Coimbatore Conference - 2015: Session - 5 - Zac Poonen
This is the Live Broadcasting of Coimbatore Conference - 2015 on 11th & 12th April, 2015
Summary
The message emphasizes that true worship must be offered regardless of life's circumstances, drawing an analogy from the Book of Job. The core challenge is not merely to avoid sin, but to maintain praise and worship even when facing extreme adversity. The speaker urges the congregation to focus on *who* God is—the God who answers prayer—rather than what God does for them, maintaining continuous praise.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
How to worship God like JobThe speaker introduces the book of Job as a foundational text on how to truly worship God regardless of difficult life circumstances, referencing Job's response of worship.
The three conditions of being a discipleJesus sets strict conditions for discipleship: loving Him more than family members, more than worldly possessions, and more than one's own life.
God tests Job in family and propertyThe speaker explains how God permitted Satan to test Job within the hedges protecting his property and his family, comparing it to the spiritual tests believers face.
Recognizing false fire and trialsAnalyzing the calamities that struck Job, the speaker warns that supernatural occurrences and trials can sometimes be orchestrated by Satan with God's permission.
Job's true worship in lossJob responds to the devastating news by worshiping God, declaring that he came naked into the world and that God is ultimately enough.
Satan tests Job with physical sicknessSatan receives permission to test Job in the final area—his own physical life—by striking him with severe boils from head to toe.
Paul's thorn in the fleshThe speaker examines the Apostle Paul's bodily illness as another example of a servant of God enduring a physical trial designed to keep him humble.
Moving from Job's complaints to New Covenant triumphUnlike Job, who fluctuated and complained due to lacking the indwelling Holy Spirit, New Covenant believers can experience continuous triumph through God's grace.
The true mark of God's blessingTrue spiritual blessing is not measured by material success or jobs in foreign places, but by being conformed to Christ and walking in constant victory.
