(Clip) I Want To Be Like You Jesus — Sandeep Poonen

Resurrection Life and the Holy Spirit's Help

I thirst for your resurrection life. You have it there. You go filled up as much as you want as much as you can handle. Now he's a helper not a problem solver not a possessor. He's a helper. He'll help you.

Spirit put to death the deeds of the body then you will live. He's there to help you. He's been given to you. And i have at my access everything that jesus had while he was here on earth to overcome sin.

Living in Purity Like Jesus

Holy spirit given to me when i walk in christ. When i accept the full finished work of jesus christ and ask god to give me the holy spirit he gives him to me. And i have everything in my power to live pure like jesus is pure.

Not to walk on water not to turn water to wine. That's ministry. But purity. He gives it to me. That's why he says follow me. Not in all the acts that i do but in the character that i live. I'm not lowering the bar.

I would do not want to lower the bar. The last point i want to say is humility. The new covenant is fueled by humility. It is accessed by faith and it's fueled by humility. Let me give you a thought. Dear brothers and sisters.

Humility Beyond Repentance for Sin

Because this is something that has influenced me a lot. Humility is not a response to my brokenness because of sin. That is a very pathetic second grade humility. The humility that god is desiring is the humility of jesus.

Jesus says take my yoke and learn from me. For i am humble at heart. How many sins did jesus commit. Humility. I am after of jesus that has nothing to do with sin. It is a completely different ball game altogether.

And i'm not saying that we are not humbled when we sin and god help us. We better be humble at least when we sin. But that's scratching at the surface. That's the first step. Just to get your introduction into let me let me whet your appetite to what this thing humility is because god wants to open up a world of humility that has nothing to do with sin.

Learning Humility From the Sinless Christ

And that is the life of jesus. Who should learn humility from me. I who never sinned. Who was tempted in all points and never sinned. I'm humble. And i'm contrite in spirit. I'm a i'm very contrary to spirit.

How did jesus do that. I used to think that the only way i got i'm humble is because i think about all my past sins. No the humility of jesus is completely separate from sin. Who is the greatest worshiper jesus.

Who is the greatest preacher jesus. Who is the humblest person on this earth jesus. I must study the life of jesus. I mean must make jesus my hero. So where is humility of jesus. Where did the humility of jesus come from.

Jesus' Humility in Complete Dependence on the Father

Because he saw himself and he saw the father. And it says in john chapter 5 verse 18. And he says in many different places i can do nothing on my own initiative except if i see my father doing it. That wasn't the humility of jesus because he'd blown it 50 million times and finally said okay god i guess you better have your way.

No that's not the humility of jesus. The humility of jesus was from the beginning of time when he was living on this earth. He said i will do not. The words i speak are not my own. If i really believe that the words i speak are not my own when i'm speaking here there will be no chance of me getting proud.

If you knew that i was just reading a text that my dad had given me two hours ago i wouldn't be proud. You'd be like dude you're not getting any credit for this. Your dad. You wrote the whole sermon. I would know nothing to be proud about.

If christ wrote the sermon and gave it to me then there's no chance of me being proud. Jesus was so convinced that the words i speak are not my own. I do nothing of my own initiative. I'm here to do the will of the father.

Making Jesus the Model of Humility

Jesus must be my example. Jesus must be the one i look to when i look and study his life. And i say lord how were you so humble. One of my fellow elders was telling me. The other was speaking on church on sunday and he said i think jesus must have been spanked when he was a child he was dead serious and i believe him.

He said because jesus was perfect but his parents were not. And his parents must have thought jesus did something wrong when he didn't and must have spanked him. Can you can you imagine this picture of jesus sitting in his room crying out of the physical pain and not sinning.

Even when you think about the humility of jesus in the fact that he never sinned it'll blow your mind. There are so many different things that we can think about jesus in his life. And we must be laser focused.

Christ's Self-Sacrificial Love

Your brothers and sisters are making it about jesus and jesus alone. Sadhu sudha singh was one of the greatest saints who lived in india in the 20th century. He told a story about when he was walking in the forest one day and he saw a bird that was squawking wildly in a tree and the crowd was gathering.

He saw that this tree was on fire and this mother bird was squawking because its little children were there in the nest and the fire was creeping up the tree and the the bird was frantic didn't know what to do and was trying to appeal to these children.

Baby birds were too small to fly to get out but didn't know what to do. It didn't have the strength to pull them out. And as the fire kept creeping the squawking and the the cries of the bird grew longer grew louder but nothing could happen.

And just as the fire was creeping up over the nest sadhu siddha singh says he saw the one that what the mother bird finally did is the mother bird in one final act of desperation just dropped itself and covered up all the children.

That's the best the mother could do. And they all got burnt up mother and children. But sadhu siddha singh was saying what a beautiful description of love. That's what jesus did for us. He saw the fire of hell coming to burn us up and he threw himself into it.

That is love. There's one difference in the story though. He got burnt up. We escaped. We got out but he paid the price. This is the fuel that says i want to be like you. Jesus.