Church Life: DISTRACTED: Distracted by Pride

Introduction

Let me begin with a discipleship question: how will you follow Jesus in prayer and dependence on God this week?

Main Points

In this lesson shaped by Calvary Boise's teaching on DISTRACTED: Distracted by Pride, Christ invites us to receive truth with humility, practice repentance, and walk in faithful obedience.

Grace and Justification

If you have a Bible turn to first Corinthians chapter four the whole vibe of this passenger or this portion of Scripture that we're. Studying is we're looking at a letter written to a church that was in disarray a little bit and this is not to say.

• Our church is in disarray any more than any other Church but it is to say that every believer in every community of believers.
• And every church that gathers and seeks God together and prays and waits on the Lord on how he's going to use them will.
• Always go through seasons where the collection of God's people in the diversity of culture and gifts and talents and ideas and preferences and.
• In ways that we want to see God move God's sovereignty brings us together to teach us how to love him and then really.

Sharpen our tshat teeth on loving each other it's a challenge to be in a church community that is diverse in a culture that. Doesn't love the Lord and it was a challenge to the church in Corinth in the first century it's been a challenge ever since.

Sin and Salvation

Distraction that all of us who have come to believe in the power of God the salvation of God the newness of life that. We have in God all of us will struggle with this track with this distraction and yet it's one of the hardest ones to.

• Identify and actually do anything about in our lives and that distraction away from God and towards the disarray of a life outside of.
• His will is pride that's what we're gonna be talking about this week is this church one of the reasons that they got divided.
• And started disputing and started getting very argumentative with each other and they were using everything as points of contentions and it actually turned.
• Them into breaking up into different camps and groups that they belong to trying to form little alliances within the church one of the.

Things that is causing that is that they all had a sense of arrogance that they knew best and so we're gonna look at. The response that the Apostle Paul who helped plant this church is going to write on how to overcome that and I so need.

Faith and Obedience

Lord comes who will both bring to the light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the heart then each one's. Praise will come from God this is the exhortation Paul says on how to overcome the division is to trust God and now he's.

• Going to ask this important question in verse 7 what makes you different from one another what do you have that you did not.
• Receive if you didn't receive it why do you boast as if you didn't receive it what makes them think that they should be.
• Allowed to decide the camps and the direction and the style preferences of the church and now verses 8 through 14 are going to.
• Almost sound sarcastic and that's the tone that we need to have with this because Paul is essentially going to compare his life as.

An apostle given to the mission of God to the life of many of these Corinthians and the expectations they have for what they. Actually want out of a church experience or out of a relationship with God he says in verse 8 you're already full you are.

Life in the Church

That as the root problem in verse 6 he says now these things brethren I have figuratively transferred to myself and Apollo's for your. Sake that you may learn not to think beyond what is written that none of you be puffed up on behalf of one against.

• The other that word puffed up is going to be used seven times in all of the New Testament six times that the New.
• Testament uses this phrase to describe believers is in this book first Corinthians it's written to this church that you are puffed up in.
• Your thinking as you divide into different groups remember those groups introduced in week one some said they were Paul the church planter some.
• Said they were Apollo's the new pastor whose very eloquent some even said Cephas the overseer of the church age that they're in and.

He says no matter you can't look at these camps and with pride become inflated and say well our camp is the right camp. And our teachers the best teacher and our theology is the right theology and everyone else is wrong that's the idea that Paul's getting.

Persevering with Hope

Which I never do so this subtitle should grab your attention the message title is distracted by pride the subtitle is this message probably. Isn't for me but I know someone who really needs to hear it that's the subtitle because when we hear a message of arrogance.

• And puffed up you're thinking oh that's so bad and you shouldn't do that and I know someone who needs to hear this message.
• Because they're puffed up against me it actually is a there's a very good picture of the danger of being puffed up and the.
• Blindness that it causes us in the alarming number of the week the number of the week is 259 and when you look at.
• Your bulletin cover you're gonna see a broken cellphone on it and I'm gonna continually redeem that picture in your mind because as we.

Think about being distracted and we think about these things that take us away from the Lord is there a better example than a. Screen in our pockets that we can stare at and we can look at now when you look at your bulletin or even when.

Grace and Justification

Arrogant about anything but God in your life you're walking towards a cliff and the Bible is very clear about that as we become. People who are more confident in our own strength and our own ability and we get more excited about our stuff in life the.

• Word said God opposes the proud he's actually against us he gives grace to the humble which is where we're going with this message.
• But God is against that heart and he's against that life and with pride there will come a fall and that fall and this.
• Church has turned into division because last week we looked at that verse he said your carnal and that's why you are breaking up.
• Into different camps aligning with your favorite teacher and then trying to prove that he's the best teacher that's carnality and it's pride and.

It's turning into division and the tricky thing about all of this is that just like someone taking a selfie to their death or. Us hearing a lesson and a sermon on pride it's very hard for us to see ourselves in this pride is one of those.

Hope in Suffering

Itself will puff you up and you'll be excited about your doctrinal humility so it's a difficult thing so how are we going to. Do this is the this is where the word comes alive what does Paul do after he says you're being puffed up all he.

• Can do and all I can do in this sermon is hoped that some of you take this seriously and it's just three simple.
• Questions he's gonna say ask these three questions of your life don't be puffed up and I can't systematically say now just be humble.
• But I can't ask you to think about these three questions in your life verse seven is the three questions that we have to.
• Think about for our hearts and our minds and our life in our church and it's only in answering these questions correctly that we.

Will begin to be walking towards humility it says in verse seven what makes you different from another what do you have that you. Did not receive and if you did indeed receive it why do you boast as if you had not received it those are just.

Conclusion

We return to the opening teaching: discipleship is not just information, it is transformation through faith and obedience to Jesus. If we receive His Word and walk it out, He will shape us into people who endure and bear fruit.

Lord Jesus, help me hear Your Word, obey it with faith, and grow as Your disciple. Amen.

Conclusion

We return to the opening teaching: discipleship is not just information, it is transformation through faith and obedience to Jesus. If we receive His Word and walk it out, He will shape us into people who endure and bear fruit.

Closing Prayer

Lord Jesus, help me hear Your Word, obey it with faith, and grow as Your disciple. Amen.