Relationships are precious in the Kingdom…and often fragile. The Apostle Paul was a man of God like no other. Many forget that he was initially an outcast in the church because of his past. A man named Barnabas put his neck on the line for Paul and they became friends and ministry partners. But then things went south in a moment of disagreement. This message takes us through Paul’s journey with Barnabas and helps us all learn how to admit it when we have made mistakes in our relationships with others. Broken fellowship with other believers is no small matter. Observe how Paul chose humility over pride.
Admitting When You Are Wrong
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September 13, 2017 • Jeff Lyle
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Zeal is an undervalued commodity in the Kingdom. Education is great. Experience is essential. Wisdom is a non-negotiable. Yet those three things could be found sitting in neutral if we do not possess Kingdom-zeal. When passion is added to precision, some wonderful things can happen. Having said that, zeal does not come without its own pitfalls. In this message, we see what happens when some of the disciples had more zeal than they had love. Their zeal also outran their call to unity. See how Jesus responds to His followers when they were very close to committing transgression, all because of their zeal outweighing their humility.
Unity: Good Enough To Sing About
September 10, 2017 • Jeff Lyle
People like songs about love, about victory, about heartbreak and about breakthrough. We write and sing of those things about which we are most passionate. Interestingly, there is a very short song in our bible that is all about the topic of…unity. Really? Unity? Yes, the Holy Spirit inspired a song to be written about the powerful blessing which God’s children experience when they do life together in unity. Most people do not know that there is an elevated blessing which only finds those who walk in unity with their spiritual brothers & sisters. Apart from this unity, this blessing on the rest of the Christian’s life will be smothered. If unity is important enough for God to write a song about it, then it must be good enough for us to sing about it. This message is not actually put to music, but it needs to become music to our ears as the Church advances together for the Gospel.
Directions For Our Disagreements
September 3, 2017 • Jeff Lyle
Few chapters in the bible have more greatly impacted Jeff Lyle than Romans 14 & 15. Unintentionally becoming a blind legalist after his conversion, Jeff credits the Holy Spirit’s revelation on Romans 14 as being the key that opened the cell to let Jeff be set free. This message takes the truths of liberty and love from Romans 14 and lays them over our relationships with others in the Church. Our relationships are greatly impacted by whether or not we hold people down or whether we set them free. Romans 14 not only sets you free from the unbiblical expectations of others, it empowers you to allow others go free when they disagree with your own standards, preferences and freedoms. No series on the topic of unity can be complete without a study on these verses.