Elevating Jesus To First Place! with Pastor Mel Svendsen
Elevating Jesus To First Place! with Pastor Mel Svendsen
Pastor Mel Svendsen
November 24,2024
Bottom Line:
As followers of Christ, we are to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength, but sometimes we ignore the grave danger of allowing other things to take first place in our lives!
1. Jesus will challenge my inadequate views of who He is!
Related issue is the Lordship of Christ (Luke 18:18-19)
Jesus Christ as God-Defining Questions of Commitment:
1) Does he have ultimate authority in your life?
2) Are you prepared to follow when others and your own
instincts tell you differently?
3) Will you continue in the path even when persecuted
and ridiculed?
2. Jesus will challenge my inadequate views of who we are.
Related issue is God’s justice. (Luke 18:20-22)
A. The status of the rich ruler:
1) He was seeking (but mostly to justify himself)
2) He was trying (but didn’t realize the shortfall)
3) He was failing (but there was a solution)
4) He was lost (but Jesus provided the way)
5) He was loved (but still needed forgiveness)
B. Common errors people commit when considering our relationship to God:
1) Minimize God’s Holiness
2) Maximize our Goodness
Biblical Definition of Success: Placing your faith in the salvation work of Christ on the cross and responding with a life of humble obedience and service to Him!
3) Minimize our sinfulness
3. Jesus will challenge my inadequate view of the cost of discipleship.
Related issue is the Preeminence of Christ Luke 18:23-30
A. Anything can steal God’s rightful “first place” but the love of money can be especially destructive. (1 Timothy 6:10)
B. Anyone can feel like they have “sacrificed” exceptionally for God, but you will never out-give God. (James 1:17)
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