CFC Daily Devotions - Zac Poonen
Excerpt from the message: Born Again Through Repentance And Faith - Zac Poonen
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Summary
The speaker emphasizes that spiritual growth requires accepting correction, rebuke, and discipline from the Lord, comparing this to anointing with oil. He shares a personal testimony about how enduring years of misunderstanding and silence was crucial for God to build the ministry of CFC. Ultimately, he urges listeners to submit to God's discipline, recognizing that when God
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
Why are you not growing spiritually?The speaker tells the listeners that they could have been much further ahead in their spiritual growth if they had been more sensitive to sin and willing to accept rebuke.
Let the righteous smite meThe speaker reads Psalm 141 to show that accepting correction from the righteous is like being anointed with oil for service, and we should not refuse it.Psalms 141:5
A three-year test of silenceThe speaker shares how he was falsely accused and forbidden from preaching for over two years, and the Lord told him to keep quiet and accept it without self-defense.
Seeing the purpose of the testYears later, after the Lord established CFC, the speaker realized God had tested his obedience through those years of misunderstanding to prepare him for the future.
God's work does not depend on one manThe speaker notes that if he had failed the test, God would have found someone else just as He found Paul when Judas missed out.
Do not miss the ministry God has for youYoung people are warned not to be disturbed by humiliating words or discipline, because rejecting correction means missing out on the ministry God has planned.
Rebuke as the knock on the heart's doorConnecting Revelation 3:19 and 20, the speaker explains that Jesus knocks at the door of the heart through rebuke and discipline, and opening the door means submitting to His correction.Revelation 3:19–20
Meat, milk, and the times we live inResponding to a request for milk instead of meat, the speaker references Second Timothy to show that people in these last days prefer teachers who tickle their ears rather than accepting reproof and rebuke.
CFC Daily Devotions - Zac Poonen
Excerpt from the message: Born Again Through Repentance And Faith - Zac Poonen
To listen to the complete message click here : https://www.cfcindia.com/sermon/born-again-through-repentance-and-faith
Visit our website for more information: https://www.cfcindia.com
Summary
The speaker emphasizes that spiritual growth requires accepting correction, rebuke, and discipline from the Lord, comparing this to anointing with oil. He shares a personal testimony about how enduring years of misunderstanding and silence was crucial for God to build the ministry of CFC. Ultimately, he urges listeners to submit to God's discipline, recognizing that when God
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
Why are you not growing spiritually?The speaker tells the listeners that they could have been much further ahead in their spiritual growth if they had been more sensitive to sin and willing to accept rebuke.
Let the righteous smite meThe speaker reads Psalm 141 to show that accepting correction from the righteous is like being anointed with oil for service, and we should not refuse it.Psalms 141:5
A three-year test of silenceThe speaker shares how he was falsely accused and forbidden from preaching for over two years, and the Lord told him to keep quiet and accept it without self-defense.
Seeing the purpose of the testYears later, after the Lord established CFC, the speaker realized God had tested his obedience through those years of misunderstanding to prepare him for the future.
God's work does not depend on one manThe speaker notes that if he had failed the test, God would have found someone else just as He found Paul when Judas missed out.
Do not miss the ministry God has for youYoung people are warned not to be disturbed by humiliating words or discipline, because rejecting correction means missing out on the ministry God has planned.
Rebuke as the knock on the heart's doorConnecting Revelation 3:19 and 20, the speaker explains that Jesus knocks at the door of the heart through rebuke and discipline, and opening the door means submitting to His correction.Revelation 3:19–20
Meat, milk, and the times we live inResponding to a request for milk instead of meat, the speaker references Second Timothy to show that people in these last days prefer teachers who tickle their ears rather than accepting reproof and rebuke.
