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Zeal
By Robert C. ArcherSlide2
What caused Jesus to react?
Zeal
John 2:17
17
Then His disciples remembered that it was written,
"Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up."
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What is Zeal?
Zeal is passion
Lk. 24:27
&
32
Zeal is the burning desire to please God, to do His will
Acts 22:3
3
"I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of
Gamaliel
, taught according to the strictness of our fathers' law, and was zealous toward God as you all are today.
Zeal is having a single focus in life
Examples from worldSlide4
Bible examples
Paul
Acts 20:24
24
But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself,
so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry
which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
Philippians 3:13-14
13
Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended
; but one thing
I do,
forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead,
14
I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus
.
Early Christians
Acts 8:4
4
Therefore those who were scattered went everywhere preaching the word. Slide5
Let’s pause and ask some questions before we go furtherSlide6
Questions
Do we have enough passion to make us zealous?
Do we have the burning desire to make us zealous to please God and to do His will?
Do we have the single focus in life to make us zealous?Slide7
But true zeal
Must be according to knowledge
Romans 10:2 - 3
2
For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
3
For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God. Slide8
True zeal
Must be generated from true motives
Not a “Party spirit”
Matthew 23:15
15
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.
Not from the love of praise
2 Kings 10:16
(Jehu)
16
Then he said, "Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD." So they had him ride in his chariot. Slide9
What will zeal cause us to do?
Repent of our sins
Revelation 3:19
19
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent.
Stand against evil practices
John 2:17
17
Then His disciples remembered that it was written,
"Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up."
Be zealous of good works
Titus 2:14
14
who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself
His
own special people, zealous for good works. Slide10
What will zeal cause us to do?
Sacrifice for others
2 Corinthians 9:2
2
for I know your willingness, about which I boast of you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal has stirred up the majority.
Seek the salvation of souls
Romans 1:14-15
14
I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to unwise.
15
So, as much as is in me,
I am
ready to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome also. Slide11
How do we develop this zeal?
By focusing upon Jesus
Hebrews 12:2
2
looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of
our
faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
By seeking first the kingdom of God
Matthew 6:33
33
But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.
By seeking those things above
Colossians 3:1-2
1
If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.
2
Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. Slide12
Conclusion
We are zealous for salvation of your soul – that you might share with us the joy of salvation.