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NHF sermon notes: Pastor Frank Chan |
Pastor Frank Chan's guest sermon at NHF in 2005.
Part 1.
Standard view of Christian maturity: right behavior, belief, and service
Should not be "right behavior", but brokenness
- of 3 elders asked whether they can do what a sinner had done.
last one: I can. Only by the grace of God that I haven't
Elder- what will people think if I go up to repent?
Pastor Mike: People will thank you.
We are reactionary:
Empowerment - react in anger when things happen that we cant do anything about.
Lust: react to lack of intimacy.
Brokenness and community: Jesus in Gethemane
Rather than reacting to all the injustice, admit to his brokenness, and ask 3 friends to pray for him.
Embrace your brokeness, and have a healthy perspective of community
Story of the girl who struggle with Eating Disorder:
confess her sin before 500 people, but her barrier of prayer was not the Eaing Disorder, but the shame and hiding.
It is not brokenness and right behavior, but community.
Part 2:
not right belief, but intimacy with God, and the healthy sense of identity that arise from that.
Jesus calls God "Abba" - dad, papa, intimacy to the Almighty
Picture: 3 yr old run over to hug daddy after work.
Mature Christian: someone who can do that with God
Frank: knows facts about his father, but not know his father.
Never really talk.
In our prayer with God, do we listen?
Look back to 20 years of ministry:
At first, wrapped up in performance for self-worth. Preaching sermon was the performance.
Part 3.
Service vs a sense of God
Gethemane. 1 hour. Start: drop of sweat like blook. loud cries, anguish. One hour later, "Arise. Let's roll. I am ready to accept what comes."
Jesus:
Baptism - This is my beloved son.
Transfiguration- You are my beloved son.
Gethemane - likely, Jesus repeats: I am your beloved son.
In our service, not about doing 50 things. But empowerment by God.
ex. Amy Milles. 31 yr single, asked to talk about Singleness. Between Wed and Friday, got empowered by God: I am done asking the why question, or being ashamed,. Instead, realize that God calls me to be single at this phase of my life, and will make the most of it.
Let God speak to you, and give you a picture of what you need.
Book mentioned:
by Wardle Terry on outrageous love and transforming power.
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