5. Holiness And Fellowship By Zac Poonen

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Speaker: Zac Poonen Title: Holiness And Fellowship Date: 06-26-2016 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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The central message emphasizes that a balanced Christian life requires both loving God and loving one's neighbor, drawing parallels to the two commandments Jesus taught. True love is an attitude of the heart, not merely an action or service, and it must first be practiced within one's local fellowship. Furthermore, genuine love, like Christ's, involves being corrected and disciplined, which proves God's enduring love.

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What is the greatest commandment?When asked about the greatest commandment, Jesus pointed to a balanced life of loving God with all one's heart and loving one's neighbor as oneself.Matthew 22:36–37

How do we know Jesus loves us through discipline?Jesus proves His love for believers by rebuking and disciplining them when they slip up, rather than leaving them alone in their sin.Revelation 3:19

Why does God discipline His children?Just as a father corrects his own children, God disciplines those He truly loves, proving they are legitimate children rather than outsiders.

Forgiveness and the hatred of sinMeditating on the immense price Christ paid on the cross—including being cut off from the Father—produces a deep hatred for sin and a greater love for Jesus.

The danger of spiritual shortsightednessBelievers who forget the purification of their past sins become shortsighted, losing eternal values and focusing instead on earthly accomplishments and wealth.2 Peter 1:9

Why God gives the oil of gladnessGod anointed Jesus with more gladness than anyone else because He loved righteousness and hated iniquity above all.Hebrews 1:9

Holiness without fellowship is a deceptionClaiming to be holy while living a solitary life is a self-deception; true holiness is tested by fellowshipping with different kinds of people in a local church.

Christ is all and in allIn the true renewal of the new self, external distinctions like race, culture, language, or social status disappear because Christ is everything.

Diversity and unity in the bodyThe local church is not a communist system that makes everyone identical, but a diverse body where rich and poor, educated and uneducated, work together in love.

A pure testimony in the worldJust as a ship is tested by putting it out to sea, the church is placed right in the middle of the world to maintain a pure testimony against sin without isolating itself in the jungle.

The guarantee of fruitfulness through deathJesus guaranteed that a grain of wheat must fall into the ground and die to itself; otherwise, it remains alone instead of bearing much fruit.John 12:24

A pure offering among the nationsGod looks past large mega churches to build local expressions where a pure offering is raised up to His name across the earth.

The safety of being cemented togetherLoose bricks lying on a road are easily scattered, but bricks cemented into a house share safety and protection against the attacks of hell.Matthew 16:18

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