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The Power of Lullabies

 

Pastor of Underground Church in Iran (Muslim Country)

“It seems to me that the church in the West is under some sort of satanic lullaby.”

 

New Series:

LIVING WITH PURPOSE

Next few weeks

Looking at how we Discover our purpose
Today, we will look at the Idea of Purpose from a 50,000-foot view

Title: THE LULLABY OF FALSE PURPOSE

 

To know your part in the plan, you need to understand the LARGER PLAN

We can’t understand our purpose outside of God’s larger purpose for all things

 

This is what we MUST know…

God created the world ON PURPOSE and FOR A PURPOSE

We are not an accident

 

On Purpose = You and this world are NO Accident

• You are not a mistake
• You have purpose because all of God’s creation has purpose

 

Genesis 1:27

So God created man in his own image; he created him in the image of God; he created them male and female.
For A Purpose = Why did God create the World

FOR HIS GLORY

 

Isaiah 43:6-7

6 Bring my sons from far away, and my daughters from the ends of the earth—

7 everyone who bears my name and is created for my glory. I have formed them; indeed, I have made them.”

 

That means:

The ULTIMATE PURPOSE for EVERYTHING and EVERYONE is to GLORIFY GOD

 

This is where the Lullabies Come in

If your ultimate purpose is to Glorify God with your life, then our enemy wants to do anything he can to distract you from that purpose
What are some of the SATANIC LULLABIES in our current culture?

 

Satanic Lullaby of Happiness

As long as I am doing things that make me happy and feel good, then everything will be OK, and I will have purpose.

 

• Sexual gratification
• Laziness
• Over-eating
• Things that make us “FEEL GOOD”
• Addictions to substances and experiences

 

There is nothing wrong with “BEING HAPPY” unless that takes over priority

 

God’s purpose for your life is not to be HAPPY but to be HOLY and display His GLORY

 

Seeking pleasure only leads to FLEETING HAPPINESS

Seeking Holiness leads to FULFILLMENT and JOY
Ephesians 4

17 Therefore, I say this and testify in the Lord: You should no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thoughts. 18 They are darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them and because of the hardness of their hearts. 19 They became callous and gave themselves over to promiscuity for the practice of every kind of impurity with a desire for more and more. 20 But that is not how you came to know Christ, 21 assuming you heard about him and were taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus, 22 to take off your former way of life, the old self that is corrupted by deceitful desires, 23 to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to put on the new self, the one created according to God’s likeness in righteousness and purity of the truth.

Satanic Lullaby of Power

As long as I am in charge or people who think like me are in charge, then everything will be OK, and I will have purpose.

• Political power
• Racial/national power

The Lie in the Garden

Genesis 3

4 “No! You will certainly not die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “In fact, God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 The woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it…

 

The lullaby of power speaks to a part of us that WANTS to be in charge

• Wants to BE OUR OWN GODS<