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Virtue of Honesty
Our world needs more truth spoken in love. With relativism on the rise, responsibility plummeting, and transparency serving as a mask to all forms of sin, an honest word goes a long way to reflecting Christ and serving as relational glue. This sermon takes a hard look at lies--how we do it, why we do it, and what lies do--and begs Christians to be honest. We must take off the mask, own our faults, keep our word, and speak in love. Both Jesus and Paul modeled this virtue.
Confessional Prayer: Who You Are When No One Is Looking
Our choice in life, like Jeremiah's, is to either live in the fantasy world of "peace! peace!" like Jeremiah's deluded contemporaries or the more difficult but more rewarding world of confession and truth.
The Burden of Truth
We may be more like Pashur than we like to admit. We are needy, and God's grace provides our remedy and relief. Today's text helps us grapple with the cost of following God, discipleship, honesty with God, crying out to God, repentance, the world's way vs. God's way, following God in the midst of difficulty.
What if Your Story Strikes the Match?
We are in a series of messages on the Power of Story—not just any story, but the story of God’s activity in our lives. We are examining New Testament stories of individuals sharing their story. We want to specifically see what God would teach us from these stories about sharing our own story. So far, we have considered the story of Nicodemus coming to Jesus at night, the example of John the Baptist, and the example of the very first disciples of Jesus. We have discovered that there is a little bit different principle in each of these Biblical stories. Today, we turn our attention to the story of “The Samaritan Woman at the Well.” I’ve been telling you that you need to tell your story and others need to hear your story. In the story of the Samaritan Woman at the Well, we see a great example of the power of telling our story. We see through this unnamed woman that through her story, many come to believe that Jesus is the Savior of the whole world. Wouldn’t it be something if your story is used in a similar way? Wouldn’t it be something if your story is the story that strikes the match in someone else’s story?
What if Your Story Strikes the Match?
We are in a series of messages on the Power of Story—not just any story, but the story of God’s activity in our lives. We are examining New Testament stories of individuals sharing their story. We want to specifically see what God would teach us from these stories about sharing our own story. So far, we have considered the story of Nicodemus coming to Jesus at night, the example of John the Baptist, and the example of the very first disciples of Jesus. We have discovered that there is a little bit different principle in each of these Biblical stories. Today, we turn our attention to the story of “The Samaritan Woman at the Well.” I’ve been telling you that you need to tell your story and others need to hear your story. In the story of the Samaritan Woman at the Well, we see a great example of the power of telling our story. We see through this unnamed woman that through her story, many come to believe that Jesus is the Savior of the whole world. Wouldn’t it be something if your story is used in a similar way? Wouldn’t it be something if your story is the story that strikes the match in someone else’s story?
What Shall we Do?
Did you change (immediately) after you were baptized? Or are you acting the same as before your baptism? If you are the same you might be one of the vipers John the Baptist is talking about in Luke 3:7. Ask yourself if your baptism was only a ritual to silence your conscience (and God will accept me now), or did you come out of the water a changed person. Is your focus on Jesus? Are you His servant, slave? Does your life revolve ONLY about pleasing Him?
August 19, 2012
We are often faced with decisions about telling the truth. This week's sermon helps us examine the words and example of Jesus to make this topic a "heart language."
