Sermons About Rubbish
The Church of Thyratira: Revelation 2:18-28
In America, most of us have not been physically threatened for our faith. However, like the church at Thyratira, I would argue that most of our greatest temptations to compromise stem from either economic or social pressures. The church today is radically tempted to compromise by valuing the same things that the culture around us values. We serve a God who calls us to consider everything rubbish in order that we might gain Christ and be found in him. We cannot cling to the values of this world and still hold fast to the righteousness of our savior. Jesus offers us himself. Jesus calls us live lives of repentance, constantly letting go of our sin and clinging to his blood, shed on the cross for our sin, to forgive us and give us his perfect righteousness.
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Philippians 3:1-2 : How to Lose Confidence in Yourself
The subject of confidence in the flesh comes up in Philippians 3. Here Paul urges the Philippians to lose confidence in themselves - that is in their own moral achievements, their education and their pedigree. Instead he urges them to find all of their confidence in Christ's righteousness alone and to esteem their knowledge of Christ as far surpassing anything else.
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