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Review the elementary principles of the world - Colossians 2:20
Romans 12:2; Romans 8:29 Don’t be conformed to the world, but to Jesus. Don’t do Colossians 2:20, making a new law-filled religion for yourself. Instead, recognize the emotional connections you have to your ideals, and the patterns you’ve been trained in. This includes relationship and love. Leave those, and look at God’s designs. God’s things are always the best things.
Emotional ties should not direct our behavior, God should. Separate your heart entirely from the things you’ve been told to invest your affections into
Separation
There is a Godly form of separation. God has designed certain things to be separated and joined. This is part of finding God’s design.
The story of creation is successive acts of separation.
The world will hate Christ’s disciples.
Idea: Created things reflect the image of who rules over them. God did not allow the lordship to change, and not the reflection.
People want to believe there is a godly way to store up wealth, and to use it for their own pleasure.
Satan offered to Jesus what he has – the physical, in order to get from Jesus what satan could never take, the spiritual.
Satan uses physical attacks, distractions, desires to get us to give him our worship.
This all comes down to Lordship. Who are you serving?
Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. What you treasure directs your decision making.
Your devotion declares who your lord is. Unless you change who your lord is, every other “change” you make will not set you free. Changing behavior doesn’t put you under the lordship of Christ, but changing your lordship will change your behavior.
As with any subject, start by simply going to scripture and seeing what’s there.
1 John 5:4
Interaction with a religious system does not build intimacy with God. Interaction with God does.
Losing the “plot” or the ending causes us to lose the eternal nature of God and all His attributes that are bigger than our lifetime. Shortsightedness distorts our view of justice and love.
Songs
Keith Green – You Love the World
The Newsboys – Lost the Plot
This episode originally broadcast live on June 19, 2015 on KXEN 1010AM in St. Louis, MO
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Theme music: “The Resistance” by Josh Garrels (www.joshgarrels.com) licensed by Marmoset Music (www.marmosetmusic.com)
Other music:
“Rugged Old Hand” by Ben Pasley. http://www.benpasley.com/ Used by permission.
“With Your Eyes” by Enter the Worship Circle. Www.entertheworshipcircle.com Used by permission.