Passion for God and Compassion for the world


Date: 3rd of December,2017 
Text: 2Chorinthians 5:14-18
Preacher: Bro Ralph (Vice President, UCCF)
Passion?...... passion denotes great, strong or powerful emotion for a particular thing. When you have Passion for God, it means you are zealous for God and have vigorous emotion for God.
Jesus's Passion Act1:3
Christ's passion for us made him sacrifice himself out of majority in heaven; he took the responsibility of Salvation to us... Hallelujah!
Christ's passion for God unites us with God. The union that has been lost by Abraham has been restore by Christ. Therefore, "Passion for God precedes compassion for the world"
*Compassion means having deep awareness of someone else's suffering then partake in the person's suffering so the person can be relieved*
Self-sacrificing Passion for God
> Rom5:6-11 Christ had a self-sacrificing Passion for God by dying for the ungodly.
> Christ self-sacrificed himself for God, belittling himself below angels the he by the grace of God tasted Death for all man. Heb2:9
> Sacrifice yourself(all that you have) for God because this is a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus that Christ may be form in you. Phil3:7-8
The main reason why you must give a self-sacrificing Passion for God is because he has a standard that you have to meet which can never be compromised.
Areas Where He Expect You to Meet His Standard
> Standard of Holiness : he demand Holiness from all men. Lev19:2, 2Tim2:21
> Standard of Faith Heb11:3, James2:23
> Obedience in everything Isaiah45:11
> Hard work ; be diligent Spiritually and academically.
> Soul- saving compassion for the lost. Jude21-23, Jerh12:14-15, Rom1:14-16, Act8:4



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