KEY PRINCIPLES FROM THIS MESSAGE:
Ch 12 represents a clear shift from historical recitation (Ch 11) to pastoral exhortation.
A pastor’s job is to hold up the “mirror”; however, the conviction must come from God the Holy Spirit when YOU look intently, humbly, and honestly at what He reveals to you through His Word.
Sin has the direct result of not only diverting our eyes from Jesus Christ, but ultimately, it becomes a deterrent to endurance. In fact, it is rightly categorized as discouraging to God’s children.
The hallmark of spiritual maturity is the habitual absence of being controlled by sinful flesh; instead of that, a spiritually mature person is habitually controlled by the Spirit.
When Attempts to Be Personally Relevant Injure the Body of Christ – blog 1/16/26
If you’re just trying to establish yourself as relevant for relevance’s sake, then you need to confess your sin to God, ask for forgiveness, and pray He doesn’t crush you for causing divisions in His Church.
“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.”
– Mark 9:42