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No Desmayamos

01 Wednesday Mar 2017

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Un buen amigo compartió una filosofía sobre la iglesia conmigo que él había oído: La iglesia debe ser disfrutada, no sufrida.

He estado pensando en esto mucho desde que lo escuché porque mientras sonaba bien, había algo que no se sentaba muy bien conmigo. Creo que 2 Corintios me reveló la verdad.

2 Corintios 4:11 “Porque nosotros que vivimos, siempre estamos entregados a muerte por causa de Jesús, para que también la vida de Jesús se manifieste en nuestra carne mortal”.

Esta es la razón por la iglesia no siempre será una experiencia agradable. Si una iglesia es fiel a la Palabra de Dios, fiel a Jesúcristo, y fiel a proclamar el camino de la cruz, habrá momentos en cual la iglesia se sentirá como la muerte. Somos gente mundana y carnal en muchas maneras, incluso en la iglesia, y cuando la iglesia y el pastor están fieles a enseñar y predicar lo que Dios ha dicho acerca de la vida y la piedad, habrá convicción de pecado y mundanalidad y un enfrentamiento con nuestra carne. Ese enfrentamiento que viene de la predicación fiel nos hará sentir incómodos a medida que la Palabra de Dios actúa como un espejo para mostrarnos quiénes somos, cuán carnal hemos estado actuando, cuán egoístas somos. La confrontación de la Palabra de Dios y de las demandas de Cristo nos llevará a una decisión: ¿moriremos a nosotros mismos cuando nos sometemos a la Palabra y le sigamos a Cristo? ¿O escogeremos ignorar las palabras duras mientras nos aplacemos a la carne?

“Porque vendrá tiempo cuando NO SUFRIRÁN LA SANA DOCTRINA, sino que teniendo comezón de oír, se amontonarán maestros conforme a sus propias concupiscencias, y apartarán de la verdad el oído y se volverán a las fábulas. Pero TU sé sobrio en todo, soporta las aflicciones, haz obra de evangelista, CUMPLE TU MINISTERIO. ” -2 Timoteo 4: 3-5

Llegará el momento en que no se SUFRIRÁN. En los tiempos finales la gente buscará maestros, iglesias y un mensaje que aplacará sus propios deseos. Las iglesias se construirán sobre la base de nunca decir nada que cause incomodidad, que nunca hace una confrontación o tristeza de Dios. Estas iglesias principalmente estarán buscando una manera para hacer una experiencia agradable y para entretener el rebaño. Dios dice que están alejandose de la verdad. Apartándose de la realidad de que cuando escogemos la cruz, tendremos que morir. La carne no quiere morir, y grita, y trata de convencernos de no soportarlo o sufrirlo.

No hay resurrección sin la crucifixión. No hay pentecostés sin calvario. No hay vida sin muerte.

El secreto es que cuando elegimos morir es cuando realmente encontramos la vida. Nunca podremos encontrar una vida abundante si estamos constantemente buscando apaciguar la carne.

La muerte a uno mismo no será agradable en el momento, pero podemos regocijarnos sabiendo lo que Dios va a producir dentro de nosotros a través de esa muerte: Vida de resurrección y un carácter transformado en la imagen de Cristo. Crear una persona que realmente es la fragancia de Cristo, y alguien que tiene una profundidad de carácter que realmente será capaz de ministrar a la gente.

Como Pablo dijo, por lo tanto NO DESMAYAMOS

El autor de Hebreos dijo: TENEMOS NECESIDAD DE RESISTENCIA. (es necesaria la paciencia)

Jesús dijo, yo voy a preparar un lugar para ustedes … vendré otra vez, y os tomaré a mí mismo, para que donde yo estoy, vosotros también estéis.

Sé fiel, no cambies el mensaje, cumple tu ministerio, mira hasta la eternidad, espera en Dios. Amén.

“Por tanto, no desmayamos; antes aunque este nuestro hombre exterior se va desgastando, el interior no obstante se renueva de día en día. Porque esta leve tribulación momentánea produce en nosotros un cada vez más excelente y eterno peso de gloria; no mirando nosotros las cosas que se ven, sino las que no se ven; pues las cosas que se ven son temporales, pero las que no se ven son eternas.” -2 Corintios 4:16-18

We Do Not Lose Heart

01 Wednesday Mar 2017

Posted by corykilgus in 2 Corinthians, GENERAL, THE WORD

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Christianity, Church, Corinthians, Endure, Faithful, Truth

A good friend shared a philosophy about church with me that he had heard: Church should be enjoyed, not endured.

I have been thinking about this a lot ever since I heard it because while it sounded good, there was something that didn’t sit quite right with me. I believe 2 Corinthians revealed the truth to me.

2 Corinthians 4:11 “For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.”

This is why church will not always be an enjoyable experience. If a church is being faithful to Word of God, faithful to Jesus, and faithful to proclaim the way of the cross there will be times when church feels like death. We are worldly, carnal people as a whole, even in the church, and as a church and a pastor are faithful to teach and preach what God has said about life and godliness there will be conviction of sin and worldliness, and a confrontation with our flesh. That confrontation that comes from faithful preaching will cause us to be uncomfortable as the Word of God works as a mirror to show us who we are, how carnal we have been acting, how full self we are. The confrontation of the Word of God and the claims of Christ will put us to a decision: Will we die to ourself as we submit to the Word and follow Him? Or will we choose to ignore the tough words as we indulge the flesh?

“For the time will come when THEY WILL NOT ENDURE SOUND DOCTRINE, but ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN DESIRES, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will TURN THEIR EARS AWAY FROM THE TRUTH, and be turned aside to fables. But YOU be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, FULFILL YOUR MINISTRY.” -2 Timothy 4:3-5

The time will come when they will not ENDURE. In the end times people will look for teachers, for churches, and for a message that appease their own desires. Churches will be built on the foundation of never saying anything that causes discomfort, confrontation, or Godly sorrow. They will supremely look to make an enjoyable experience and entertain the flock. God says that is turning away from the truth. Turning away from the reality that when we choose the cross, we will have to die. The flesh does not want to die, and it cries out, and tries to convince us not to endure.

There is no resurrection without the crucifixion. There is no pentecost without calvary. There is no life without death.

The secret is that when we choose die is when we truly find life. We can never find an abundant life if we are constantly looking to appease the flesh.

Death to self will not be enjoyable in the moment, but we can rejoice all the same knowing what God is going to produce within us through that death: Resurrection life and a character transformed into the image of Christ. Create a person who truly is the fragrance of Christ, and someone who has a depth of character that will truly be able to minister to people.

As Paul said, therefore WE DO NOT LOSE HEART.

The author of Hebrews said, YOU HAVE NEED OF ENDURANCE.

Jesus said, I GO TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU… I WILL COME AGAIN AND RECEIVE YOU TO MYSELF; THAT WHERE I AM, THERE YOU MAY BE ALSO.

Be faithful, don’t change the message, fulfill your ministry, look to eternity, hope in God. Amen.

“Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal.” -2 Corinthians 4:16-18

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