Theocast
There Will Be Weakness
April 6, 2022
Summary
We are often made to think that the Christian life is one where we move from triumph to triumph--and from spiritual experience to spiritual experience. But that is not reality. It is not the promise of the Scripture. This side of the resurrection, we are learning to trust Christ in the midst of weakness and the battle against the flesh. We are learning to depend more upon grace. It is not a bad thing for us to come to a place where we know Christ is all we have. The guys consider all of this in today's episode.
Topics
- Episode focus: There Will Be Weakness
- We are often made to think that the Christian life is one where we move from triumph to triumph--and from spiritual experience to spiritual experience
- It is not the promise of the Scripture
- This side of the resurrection, we are learning to trust Christ in the midst of weakness and the battle against the flesh
- We are learning to depend more upon grace
Transcript
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Hi, this is Justin.
Today on Theocast, we're going to talk about life here on earth.
We're going to talk about the fact that there will be weakness this side of the resurrection.
Oftentimes in the church, we're made to think that the Christian life is one where we move from triumph to triumph and spiritual experience to spiritual experience, but in reality, what we're doing this side of heaven is learning to
trust Christ in the midst of weakness and in the midst of our battle against even the corruption of our own flesh.
So, John and I talk today about what that looks like.
We talk a little bit personally, we talk theologically, and we talk about how Christ really is all we have, and the heralding of Christ and his sufficiency for us is what we desperately need in the church.
We hope that you're encouraged by the conversation.
And then, over in SR, for the first time, we take a couple of listener questions and attempt to answer those.
We hope you enjoy the conversation.
Stay tuned.
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Welcome to Theocast, encouraging weary pilgrims to rest in Christ, conversations about the Christian life from a confessional reformed and pastoral perspective.
Got them all in.
There you go.
John.
Your hosts today are John Moffat, who is pastor of Grace Reformed Church in Spring Hill, Tennessee.
And I'm Justin Perdue, pastor of Covenant Baptist Church in Asheville, North Carolina.
