future.
The Bible at the beach today we're gonna be in Philippians chapter 3 verses 17 through 21 glad you can join me today
Paul writes my beloved friends imitate my walk with God and follow all those who walk according to the way of life
we modeled before you. So here's a key principle of
discipleship
Things are caught more than they're taught in other words people will learn more from
your lifestyle and
the priorities and values that they reveal
more than the words that you teach so our
lifestyles are much more of a teaching instrument and tool than our words are now Paul knew this and that's why he said
this is what we
modeled to you and
so he says in verse 18
For there are many who live by different standards see Paul again knew that it was the lifestyle
That was to be made note of
My life my lifestyle is very simple
I
Get up at 4 a.m
Pray read the Bible think
6 o'clock I'm surfing with my friends
About 830. I'm at Sir Coffee. I
come home I work from home from 10 to 2 and
I am with my family and friends having fun from 2 o'clock on that's my day
pretty much every day
On Saturdays, I go on a 50 mile bike ride a little tweak there
Meet my family for cars and coffee
Afterwards and Sundays. I have zero plans except for to listen to sermons and go to church with my wife
Pretty basic week pretty simple week
That's how I do it and because when you share your lifestyle and you share what you do and how you do it that really enables
people to
To be able to learn from you
So he says as I've warned you many times I weep as I write these words
They are enemies of the cross of the anointed one and doom awaits them their God has possessed them and made them mute
Their boast is in their shameful
Lifestyles and their minds are in the dirt boy Paul really doesn't mince words does he he says that?
Contrary to what we're taught today in our world
Paul says there are lifestyles that are shameful
They're a disgrace to the gospel. He doesn't leave wiggle room for misinterpretation there
There are lives that bring glory to God. There are lifestyles that are a disgrace to the gospel
And he's a point-blank and he says look their minds are in the gutter their minds are in
the dirt so
shameful lifestyles
mind in the dirt
contrasting that with
the kingdom of God
Now he says in verse 20, but we are a colony of heaven on earth
And we cling tightly to our life giver the Lord Jesus
So how do you become a colony of heaven on earth?
It's very simple you cling to the teachings and the person of Jesus
The reason why I come and teach the Bible today is my 201 episode
A Bible at the beach is because I want to teach you something the Bible is more important than what I say
The Bible is more important than what you say
This is the most important book in the entire
world
the entire world and so I
simply make it a goal to teach not my word, but God's Word and
God can do whatever he wants to do with it
I know that God has asked me to be faithful to preach it and to teach it. So that's what I do
201 episode
Very thankful for that. We cling to the teachings of Jesus found in God's Word the person of Jesus
experienced through prayer in the Holy Spirit and worship so as you
dive into God's Word and you encounter and experience
Prayer in the Holy Spirit and worship every day of your life
Those are the fuel sources of our life
They give us all the strength and all the grace and all the power that we need for life today
And verse 21 he says who will transform our humble bodies
and transfigure us into the identical likeness of his glorified body and
Using his matchless power. He continually subdues
Everything to himself. So God is in the
Transformative process in our life. He's transforming our
character
again our
Character, how does God?
Transform our character
Sometimes all at once
most of the time a
little by little
Because God wants us to put in the work the hard work the disciplined work
To become more like
Jesus in the way that we think we interact the way that we engage with the world
We'll literally spend the remainder of our time on earth trying to apply the teachings of Jesus and be inspired
By the person of Jesus through the power of the Holy Spirit prayer and worship. So
In all things may God give us the eyes to see may he give us the ears to hear
May he give us the heart and the courage to be the people that he wants us
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