Bobby McDonald - Disregarding ourselves and exalting Jesus

Bobby McDonaldDecember 14, 202019mWatch on YouTube

Speaker: Bobby McDonald Title: Disregarding ourselves and exalting Jesus Date: 12/13/2020 Our Goal as Christians is this: To be an exact reflection of Jesus, the Son of God (Romans 8:29) We do this individually by growing in purity in our personal lives (1 John 3:2-3) We do this corporately by becoming fully functioning members of a local Church (Ephesians 4:11-16)

Summary

The central message is that true discipleship requires completely disregarding the self and exalting Jesus, mirroring Christ's willingness to die for others. This surrender means letting go of personal rights, ambitions, and earthly attachments, finding freedom in focusing on God's will rather than self-centered desires. The speaker emphasizes that this mindset, like Paul's, allows one to endure suffering and focus on the eternal reward.

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The call to die to self from John 12Jesus explains in John 12 that His time to die has come, using the illustration of a grain of wheat falling into the earth to bear fruit.

What it means to disregard ourselvesDisregarding self means forgetting about our rights, ambitions, and happiness, and instead focusing entirely on God's desires and what we have in Christ.

The power of the Holy Spirit to control our mindsGod gives us the freedom and power through the Holy Spirit to choose not to dwell on fleshly, self-centered thoughts, bringing life and peace.

The peace of a dead personUsing the illustration of two car owners at a grocery store, a person who is dead to self is not held in bondage by earthly treasures and remains at peace when trials happen.

Looking past our own crosses to JesusPaul viewed his life as of no account, and like runners in Hebrews 12, we must look away from our own suffering and fix our eyes on Jesus.

Self-pity is still about meSelf-degradation and constant talk about how worthless we are is still rooted in self-obsession and does not lift up Jesus.

Paul's view of momentary light afflictionsPaul called his immense sufferings a momentary light affliction because he compared them to the glory of Christ's cross.

The infinite weight of Christ's sufferingJesus suffered the equivalent of eternal separation from God compressed into a few hours on the cross, making our own trials fade into the background.

Noticing what the Bible does not say about our loveWhile the Bible calls various figures friends or men after God's own heart, it never highlights someone as 'the man who loved God,' showing how small our love is next to His.

Running away from self-gloryWe should run away from any temptation to glory in our own sacrifices, recognizing that in the Christian life we are simply undeserving receivers of God's immense love.

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