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Crazy Church Part 4

Dr Dharius Daniels

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Summary

In this teaching from the 'Crazy Church' series, Dr. Dharius Daniels unpacks 1 Corinthians 3 to expose invisible spiritual crises that threaten believers and congregations. He highlights the dangers of spiritual codependency on human leaders and warns against a 'crisis of construction'—building one's spiritual life on cheap shortcuts rather than enduring biblical truths. Believers are encouraged to inspect their faith foundations, exercise spiritual discernment, and cultivate personal intimacy with God.

Key Scriptures

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John 10:10↗1 Corinthians 13↗1 Corinthians 1↗1 Corinthians 3↗

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1 Corinthians 14↗

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Themes

Spiritual MaturityBiblical AuthoritySpiritual DiscernmentInterdependenceGrace and Effort

Pastor's Points

1.Crisis of Carnality
2.Crisis of Codependency
3.Crisis of Construction

Key Points

1.A spiritual crisis is often undetected because busy religious activity and biblical knowledge can mask underlying spiritual decay.
2.Scripture models interdependence within the body of Christ, warning against both hyper-independence and unhealthy emotional codependency on leaders.
3.Human leaders can plant and water spiritual seeds, but only God has the power to produce genuine spiritual growth.
4.Spiritual codependency fosters a savior complex in leaders and prevents believers from developing their own spiritual muscles.
5.Delegated authority from human leaders must always submit to and align with the ultimate authority of God's Word.
6.Starting with Christ as your foundation is essential, but believers must take care to build their lives with quality materials like gold and silver rather than wood, hay, and straw.
7.Believers must inspect the teachings they receive to ensure they are built on sound biblical exposition rather than popular spiritual shortcuts.
8.Grace is opposed to earning salvation, but it is not opposed to the effort required to cultivate spiritual disciplines like prayer and righteousness.

Sermon Moments

“Religious activity can mask spiritual realities.”

“People can plant and water, but only God can cause spiritual growth.”

“You cannot outsource intimacy with God.”

“When delegated authority contradicts ultimate authority, you must submit to ultimate authority.”

“Starting right with a foundation in Christ does not automatically mean you are building right.”

“Fruit inspection is not judgment; it is spiritual discernment.”

“Grace is opposed to earning, but grace is not opposed to effort.”

“Screaming for a miracle is less expensive than submitting to the daily sacrifice of transformation.”

This Week

Inspect what you are building your daily spiritual habits on by testing teachings against the clear context of Scripture.
Take direct personal responsibility for your prayer and Bible study routine rather than outsourcing your spiritual feeding entirely to leaders.
Release any savior complex in your parenting, mentoring, or ministry, trusting God alone to transform hearts.
Evaluate whether your loyalty to human spiritual authority ever conflicts with clear biblical instructions.
Replace superficial spiritual shortcuts with disciplined habits, enduring in persistent prayer and biblical meditation.
Apply biblical balance to financial challenges by pairing faith for God's provision with practical wisdom like budgeting.
Consistently invest time and resources back into spiritual environments that provide solid biblical feeding and growth.

Remember This

Believers must construct their spiritual lives on the solid foundation of Christ using enduring biblical truth rather than relying on spiritual codependency or cheap shortcuts.

A Challenge for You

Shine the light, Father. Show me where I might be operating in spiritual darkness or built on straw, and give me the grace to build properly on Your truth.

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