Please Be Patient; God's Not Finished
With Me Yet!
Philippians 1:6
Philippians 1:6
So, you're not all God wants
you to be…What should you feel...shame, disappointment, disgust? Paul says very candidly that God is willing
to take total responsibility for what we are and what we are to become when we
trust our lives to Him.
Guilt is not synonymous with shame.
Guilt is a self-generated
feeling of disgust with one's actions. Shame is an “other-generated”
sense of disappointment with oneself as a person of worth
A shame-bound family is a group of
people who feel alone together.
Two rules of a Shame-Bound Family or Church
1.
One must always give the impression of being in control
of one's life at all times.
2.
One must always be right and do the right
thing according to group law and especially the leadership.
“Blessed are the poor
in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven”
Matthew 5:3
1.
Faith received in the head is religion. You follow so long as you understand. You will follow men.
2.
Faith received in the heart is experience. You will follow as long as you feel. You will follow emotion.
3.
Faith received in the spirit is Christian transformation. You will follow Christ.
- It is grace that separates
Christianity from all other religions.
- The heart of God is grace-filled.
- The need for open acceptance of
people where they are presses upon the church for effectiveness in
evangelism, fellowship and ministry.
- How tragic that Christians cannot accept
that honest Christianity has its sin as well as goodness, failure
as well as success, want as well as abundance, fear
as well as faith?
- Jesus never condemned the sinner
for being a sinner.
Jesus Understands
– Hebrew 4:14-16
