Gospel in Life PART 3
Dr. Timothy Keller
23 September 2012
Psalm 1:1-6
1Blessed is the man
who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers.
2But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night.
3He is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not whither.
Whatever he does prospers.
4Not so the wicked!
They are like chaff that the wind blows away.
5Therefore the wicked will not stand in judgment,
nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
6For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.
Psalm 150: 1-6
1Praise the Lord.
Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty heavens.
2Praise him for his acts of power;
praise him for his surpassing greatness.
3Praise him with sounding of the trumpet,
praise him with the harp and the lyre,
4praise him with tambourine and dancing,
praise him with the strings and flute,
5praise him with the clash of cymbals,
praise him with resounding cymbals.
6Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Praise the Lord.
WAY INTO PRAYER
--Fill the mind with scripture and meditiate on them.
--Roots in gospels enables you to access God to handle your life.
--Exploring the truth to affect our heart.
--Reorient your mind to God often.
--Prayer is a response to God speaking to us.
PRAYER THAT CHANGES YOU
--People tend to create a God that works for them.
--Psalms helps you through every situation.
PRAYER ENDS IN ADORATION AND PRAISE
--Delight in the hand of God as he tells you how to life your life.
--Yet, you can't live up to the rules.
--You will always fail.
--Meditate on the fact that we have a savior in Jesus
--Even at the worst moment, Jesus processes crucifixion by mediting on Psalm 22:1
Friday, September 28, 2012
How We Become Believers
Gospel in Life: Grace in the Case of Naaman PART 1
Dr. Timothy Keller
09 September 2012
2 Kings 5:1-14
1Now Naaman was commander of the army of the kink of Aram. He was a great man in the sight of his master and highly regarded, because through him the Lord had given victory to Aram. He was a valiant soldier, but he had leprosy.
2Now bands from Aram had gone out and had taken captive a young girl from Israel, and she served Naaman's wife. 3She said to her mistress, "If only my master would see the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of leprosy."
4Naaman went to his master and told him what the girl from Israel had said. 5"By all means go," the king of Aram replied. "I will send a letter to the king of Israel." So Naaman left, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold and ten sets of clothing. 6The letter that he took to the king of Israel read: "With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman to you so that you may cure him of leprosy."
7As soon as the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his robes and said, "Am I God? Can I kill and bring back to life? Why does this fellow send someone to me to be cured of his leprosy? See how he is trying to pick a quarrel with me!"
8When Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his robes, he sent him the message: "Why have you torn your robes? Have the man come and to me and he will know there is a prophet in Israel." 9So Naaman went with his horses and chariots and stopped at the door of Elisha's house. 10Elisha sent a messenger to say to him, "Go, wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored and you will be cleansed."
11But Naaman went away angry and said, "I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the spot and cure me of leprosy. 12Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than any of the waters of Israel? Couldn't I wash in them and be cleansed?" So he turned and went off in a rage.
12Naaman's servants went to him and said, "My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, 'Wash and be cleansed'!" So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, as the man of God had told him, and his flesh was restored and became clean like that of a young boy.
WHY DO WE SEEK GOD?
--Self sufficientcy is a lie; something will always mess with your life.
--Nothing of this world can ultimately help you.
--Our deepest problems are beyond what the world can solve.
HOW DO WE FIND GOD?
--Shift our selfish focus of our own suffering to forgiving sins.
--Immediate suffering isn't the most pressing need.
--You need reconcilliation with God.
--Salvation can't be earned...it needs to be received.
--Believing in God is too humbling and radical for most people.
HOW DO WE ATTAIN SALVATION
--Jesus did the work for us...We just need to accept it and receive it.
Dr. Timothy Keller
09 September 2012
2 Kings 5:1-14
1Now Naaman was commander of the army of the kink of Aram. He was a great man in the sight of his master and highly regarded, because through him the Lord had given victory to Aram. He was a valiant soldier, but he had leprosy.
2Now bands from Aram had gone out and had taken captive a young girl from Israel, and she served Naaman's wife. 3She said to her mistress, "If only my master would see the prophet who is in Samaria! He would cure him of leprosy."
4Naaman went to his master and told him what the girl from Israel had said. 5"By all means go," the king of Aram replied. "I will send a letter to the king of Israel." So Naaman left, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold and ten sets of clothing. 6The letter that he took to the king of Israel read: "With this letter I am sending my servant Naaman to you so that you may cure him of leprosy."
7As soon as the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his robes and said, "Am I God? Can I kill and bring back to life? Why does this fellow send someone to me to be cured of his leprosy? See how he is trying to pick a quarrel with me!"
8When Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his robes, he sent him the message: "Why have you torn your robes? Have the man come and to me and he will know there is a prophet in Israel." 9So Naaman went with his horses and chariots and stopped at the door of Elisha's house. 10Elisha sent a messenger to say to him, "Go, wash yourself seven times in the Jordan, and your flesh will be restored and you will be cleansed."
11But Naaman went away angry and said, "I thought that he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the spot and cure me of leprosy. 12Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than any of the waters of Israel? Couldn't I wash in them and be cleansed?" So he turned and went off in a rage.
12Naaman's servants went to him and said, "My father, if the prophet had told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more, then, when he tells you, 'Wash and be cleansed'!" So he went down and dipped himself in the Jordan seven times, as the man of God had told him, and his flesh was restored and became clean like that of a young boy.
WHY DO WE SEEK GOD?
--Self sufficientcy is a lie; something will always mess with your life.
--Nothing of this world can ultimately help you.
--Our deepest problems are beyond what the world can solve.
HOW DO WE FIND GOD?
--Shift our selfish focus of our own suffering to forgiving sins.
--Immediate suffering isn't the most pressing need.
--You need reconcilliation with God.
--Salvation can't be earned...it needs to be received.
--Believing in God is too humbling and radical for most people.
HOW DO WE ATTAIN SALVATION
--Jesus did the work for us...We just need to accept it and receive it.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Forgiveness in the Kingdom
Savior and Teacher - A Study of Matthew PART 30
Rev Abraham Cho
2 September 2012
Matthew 18:23-35
23"Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him. 25Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. 26"The servant fell on his knees before him. 'Be patient with me,' he begged, 'and I will pay back everything.' 27The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.
28"But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him. 'Pay back what you owe me!' he demanded, 29"His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.' 30"But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. 31When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened.
32"Then the master called the servant in. 'You wicked servant,' he said, I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. 33Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?' 34In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.
35"This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart."
POWER OF FORGIVENESS
--It's always my responsibility to repair wrongs done to me or by me.
--How often do we forgive? ALWAYS
--If left unchecked, human sin multiplies to great violence as in Gen 4:24
--Forgiveness is a new positive force that can change the world!
--Forgiveness breaks the cycle of counter reprisals.
PRACTICE OF FORGIVENESS
--The King from the passage offers ultimate forgiveness because of great money owed.
--It should serve as an example to forgive people in our lives.
--Our ability to forgive stems from feeling the magnitude of Jesus's forgiveness of us.
--Tasting cosmic forgiveness gives us to power of infinite forgiveness.
PAIN OF FORGIVENESS
--Forgiveness demands a sacrifice from the wronged party.
--We have to learn to take it.
Rev Abraham Cho
2 September 2012
Matthew 18:23-35
23"Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. 24As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him. 25Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. 26"The servant fell on his knees before him. 'Be patient with me,' he begged, 'and I will pay back everything.' 27The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go.
28"But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him. 'Pay back what you owe me!' he demanded, 29"His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.' 30"But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. 31When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened.
32"Then the master called the servant in. 'You wicked servant,' he said, I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. 33Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?' 34In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.
35"This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart."
POWER OF FORGIVENESS
--It's always my responsibility to repair wrongs done to me or by me.
--How often do we forgive? ALWAYS
--If left unchecked, human sin multiplies to great violence as in Gen 4:24
--Forgiveness is a new positive force that can change the world!
--Forgiveness breaks the cycle of counter reprisals.
PRACTICE OF FORGIVENESS
--The King from the passage offers ultimate forgiveness because of great money owed.
--It should serve as an example to forgive people in our lives.
--Our ability to forgive stems from feeling the magnitude of Jesus's forgiveness of us.
--Tasting cosmic forgiveness gives us to power of infinite forgiveness.
PAIN OF FORGIVENESS
--Forgiveness demands a sacrifice from the wronged party.
--We have to learn to take it.
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