Lwcc Messages

Disappointment, Doubts & Dodgy Discernment Part 1

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Sinopsis

Oreste's message on Sunday 22nd July 2012 is available for download. Oreste resumes the Meet the Master series from the book of Luke and looks at the doubts that faced John the Baptist who was now in prison.  John who had been successful in serving God is now unsure if Jesus is the one and yet he so confidently declared him to be the "Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world."  What John experienced in prison and his circumstances is something we may all face as followers of Jesus at some time or another. We have our disappointments and our doubts which in turn impair our ability to rightly discern the work of God.  But there is something more fundamental to our times of doubt that may well surprise even the most faithful of followers. That is, that the manner of Jesus in outworking the purposes of Father God in the world, may be offensive to our expectations and preferences. Let's not stumble, take offense and fall away on account of Jesus but embrace and serve him who is both Saviour a