External Conduct vs. Internal Character
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I read while all the people were listening. Jesus said to his disciples the wear of the teachers of the law the like to walk around in flowing robes and love to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces and have the most important seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at Banquets. They devour widows houses and four show make lengthy prayer. This man will be punished most severely as he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. He also saw a power we do put into very small copper coins. Truly. I tell you he said this poor Widow has put in more than all the others. How old is people give their gifts out of their wealth, but she out of her poverty putting all she had to leave them.
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Good morning. My name is Ashley from Charlotte Chapel Pastor in training that my wife is here without you and Ashley pregnant with another child just in case you wanted some contacts if who I am and I would be living in Scotland for about 2 years just to him but he is and so ready place to be here. You've really looked as welcome as in the short time. We've been here and it's been great to worship God together until it's just we believe God we believe truth revelation of truth about an object to treat experiential troops as well. And that's a personal experience called in this in this place with you people from coltswood. Okay, and I slide along the entire slide with Stacy told me he said the slide to that. So it's sliding with face. Let me go.
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The types of questions that I asked cuz I things like do you ever look the part? You look look the business on a Sunday, but actually the rest of the week you life looks a bit of a mess. Are you one who comes across has as devoted but really you're distracted? Dealing with desires and your external Deeds contradict one another. Do they match up? I don't believe the passage this morning is going to number thing is to reveal to listen to teachers about some of these questions. Let's jump in and see what the Lord is saying in his word. So two points today, they're going to take the first section. That's what I like. The big 20 in the small 45 to the big 20 in the small 47 so we can say that first section. I've called it out would religion serves the cell and leads to death. And see where we are in the flow of this book this this individual book in the Bible the Book of Luke at the end of it at 9round file with Jesus and the religious right that the religious leaders in each time. Jesus delivered a note down. So he's contradicted that teach-in he is he's kind of confused that logic scriptures that they claim to believe in against him. And now he points to that practice that is 45 and 46 listening. Jesus said to his disciples Beware of the teachers of the law. It's been around for a little while. There was some usual kind of phrases that we use to describe the one of those how to say to you Pharisees Hypocrites when we hits when they come on the pages of the guys with mustaches to do kind of evil Chuckles. Sometimes I'm helpful. Now. I'm going to go into a history lesson about the Pharisees book. They were originally men of the people. They would love by ordinary men of the scriptures that Joaquin on small group Fellowship. They ate together regularly in pursuit of Holiness putting to death Sims generous in many ways Beyond degree and keenly Evangelistic. They wanted to let other people know about the one true God so they'll be Kingdom Minded. Aaron's they're actually getting it right or at least they seem to be and so the evil caricature that we have sometimes helpful because we failed to see the similarities in our own lives and what the Bible has two teachers about these people.
But we all right in a sentence somewhere along. The line is Zeal for truth actually turned into a malignant kind of fanaticism and Devotion to go into some kind of Destruction instead of praising God and loving man. They actually loved the praise of man. And as you well know if you don't they played a primary role in the death of the son of God. Jesus now in Jackson with this last verse 4546 respect in the marketplaces and have the most important seats in the synagogues in the places of on the banquet by all those that would kind of reputation as well as that position. The best seats in the synagogues would have been on this raised platform said they would have been seen by everybody. Is Jesus really comes easy? But what about the fashion statement about? No, the sitting here is not pompous dressing. You know, if you like to do that kind of thing. That's okay dress dress how you want. Somebody has to sit in the seat. I think the issue here is the outward show of religion hates the taste of pretending the pretense of Holiness and righteousness and love for others when in Woodley is contrasted with A defeat a person. That's what makes Jesus any any point to that true in 10 and verse 47. They devour widows houses. Navigate to exactly what they do with whether they just manipulate the most vulnerable in society. The ones that they were to have particular careful the ones who called hot girl talk goes out to. I make the viola and they destroy them and sickeningly look at the second half of that verse they actually seek to cover up that greed and that pretense with that with a show of godliness. They also length.
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Nothing about you will never read a book or watch a film and it's a goody antibody. I very rarely put myself in that in the body's position. I'm lost in the moment. I'm about 10 years behind the rest of the culture enjoying it and forgiving oneself a kind of steals the stuff out of the plane from the dead bodies.
It's a shame to say. I'm the villain in my own Hall. Read deceit pettiness jealousy and patience gratification self worship.
I see a lot of myself when I look. at the pharmacy now we might not be devouring widows, but I think important in many ways as Christians when meant to see ourselves in The Pharisees not just religiously conservative. I'm just want to get to know and teach and apply goatswood the Bible. Yeah, we to a team to be separate from from sin and from the world. But so easily we full into patents of self-righteousness and we actually missed the point that it's the sin within that kills. Cuz I'm really hoping this is not short to us. But if it is I'm bad with me. I believe I can say this because I know my own heart. And I know the teaching of the Bible about Sin. I said let's try and think about this way. My looks like and I like I wonder if he see in some of the ways that this is you and those quiet Whispers In Your Heart may be when you serve I made it. We asked ourselves. Will they see me? Do this all be noticed? I'm on a number of roaches already will I will I seem like I'm the the most gracious the most 7 haunted. What's we judge? Others when they don't jump on those Writers Do we? Send to self we have a sense of self righteousness. Maybe you could ask Toledo to teach the Bible. Are we constantly thinking I wonder what other people think of me. Will they speak? Well as me. Play be positive or negative. Will I have a good reputation?
Maybe when you come and you pray in small groups, maybe you wondering what people think about the way in which you pray with a demonstrate something of your godliness. Do you have a rehearsal prayer when you come to a prayer group? Going to just write the only me am I the only one that does not I didn't think so. is a sense of pleasing of this and these Temptations and they modify I'll Behavior. It's window praying differently in front of others or if we're to give a nasty people could see all given we might end up getting more in order to seem more righteous. And the Temptation is that when we sin that we think we need to cover up and keep it in the dark because we're meant to be those that have it all together in the dangerous than actions become so far removed from on Inwood reality that we function as a Christian at Woodley, but I actually Envy I'm cold and rather than serving and praying and glorifying the gothic just sang to actually we seek like a pool bag of second-hand praise the praise of men and women were doing it for the crowd. Jesus cannot stand this hypocrisy and these men will be punished most severely what did the worst place in Hell he's not reserved for the Pagan that haven't heard the gospel. It's not reserved for the rebel Center is reserved for the hypocrite the professing Christian new the commands of God and cherished his or her sin.
If you teach the Bible I felt this this week straight in my solar plexus if you teach the Bible with your pastor and Elder a small group leader, whatever it is. This is particularly significant for you as well. And that's why James the brother of Jesus wounds as in one of the books of the Bible that not many of you should be teachers because you will be judged more strictly.
Answer if you've sensed In this passage, we've been reading that you've been doing message has been reflecting on areas of your life. And which has be your services to come more about self your offerings to God even more selfish than sacrificial then just head Jesus's words have been And pretend recognize the seeds of hypocrisy in all of our hearts. Recognize that say we have a desire to be praised by others to be like gold essentially and turn towards God in faith. Say sorry confess your sin to the one who sang about today who owned the cross shed his blood to the Quizlet me and you is full forgiveness of the cross.
What sitcom fast as well confess to one another and recognize the desire to be perceived as doing okay, you seem to be in the dark this week in the white rose and it festers to one another Bible passages.
And we always know we have one faithful and just to forgive us our sins Jesus the righteous one. We were 10 we contest we put off the old self blow. So we put on the new self there were so many ways to be sincere of hypocrisy is sincerity. In ancient Spain if you ran if you know anything about the Renaissance Era and I don't but I look this up on Google so I might make me seem slightly clever but it's not sister Google search like the the Greek busts of men and women has them for they would still am and defected in the Greek eat in the Sunnah of Spain and Italy. Wax would melt that watches gold Sarah and the end of the world before it's in was without Sarah. So the IDI Fuel and good was to be without wax and the English word sincere from that now you are people who study words and like everything.
The Bible tells us that we all to be sincere love must be sincere. Hate what is evil and cling to what is good Romans 12:9? Book of James says that the wisdom that comes from Heaven is first of all pure. Dentist loving considerate submitting full of mercy and good fruit impartial and sincere. This what you might want to meditate on what it would look like. So you'll like your service the way in which you live in your family you're working like to be increasingly. Some say I didn't notice that they're always mixed this side of Glory on motives mixed and yet we have been given old we need to live increasingly pure and increasingly since a live the spirit of the Living God the one who dwells within was the one who instructs is the one who illuminate so is to the glory of Christ to his would I need the one who is constantly challenging us shaping us. Informing us into Christ likeness as we read his word as we Fellowship for these people as we spend time together.
Atwood religion and the other survives the self and ultimately its destination is death. And so we won't just throw off hypocrisy and we want to be increasingly I like and we'll do we'll all lines to be increasingly. I'm out with actions corresponding with in Wood designs to be a genuine reflection of a voice within Imma, take great pictures. I know I'm next section of the big 21 and I've called this in a devotion says God and leads to Life episode. Jesus has slapped the religious Hypocrites. He kind of takes a breath from teaching and he and he looks open and in the distance, he sees this event this moment in time and like every good teacher. He sees it any any any other Straits from that. He used it as a teaching point to teach something about him something about his kingdom. Jesus looked into that Temple treasury. He also saw palmetto put into very small copper coins sees these two people these two events performing their acts of devotion their acts of worship giving a huge difference to the rich and giving suggesting that Jesus didn't say anything about the amount they give that just given for this woman the amount that she's giving his is noted to very small copper coins in the Colts or the time it was one 128th of a day's wage. average than Forty-Eight p k in Moulton money media going crazy living in a Twitter storm because
No, it's not going to happen. Essentially. It's nothing in the eyes of the world. But you know Jesus actually completely differently a truly. I tell you he said this pool whatever is put in more than Leo this for all the others gave gifts that wealth, but she after the Poetry put in all she had to live on Jesus doesn't praise the amount that she gave that's concerned, but actually the cost to her.
This was a sacrificial giving she gave literally everything she had. I was reading about the world's most generous philanthropist recently and has Bill Gates. Give away. His money is about 96 billion or some something insane JK Rowling.
We will have heard about these things and all they really The gift is given no doubt. It would have gone to Great Wolf, but I'm today and some cents is some of the times of these celebrities gave it goes towards just physical and Auntie gospel programs.
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She does she gives away everything. Did she have to know she could have given one copper coin? She could have given 1/256 of a day's wage and have the other one to live is 100% sacrificial devotion. She's fully given over to God of the mercy of his character. To the point of death and what a contrast between devotion is themselves. Where is hose is fully to God.
One takes devouring with the other gives devotionally. And you know, this isn't just talk about financial giving. But it's not less than that.
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I really cared about your attitude towards giving a noun that point I can stand here and say praise God a woman couragement to be here with you as a congregation. Not many of you were at Charlotte Chapel when you move buildings something ridiculous like 1.4 million and then pull res.
For the refurbishment that many if you gave towards that and then won't you do many of you Oak sticks and you move with the church Plum sometimes leaving business is opening times has God Is Amazing by building. And so I tell people this story about you because it's an encouragement. They said it is owner and glory to Jesus Christ and it demonstrates your obedience to come to know him. anything credible
and yet there was a temptation.
is the temptation to say We've already given. The temptation to want to to claw back to have enough of this time to maybe scale back and think about my own needs. Maybe he's not a decent holiday in a while. After you've discussed as if I'm leaving we could go on holiday.
Now this is not the Prosperity Gospel. Doesn't need your money. That's not what we're talking about.
But actually he does allow us to be part of what he's doing through. I'll get him by giving back something of the material Goods that he's given to us. And so the question is what is what's the next thing that you want to do? What's the next thing you seeking God's spirit and Guidance full and where he's taking you as a church, you pray to mention that looks like but could you be thinking about what you could give to all that what I might look like in the next 2 3 5 10 years.
Could you review things in order to say that you could be like this would know and give yourself fully to the Lord. Now that the bigger picture here is not it is the fact that her entire life was one full of devotion was a complete sacrifice. I did not sense. The picture of Christ. You see his sacrifice. She was she had she had to live on that. We don't know that. But we do know is that there is one who sacrifice lead to death? One who gave himself fully and he gave himself fully for sinners. If you don't know the message of the gospel than this is the message that The God Who is Holy and pure and loving came into this world in the person of his son Jesus Christ. In order to live a perfect life that we could never live in an older to Die the death that we should have died. Beaten whipped rejected by his people rejected by those beloved nailed to a cross in order the punishment for the sin that we have committed might be laid upon him.
I moved again praise God a note of the old that turns him might be forgiven. Answer this is the motivation for Christians is the motivation while we sing worthy praise we get what we said what we do everything that we do case in light of his ultimate sacrifice and his complete Devotion to death that we commit ourselves fully to serving him in every way wherever we all hope City.
Read this passage about surely know Jesus. You don't mean everything everything surely don't mean I was trying to find some other interpretation of a must-win the one that really hurt me the most that this seems to be The truth is he gave everything. I'm so how much more than in life. Should we give you know the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ that though he was rich for all sex became poor so that you through his poverty. might become rich
And again, we need to say that God does not see need all time or energy or sacrificed abilities. Kingdom doesn't need that. There's no Panic in heaven saying what we need and we might enjoy some of the vas richness. I'll get into partner with the mission to save lost men and women.
Answer the call here is to throw of hypocrisy and to devote ourselves. Once again more fully to the Living God answer a question is was that look like for you this week three points has application to begin think about maybe maybe she devotion. Ask yourself a question. What would it look like for your life this week to become more and more devoted? Jesus How can you throw yourself more pain the mercy of God trusting in his character? How does transform your hobbies? Oh the way in which you lead your family or the way in which you serve? Maybe actually go in your thoughts and your actions and your day and so you need to just devote yourself to him again. Maybe you just need to spend time first thing and it's word in Primerica in upon the great sacrifice that he is given to you in the great richness to his promise you in Christ.
Bugatti need to reflect on Your mission, maybe it's become quite comfortable or you become distracted. And again, you kind of thinking to solve love given I'll serve much but a time for me will praise God that Jesus didn't just say I'll loan you give this much that he gave himself fully and so now you need to maybe Reflect and think about your mission where is gold place? You have you got to invite that that work colleague that neighbor around once again with the intention of sharing this great news about Christ once again,
I told you maybe maybe you need to consider your sacrificial giving is it sacrificial? Does it hurt? Does it require Faith used to live? each week
How much is Orrin giving like the widows?
We long to be those. Who's practice we long to be those who consistently practice what we preach on who's in Wood designs of motives off even more like into a performance and action do we might be sincere through my divorce? I was once again fully to God as a pleasing sacrifice. NY oldies done for us
Let me just take a minute for some think about all those been saying to us and then I'll pray in the quietness of your own heart. You might want to think about my Novia Christian. You want to think about giving your life over to Jesus Christ. Tony from you since I'm sorry, and I can go to to give you because of Jesus.
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How about a game? We asked you that you would please reveal our eyes open our eyes more moist than I just seen the glory of Jesus. Give us the fully devoted to you help us to throw off that focuses on the design to be liked by others over and above wanting to serve you and wanting to make you 9 Thank you. You promise to never leave us or forsake us and you are changing us day by day into the image of Christ. We praise you for that. We thank you for all that. You are and all that you've done in Jesus name. Amen.
I thank you for that Ashley. I want to take a few moments now to just chat and have a discussion.