man in the mirror 2
TRANSCRIPT
SHALL WE PRAY
MIRRORS
NARCISSUS
James 1:22-2522Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror 24and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it—he will be blessed in what he does.
MAN IN THE
MIRROR
SELF DECEIT
Matt 23:16-2216"Woe to you, BLIND GUIDES! You say, 'If anyone swears by the
temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.' 17You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred? 18You also say, 'If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.' 19You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred? 20Therefore, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the one who dwells in it. 22And he who swears by heaven swears by God's throne and by the one who sits on it.
BLIND GUIDES
Matthew 23:27
Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean.
WHITE-WASHED TOMBS
Matt 12:33-35
• 33"Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. 34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. 35The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.
BROOD OF VIPERS/SNAKES
Matt 23:33
Luke 12:22-28
28If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you, O YOU OF LITTLE FAITH!
YOU OF LITTLEFAITH
Revelation 3:15-17
15I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! 16So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. 17You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.
LUKEWARM =Wretched
Pitiful
Poor
Blind
Naked
What would Jesus call you today?
• Blind guide?• A viper/snake?• Whitewashed tomb?• Man/woman of little faith?• Lukewarm – Is God about to spit
you out of his mouth
2 Corinthians 13:5
5Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test?
ISAIAH 66:2
Has not my hand made all these things, and so they came into being?" declares the LORD. "This is the one I ESTEEM: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and TREMBLES AT MY WORD.
.....take a look at yourself
and make the change