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  (CLIP) SEEKING TO KNOW JESUS CHRIST ABOVE ALL
  by Zac Poonen
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Summary: This sermon challenges believers to examine their passion for
Jesus Christ, emphasizing the danger of losing that fervor once they
gain reputation or status in the church. It highlights the importance of
holding on to Jesus and not letting go, regardless of one's position or
recognition within the community of faith.

Topics: "Passion for Christ", "Maintaining Faith in Status"
Scripture References: Philippians 3:8, Revelation 2:4, Matthew 16:24, Galatians 1:10

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This sermon challenges believers to examine their passion for Jesus
Christ, emphasizing the danger of losing that fervor once they gain
reputation or status in the church. It highlights the importance of
holding on to Jesus and not letting go, regardless of one's position or
recognition within the community of faith.

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CONTENT
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I want to ask you, my brothers and sisters, especially those of you who
don't come with any gross sin, you got a good testimony, your conscience
is clear most of the time, you don't do anything evil, you don't have
any bitterness against anybody, and avoiding all evil, do you have a
passionate longing for Jesus Christ? To be in His presence all the time,
and that when you say, Lord, where are you? I seem to have lost you,
that I must find Him. And he says, I sought Him, verse 2, but I didn't
find Him. And then it speaks of the watchman, these are other believers
who don't have that same passion, and he asks, have you seen Him my soul
loves? They couldn't help.

And then I found Him, verse 4, and when I found Him, I held on to Him,
and I would not let Him go. Yeah, that's a, Lord I want you more than
anything else. It starts like that sometimes in our Christian life, but
then a little later, things change.

We get a little reputation in the church, and once you get a little
reputation in CFC, the great danger is you begin to slacken off. Mark my
words, and ask yourself if that is not true. That when you had no
reputation in CFC, you were just a nobody.

You really wanted Jesus, but now you have a sort of reputation in CFC,
and you're not so passionate about having the presence of Jesus now,
because you're somebody. You may not be an elder, but you're somebody.
May God have mercy on you.

You've lost something, brother, sister. I never want a reputation in
CFC. It has no interest for me.

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Video: https://sermonindex2.b-cdn.net/6uOeFCOaIdc.mp4
Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/zac-poonen/clip-seeking-to-know-jesus-christ-above-all/
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