1 January 2017
Ps Renny Khoo
The Clarion Call to Discleship
Phillipians 3:8-11
8 What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ-the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. 10 I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.
13 Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining towards what is ahead, 14 I press on towards the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenwards in Christ Jesus.
What is that one thing ?
We all want to grow and be mature.
The three "SO THAT" (Shift Gears) purpose statements from Vs 8-11
Let's shift gear in this new year.
3-fold shift-gear in Revisioning Discipleship
1) From Ritual to Relationship
V8-9 so that I may gain Christ and be found in Him
Having a real living relationship with God.
Journey together in Connect group.
2) From Institution to Intimacy
V10 that I may know Him
Knowing that is experimental and intimate, God encounters us.
Our prayers are not to be over-communication and under-connected with God.
Not over-burdened and under-nourished in His works.
3 things before God as we know Him :-
Authenticity
Brokenness
Courage
3) From Tradition to Transformation
V11 in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead
2 Peter 1:3-11
Through God, we become part-takers of His divine nature ...
Conclusion
Relationship- Join a Connect Group
Intimacy - Be Authentic, Broken, Courageous
Trasnsformation - Maturity. Multify.
A living Relationship births forth Intimacy which leads to Transformation.
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