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Fighting off offense Brent Phillips – Encounter Houston
We have all been offended at some time or other. Offenses are sure to come because no one is perfect. We are all broken and need a Savior. But when you shut the door on something, you will miss out on a whole field of things that God has to offer. Because of one bad experience you cam imprison yourself from future good. When you are holding offense, you are holding sin willfully in your life. Offense is unforgiveness. It is a trap from the devil to stop you from getting to where God wants you to be.
We are all flawed but God is not flawed so we should not cut off God because of something that a flawed person may have said or done. Don’t punish yourself for something someone else did. Don’t judge all people by one person’s actions. You will miss things God wants to show you.
When a Canaanite woman came to ask Jesus for help she didn’t take offense.
Matt 15:26-28 “He replied, ‘It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.’ ‘Yes it is, Lord,’ she said. ‘Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.’ And her daughter was healed at that very moment.”
She showed great faith. Faith overcomes offense because you’re not looking at what’s happening right now; you’re looking at what can be. Desperate people are not easily offended.
When Jesus came to his hometown and started teaching in the synagogue the people thought they knew what to expect.
Matt 13:57-58 “And they took offense at him. And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith.”
Sometimes we pass judgment based on our ignorance. In doing so we limit the good that God can do in our life.
When many were leaving Jesus because they were offended he asked the Twelve if they would leave him, too.
John 6:68-69 “Simon Peter answered “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”
What matters is Jesus Christ and our knowledge that God is good. Are you limiting God in your life because you have been offended by somebody else? The remedy for offense is forgiveness.
Watch the video of this podcast @ http://www.neverjustexist.org/fighting-off-offense-by-brent-phillips/
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Fighting off offense Brent Phillips – Encounter Houston
We have all been offended at some time or other. Offenses are sure to come because no one is perfect. We are all broken and need a Savior. But when you shut the door on something, you will miss out on a whole field of things that God has to offer. Because of one bad experience you cam imprison yourself from future good. When you are holding offense, you are holding sin willfully in your life. Offense is unforgiveness. It is a trap from the devil to stop you from getting to where God wants you to be.
We are all flawed but God is not flawed so we should not cut off God because of something that a flawed person may have said or done. Don’t punish yourself for something someone else did. Don’t judge all people by one person’s actions. You will miss things God wants to show you.
When a Canaanite woman came to ask Jesus for help she didn’t take offense.
Matt 15:26-28 “He replied, ‘It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.’ ‘Yes it is, Lord,’ she said. ‘Even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, you have great faith! Your request is granted.’ And her daughter was healed at that very moment.”
She showed great faith. Faith overcomes offense because you’re not looking at what’s happening right now; you’re looking at what can be. Desperate people are not easily offended.
When Jesus came to his hometown and started teaching in the synagogue the people thought they knew what to expect.
Matt 13:57-58 “And they took offense at him. And he did not do many miracles there because of their lack of faith.”
Sometimes we pass judgment based on our ignorance. In doing so we limit the good that God can do in our life.
When many were leaving Jesus because they were offended he asked the Twelve if they would leave him, too.
John 6:68-69 “Simon Peter answered “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”
What matters is Jesus Christ and our knowledge that God is good. Are you limiting God in your life because you have been offended by somebody else? The remedy for offense is forgiveness.
Watch the video of this podcast @ http://www.neverjustexist.org/fighting-off-offense-by-brent-phillips/