When Christ Becomes Your Burden - Santosh Poonen - September 16, 2018
http://rlcfchurch.org/when-christ-becomes-your-burden River of Life Christian Fellowship 1306 N Lincoln Avenue Loveland, Colorado - 80537, USA
Summary
The speaker encourages the audience to meditate on 1 Corinthians 14, emphasizing that pursuing love is paramount, and that true prophecy involves edification, exhortation, and consolation through the Holy Spirit. He stresses that spiritual gifts are not the measure of faith; rather, one must be a doer of the word, as demonstrated by Jesus's humble entrance into Jerusalem on a donkey, fulfilling prophecy.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
Pursue love and desire spiritual giftsBelievers are commanded to pursue love and earnestly desire spiritual gifts, especially prophecy, which serves to edify, exhort, and console others starting right in the home.1 Corinthians 14:1–3
The danger of being a hearer and not a doerListening to powerful sermons and understanding biblical truths is not enough; true life comes only from being a doer of the word with an honest heart.
Jesus enters Jerusalem on a donkeyJesus instructs his disciples to fetch a donkey and a colt, fulfilling the Old Testament prophecy that the king would come humble and mounted on a beast of burden.Matthew 21:1–7
The hidden, humble kingship of ChristThe kingship of Jesus is consistently manifested in ways the world despises, from his birth in a stable to riding a donkey, rejecting worldly limousine-style status.
Will you miss Christ if he comes in insignificance?Just as the Pharisees missed the Messiah because he rode a donkey, believers must be careful not to reject the fragile, broken, and despised appearance of Christ's body today.
The donkey carrying a new burdenThe donkey that previously carried mundane loads is released from its old burdens and carries Jesus instead, picturing the trade of our personal anxieties for Christ's burden.
Humble yourself and cast your anxiety on GodWorry and anxiety stem from pride, so believers must humble themselves under God's mighty hand to have their burdens removed.1 Peter 5:6–7
Finding rest in Christ's easy yokeWhen Jesus becomes your burden and replaces your self-carried loads, you enter a life of spiritual rest rather than spinning in circles of defeat.
Living out Christ's burden practicallyWhen Jesus is your burden, you care about God's kingdom, judge yourself rather than others, and bear one another's burdens in a spirit of gentleness.
