God Centered Life

The cast of characters in Genesis 37 shows us the nuances of personality types and the moral culpability of us all. These lead us to the sovereign grace of God and to finding mercy in Jesus Christ.

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Since there were Pharisees in Jesus' day, are there some in the church today? Pharisaism is such a deadly disease; it destroys churches and drives off converts. It is a spiritual virus and we must cast it out. Let us be gospel people and not pharisaic people.

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When you have a problem that in your own strength and resources you cannot solve, where do you go for help? Who are the people, where are the places, what are the ideas you rely on to solve the situation that you cannot fix?

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Remarkable faith believes without seeing, believing without being in the presence of the solution being prayed for. Faith is necessary because we do not see.

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John is teaching us that wherever we are coming from, there is a path to the very heart of God. You may feel like you cannot possibly be accepted by God or belong to a church, but John is saying that there is a way for you to encounter Christ.

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We are not just in a cultural war today, we are in a spiritual war. We know our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against the powers, principalities, and spirits of this world. So when we engage other cultures, we do so with truth and love. Here, Jesus models this approach to winning souls for the kingdom.

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When we meet Jacob, we can ask him what it was like to wrestle with God. Except all of us at some point in our lives wrestle with God: some of us wrestle for our children, some for our marriages, some for our careers. Eventually, we have to come to terms with the fact that He is God, and we are not.

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Racial animosity is all too common today. In Biblical times, the Samaritans were viewed as half bred, religiously compromised traitors. Here Christ speaks and acts in such a way as to include those who have been excluded. He builds bridges between people and unites them to God.

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There's a flip side to chasing joy, something we're fleeing. So often, no one preaches about the wrath of God. We need to awaken people to the seriousness of eternal destiny. Here we draw the connection between the wrath of God and the pursuit of joy.

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Why is it that we strive for something someone else has? What is it that fuels our jealousy or selfish ambition? Often, it is a misplaced search for joy. We think, "If only I had/did that, I'd be happy." But joy comes when we focus on Christ and center our lives on God.

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