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Coming down from the Mountain

Coming down from the Mountain. Mark 9:1-12 What is it really like to “walk by faith” ?. “ Tigger ” (“Easy Faith” side of the Gospel). “I’m forgiven!” “Everything’s going to be great!”. “ Eeyore ” (“Rough” Side of the Gospel).

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Coming down from the Mountain

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  1. Coming down from the Mountain Mark 9:1-12What is it really like to “walk by faith” ?

  2. “Tigger” (“Easy Faith” side of the Gospel) • “I’m forgiven!” • “Everything’s going to be great!”

  3. “Eeyore” (“Rough” Side of the Gospel) • “Oh dear… I guess that’s the cross I have to bear till I get to heaven”

  4. What’s the danger in these attitudes? • Rough Side of the Gospel after 1 -2 years • Few dangers • “I’m surprised by the Joy”

  5. What’s the danger in these attitudes? • Easy Faith Side after 1-2 years…. • Many Dangers • “It’s not working anymore!”

  6. How do Christians Grow?

  7. Infants in the Faith • Protected • “He tends his flock like a Shepard; He gathers the lambs in his arms.”Is 40:11 • “Taste that the Lord is good” • Grow by feeding off the Word

  8. Go to the School of Life • “School of Hard-Knocks”

  9. School of Life • “the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.” Heb 12:6 • How is God chastening you? • What is He trying to change in you?

  10. School of Life • The Purpose of Grace • To Drive us to God • Trust in the LORD with all our heart and not lean on our own understanding. Prov 3:5

  11. School of Life • The purpose of Grace • “Move us to action” • “by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them-yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me” 1 Cor 15:10

  12. Off to Work • Called to labour together • “Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.” 2 Cor 12:27

  13. Learning from our mistakes • Sanctifying us through our mistakes. • King David • “I have found David …a man after my own heart, he will do everything I want him to do” Act 13:22

  14. I asked the Lord that I might grow • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMKaUzNU38w

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