2020.4.5 Eyes to See: How Far I Have to Go 3
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10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; 11 for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
The New King James Version Chapter 1
10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent mto make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble; 11 for so an entrance will be supplied to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
10 Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make your call and election sure, for if you do these things you will never stumble;
What is a son?
What is a son?
Not about gender but rather an office
men deal w “Bride of Christ”
Intro
Intro
“a wise son makes a father glad” ( NASB; 15:20).
“My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart also will be glad” ().
Conversely,
“a foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him” ( NASB).
Ways in which an unworthy son brings shame (; ; ) have as their logical concomitant the ideal of raising a proverbial son that “maketh not ashamed.”
Once you’ve lived a bit it is fairly easy to tell someone’s age at least w/I 5 years plus or minus.
A few features:
speech Physical features If a man facial hairMedically bone structure
But how do we determine spiritual age? Would you believe but by the same metrics?
How old are you? Who told you? How do you know. What are your metrics?
at the end of the sermon, i’ll tell you how to get a pdf of these terms/names
barring an exceptional case. in the case
- Nepios - Infant, baby not old enough to speak or function
- Paidion – Little child able to understand some Godly principles
- Teknon – Teenager beginning to want to understand his/her destiny
- Neaniskos – Young Adult beginning to rule his/her own life well
- Huios – Fully matured son who represents his father well
Sons as an Image of Honor.
“a wise son makes a father glad” ( NASB; 15:20).
“My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart also will be glad” ().
Conversely,
“a foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him” ( NASB).
Ways in which an unworthy son brings shame (; ; ) have as their logical concomitant the ideal of raising a proverbial son that “maketh not ashamed.”
What’s the good of knowing where you fit in if you aren’t prepared, matured enough to handle it when you get there.
Ex. The Conquest I was old enough but not experienced enough
Own’s Their Mess
Own’s Their Mess
David was a man after God’s own heart but have you ever wondered what he did to get that title?
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me.
1 Then the Lord sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him: “There were two men in one city, one rich and the other poor.
“create” - to bring into existence
to be steadfast v. — to be marked by firm determination or resolution; be unshakable.
aka: “I had it, but I don’t have it anymore”
Say you’re sorry
And you’re a mess if you don’t accept it!!
Sons lay infrastructure to support their future
Sounds Like Their Father
Sounds Like Their Father
9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
Jesus
Adam named the animals
19 Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. 20 So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him.
The New King James Version Chapter 8
For bthe creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; 21 because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of 6corruption into the glorious cliberty of the children of God
children talk
Rm
Don’t Need Instructions
Don’t Need Instructions
I was notorious for putting together model cars, airplanes, electronics, vaccums, etc based on the picture.
I’m not advocating this practice. But I do see some value in it.
raw materials
Example: We’re working something BIG for easter. Team meeting “This is what success looks like.”
Level 2: No widget just
Aren’t
Embrace Their Own Brand
Embrace Their Own Brand
14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well.
4 For there is not a word on my tongue, But behold, O Lord, You know it altogether.
“fearfully”
to be awesome v. — to be inspiring awe or reverence or fear.
“wonderfully”
to be distinguished (different) v. — to be marked as different from something else, either physically or perceptually.
News Flash: I don’t have to compete!
The Prophet Clifford Harris aka T. I. “My job is to keep my sons out of jail and my daughters off the pole.”
this happens w/ correction, allowed to learn life lesson, appropriate punishment,
Life Time Learner
Life Time Learner
I’d be afraid of anyone that felt that there was nothing else
Close
Close
The caterpillar transforms into butterfly
David got it right w others too!