A PURPOSE FILLED LOVE (6 OF 8)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: I Corinthians 13:1-13
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A Purpose Filled Love (6 of 8)
Series: Purpose Driven Life
Jeff Strite
I Corinthians 13:1-13
OPEN: A mother looked out a window and saw Johnny playing church with their three kittens. He had them lined up and was preaching to them. The mother turned around to do some work.
A while later she heard meowing and scratching on the door. The cats were obviously upset and frightened. She shouted out to her son: "Johnny, what are you doing to these cats?"
"Mom, I'm baptizing them."
She went to the window and, sure enough, there was Johnny dunking the kittens in water.
"Johnny, stop that!" she said, "You'll drown those kittens."
"Johnny looked at her and said with much conviction in his voice: "They shoulda had thought about that before they joined MY church."
APPLY: Little Johnny was being spiritual. He was fulfilling his religious duty. He was living a "Purpose Driven Life."
Now, for those of you who haven't been here for awhile...we've been talking about the study book by Rick Warren: "The Purpose Driven Life"
I. As I prepared today's sermon, it occurred to me that down thru the ages, many religious people who have been VERY filled with purpose.
* they've been very driven to do (what they saw as) their sacred duty
* they've sought to express their spirituality in very dynamic and powerful ways
But MANY of those purpose driven people have ended up being like that little boy baptizing his cats... they risked destroying the very church they thought they were serving.
Many have tended to become like the Pharisees of old. You realize, of course, that the Pharisees were very religious, very purpose driven. They tithed faithfully. They regularly attended worship services every week. They knew not only the Bible, but also practically every commentary about the Bible. In fact, they were so impressive that Jesus said that YOUR righteousness would have to surpass "that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law," in order to get into the kingdom of h ...
Series: Purpose Driven Life
Jeff Strite
I Corinthians 13:1-13
OPEN: A mother looked out a window and saw Johnny playing church with their three kittens. He had them lined up and was preaching to them. The mother turned around to do some work.
A while later she heard meowing and scratching on the door. The cats were obviously upset and frightened. She shouted out to her son: "Johnny, what are you doing to these cats?"
"Mom, I'm baptizing them."
She went to the window and, sure enough, there was Johnny dunking the kittens in water.
"Johnny, stop that!" she said, "You'll drown those kittens."
"Johnny looked at her and said with much conviction in his voice: "They shoulda had thought about that before they joined MY church."
APPLY: Little Johnny was being spiritual. He was fulfilling his religious duty. He was living a "Purpose Driven Life."
Now, for those of you who haven't been here for awhile...we've been talking about the study book by Rick Warren: "The Purpose Driven Life"
I. As I prepared today's sermon, it occurred to me that down thru the ages, many religious people who have been VERY filled with purpose.
* they've been very driven to do (what they saw as) their sacred duty
* they've sought to express their spirituality in very dynamic and powerful ways
But MANY of those purpose driven people have ended up being like that little boy baptizing his cats... they risked destroying the very church they thought they were serving.
Many have tended to become like the Pharisees of old. You realize, of course, that the Pharisees were very religious, very purpose driven. They tithed faithfully. They regularly attended worship services every week. They knew not only the Bible, but also practically every commentary about the Bible. In fact, they were so impressive that Jesus said that YOUR righteousness would have to surpass "that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law," in order to get into the kingdom of h ...
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