Centreville Presbyterian Church
What holds us back from Christ? It is not that we do not try hard enough, but our heart's desire for all the wrong things. Join us on the first Sunday of the New Year with Pastor Paul Lauerman.
1) Ritual Purity (Inconvenience)
Luke 7:38 ESV
2) Social Embarrassment
3) Value of the Perfume
Luke 7:41-43 ESV
"It is seldom that any of our bad habits or flaws disappear by reasoning, or by the force of mental determination. The heart's desire for some particular ultimate object may be conquered, but it's desire to have SOME object is unconquerable... The only way to dispossess the heart of an old affection is through the expulsive power of a new one."
-- Thomas Chalmers, in his sermon "The Expulsive Powers of a New Affection"
1) Burning Passion for God
Luke 7:44-46 ESV
2) Power to Face Failure/Weakness