LIKE WHAT YOU SEE?

LIKE WHAT YOU SEE? I. A MIRROR IS A HELPFUL WHEN GETTING AN ACCURATE REFLECTION OF OURSELVES. A. OUR HUMAN TENDENCY IS TO SEE OURSELVES DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS REAL. B. A MIRROR STRIPS AWAY ANY FALSE OR PRECONCEIVED IMAGE. C. JAMES 1:23-25 D. WHY WOULD WE FORSAKE THE “BLESSING” GOD’S WORD IS OFFERING? II. HOW DO WE GET AN ACCURATE REFLECTION OF WHAT WE LOOK LIKE SPIRITUALLY? A. WE MUST LOOK INTO THE BIBLE, OUR SPIRITUAL MIRROR. B. ROMANS 12:3 PHILIPPIANS 2:3 C. IT’S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT SELFISH AMBITION AND VAIN CONCEIT COULD BE ACTIVE IN A CHURCH. III. THE ONLY EFFECTIVE WAY TO HANDLE SIN, CONFESS AND REPENT OF IT. A. BY HIDING GOD’S WORD IN OUR HEARTS, WE ARE PREVENTED FROM SINNING AGAINST THE LORD. B. PSALM 119:11 JAMES 1:26 C. BY LISTENING TO THE WORDS THAT COME FROM OUR TONGUE, WE ARE GIVEN AN ACCURATE REFLECTION OF OUR SPIRITUAL CONDITION. IV. THERE IS A DANGER ASSOCIATED WITH “DECEIVING” ONESELF. A. MATTHEW 15:18-19 B. “WORTHLESS RELIGION” IS MORE PREVALENT THAN WE THINK. C. MATTHEW 23:11-12 V. HUMILITY IS THE ATTITUDE SERVANTS MAINTAIN, THAT KEEPS THEM FROM DEVELOPING A TOO HIGH IMAGE OF THEMSELVES. A. ROMANS 1:1 2 PETER 1:1 JAMES 1:1a JUDE 1a B. THE GOAL AS CHRISTIANS IS TO SEE JESUS’ REFLECTION! C. ARE YOU KNOWN AS A SERVANT?