NXR Podcast - DAILY TRUTH - The Poison of Pride
Aired: 2022-11-24
Duration: 08:01


=== Imitate Me As I Follow Christ (04:34) ===

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[00:00:19]  Jesus said, Man cannot live on bread alone, but from every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
[00:00:25]  You're listening to Daily Truth.
[00:00:30]  So, what are the purposes of God for elders to be spiritually mature?
[00:00:36]  Because elders, according to these three texts, are to set an example.
[00:00:44]  Elders should be able to say to the flock of God, imitate me as I imitate Christ.
[00:00:49]  Elders should be able to say to the flock of God, both in their preaching and in their lives, both in their doctrine and in their life, they should be able to say to the flock of God, you would do well to imitate.
[00:01:04]  Me as I imitate Christ.
[00:01:05]  You would do well to follow me as I follow Christ.
[00:01:08]  I'm not only trying to teach you the right doctrinal tenets in my message, but I'm also trying to live a life that puts these into practice so that you not only can hear and follow, but you can see and follow.
[00:01:25]  Part of the purpose of an elder being spiritually mature is because an elder is called by God to be an example.
[00:01:33]  An elder should be a step or two.
[00:01:37]  If not 10, but at least a step or two ahead of at least the majority of the congregation, because it is a great benefit to the people of God.
[00:01:48]  The reason we don't like the idea of someone in the church, pastors or whoever it might be, being more mature than somebody else is because we live in an egalitarian age.
[00:01:59]  One of the great enemies of the church is the enemy of egalitarianism.
[00:02:03]  And some of you are like, really?
[00:02:05]  Because I thought that you just devoted four weeks to that.
[00:02:09]  I thought surely we can now move on.
[00:02:11]  But what I want you to see is the overarching banner of egalitarianism has multiple expressions that fall underneath.
[00:02:17]  So, feminism is one expression of egalitarianism as it pertains to the relationship between men and women.
[00:02:27]  But egalitarianism still reigns supreme in the church, influenced by the culture in terms of not just the relationship between men and women, but elder and congregant.
[00:02:38]  See, there is much in your heart, if you don't actively seek to put it to death, that wants to say, uh uh, you're not better than me.
[00:02:49]  Well, why would it be the intention of God for an elder to be more sanctified than the members of their church?
[00:02:57]  Set the believers an example.
[00:03:01]  Imitate me as I imitate Christ.
[00:03:04]  Not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock.
[00:03:09]  It is difficult, brothers and sisters, to set an example.
[00:03:13]  If you are not running the race as to win, this is something that should come back into our pulpits and come back into our doctrine as the people of God, a godly Christian competition.
[00:03:27]  Did you know that there is actually a sanctified competitive spirit?
[00:03:31]  Paul the Apostle does not say, I run and carefully pace myself as though to finish.
[00:03:38]  No, he says, I run as to win.
[00:03:42]  Follow me as I follow Christ, implying what?
[00:03:44]  A very charitable way of saying, I'm ahead of you.
[00:03:51]  And him saying, and it is my goal to beat you.
[00:03:55]  I'm running as to win.
[00:03:57]  I beat my body, my flesh, and make it my slave.
[00:04:01]  I throw off anything that hinders and so easily entangles so that I might run the race set before me, not just to finish, but to win.
[00:04:09]  There is a godly, a godly competitive spirit that's not rooted in pride and arrogance, but rather rooted in a zeal for the glory of God and that you might be a blessing and a benefit to those who can follow you as you follow Christ.
[00:04:24]  And the aversion in the heart of the congregant.
[00:04:28]  Against exactly what I am espousing is the spirit of egalitarianism and pride.

=== Funding The Postmillennialism Film (03:26) ===

[00:04:35]  And I commend you to put it to death by grace.
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