapter 6 where people saw Jesus as an ordinary carpenter and brother of James, failing to realize He was God walking among them.Mark 6:3
James' realization and the modern deceptionAfter the resurrection, James realized Jesus was God, but today the devil uses the opposite deception to make us forget that Jesus was also fully human.
The spirit of the antichrist in First JohnJohn warns that any spirit denying that Jesus Christ came in the flesh is the spirit of the antichrist, which is actively at work today trying to convince believers they cannot walk as He walked.
Jesus' example of doing and teachingReflecting on Luke and Matthew, the speaker notes that Jesus lived out what He commanded, starting with the blessing on the poor in spirit.
Putting no confidence in the fleshPaul teaches true circumcision involves worshiping in the Spirit and having no confidence in the flesh, which often requires humbling ourselves under God's mighty hand.
Growing older and realizing our need for GodWhile youth assumes life gets easier to figure out with experience, walking with the Lord teaches us that we know less and need Him more.
Our adequacy comes from GodPaul explains in Second Corinthians that our competence is from God as servants of a new covenant of the Spirit, holding this treasure in earthen vessels so the power belongs to God.
