November 15 | Daily Devotion | Learn Obedience Through Sufferings | Zac Poonen

Zac PoonenNovember 14, 202413mWatch on YouTube

CFC Daily Devotions - Zac Poonen Excerpt from the message: Growing Up To Maturity - Zac Poonen To listen to the complete message click here : https://cfcindia.com/sermon/growing-up-to-maturity Visit our website for more information: https://www.cfcindia.com

Summary

The message emphasizes that true spiritual maturity and understanding come from learning obedience through suffering, drawing parallels from Jesus' life. The speaker warns that merely performing easy acts of piety, like attending church, does not equate to deep spiritual growth; genuine learning occurs in areas requiring self-denial and suffering. Therefore, to truly grow, one must embrace the difficult obedience that involves sacrifice.

Outline

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Why was Jesus heard by God?Hebrews 5 highlights the humanity of Christ, noting that Jesus prayed with loud crying and tears and was heard because of His Godly fear, not just because He was the Son of God.

How Jesus learned obedienceJesus learned obedience as a man subjected to human limitations, growing step by step from childhood just as we have the opportunity to do today.

Deep truths difficult for most ChristiansThese profound realities about Christ's temptations, prayers, Godly fear, and learning obedience are often hard for many Christians to understand or accept.

Obedience that involves sufferingWe only truly learn obedience from the things we suffer when we have to deny ourselves, rather than in easy areas where obedience requires no sacrifice.

Why many Christians never conquer sinMany believers remain stagnant and fail to conquer anger or selfish desires because they only obey in comfortable areas and avoid self-denial.

Jesus as our teacher in times of sufferingJesus completed His education through suffering and now acts as a teacher to instruct those who choose to obey Him during difficult moments.

Bringing every area under God's guidanceMany believers make personal choices like taking vacations without consulting God, whereas true disciples submit every part of their lives to His will.

Becoming useful to God in secret areasGod chooses servants from those who deny themselves in private areas, such as managing their money and giving up their own will to please Him.

Choosing the higher life of obedienceThose who are truly useful to God in the church are the ones who made choices to pursue a higher life of obedience instead of just doing what they feel like doing.

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