Take this message with you through a journey of Scripture, reflection, and prayer.
Summary
Themes
Pastor's Points
Key Points
- 1.Paul's prayer in Ephesians 1 is not a request for God to release new blessings, but a prayer of revelation for God to disclose Himself so believers can know Him better.
- 2.Your spiritual experience will never be right if your spiritual awareness of God is wrong; the God you see is the God you get.
- 3.Spiritual growth requires both progressive sanctification and progressive revelation, as God continually reintroduces Himself to us over time.
- 4.The 'Therapeutic God' is a cultural myth that assumes God's primary job is to maximize our comfort and feelings, whereas God frequently uses pain to train and mature our faith.
- 5.God claims ownership not just over our spiritual gifts, but over our entire lives, sometimes allowing us to experience visible trials so He can demonstrate His power to others through our restoration.
- 6.The 'Tribal God' reduces God to our political, ethnic, or personal faction, but the God of the Bible is on His own side and calls us to align with His righteousness.
Sermon Moments
“You don't change your life by changing your life; you change your life by changing the things that change your life.”
“Your experience with God will never be right if your awareness of God is wrong. The God you see is actually the God you get.”
“God uses pain to train.”
“It feels like He's killing you sometimes when He's using you.”
“God reserves the right to use whatever He owns—and He doesn't just own your gifts, He owns your life.”
“The God of scripture is on His own side. He's not on your side, He's not on my side, He's on His side.”
“Love hates what hurts what it loves.”
“Consequence only produces temporary change because it's only a motivator as long as you remember what it felt like; it's the goodness of God that leads to true repentance.”
This Week
Remember This
Your spiritual experience with God will never be right if your spiritual awareness of God is wrong, which is why we must trade false cultural caricatures of God for the holy, immutable love of the true God of scripture.
A Challenge for You
Our hope and prayer through this message is that you begin to ask yourself what God you were given, and make sure that as you peruse this list, the God you actually trust is the true God of the Bible who is holy, righteous, consistent, and faithful.These are personal sermon notes shared to help you remember the message — not a replacement for Scripture, your church, or your pastors.
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