Feelings Of Shame Vs Actual Guilt

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Rainier Valley Church Guest Speaker: Mike Johnson

We're really looking forward to having Mike Johnson with us at Rainier Valley Church this Sunday.

Mike Johnson is a husband of 27 years, and father of 7—all adopted. He loves Jesus, the Word of God, his family, mountains, and homeless people.

He is a main subject of a 2015 documentary film on Netflix called A New High. Mike currently leads the Yakima Union Gospel Mission.

Mike will preach a message from Romans 10:11 titled Ropes Not Chains, about how the Gospel lifts shame and fear by saving us all… equally.

7/26/15 "Compelled by Sorrow and Repentance" (2 Cor 7:2-16)

"Compelled by Sorrow and Repentance" 2 Corinthians 7:2-16

Pastor Kyle Van Tine at Summit View Church: Heritage Park Campus

Listen to this Sunday's sermon by following this link

CG Coaching for Week #8 of 2 Corinthians: "A Church Compelled" 

Sunday, July 26th sermon by Pastor Kyle Van Tine   

"Compelled by Sorrow & Repentance" - (2 Cor 7:2-16) 

Growing Deeper

Depression is often called the common cold of the soul. Eventually, most people catch it. Even Paul catches it. He was afflicted from within and without. Quarreling and conflict dogged him. Paul had followed God willingly into the fray of spiritual warfare and now was paying the cost of the battle. He was fearful for the church he had planted and he was exhausted with a troubled soul for the people he loved. But comfort was coming; God sent Titus. Titus’ visit is a slice of God’s comfort for Paul. His joy is doubled by the news of the repentance of the Corinthians.Paul gains strength in the well being of others and finds joy when others repent. Worldly grief weeps for our losses. Godly grief weeps for sin against God. It produces repentance.Joy and sorrow are often linked in our Christian lives. Sorrow comes when we recognize sin. Joy celebrates when repentance and spiritual prosperity are present within the church. We need to be like Paul-- other-focused and seeking the spiritual prosperity of the church body through the repentance of its members. We need to be infected by a yearning for one another’s spiritual health. To learn how to walk beside and love others to godly repentance. To support others as they join God in the battle against sin. The Christian life is a life lived before the face of God. We must strive to reflect God’s goodness in the way we grieve, mourn, comfort and repent. 

Read 2 Corinthians 7:2-16; Psalm 51, I Thessalonians 3:6-13.

Repentance means to turn around. It is a sincere decision to forsake selfish sin and to value what God desires. It isn’t self-disgust, it is sorrow.

• What are your joys and your sorrows? 
• How do you respond to a loving rebuke?
• What are the characteristics of a trusted person who can listen to another person’s deep longings and secrets with care and love?
• Is there someone you need to encourage to be strong in the battle against sin? 

Recommended reading: Side by Side by Edward Welch 

Summit View Church - CG Coach Week #8 - 2 Corinthians 7:2-16

Sunday, July 26th  -  Pastor Kyle Van Tine  -  "Sorrow and Repentance"

Growing Deeper

Depression is often called the common cold of the soul. Eventually, most people catch it. Even Paul catches it. He was afflicted from within and without. Quarreling and conflict dogged him. Paul had followed God willingly into the fray of spiritual warfare and now was paying the cost of the battle. He was fearful for the church he had planted and he was exhausted with a troubled soul for the people he loved. But comfort was coming; God sent Titus. Titus’ visit is a slice of God’s comfort for Paul. His joy is doubled by the news of the repentance of the Corinthians.Paul gains strength in the well being of others and finds joy when others repent. Worldly grief weeps for our losses. Godly grief weeps for sin against God. It produces repentance.Joy and sorrow are often linked in our Christian lives. Sorrow comes when we recognize sin. Joy celebrates when repentance and spiritual prosperity are present within the church. We need to be like Paul-- other-focused and seeking the spiritual prosperity of the church body through the repentance of its members. We need to be infected by a yearning for one another’s spiritual health. To learn how to walk beside and love others to godly repentance. To support others as they join God in the battle against sin. The Christian life is a life lived before the face of God. We must strive to reflect God’s goodness in the way we grieve, mourn, comfort and repent. 

Read 2 Corinthians 7:2-16; Psalm 51, I Thessalonians 3:6-13.

Repentance means to turn around. It is a sincere decision to forsake selfish sin and to value what God desires. It isn’t self-disgust, it is sorrow.

What are your joys and your sorrows? 

How do you respond to a loving rebuke?

What are the characteristics of a trusted person who can listen to another person’s deep longings and secrets with care and love?

Is there someone you need to encourage to be strong in the battle against sin? 

Recommended reading: Side by Side by Edward Welch 

I Sinned...Now What? Part 2: Repentance

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I Sinned...Now What?

Part 2: Repentance

The theological term for the process of becoming more like Christ is called sanctification, and it is a concept that seems to be experiencing somewhat of a revival among Christians. A quick look around your local Christian bookstore or online will reveal thousands of books, sermons, and teachings that give techniques and strategies about avoiding, hating, and eliminating sin in the Christian life. I have access to plenty of information and techniques to avoid sin as I live my new life in Christ. But what if I sin anyway?

Christians have historically been very bad at answering this question. In the early church, a book called the Shepherd of Hermas heretically seems to imply that believers can only be forgiven for continued sin once after they’re baptized. John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, believed that Christians could actually obtain perfection and never sin again. There is staggeringly little honest teaching throughout Christendom on the personal continual battle with indwelling sin, especially in regards to failure. However, the Bible does address this issue and it is good to sort through it and be reminded of the truth. The Apostle Peter says, ^“Therefore I intend always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have. I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by way of reminder” (2 Peter 1:12-13). So let us be stirred up by way of reminder to continue our fight with sin both during and following failure.

Now What?

So what is the biblical response for Christians who struggle with sin? It can be outlined as the following: feeling the conviction of the Holy Spirit, repenting, confessing, accepting forgiveness, and resolving to continue the fight. Our first blog explored the conviction of the Holy Spirit. We will now tackle repentance.

Repenting

In the last section we looked at the three different reactions we might have immediately after sinning: condemnation, passivity, or conviction. After we sinned, the Christian receives the gift of conviction brought by the Holy Spirit , which is designed to propel us to repent of the sin we’ve just committed. Repentance is turning, even right after we’ve sinned, from rebellion to Jesus Christ who is the Truth. This is important because repentance isn’t an end within itself as both our culture and Christians alike tend to mistakenly believe. The popular concept of “repentance” is based on emotional regret, where feeling really bad equals being repentant. Biblical repentance isn’t just feeling bad. The Bible has a fuller, meatier meaning to the concept of repentance that deals with our hearts, with our desires, and with our joy. When John the Baptist was preaching repentance to the religious folk in the Bible-belt of that time, he didn’t say, “Feel bad and get baptized.” Rather, he said, “Bear fruits in keeping with repentance”(Luke 3:8). It is crucial to realize that Christian repentance isn’t just a feeling or even a one-time action, but a consistent lifestyle of repenting, confessing, accepting forgiveness, and resolving to continue the fight. Martin Luther summarized this point when he nailed The Ninety-Five Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Cathedral. The very first thesis states: “Our Lord and Master Jesus Christ….willed the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.”

After we’ve sinned and felt convicted of our rebellious action or thought, we must repent. Practically that means we confess, accept forgiveness and resolve to continue fighting sin, which will be further detailed in upcoming blogs.

^“Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.”

(Revelation 3:19)

The Fight

Thankful for my old classmate and friend, Pastor Ross Lester. Ross leads the mission at Bryanston Bible Church in Johannesburg, South Africa. Here is a recent message he gave called The Fight. Helpful insights on fighting against Satan, shame, loneliness and temptation.