Paul Washer 4 - Joy from Christ (8분 5초)
나는 과연 주님께 모.든.것.을 의지하며 살고 있는가..?...
지금 내 안에 심령의 가난함으로 인해 하나님을 절실히 갈망하는가..?
And He tells me this, "It is not what you do, for I can raise up rocks to do what you do and do better than you do. But it is, Paul, the seal I have set upon you, the decree and the hope, is that you be conformed to my image."
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Everybody wants to do something, when we ought to be wanting to be something!
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Sometimes I get invited to church growth conferences, not very often.
But they'll talk about all these great things they're going to do, and I'll get up and I'll say,
"Let me as you a question: From where does every breath come?"
(the church answers,) "From God."
"From where does every beat of your heart, from where does it come?"
(the church answers,) "From God."
"Oh, so you characters out here, all you pastors and preachers and evangelists and missionaries with all these great plans... Now tell me something... You can't even breathe! Your heart will not even beat! Except for the power of God on your life!"
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Someone says, "Well, I'm poor in spirit!"
"How much do you pray?
How much do you tremble?
How much do you rely upon the wisdom of God revealed in His Word?"
Poverty of spirit.
But isn't it wonderful, Church? Listen to me.
Isn't it wonderful that you don't have to be... something big?
Actually, what you have to be is something low, something broken and humble, take a back seat, wash the feet, be timid and afraid of any task put before you... so that it drives you to your knees, realizing when you wake up in the morning that 'I shall not move to my left or my right one quarter of an inch, because without the power of God upon my life, surely I will fall!'
That's what the passage means in the prayer: 'Lead us not into temptation.'
It's a recognition of weakness.
And a recognition of a tremendous need of grace.
'Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.' (Matthew 5:3)
Oh, what a place... what a place...
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