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ILLUST: Medical Report
Initiative for testing (suggested, I wanted to know)
Results - read opening sentence - then reject or read on
Numbers
FIndings - “ANEMIC” - really?
Me?, seems harsh, judgmental, personal
Correction - choice
Change, and live healthier
OR Get sick, worse health, die too soon
A Healthy Church - Teaching/Discipleship
(previous topics, all areas of teaching, to be heard, learned, practiced)
KEY POINTS:
Disciples intent on following Christ WILL grow
Followers who reject growth, teaching, and choose not to respond in obedience, will fall away
QUESTION: What if God sent us a letter and health report, with normal ranges for each category of spiritual health?
CAN WE HANDLE THE TRUTH?
Better yet, HOW would we handle the truth?
1) Source of Truth -
Accept?
Reject?
Can be hard choice, but clear.
Tough?
Too much?
Walk away or choose to learn
- we have the ultimate source of truth
- we have “areas of concern” the problem is sin, and the answer is the truth of God’s Word
ILLUST - Medical Report
Do I trust the source?
Credentials, testing, equipment, etc.
I went to doctor, assuming I would accept the results (good/bad?)
We go to the Bible, we say we want the truth, but do we like what we hear?
Do we accept it, or not?
Q: What do I do with my report, the truth?
2) Truth Can Hurt
This nurse practitioner called me ANEMIC!
Me! How dare she?
It’s like she’s comparing me to some independent, objective standard of truth!
:)
So is God - The standard is Christ, the Word
When we fall short, and when He says we can improve/grow - He’s simply using His Word as the standard
I could be angry at the NP
She ALSO said my nonHDL is slightly elevated (that’s none of her business, right?) she wrote in INK, too!!
She used a standard to show me “areas of concern”
READ:
Many left; some may have stuck around for the novelty of it all, or to look the part
They heard, understood what was at stake, and said “No, thanks”
3) Truth Prompts Choice (Demands it)
READ: - Peter gets it
ILLUST: Medical report (I have the truth, now what?)
Ignore it - toss it, hide it, pretend it’s not there
Procrastinate - plenty of time, right?
Q: Do these options change the truth?
Anemic - need sources of iron
Cholesterol - need food to help keep it low, under control
Oatmeal works for both, it turns out
POINT: I can do something about this, or not.
MY CHOICE
SO WHAT ABOUT US?
Do we care about physical health?
Do we care about our spiritual health?
Do we care about the health of this church?
(some do, some don’t)
Some want it to be healthy enough just to stay open.
What about strong growth, robust health?
THRIVE!
OUR COMMAND - Go, teach/make disciples
Jesus: “Follow Me!” - commanded
His sheep hear His voice - some here have never heard it
This is not forced
What if nobody chooses to be taught/discipled?
Church might look fine, but the truth is that it’s not
It gets weak, sick, sicker, and dies
Some people find they are sick, never had a checkup, and realize it could have been prevented.
OK, so, now what?
Here they are.
HERE WE ARE
We can be just like those refusing to get medical help
Can go through the motions, not growing healthier, no “real” health
THINK: Spiritual health should continually increase with age.
(even as physical health declines)
MY REPORT:
Diet and exercise
Leave me alone....OR....OK, Got it
But, junk food feels good
We’ve learned to crave what is not healthy
OUR REPORT
Are we “anemic” - lukewarm, wishy-washy, not interested?
Diet
What is our intake of spiritual food, the bread of life?
What am I excluding?
Junk food of weak Bible teaching, spiritually deadly, just like physical junk food
Exercise
Takes work
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Treadmills don’t help if you don’t get on them
God’s Word won’t affect you if you’re not in it.
Prayer is a great “concept” for many, but not used
CHURCH WILL NOT GET HEALTHIER IF INDIVIDUALS WILL NOT
Christ is the head of this body, and the head tells the body what to do - THIS BODY needs to respond!
OR - weak, sick...
THIS BODY needs to respond!
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