Enter By the Door - True Faith — Ajay Chakravarthy — November 20, 2022
https://rlcf.church/media/sermons/enter-by-the-door-true-faith River of Life Christian Fellowship 1306 N Lincoln Avenue Loveland, Colorado - 80537, USA
Summary
The sermon emphasizes that true salvation requires entering through the proper 'door,' which Jesus identifies as Himself. The speaker stresses that true faith must be paired with true repentance, as both are necessary for salvation. Furthermore, believers must guard their minds by taking every thought captive to Christ's obedience, rejecting false or discouraging thoughts at the door.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
Jesus is the door to salvationJesus explains in John 10 that anyone who tries to enter the kingdom by climbing up another way rather than through the door cannot be saved.
True repentance and true faithSecond Corinthians 7 explains that Godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, and it must be paired with true faith like Jesus prayed for Peter.2 Corinthians 7:10
Knowing and believing God's loveBelievers must come to deep personal knowledge and belief in the love that God has for them rather than listening to discouraging thoughts.
Taking every thought captiveJust like a salesman ringing a doorbell, believers do not have to accept every discouraging or unbelieving thought that knocks on their minds.2 Corinthians 10:5Ezekiel 13:22
Job's struggle with false discouragementEven Job, a blameless man attested to by God, suffered from the false accusations of friends and began to doubt God's attentiveness.
The enemy's temptation of JesusThe devil constantly tried to make Jesus doubt God's love and favor, both in the wilderness and while He hung on the cross.
John Bunyan and the Pilgrim's ProgressImprisoned for preaching, John Bunyan wrote Pilgrim's Progress, illustrating how Christians fall into Giant Despair's dungeon and escape through the key of promise.
The parable of the two debtorsJesus tells the story of two debtors to show that no matter how large our sin debt is, when we realize we cannot repay it, God graciously forgives us.
The tax collector goes home justifiedUnlike the Pharisee who boasted in his works, the tax collector beat his chest, cried out for mercy, and went home justified before God.Luke 18:10–14
Getting up and walking away from sinWhen Jesus forgave the paralyzed man and healed him, He commanded him to pick up his mat and go home, illustrating that believers must accept forgiveness and move forward.
God's court overrides all earthly condemnationEarthly courts and human accusers may declare a person guilty, but in God's ultimate court, Jesus tells the woman caught in adultery that He does not condemn her.
Remembering purification instead of past sinsPeter could have lived in perpetual regret over denying the Lord, but second Peter reminds believers to focus on the purification from their former sins rather than the sins themselves.
