Summary
The speaker emphasizes that the goal of Christians is to reflect Jesus by growing in personal purity and functioning corporately within the local church. He draws heavily on scripture, particularly James 1:2-4, to teach that trials test faith, leading to endurance and completeness. The core message is that true completeness is found not by accumulating self-sufficiency, but by emptying oneself of personal agenda and being filled with Jesus, mirroring the example of Jesus emptying himself on the cross. Finally, the speaker uses the miracle of the loaves and fishes to illustrate that God can use even our smallest, seemingly inadequate gifts for His greatest purposes.
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Speaker: Church Title: Church Sharing Date: 02-26-2017 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)
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