9th Feb 2025 - Yielding Our Body And Its Passions Fully To The Lord - Zac Poonen

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Zac Poonen teaches on yielding our body and its passions fully to the Lord by drawing parallels between Israel's exodus from Egypt and the Christian's journey to victory over sin. Using 1 Corinthians 10 and Hebrews 3-4, he explains that baptism and the Holy Spirit's baptism are meant to lead believers from slavery to sin (Egypt) into a life of complete victory over fleshly lusts (Canaan), not mere wandering in the wilderness of defeat.

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What does the story of the Israelites in the wilderness mean for us?Egypt represents slavery to sin, water baptism and the cloud represent deliverance and the Holy Spirit, and Canaan is a picture of total victory over sin in our physical bodies.

Giving our bodies to Christ just as a wife gives her body to her husbandJust as marriage involves giving both heart and body to one's spouse, being the bride of Christ means surrendering our physical bodies and every desire to the Lord rather than keeping them for ourselves.

Presenting your body piece by piece as a Living SacrificeIn view of God's abundant mercies, believers must present their bodies as a living and holy sacrifice to God, cutting up individual parts like the eyes, tongue, and hands and giving them fully to the Lord.

Our body is the temple of the Holy SpiritGod cares far more about whether there is unyielded sin in our bodily temple than about physical church buildings, and He warns that destroying His temple brings severe consequences.

If your body is for the Lord, the Lord will be for your bodyWhen we refuse to worship food or indulge in sexual immorality and instead dedicate our body to God, we claim the wonderful promise that the Lord is for our physical body.1 Corinthians 6:13

Those whose god is their stomach are enemies of the CrossPaul weeps over believers who walk in a wrong way and whose god is their stomach, warning that worshiping food or bodily passions makes people enemies of the Cross of Christ.Philippians 3:18–19

Disciplining bodily desires through giving, prayer, and fastingJesus teaches secret giving, prayer, and fasting in the Sermon on the Mount, showing that fasting is a vital form of disciplining our bodily desires away from human boasting.Matthew 6:2–16

Exercising self-control and making the body our slaveLike athletes in a race who exercise strict self-control to win a prize, Paul disciplined his body and made it his slave so that he would not be disqualified after preaching to others.

Conquering the giants in the land of Canaan through faithJust as the Israelites failed to enter Canaan due to unbelief regarding the giants, believers often view bodily lusts as invincible, but faith in God allows us to bring every temptation under our feet.

God's grace is sufficient to overcome every weaknessSin shall not master over us because we are under grace, which provides the divine power needed to conquer weaknesses in controlling our tongue, eyes, and appetite.2 Corinthians 12:9

Humble yourself before God to receive graceGod gives grace to the humble and resists the proud, meaning that any failure to overcome sin stems from a lack of true humility before God.1 Peter 5:5

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9th Feb 2025 - Yielding Our Body And Its Passions Fully To The Lord - Zac Poonen

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