HUNGER FOR SIGNIFICANCE (4 OF 4)
Scripture: Philippians 3:4-9
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Hunger for Significance (4 of 4)
Series: Soul Hunger
Dave Gustavsen
Philippians 3:4-9
Good morning. We are taking five weeks to talk about Soul Hunger. So we're asking the question: why do all people basically want the same things-things like peace and acceptance and security and love? There are some who believe you can answer that question completely through science: they say we share the same evolutionary biology, and the traits that are common to humans are the traits that helped our distant ancestors survive. And I've tried to make clear every week that I am neither endorsing nor critiquing the concept of evolutionary biology. But here's what I am saying: we need something more to answer this question. There's something more than biology that unites us as humans.
So the premise of the series is this: the reason humans are so similar is because we share the same Creator. And whether that creation occurred all at once or progressively over time, the point is the same: He is the one who placed our deepest desires in our heart. If that's true, then if I try to satisfy those desires apart from my Creator, I'm going to be restless and dissatisfied. In his famous book Confessions, Augustine said this: ''Sin comes when we take a perfectly natural desire or longing or ambition and try desperately to fulfill it without God.''
So in this series, we're looking at some of the main desires people share, and we're talking about what it could look like to fulfill those desires through our Creator.
And today I want to look at the human desire for significance. To matter. To count. The Scripture reading is from Paul's letter to the Philippians, chapter 3, verses 4 through 9:
If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness ...
Series: Soul Hunger
Dave Gustavsen
Philippians 3:4-9
Good morning. We are taking five weeks to talk about Soul Hunger. So we're asking the question: why do all people basically want the same things-things like peace and acceptance and security and love? There are some who believe you can answer that question completely through science: they say we share the same evolutionary biology, and the traits that are common to humans are the traits that helped our distant ancestors survive. And I've tried to make clear every week that I am neither endorsing nor critiquing the concept of evolutionary biology. But here's what I am saying: we need something more to answer this question. There's something more than biology that unites us as humans.
So the premise of the series is this: the reason humans are so similar is because we share the same Creator. And whether that creation occurred all at once or progressively over time, the point is the same: He is the one who placed our deepest desires in our heart. If that's true, then if I try to satisfy those desires apart from my Creator, I'm going to be restless and dissatisfied. In his famous book Confessions, Augustine said this: ''Sin comes when we take a perfectly natural desire or longing or ambition and try desperately to fulfill it without God.''
So in this series, we're looking at some of the main desires people share, and we're talking about what it could look like to fulfill those desires through our Creator.
And today I want to look at the human desire for significance. To matter. To count. The Scripture reading is from Paul's letter to the Philippians, chapter 3, verses 4 through 9:
If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness ...
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