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Sunday 9/5/10 Pastor Alex sermon- Becoming One, Unity Gen 2;24, Deut 6;6-7, II Cor 6;14, Titus 2;4-9, John 17;25 Eccle 4;12

1) Unity is Power- Being together as One is Power. The world knows Jesus was sent by God thru Unity. So many churches are struggling with division. Folks hate authority and satan uses this to divide the church. We should not team up with  any unbelievers. Don’t be unequally yoked. Don’t get into a legal contract with any unbelievers that don’t believe in Jesus. There will be no unification about the basic principles of Jesus with unbelievers.
We need to do things God’s way by discovering what scripture says about an issue and do what He said. We should not resist coming before God to ask for help with our issues and not be double minded about it.

2)You are Going to Reflect Something. We see ourselves in our children and they reflect our ways. If we are doing the Christ thing then they will show this Gal 5;16-25. If we walk in the Spirit then we will not fulfill the lust of the flesh. The battle is between the Spirit and the flesh. The flesh works fornication, adultery, witchcraft, idolatry, anger etc.
vs. 25 If we live by the Spirit then we should walk in the Spirit. Walking in the Spirit means we know the Spirit dwells in us and the Spirit is 100% God. We don’t need to pray for patience cause the Spirit has 100% of God’s patience. When we need patience and temperance, its because we are walking in the flesh.
II Cor13;4-7 Love is patient, kind. God is Love. Love is not jealous, boastful, or demanding its own way. Love doesn’t hold grudges. We must confess ourselves daily, confess our flesh daily. We need to ask God to change us.

3)Be Creative, Not Boring-  Live life as a Christian creatively, not boringly. Let our children and others see us living life God’s way with joy and happiness. We can do this by living thru the Word of God. Deut 6;-7,Titus 2;4, II Timothy 2;12 We should be excited about Jesus, church and going to Heaven to be with God Forever- Eternally!!

Amen

Why Do We Suffer?
Psalm 89-90; Romans 14

Yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the Lord makes his life a guilt offering, he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand. After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities. Isaiah 53:10-11

We struggle when we think that we will have to experience "trials of various kinds." Various kinds of trials invariably come with suffering. It does not take much effort to see that there is so much suffering, but we wonder why do Christians have to experience it when Jesus came to give us life abundantly? We frequently forget that the abundant life starts here, amidst all the suffering. We all know that there are more ways to suffer than just physically. Mental, emotional and circumstantial events can all bring aspects of suffering. At any given time, we could be faced with a serious trial by any one of these means. Why would God allow that to happen?
 
The word Christian means "little Christ." As Christians, we are not greater than our Master and His call on earth was to suffer. The NIV says that He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. (Isaiah 53:3) Jesus was filled with all the fruit of the Spirit (love, joy, peace) while suffering and in sorrow. That is the goal of the Christian's life. Despite all the emotional, mental, physical, circumstantial torment, we have love, joy, peace, patience--through it all.

The rain falls on the just and unjust alike. It fall on the saved and the unsaved. We are not spared from trials because we are Christians. But it is through the everyday issues of life that we are changed into Christ-likeness because of them. Jesus is our example as well as our intercessor who knows and understands whatever we are facing. Turn to face Him, knowing that the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the light of His glory and grace.

Daily Disciples Ministries, Inc.

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