The Cross Centered Life- Not moving on from the Cross
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Not moving on from the Cross
Not moving on from the Cross
Intro
Look around and see everything that is brown.
Close your eyes. Now list everything that is green.
In the sermon today, Brian read 1 Corinthians 15:3
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
Great. Now what?
What you choose to look for will impact your life.
If you look at the world and you look for what will give you immediate happiness, you will find it.
If you look at the world and you look for how you are the victim, you will see how everyone and everything is against you.
If you look at the world and you look for how the cross has impacted you and everything around you, you will see how the gospel has impacted your life.
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
2. So what is the danger of not having a Cross centered life?
The world will revolve around you.
“Take care lest you forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments and his rules and his statutes, which I command you today, lest, when you have eaten and are full and have built good houses and live in them, and when your herds and flocks multiply and your silver and gold is multiplied and all that you have is multiplied, then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, who led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the flinty rock, who fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end. Beware lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’ You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day. And if you forget the Lord your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I solemnly warn you today that you shall surely perish. Like the nations that the Lord makes to perish before you, so shall you perish, because you would not obey the voice of the Lord your God.
Other things will become more important.
Colossians 2:8 (ESV)
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
The most important thing will be moved to the back of the closet.
Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
3. Why is it important to have a cross centered life?
We will talk about this more in the coming weeks, but I wanted to give you one reason this week.
Most people in the world seeks to find purpose and joy. A cross centered life gives you the purpose and joy God has designed you to have.
These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
What are some things that tend to be dominate our lives and impact how we view our circumstances?
Why is it dangerous to move on from the cross?
How can the “lens” that you see life through impact your day on Monday?