CFC Daily Devotions - Zac Poonen
Excerpt from the message: Revelation on God's Mysteries - Zac Poonen
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Summary
The speaker contrasts the world's self-seeking nature, which is characterized by a lack of the fear of the Lord, with the life of Christ. True spiritual growth requires constant confession of sin—anything unlike Christ—to peel back layers of self-seeking. Furthermore, building the church requires first possessing the 'new wine,' which is the life of Christ, before attempting to build the structure.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
What is a description of the whole world and most believers?The world and most born-again believers can be described by two statements: having no fear of the Lord before their eyes and seeking their own interests rather than the things of Jesus Christ.Romans 3:18Philippians 2:21
Did you come to Dubai to seek the glory of God?Believers who moved to places like Dubai should have come seeking God's glory in everything, but many actually came primarily to make money.1 Corinthians 10:31
Confess your sin of not seeking God's gloryJust as a couple must confess past sins even when remaining married, believers do not need to change their physical location, but they must confess that they sought their own interests instead of God's glory.
God loves honest peopleWhen a believer is one hundred percent honest with God and admits their self-seeking, God grants them light on another layer of the onion called self-seeking.
What is the definition of sin?Sin is defined as anything unlike Christ, making the entire Christian life a daily journey of discovering un-Christ-like areas, repenting, and having them replaced with the love and life of Christ.
What is light?While many mistake intellectual scriptural ideas for light, true light is a tremendous reverence for God and genuine revelation regarding one's selfishness and lack of reverence.
Jesus came to build a churchJesus did not just come to save sinners or make them holy, but to put them together after saving and making them holy to build a church as a new wineskin.
Start with the new wine, not the patternPeople often want to reproduce a visible church pattern they admire, but having an empty hollow wineskin without the new wine of Christ's life is not God's will.
Revelation versus understandingWhen speaking of the church, Jesus used the New Testament word revelation rather than the Old Testament concept of scribal understanding.Matthew 16:18
The scribe must become a discipleBelievers must avoid becoming mere scribes who collect knowledge and notes from messages without living the truth, because only disciples can produce disciples.Matthew 13:52
CFC Daily Devotions - Zac Poonen
Excerpt from the message: Revelation on God's Mysteries - Zac Poonen
To listen to the complete message click here : https://cfcindia.com/sermon/revelation-on-gods-mysteries
Visit our website for more information: https://www.cfcindia.com
Summary
The speaker contrasts the world's self-seeking nature, which is characterized by a lack of the fear of the Lord, with the life of Christ. True spiritual growth requires constant confession of sin—anything unlike Christ—to peel back layers of self-seeking. Furthermore, building the church requires first possessing the 'new wine,' which is the life of Christ, before attempting to build the structure.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
What is a description of the whole world and most believers?The world and most born-again believers can be described by two statements: having no fear of the Lord before their eyes and seeking their own interests rather than the things of Jesus Christ.Romans 3:18Philippians 2:21
Did you come to Dubai to seek the glory of God?Believers who moved to places like Dubai should have come seeking God's glory in everything, but many actually came primarily to make money.1 Corinthians 10:31
Confess your sin of not seeking God's gloryJust as a couple must confess past sins even when remaining married, believers do not need to change their physical location, but they must confess that they sought their own interests instead of God's glory.
God loves honest peopleWhen a believer is one hundred percent honest with God and admits their self-seeking, God grants them light on another layer of the onion called self-seeking.
What is the definition of sin?Sin is defined as anything unlike Christ, making the entire Christian life a daily journey of discovering un-Christ-like areas, repenting, and having them replaced with the love and life of Christ.
What is light?While many mistake intellectual scriptural ideas for light, true light is a tremendous reverence for God and genuine revelation regarding one's selfishness and lack of reverence.
Jesus came to build a churchJesus did not just come to save sinners or make them holy, but to put them together after saving and making them holy to build a church as a new wineskin.
Start with the new wine, not the patternPeople often want to reproduce a visible church pattern they admire, but having an empty hollow wineskin without the new wine of Christ's life is not God's will.
Revelation versus understandingWhen speaking of the church, Jesus used the New Testament word revelation rather than the Old Testament concept of scribal understanding.Matthew 16:18
The scribe must become a discipleBelievers must avoid becoming mere scribes who collect knowledge and notes from messages without living the truth, because only disciples can produce disciples.Matthew 13:52
