CFC Daily Devotions - Zac Poonen
Excerpt from the message: Watch Your Inner Life - Zac Poonen
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Summary
Zac Poonen identifies anger and sexual sin—specifically lusting with the eyes, sinning with the hands, and uncontrolled speech—as the two most serious sins in Jesus's Sermon on the Mount, the only ones explicitly connected to hell. He emphasizes that overcoming these secret sins requires not the fullness of the Holy Spirit but rather the fear of God, illustrated through Joseph's resistance to adultery, and stresses that God's judgment will focus on what we do in private when no one is watching.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
Why focus so much on anger and secret sexual sins?The speaker addresses why he frequently preaches against anger and sexual sins, noting that Jesus specifically connected these specific sins to hell in the Sermon on the Mount.
Comparing sins in the Sermon on the MountWhile Jesus listed many sins like lying, divorce, hatred, and loving money, He only pointed to anger, dirty thoughts, and lust with the eyes or hands as leading to hell.
The danger of secret sin committed with the bodyBelievers often use the exact same eyes to read the Bible and the exact same tongue or hands for worship that they use to commit secret sins of anger and lust.
Why spiritual gifts do not automatically stop sinMany people who claim to be filled with the Holy Spirit and speak in tongues still struggle with anger and pornography, proving that gifts alone do not solve the problem.
The example of Joseph resisting temptationThough he was young, far from home, and had no Bible or Holy Spirit baptism, Joseph successfully resisted daily temptation because he feared God.
The spirit of the fear of the LordThe true Holy Spirit is also the spirit of the fear of the Lord, which brings a deep reverence for God right at the moment a person is tempted.
What God will judge when Jesus returnsWhen believers stand before the judgment seat of Christ, God will bring to light the things hidden in darkness and the private motives of the heart.1 Corinthians 4:5
Judging what happened in secretGod will judge how people spoke to their spouses in private and what they thought in their beds, because man looks on the outward appearance, but God looks on the heart.
CFC Daily Devotions - Zac Poonen
Excerpt from the message: Watch Your Inner Life - Zac Poonen
To listen to the complete message click here : https://cfcindia.com/sermon/watch-your-inner-life
Visit our website for more information: https://www.cfcindia.com
Summary
Zac Poonen identifies anger and sexual sin—specifically lusting with the eyes, sinning with the hands, and uncontrolled speech—as the two most serious sins in Jesus's Sermon on the Mount, the only ones explicitly connected to hell. He emphasizes that overcoming these secret sins requires not the fullness of the Holy Spirit but rather the fear of God, illustrated through Joseph's resistance to adultery, and stresses that God's judgment will focus on what we do in private when no one is watching.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
Why focus so much on anger and secret sexual sins?The speaker addresses why he frequently preaches against anger and sexual sins, noting that Jesus specifically connected these specific sins to hell in the Sermon on the Mount.
Comparing sins in the Sermon on the MountWhile Jesus listed many sins like lying, divorce, hatred, and loving money, He only pointed to anger, dirty thoughts, and lust with the eyes or hands as leading to hell.
The danger of secret sin committed with the bodyBelievers often use the exact same eyes to read the Bible and the exact same tongue or hands for worship that they use to commit secret sins of anger and lust.
Why spiritual gifts do not automatically stop sinMany people who claim to be filled with the Holy Spirit and speak in tongues still struggle with anger and pornography, proving that gifts alone do not solve the problem.
The example of Joseph resisting temptationThough he was young, far from home, and had no Bible or Holy Spirit baptism, Joseph successfully resisted daily temptation because he feared God.
The spirit of the fear of the LordThe true Holy Spirit is also the spirit of the fear of the Lord, which brings a deep reverence for God right at the moment a person is tempted.
What God will judge when Jesus returnsWhen believers stand before the judgment seat of Christ, God will bring to light the things hidden in darkness and the private motives of the heart.1 Corinthians 4:5
Judging what happened in secretGod will judge how people spoke to their spouses in private and what they thought in their beds, because man looks on the outward appearance, but God looks on the heart.
