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“ Summary, Part 3 (final) ” There is also no such thing as a thoroughly carnal Christian. Olympic athletes don’t just strive to be part of the team; they strive to win a gold medal (1 CORINTHIANS 9:26). If all you want is to have a jog, you don’t need to enter a race. Half-hearted holiness doesn’t exist any more than a carnal Christian. The King James translation calls us “a peculiar people” (1 PETER 2:9). We are called to be salt and light. To be a Christian is to be different and unique. If you’re not living in ROMANS 7 or TITUS 2, there is no Heaven promised you. JAMES 1:22-25 refers to the Bible as a mirror, and explains what disobedient people do with it if they don’t like what they see. 1 JOHN 3:1-3: the world doesn’t see (understand) us because it doesn’t know Him, just as we will not see Christ as He is until we become as He is in glory. Until then, we live by faith. Carnality was our past, perfection is our future, but purification—-having the hope of seeing Christ—-is our present.
Ian Migala (2/17/2014)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 2 ” 2. TO GROW IN OUR KNOWLEDGE OF AND OBEDIENCE TO THE WORD OF CHRIST [12:00]. The first point does not negate this point: we cannot love and follow a Christ we don’t know. In fact, the better we know Him, the more we love Him and the more we’re willing to follow Him. JOHN 14:15: “If ye love me, keep my commandments.” Obedience means to place ourselves at one’s disposal. If we’re not obedient to Christ, how are we of use to Him? JOHN 14:31: Jesus showed His love to the Father by obeying Him: love was the motive, and obedience was the result. Warm feelings without principled obedience is counterfeit love. Christ doesn’t just want our hearts and lips, but our hands and feet. 3. TO MORTIFY OUR SINS AND TO GROW IN THE GRACES OF CHRIST [18:35]. We cannot follow our lusts and our Lord at the same time; we cannot resurrect the sins for which Christ died. “Happy are the holy” does not mean “holy are the happy.” TITUS 2:11-14: what God’s saving grace looks like, and how it is maintained. There is no such thing as Christian perfectionism. The Christian will always struggle with sin in this life (ROMANS 7), but he perseveres to the end (1 CORINTHIANS 9:24-27). We are sanctified in this life, but not glorified until after death.
Ian Migala (2/17/2014)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 1 ” LUKE 12:42-48: The endowment of the Lord’s blessings are proportional to the responsibilities He will expect to be met. He who knows not the Lord or His will and violates it shall receive chastisement, but he who does know the Lord and His will and violates it shall receive greater chastisement. In the first two messages of this series, we examined how I. OUR CONTINUED EXISTENCE AS A CHURCH BEARS ELOQUENT WITNESS TO GOD’S FAITHFULNESS. In this third message, we move on to consider that, II. OUR EXPERIENCE OF GOD’S FAITHFULNESS REMINDS US OF OUR RESPONSIBILITIES AS A CHURCH [starting at 4:05 of the audio].. Among them, A. WE HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES TO GOD [5:25]. Among those, 1. TO NOT FORSAKE OUR FIRST LOVE, BUT RATHER NURTURE AND DEEPEN OUR LOVE TO CHRIST [5:45]. Though we treasure doctrine, we must beware Ephesus’ folly (REVELATION 2:4) and not leave the love of He who is behind it. We don’t want to be sacramentalists, formalists, or cold doctrinarians; we want to nurture and deepen our love for Jesus Christ. We must spend time in His word and among His people, and meditating on His truth.
