Zac Poonen - Being Broken to Be a Nobody

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Speaker: Zac Poonen Title: Being Broken to Be a Nobody Date: 04/20/2024 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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Zac Poonen teaches that true spiritual maturity requires brokenness and humility before God. Drawing from the Book of Job, he illustrates how God values a person who recognizes their own nothingness and surrenders their self-justification, rather than someone who relies on their own righteousness or good works. The mark of genuine faith is not external virtue but a broken spirit that daily acknowledges dependence on God and refuses to defend oneself.

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The requirement of being poor in spiritJesus taught in the Sermon on the Mount that the kingdom of heaven belongs exclusively to those who are poor in spirit, meaning those who are deeply aware of their own personal need rather than the faults of others.

Job and his friends' argumentsJob and his preacher friends argued back and forth, trying to find sin or explain why God was punishing him, much like husbands and wives or brothers arguing to prove themselves right.

God answers Job by showing His greatnessWhen God finally spoke to Job, He did not mention holiness or sin at all, but instead questioned Job about the vastness of creation to humble him.

Job confesses he is a nobodyOverwhelmed by God's greatness, Job repeatedly shrank in his own eyes until he finally confessed in chapter 40 that he was nothing and would lay his hand upon his mouth.

Job's transition from righteousness to BrokennessThough Job was a remarkably good and upright man in chapter 1, he lacked Brokenness and was proud of his righteousness until God broke him by the end of the book.

How God broke Jacob and MosesIt took God forty years of disappointing circumstances, including the humiliation of living dependent on a father-in-law, to break Jacob and Moses of their self-sufficiency.

Fighting the old adamic flesh dailyBecause moments of revelation fade quickly and we naturally gravitate back to our old flesh, Jesus commanded believers to take up the cross daily.

The broken bread and the submissive SaviorBreaking bread symbolizes our desire to be broken like Jesus, who never resisted or cursed his executioners like ordinary prisoners did, but willingly stretched out his hands.

Practicing future forgivenessWhen people spoke against Jesus, He offered future forgiveness, stating that whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man is forgiven, an attitude we are called to imitate toward others.

Jesus enduring imperfection in His earthly homeJust as Jacob and Moses had difficult home lives, Jesus had to live with unregenerate, imperfect earthly parents like Joseph and Mary, yet He never reacted with disrespect.

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The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.

God answers Job by showing His greatnessWhen God finally spoke to Job, He did not mention holiness or sin at all, but instead questioned Job about the vastness of creation to humble him.

Job confesses he is a nobodyOverwhelmed by God's greatness, Job repeatedly shrank in his own eyes until he finally confessed in chapter 40 that he was nothing and would lay his hand upon his mouth.

Fighting the old adamic flesh dailyBecause moments of revelation fade quickly and we naturally gravitate back to our old flesh, Jesus commanded believers to take up the cross daily.

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