"One of the marks of a certain type of bad man is that he cannot give a certain thing up himself without wanting everyone else to give it up. That is not the Christian way. An individual may see fit to give up all sorts of things (marriage, meat, beer, cinema) for all sorts of reasons but the moment he starts saying that things are bad in themselves or looking down his nose at others who do use them; he has taken the wrong turning."
- C.S. Lewis
click to listen to sermon (right-click and "save as" to download mp3)
Reflection Points
- How often do you focus your gaze on the shadows and lose sight of Jesus?
- What things do you tend to add to Jesus as requirements for happiness or maturity?
- Are you a "grace killer" in some people's lives? If so, who? How so?
Enjoy this quote this week:
"The enemy is sending against us every day the Sherman tank of the flesh with its cannons of self-reliance and self-sufficiency. If we try to defend ourselves or our church with peashooter regulations, we will be defeated, even in our apparent success. The only defense is to "be rooted and built up in Christ and established in faith" (Colossians 2:6); "Strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for all endurance and patience with joy" (Colossians 1:11); "Holding fast to the head from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together... grows with a growth that is from God" (Colossians 2:19). From God! From God! And not from ourselves."
- John Piper
