Young People Grace Can Enable You To Live Victoriously - Zac Poonen
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Summary
The central message is that young people can live victoriously by understanding that Jesus Christ sympathized with our weaknesses because he was tempted in every point as we are. The speaker emphasizes that this truth, found in Hebrews 4:15, allows us to overcome discouragement and self-condemnation. He encourages listeners to seek assurance of salvation and to follow Christ's example of enduring temptation.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
Jesus chose young people as His disciplesJesus started His ministry at age thirty and lived thirty-three and a half years as a human example, facing all the temptations that teenagers and young people face.
Jesus sympathizes with our weaknessesHebrews teaches that Jesus sympathizes with our weaknesses, including discouragement, sexual temptation, and insecurity, just as God allowed difficulties in the wilderness to point people to Him.Hebrews 4:13–15
Tempted in every point as we areJesus faced every temptation we face—such as sexual lust in His youth—while limiting Himself and not using His divine power to bypass the struggle, giving us an example to follow.
Draw near to the throne of grace for mercyWhen tempted, we must boldly draw near to God to receive mercy, believing God's promise that He blots out our past sins and remembers them no more.
Grace is God's power for weak peopleJust as Jesus received grace in His spirit while growing up, we can find grace at God's throne, which is defined as God's power to overcome sin rather than merely unmerited favor.
God's grace is sufficient in our weaknessWhen Paul prayed for his thorn in the flesh to be removed, God told him His grace was sufficient, proving that God's power is perfected in human weakness.
Apart from Christ we can do zeroJesus teaches in John 15 that disconnected from Him we can do nothing, but with Christ we can fulfill everything God has planned for us.John 15:5
Faith comes by hearing the word of GodTrue faith requires believing in the heart and confessing with the mouth, which is fueled by the daily habit of reading and meditating on the New Testament.
Watching daily at God's gates like a beggarProverbs teaches that we must approach God daily like a needy beggar seeking grace, life, and direction for every situation in life.
Receive Christ and be born of GodThose who are unsure of their salvation are called to simply receive Jesus as Savior and rely on unshakable verses like John 6:37 to anchor their faith.John 1:12
God has a perfect plan for your lifeBefore we were born, God planned our days, and our ultimate goal should be to follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit day by day and finish the work He gave us.Psalm 139:16
