Josh McGuire - I Should Get More | Austin CFC | 2023-12-24
Summary
The message challenges listeners to move beyond relying on personal or cultural understandings of righteousness and instead seek God's true standard through Scripture. The speaker emphasizes that genuine understanding of God's justice requires humility, recognizing that our own efforts are insufficient for salvation. He directs the focus inward, suggesting that spiritual growth in righteousness must begin with self-examination rather than judging others.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
Setting our minds on things aboveRecapping a previous message, the speaker asks what it truly means to set our minds on things above and understand God's righteousness.
Trained in righteousness through scriptureScripture is inspired by God and serves to train us in His righteousness so we can move away from relying on our own understanding.
Judgment begins with the household of GodTrue righteousness starts inside ourselves as members of God's family, rather than by judging the world around us.1 Peter 4:17
The Pharisee and the tax collectorJesus tells a parable about a Pharisee who trusts in his own righteousness and looks down on others while thanking God he is better than them.
The attitude of the older brotherIn the story of the prodigal son, the older brother becomes angry and grumbles that he has served faithfully and never received a celebration.
The laborers in the vineyardWorkers who labored all day grumble against the landowner because those who worked only one hour received the exact same denarius.
The landowner responds to grumblingDespite the workers' complaints, the landowner gently addresses one of them as friend, showing that God's heart is to correct and converse with us.
Two penetrating questions from the LordWhen tested by feelings of unfairness, the Lord asks us if we are accusing His righteousness and whether His goodness has exposed our envy.
A glimpse of heaven in RevelationA picture of heaven shows believers serving God day and night with completely cleansed robes and no competition or entitlement.
Combating entitlement with gratitudeLiving in a culture that revolves around wanting more requires cultivating a heart of gratitude and finding true joy in the Lord.
The loving doctor deals with the root issueJust as a loving doctor exposes cancer to save a patient, God exposes the fleshly entitlement attitude in our hearts because He loves us.
Do you want to be a king or a servant?Jesus did not come to be served but to serve, teaching believers to pour out their lives for others instead of demanding what they deserve.Mark 10:45
