ARE YOU CONTENDING FOR YOUR FAITH? (The Cost of True Surrender) | Pastor Adeolu Adefarasin

تفصیل

How do people drift away from God? Slowly... and then all at once. In this sobering and deeply convicting message, we explore the danger of spiritual complacency and the subtle ways believers can become spiritually bankrupt while appearing outwardly faithful. Drawing from the book of Jude, the life of Solomon, and Jacob's wrestle with God, this message challenges us to examine whether we pursue God with the same passion, sacrifice, and determination that we devote to our careers, businesses, dreams, and ambitions. Many believers only run to God when every other option has failed. But true discipleship requires a daily, intentional pursuit of His presence long before the crisis arrives. Are you contending earnestly for your faith? Are you opening the Word for yourself? Are you willing to pay the cost of surrender before the day of testing comes? This message confronts comfortable Christianity, exposes the danger of relying on natural wisdom instead of God's wisdom, and calls every believer to a life of hunger, devotion, and complete surrender. God is not a half-measure God. If He does not have all of you, He has none of you. In This Message: 00:00 — Going Spiritually Bankrupt: Slowly, Then All at Once 00:41 — A Story of Pain, Sacrifice, and Determination 05:53 — Jude's Warning: Contend Earnestly for Your Faith 06:41 — What Price Are You Willing to Pay for God? 07:37 — Why God Is Not Optional 08:20 — Salvation Requires Endurance 09:07 — The Call to Spiritual Hunger and Desperation 10:10 — Jacob's Wrestle: A Lifestyle of Pursuit 11:37 — The Danger of Spiritual Bankruptcy 13:07 — Lessons from Solomon: When Wisdom Replaces Dependence on God 14:58 — Natural Wisdom vs. Heavenly Wisdom 16:06 — Judging Others Through the Flesh 17:53 — Lean Not on Your Own Understanding 18:53 — Open the Word for Yourself 20:29 — What Contending for Your Faith Really Looks Like 21:26 — The Cost of False Confessions in Worship 22:59 — Whatever He Takes Away, Let Him Take Away 24:26 — Ananias and Sapphira: The Danger of Holding Back 25: