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The Heart of Self
At the heart of man is this deep desire to build oneself up.
We are in the business of exalting ourselves.
This is the heart of human nature and more importantly sinful nature.
We were created for not for self, but for service.
In the garden, Adam was not to be concerned with the promotion of self, but rather, the Lord tasked him with tending and cultivating what God had created.
This is further seen in the commandments given to man, love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, strength and mind and love your neighbor as yourself.
There is not much emphasis put on self.
When the emphasis is put on self, our actions, deeds and mentality alienate us from God and others.
We do not see our need for others or our need for the Lord.
We begin to see others based on how they will serve our aim, our exaltation.
People become commodities.
The Reality of Who Christ Is
John recognized who Jesus was.
Jesus was the fulfillment of all that was promised.
In Jesus alone, were John’s words may true.
Apart from Christ, his ministry was nothing more than taking a bath.
Jesus is everything that we need.
He is the fulfillment of who we are called to be and who we possibly can ever hope to be.
Our lives were created for the express purpose of his exaltation.
In Christ, our lives find true meaning.
The works that we accomplish have lasting, eternal significance.
In Christ alone do we come to sit at the feet of our Father, our Creator and experience intimacy and love.
Verse 30, we will circle back to.
Who We Become In Christ
John 3:31-
Jesus is greater than who we could ever hope to become on our own.
Every fiber of his being is greater.
He is from above and we are created from dust.
For too many of us, Christ is merely an add on to our lives for the sake of greater self exaltation.
Jesus is our genie that we pull out when we can not seem to quite cut a break or make it over the hump.
He is the Ace in the Hole that we can bank on to win the hand.
Our relationship with him is based on the foundation of self exaltation.
Jesus is for us.
This is not who Jesus is.
He is God.
He is the One who holds the universe together.
He created us from the dust of the earth.
He is the only One who could take on the sins of the world upon himself and pay the penalty for the world’s sin.
None of this was done to exalt us above others.
This was all done for the aim of making much of our Father above.
Our lives are truly lived for Christ as we embrace what John states, “He must become greater, I must become less.”
This is not just in exaltation, but in every area of our life.
As we give each area of our life to Jesus, our hearts make him greater and us less.
John is calling us to give control of our lives, especially our exaltation.
As we trust that Jesus is greater, then we can truly give ourselves to him.
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