Why does God take away something you love?
Samuel Acevedo
(Audio: Spanish)
SUMMARY: The message of the sermon is that sometimes God's love is shown not in what he gives us, but in what he takes away. The sermon uses the example of Jesus cursing a barren fig tree and cleansing the temple to illustrate this point. The temple had become an empty religion, with form and religiosity, but no power. The sermon encourages listeners to not get too comfortable with the status quo and to be open to the possibility that God may have a different plan for their lives. It also emphasizes the importance of forgiveness in prayer.
The sermon discusses the story of Jesus cursing a fig tree that did not bear fruit and how it relates to our lives. The speaker talks about how God loves us too much to let us be deceived by false promises of life and how there may be things in our lives that are taking up space without bearing fruit. These things could be relationships, addictions, or even dreams that are not aligned with God's purpose for our lives. The speaker encourages us to let God enter our lives and uproot these things so that we can bear fruit and fulfill our purpose. The sermon ends with an invitation for those who want to give their lives to God and those who want to declare authority over the mountains in their lives.
The sermon discusses the story of Jesus cursing a fig tree that did not bear fruit and how it relates to our lives. The speaker talks about how God loves us too much to let us be deceived by false promises of life and how there may be things in our lives that are taking up space without bearing fruit. These things could be relationships, addictions, or even dreams that are not aligned with God's purpose for our lives. The speaker encourages us to let God enter our lives and uproot these things so that we can bear fruit and fulfill our purpose. The sermon ends with an invitation for those who want to give their lives to God and those who want to declare authority over the mountains in their lives.
Praise God for ministries that offer healing and freedom. We hope, brothers, that everything that enters through the atriums of this church or any Christian church seeking freedom, seeking healing, that they find those places, wherever it is, whether it is here, whether it is in your country, if you are seeing us on the Internet, but that's what a church should be.
And brothers, the Lord is going to keep his promise to us. If the Lord promises healing, he wants to be sure that there is healing in that place; if he promises freedom he will make sure, brothers, to fulfill that promise of freedom. And brothers, a few days ago, a while ago since the Lord has been working this message in my life and I have shared it in other contexts. The first time I shared this message in a homeless shelter, that same week that, by the way, is run by some very violent and brave brothers from this congregation, Sister Dilma and her powerful team, who quietly enters a shelter every Tuesday at the night, anonymously and there ministering to a people that is their home, they are not even two blocks from here.
And brothers, the Lord is going to keep his promise to us. If the Lord promises healing, he wants to be sure that there is healing in that place; if he promises freedom he will make sure, brothers, to fulfill that promise of freedom. And brothers, a few days ago, a while ago since the Lord has been working this message in my life and I have shared it in other contexts. The first time I shared this message in a homeless shelter, that same week that, by the way, is run by some very violent and brave brothers from this congregation, Sister Dilma and her powerful team, who quietly enters a shelter every Tuesday at the night, anonymously and there ministering to a people that is their home, they are not even two blocks from here.
