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A Messy Reality
We live in a broken world.
We ourselves are born with a sin nature passed down to us by our father Adam.
This nature is spiritually dead and unable to act, think, or even want the things of God.
Holiness is beyond our reach.
Jesus stepped into our mess and joined us.
He became one of us and just like Adam, took the place of our representative. .
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He didn’t fail.
He didn’t have our sin nature but had a holy nature.
He did in a broken and sin-filled world what Adam couldn’t do in a perfect sinless world.
He rejected sin and honored God in all that He did.
Having no sin, he was not bound by the curse of death.
Yet He chose to die.
He who had never sinned paid for your sin and mine by dying on the cross.
Death had no claim on him so once the price of death was paid he was loosed from the hold of death and he rose triumphant over death.
With the price paid for our sins, Jesus can now set us free.
To be free, we must put our faith in Him as our Savior and we must surrender our lives to Him as our King.
Every person who puts their faith in Jesus switches sides.
They are shifted from dwelling in a kingdom of sin and death to a kingdom of light and life, the Kingdom of God.
While on this earth they are still affected by their sin nature.
Though they trust in God and seek to walk with him they stumble and fall.
Sin catches them, pulls at them, tries to drag them down but they must prevail over it.
By faith in Jesus, and through the power of the Holy Spirit that dwells within them they can overcome.
The church is filled with these people.
People who are saved but not yet perfect.
People who love Jesus and despite their best efforts they fail him.
People who claim to love everyone as Jesus did but still struggle to live that out.
We are the Church.
We are a bit messy.
But when we walk with the Lord, the genuineness of our confession of sin, our support and love for one another, our compassion for the lost shines through our brokenness.
And though we are weak . . .
He is strong.
And though we stumble . . .
He never fails.
In our brokenness his glory shines all the brighter as he redeems us day by day.
So, this local church has adopted this statement about how we represent him because we are committed to being the church He has called us to be:
Church Practice
We believe Jesus has instructed his church and equipped them to help people know God, honor Him, and proclaim His name.
As the church we remember and participate in the death and resurrection of Christ through baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
We obey the command to gather with other believers by committing ourselves to a local church.
We submit to the elders and deacons of the church who are appointed by Christ and affirmed by the body.
As a family, we use our gifts to help each other grow and to accomplish the work of the kingdom.
We maintain the holiness of the church by rejecting sin, holding each other accountable with grace and mercy, and encouraging one another to godliness.
This final statement is where will focus today.
In this final statement we commit ourselves to God’s standard of holiness.
In order to maintain that holiness in light of our brokenness, we turn to the Bible which gives is clear examples and instructions that we should follow.
Today we are going to talk about the importance of Rejecting sin, inviting Accountability, and Encouraging one another to godliness.
Rejecting Sin
A Public and Ongoing Sin
The Church was Complacent and thus Complicit
The Church Should have Acted
A Dangerous Pattern
The Danger of a Little Sin
The Rightful Judgement of the Church
We reject sin in order to maintain the holiness of the Church and in so doing, we call the unrepentant sinner to turn from their sin.
One of the keys to helping each other through the process of battling sin and turning from sin is accountability.
Invite Accountability
What does our accountability look like.
Let’s look at this verse in Galatians and then we will look at a couple of examples from Jesus ministry.
Lets look at a moment in the life of Jesus where he dealt with a person who was caught in sin.
Example 1: How Jesus dealt with a sinner caught by sin.
Example 2: How Jesus dealt with a follower who was lead astray.
We do not look to condemn but we are honest about sin.
Sin destroys and separates people from God.
If we ignore sin and do not help our brothers and sisters battle sin then we are not honoring the holiness of God and the command of Christ to love one another.
If we allow another brother or sister to stand in sin and error they not only harm themselves but those they are around.
We must take sin seriously even as we are gentle and seek to restore.
Encourage One Another to Godliness
Build Up don’t Tear Down
Image God by Encouraging
Be encouraged!
At this church we invite you to come messy.
We invite you to be honest and real.
We challenge you to step into deeper relationships so that the weight of sin in your life can be lifted.
We are a Messy Church in Pursuit of Holiness.
A Messy Church in Pursuit of Holiness!
I would rather be a mess that is in pursuit of holiness then a holier than though bunch of hypocrites.
Jesus said that He is the Truth and that the Truth would set you free.
Jesus didn’t die so we could pretend we were holy, he died so we would know that we need him to wash away our sin and make us holy.
Church, we have to take sin seriously, we have to commit to one another in love to hold each other accountable even as we pursue godliness together.
We cannot settle on being in each others lives only of Sundays when we are all on our best behavior.
We have to be together on the battle-lines.
We have to share in each others lives.
Who are you in relationship with right now, that can call you on your sin, encourages you to grow, and depends on you to do the same?
Is this reflected in your marriages ans your friendships?
This cannot be achieved through programs and groups, this is only achieved when we truly live like the family of God.
When we are, His Church
Let’s Pray
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