Recreate Church, Pastor Michael Shockley—Service, Sunday, July 3, 2022

Who’s On The Throne?

Today, Pastor Michael is turning the reins over to Nick Dowdy.  Nick’s message is about "Who is sitting on the throne of your heart?”.  Does the Gospel you’ve chosen to believe put the Lord on the throne of your life or you on the throne?  

Today, Nick covers ideology and world view contribute to beliefs from childhood on.  At some point we make a decision on how religion fits or doesn’t fit into our worldview.  At some point you are making a decision on theology.  Theology can be Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, or other world religions and we make decisions, heavily influenced on what we grew up in.  Human nature choses things we are comfortable with, so this influences our theology and typically fits our core beliefs.  

When our ideology determine our theology, it corrupts our view on God. Another way to look at this is we shape God to fit in our box.  Christians these days seem to have a consumer mentality; picking which church we want to attend, typically a place we are comfortable in.  This is a double edged sword; we want to be loved and accepted (good) but we may not be at the right place to study the gospel (bad).

Is our worldview taking in the Scripture, entirely?   We have to guard that we are growing in Christ and that our worldview isn’t taking over our relationship with the Lord.  One cannot earn a spot at the Lord’s table; Jesus Christ has earned that spot for us.  

Jesus’ words should make us uncomfortable; we are called to security in our standing in the Lord but we are never called to comfort.  Comfort is the enemy of growth; we stop growing when we get comfortable.  So, are Jesus’ words challenging you?  They should!   

Verses can be found today in 2 Timothy 4: 3-4, Ephesians 2: 8-9 and 2: 11-14 and Matthew 10: 34-39 and Psalms 139: 23-24.