John || Trust
TRUST
To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved. -George Macdonald
John 2:23
Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing.
Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing.
John 2:24-25
But Jesus on his part did notentrust himself to them, because he knew all people and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.
But Jesus on his part did notentrust himself to them, because he knew all people and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.
What Jesus knew… They want me to be king of their world, but not king of their lives.
“That’s not my heart” , “That’s not who I am”
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?
Who you really are, is who you are when you don’t have time to put the mask on.
Jesus did not want followers unless they clearly knew and definitely accepted what was involved in following him.
Self Trust – “god” complex – Our flesh & it’s cravings
Genesis 6:5
The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Psalm 139:1-4
O Lord, you have searched me and known me!2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.3 You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.4 Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
O Lord, you have searched me and known me!2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.3 You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.4 Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether.
The great reward of faith in Christ is the faith of Christ.
“Your problem all along has been how much you trust in yourself…you think I’m going let you keep doing that?”
Your greatest trust issue does not stem from the lack of trust you have in others, but in the abundance of trust you have in yourself.
Romans 4:5 NIV
However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.
However, to the one who does not work but trusts God who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.
“I’m helpless and I need a lot of help.”
“I’m helpless and I need a lot of help and I’m the reason I’m this way. “
Jesus didn’t just know what was in man, at the cross, He was crushed by what is in man.
9:39pm Replay the Day
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
(Psalm 139:23-24)
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
(Psalm 139:23-24)