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Lead Off Question
Have you ever done something for the approval or notice of others?
Illustration
In choir, the kid who holds the note out.
In basketball, the kid who always has the last shot to be seen by coach.
In dance, the girl who practices center stage.
I remember a time in my life when I was seeking the approval of friends.
Guess what time in my life that was…yea freshman year of college.
I was straight out of Texas with this ATROCIOUS haircut, and convinced that everyone would like me.
I had never had problems with making friends but when I moved to Virginia, far away from home, and knew no one I started trying things I had never done before.
Different personas, clothes, sports, interest groups, anything that was available I had to try.
Because of my desire to know and be known, I found myself very early into my freshman year of college in a relationship that was unhealthy, because of me.
I had tried to be someone that I wasn’t in hope that she would like that.
Turns out, she did.
There was then an expectation that I was to be a different person around different groups of friends, and idk if you have ever done that, but it is impossible and exhausting all at the same time.
I wanted her approval and I did whatever that took.
Transition
I am certain that some of you tonight may have already experienced this or are currently experiencing it.
And what is hardest about actively experiencing it is the denial that you live in.
YOU HAVE to do this, YOU HAVE to be this, YOU HAVE to go there, YOU HAVE to be everything you’re not, and you know that.
And you are exhausted, but you are afraid of letting others in, and letting others know you’re fake.
But guess what, time reveals itself.
Tonight in Galatians 1, Paul goes straight at the church of Galatia, because they have abandoned the Gospel of Christ because time reveals the things that we thought we could suppress.
Bottom Line
Who am I seeking the approval of?
___________________________
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Bible Verse
* The enemies desire is to distract you from God’s destination.
Breakdown
A weak faith falls apart when it is not built on a firm foundation.
Things that are not firm foundations:
Relationships
Jobs
Finances
Health
Social Reputations
When our faith is nothing more than a mere social ploy, cross around our neck feel good moment, we stand on the verge of a great crash.
And that is exactly what the enemy wants for you.
NO ENEMY HAS EVER DESIRED YOUR SUCCESS.
If you go back to verse 7, Paul talks about how there is now a confusion about the gospel, it has been perverted.
Let’s answer two questions real quickly before we move on.
What does it mean to pervert the Gospel?
And how does the enemy distract us?
PERVERTING THE GOSPEL
When Paul speaks of this perversion of the gospel he is talking about teachers of the Bible who are not teaching the Bible.
They are teaching you want you want to hear, or what they want to see you do.
NOT, what God desires for us to hear, and what God desires for us to do.
Jeremiah is writing this down for King Zedekiah who has led the kingdom of Judah astray from God, and is now being told he will be held accountable for his actions.
This is what the perversion of the Gospel looks like, leading God’s people away from God.
*Analogy of the coach who doesn’t coach.*
DISTRACTION OF THE ENEMY
What are ways the enemy distracts us?
Discourages
Shame
Guilt
We find ourselves chasing and pursuing the wrong things because we have allowed someone who is not fully focused on the Lord to lead us to a destination that is in the opposite direction of Jesus.
Bottom Line
Who am I seeking the approval of?
___________________________
Bible Verse
* Paul understands the price of people-pleasing.
Breakdown
Prior to being a believer Paul was known as Saul, and Saul was only concerned about murdering anyone who said they were a believer.
We have talked about this before, but, Paul actually oversaw and approved of the death and murder of the first deacon of the early church, Stephen.
(Acts 8:1)
Paul understood that the pursuit of people-pleasing cost, it cost a lot, and he knows this because he lived it for the majority of his early life.
People pleasing is the result of a lack of communication on our behalf.
It is when we don’t speak and concede.
It is the suppression of conviction for compromise.
And the price of compromise is that we walk out on God and begin to operate outside of our boundaries for the sake of others.
Paul realizes that this is what had happened to him, and notes, it is not possible to do both.
Bottom Line
Who am I seeking the approval of?
___________________________
Bible Verse
* A servant of Christ must defend their heart from distractions.
Breakdown
Paul closes out his portion and says look, if it were the comforts of others and my own compromises I was still worried about I wouldn’t be a follower of God, I would still be a murderer.
He realizes and warns us, you must pursue God, and defend your heart from the distractions of the enemy that come through so many different mediums.
Bottom Line
Who am I seeking the approval of?
___________________________
Application
How do I know if I am seeking the Lord or if I am seeking approval of others?
Analyze your heart, and your actions.
Why do you do the things you do?
Ask yourself the question: “Who am I desiring would see me?”
Our mentality should be “Who am I desiring would see Christ in me?”
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