THE BIGGEST LOSER

07/27/21 • 25 min

Nobody wants to be labeled a loser! But as we look into the gospel today we can discover how to avoid becoming the biggest loser!
In all four gospels, we see the verse, " if you find your life you will lose it, and if you lose your life for My sake and the gospel's sake you will find it." As seen, each of the gospels brings out this truth, each gospel has a different illustration to make this truth a personal reality to us.
The same theme is present in each illustration, the theme of dying to ourselves and to the worldly things that call for our devotion, and making Jesus Christ the surpassing value that we live for. We have been crucified with Christ and we no longer live! This is the life that we lose! The life that was dead in sin! The life that was separated from God!
Why would we attempt to save the life, that Jesus died on the cross to set us free from? The biggest loser is the one who continues to choose the life where Jesus Christ is not the fullness of that life! If we lose our life we will find the life that comes through the resurrection power of the gospel. Jesus Christ is that life!

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THE UNEXAMINED LIFE IS A SUPERFICIAL LIFE

When I examine Scripture and see promises like, what the eye has not seen and the ear has not heard and what has not entered the heart of man all that God has prepared for those who love Him I have to wonder what have I been missing.
When I see that His ways and thoughts and ways are not my thoughts and ways and the difference in the two is staggering; what am I missing?
When He desires to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all that I can ask or think, I'm missing something somewhere!
Let's open up the gospel and discover how our unexamined life can lead to a superficial life, robbing us of all that God has promised to us. The truth will set us free but it most likely will make us miserable before it does. God's revealing of the deep things in our lives is His great expression of love toward us that leads us into a powerful and intimate relationship with Him!

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FREE HEARING TEST

Scripture tells us that there are those who have ears to hear but do not hear! Our faith is dependant upon that hearing. Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. There is more to hearing than our eardrum picking up sound waves and our brains deciphering those sounds. There is a spiritual side to our hearing and then the evidence of our hearing that brings forth fruit.

Join us as we open up the gospel and discover how good our hearing is!