{"id":826,"date":"2008-07-16T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2008-07-16T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drslewis.org\/camille\/?p=826"},"modified":"2023-06-19T15:05:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T19:05:27","slug":"measuring-kingdom-usefulness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drslewis.org\/camille\/2008\/07\/16\/measuring-kingdom-usefulness\/","title":{"rendered":"“Measuring Kingdom Usefulness”"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Well, that makes it just a Law-Life.” No, it doesn’t. You . . . you try to keep this Law, and it crushes you, and you go to God for Grace. But you minimize the Law, and you think you can do it on your own. And you can go days without asking Him to help you obey or anything else (20:55+).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Folks, I can’t do this. This crushes me when I read this. I need divine grace to do this because I’ve got a heart that wants just to do the externals and get by. And so do you. But Jesus doesn’t let us off the hook with externals. He said, “You can’t just be like Pharisees and comply on the outside. I’ve defined what it’s like in the heart, and you can’t do that without Me.” And that’s exactly where He wants us (32:00+).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jim Berg, “Measuring Kingdom Usefulness”<\/a><\/p>\n

I found the sermon that pushed me over from apathetic, half-lidded shrugging to resolved action. You need to listen to it.<\/p>\n

It was from the first week of February, 2006. And I couldn’t blog about it specifically at the time, of course, so here’s what I tried to say<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Preached in BJU campus Sunday Morning church on February 6, 2006 by Jim Berg, its title “Measuring Kingdom Usefulness<\/a>” really says it all. Here’s the handout he references<\/a>. Because so many “campus leaders” were absent for the Sunday morning service due to extension responsibilities, Berg repeated the sermon the next Thursday for an APC\/PC meeting. That’s how significant he judged his message for campus life. This is the philosophy behind BJU student life at Bob Jones University.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This sermon is gravely <\/em>in error.<\/p>\n

Here’s what Berg argues in a nutshell:<\/p>\n