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Weak But Strong
LET ME BEGIN THIS MESSAGE BY ASKING A FEW QUESTIONS.
HOW STRONG ARE YOU?
• ARE YOU STRONG IN SPIRIT OR IN MIND OR IN BOTH?
• ARE YOU STRONG IN BODY AND SPIRIT BUT WEAK IN MIND, OR ARE YOU STRONG IN ALL THREE?
• ARE YOU WEAK WHEN IT COMES TO PHYSICAL TEMPTATIONS AND STRONG WHEN IT COMES TO MENTAL STRESS?
IN OUR TEXT PAUL WANTS YOU TO KNOW IF YOU ARE WEAK IN ANY OF THESE AREAS THAT YOU SHOULD NOT DESPAIR, BECAUSE THOSE THAT ARE STRONG SHOULD BE STEPPING IN TO HELP.
WHO ARE THE STRONG PAUL IS REFERENCING?
WHAT DO THE STRONG DO? HOW DO THEY HELP?
PAUL RECOUNTS A LIST FOR THE STRONG --
• THE STRONG -- BEAR WITH THE FAILINGS OF THE WEAK
• THE STRONG -- SEEK TO PLEASE FOR THE GOOD OF OTHERS
• THE STRONG -- STUDY THE SCRIPTURES
• THE STRONG -- HAVE HOPE AND FAITH
• THE STRONG -- HAVE A SPIRIT OF UNITY
• THE STRONG -- ENCOURAGE FELLOWSHIP AND FOLLOWSHIP OF JESUS
• THE STRONG -- ARE ACCEPTING OF OTHERS
• THE STRONG -- BEAR WITH THE INFIRMITIES OF THE WEAK
PAUL CALLS ON THE STRONG CHRISTIAN TO BEAR WITH THE FAILINGS OF THE WEAK.
HE CALLS ON YOU THAT ARE STRONG IN THE LORD TO LIFT UP THOSE AROUND YOU.
IT IS IMPORTANT WE UNDERSTAND THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF BELIEVERS.
HEAR ME LOUD AND CLEAR -- BOTH ARE SAVED -
• “STRONG.”
“WE THEN THAT ARE STRONG.”
MATURE IN CHRIST AND SERVING CHRIST.
THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS A PERSONAL ONE AS IT IS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.
IN HEBREWS, CHAPTER 5 PAUL SAID, “For though by this time you ought to be teachers.”
SPIRITUAL MATURITY BRINGS ABOUT STRENGTH IN CHRIST.
THIS IS WHAT GOD EXPECTS FROM US ALL!
• “WEAK.”
“INFIRMITIES OF THE WEAK.”
THE WORD “INFIRMITY” IS NORMALLY USED WHEN MENTIONING SICKNESS, DISEASE, OR IMPOTENCE.
WITHIN OUR CONTEXT, INFIRMITY IS DESCRIPTIVE OF THE IMMATURE CHILD OF GOD WHO REMAINS IN BONDAGE INSTEAD OF RELISHING IN THE LIBERTY THAT WE ARE TO HAVE IN CHRIST
WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE WHO ARE STRONG…..
THIS PORTION OF SCRIPTURE IS NOT WRITTEN TO THE PASTOR ALONE.
THE STRONG SPEAKS OF THOSE WHO --
• ARE STRONG IN THEIR PERSONAL FAITH -- THEY KNOW THEY ARE SAVED AND ARE SERVANTS
• ARE STRONG IN THE SCRIPTURES -- THEY CAN UNDERSTAND AND TEACH THE DOCTRINES OF THE FAITH
• ARE STRONG IN CHURCH -- THEY ARE FAITHFUL TO AND SERVING IN THE LOCAL CHURCH
• ARE STRONG IN TRIBULATION -- THEY ARE ENDURING AND STEADFAST WHEN TRIALS COME, THEY DON’T EASILY FALL APART
THE STRONG ARE THOSE WHO LIVE THEIR LIVES FOR CHRIST AND FOR OTHERS, BUT NOT SELF.
IT IS OUR LOVE FOR CHRIST THAT DETERMINES OUR LIFE LIVED FOR CHRIST.
IT IS OUR LIFE LIVED FOR CHRIST THAT COUNTS.
WE DO NOT HAVE THE POWER, IN MOST INSTANCES, TO TAKE AWAY THE INFIRMITIES OF THE WEAK.
WE MUST DO ALL WE CAN TO LIFT THEM UP.
• SPIRITUAL GROWTH MUST COME FROM WITHIN EACH OF US INDIVIDUALLY
• SPIRITUAL MATURITY CANNOT BE FORCED
• YOU EITHER WANT TO GROW IN THE LORD OR YOU DON’T
• IT IS A PERSONAL DECISION EACH BELIEVER MUST MAKE FOR THEMSELVES
• SPIRITUAL MATURITY COMES WITH MUCH RESPONSIBILITY
THIS TEXT TELLS THE STRONG TO TAKE ON THE INFIRMITIES OR THE CONDITION OF THE WEAKER PERSON.
THERE ISN’T ANY OTHER WAY AROUND BEARING THE INFIRMITIES OF THE WEAK.
WE MUST SUPPORT – UPHOLD - BACK - SUSTAIN THOSE THAT ARE WEAKER IN THE FAITH.
• NOT GROW ANGRY WITH THEM
• NOT GROW FRUSTRATED WITH THEM
• NOT GROW ANNOYED WITH THEM
• NOT GROW CRITICAL OF THEM
• BUT SUPPORT – UPHOLD – BACK – SUSTAIN – THEM
• BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THEY ARE WEAKER IN THE FAITH
REMEMBER WHAT PAUL HAS TOLD US IN I CORINTHIANS 9:22 “TO THE WEAK I BECAME WEAK, TO WIN THE WEAK.
I HAVE BECOME ALL THINGS TO ALL MEN SO THAT BY ALL POSSIBLE MEANS I MIGHT SAVE SOME.”
HE TOOK ON THE INFIRMITIES OF THOSE AROUND HIM FOR THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO WIN PEOPLE INTO GOD’S KINGDOM.
WHICH BRINGS UP A VERY IMPORTANT POINT?
WHEN YOU ARE TALKING WITH PEOPLE……
• YOU CAN’T BEAT THAT PERSON INTO GROWING SPIRITUALLY
• YOU CAN’T CRITICIZE THAT PERSON INTO GROWING SPIRITUALLY
• YOU CAN’T VERBALLY ABUSE THAT PERSON INTO GROWING SPIRITUALLY
• PAUL SAID WE MUST LEARN TO BECOME WHAT THEY NEED TO HELP THEM GROW
• THAT MEANS SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO GET OFF OF OUR HIGH HOLY HORSE AND HELP MEET THEIR NEED
THERE ARE THOSE AMONG US THAT ARE SIMPLY WEAK IN FAITH.
LITERALLY, THEY ARE WEAK ‘IN THE FAITH’ OR ‘IN THEIR FAITH.
THAT IS, THE WEAK ARE THOSE WHO HAVE NOT YET COME TO THE FULL REALIZATION OF THE FREEDOM AND THE LIBERTY WHICH IS A PART OF THE FAITH.
“AND YOU SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE” -- ST.
JOHN 3:32.
THE STANDARD THIS TEXT SETS FOR US – PARTICULARLY THE STRONG WHO THIS IS AIMED – IS QUITE HIGH.
• HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU SUCCESSFULLY HELD YOUR TONGUE?
• HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU LET PETTY SLIGHTS GO WITHOUT MAKING A BIG DEAL OF THEM?
• HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN ACCUSED OF SLIGHTING SOMEONE, BUT YOU COULD NOT EVEN SEE THE SLIGHT?
HOW CAN WE BEAR IT?
• WE CAN BEAR IT WHEN WE LEARN TO BE LED BY THE SPIRIT
• WE CAN BEAR IT WHEN WE PAUSE AND LOOK AT THEM THROUGH EYES OF LOVE
• WE CAN BEAR IT WHEN WE REALIZE THAT JESUS HAS FORGIVEN US SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT
WHETHER YOU HAVE BEEN A CHRISTIAN FOR TWO (2) WEEKS OR 20 YEARS, YOU SHOULD BE GROWING IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
BEING WEAK IN THE FAITH IS NOT AN EXONERATION.
• SPIRITUAL GROWTH IS NOT AUTOMATIC
• YOU MUST CHOOSE TO CHANGE IF YOU WANT TO GROW
• SPIRITUAL GROWTH IS LIKE DRIVING THAT VEHICLE THAT HAS A STICK SHIFT
• ANYONE EVER DRIVE A STICK SHIFT BEFORE?
• AS YOU PICK UP SPEED YOU MUST MANUALLY SHIFT TO A HIGHER GEAR
• SPIRITUAL GROWTH TAKES THAT SAME TYPE OF EFFORT ON OUR PART
• WE HAVE TO SHIFT INTO SPIRITUAL MATURITY
WHEN PEOPLE FIRST ACCEPT THE LORD AND CATCH A GLIMPSE OF WHAT HE SAYS THEY CAN BE, THEY ARE USUALLY EAGER TO CHANGE WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE CHANGED.
BUT AS TIME PASSES, THE PROCESS OF GROWTH CAN SEEM HARDER OR THE GOAL SO DISTANT THAT MANY ARE TEMPTED TO GIVE UP ON THE PROCESS.
THE RESULT IS MANY PEOPLE NEVER EXPERIENCE THE LEVEL OF SPIRITUAL MATURITY AND VICTORY GOD WANTS THEM TO HAVE.
• IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT CHANGE IS THE EVIDENCE OF GROWTH
• WHILE THAT MAY NOT BE A VERY SCIENTIFIC DEFINITION, SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING, IT IS ACCURATE
• PUT SIMPLY - IF YOU ARE NOT CHANGING, YOU’RE NOT GROWING
• WE BEGIN TO SAY THINGS LIKE “THAT’S JUST THE WAY I AM”
• WE BEGIN TO SAY THINGS LIKE “I HAVE BEEN THIS WAY ALL MY LIFE”
• WE BEGIN TO SAY THINGS LIKE “I’M TOO OLD TO CHANGE NOW”
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