Life And Fellowship - Zac Poonen
Bangalore Conference 2011 Theme: New Wine In New Wineskins Message Title: Life And Fellowship - Zac Poonen Visit our website for more information: www.cfcindia.com
Summary
The central message emphasizes that true devotion to Christ means loving God with all your heart, making Jesus everything in life, to the point where worldly gains or losses have no impact on joy. The speaker draws from 1 Corinthians 2, suggesting that the Holy Spirit reveals God's thoughts, and true discipleship requires adopting the 'mind of Christ'—valuing people and God above money, comfort, or worldly achievements.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
What does it mean to love God with all your heart?Compared to Jesus, everything the world offers is rubbish, and loving God supremely means earthly gains and losses no longer dictate our joy.1 Corinthians 2:9
Receiving the mind of Christ through the Holy SpiritThe Holy Spirit is given to us so we can know the thoughts of God and view everything through the perspective of Christ.
The secret of Jesus' life: All that is mine is thineJesus lived with a bridal relationship to the Father, surrendering everything in the profound realization that everything the Father has is His.John 17:10
The story of the two sons and the danger of legalismThe prodigal son story illustrates how calculating legalists stay outside the father's house while the broken sinner finds true intimacy and rest inside.Luke 15:29
Rejoicing in the Lord always like the Apostle PaulPaul could rejoice and remain completely free from anxiety even while sitting in a wretched Roman dungeon.
Saved from misery by the daily life of JesusBeyond forgiveness through His blood, we must experience daily salvation by the life of Jesus, saving us from complaining, bad moods, and anxiety.Romans 5:9–10
Proclaiming the eternal life that was from the beginningJohn emphasizes that the core message of Christianity is not supernatural gifts or prosperity, but the eternal life shared between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Life leads to true fellowship without strifeTrue spiritual life brings us into fellowship with the Father and with one another, creating a unified body of believers modeled after eternity.
What our hearts remember and cherishOur subconscious stores what we truly love, which explains how the Apostle John could recall the intimate details of Jesus' prayer decades later.
The danger of pride in Christian workJust as Nebuchadnezzar looked upon Babylon with pride, Christian workers and elders can easily fall into pride over what they have built for God.
Remaining dead to the world and its applauseThe speaker concludes with a lifelong desire to remain a humble, unknown nobody whose only ambition is to please the Savior's eyes.
