Title: Have You Cried Recently?
Text:
Philippians 3:18-21 (HCSB)
18 For I have often told you, and now say again with tears, that many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
19 Their end is destruction; their god is their stomach; their glory is in their shame. They are focused on earthly things,
20 but our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.
21 He will transform the body of our humble condition into the likeness of His glorious body, by the power that enables Him to subject everything to Himself.
Observation:
Yesterday was a day that some tears were shed in my family. However, in this case it was tears of joy for the entrance of a second great grand child into our family.
The house is empty for a brief period of time, and I have a chance to get alone with my heavenly Father.
As I read the focal passage for today I was moved when I read in verse eighteen that the Apostle Paul cried. It got me to thinking about the things that cause us to cry. What caused Paul to cry were the false teachers.
One of the ways you can distinguish between genuine Christ followers, and false teachers is how they view themselves. False teachers have an inflated view of themselves.
Philippians 3:3 (HCSB)
3 For we are the circumcision, the ones who serve by the Spirit of God, boast in Christ Jesus, and do not put confidence in the flesh—
We are in good company when we shed a tear; especially when is for others. Jesus cried because of the death of a friend.
John 11:35-36 (HCSB)
35 Jesus wept.
36 So the Jews said, "See how He loved him!"
Prayer:
Father, hallowed be Your name. Father, I pray that You will give each of us a compassionate heart; a heart that will move us to tears for others. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
Isaiah 55:11 (KJV)
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
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