{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Christ Covenant Church","title":"Unrealistic Expectations","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4367,"description":" The danger of unrealistic expectations is that it can lead to: 1) failure, anger, depression and being deceived (Pro 19:3; Gen 4:3-5; 1Th 3:1-4 “disturbed” = deceived). 2) apostasy and hell (Gen 4:6-14 “from your face I will be hidden” = No longer able to bring sacrifice for forgiveness; Pro 11:7).\n \n1. If we have the truth/true gospel, then it will not cause problems with blood family.\n1.1. (Mat 10:34-37; Luk 2:34-35; Luk 12:51-53). \n1.2. (Mar 3:20-21 w/31-35) = Rabbi Jesus (the One Whose life we must imitate for Him to be our Savior) chose God’s family over His physical family – including His mother. This BTW is the same Jesus Who gave us the 5th commandment (“honor your father and mother”).\n1.3. Hence why (Luk 9:59-62) = The agenda of God’s family/kingdom trumps even the most sensitive or important of blood family traditions/demands.\n1.4. As we should expect, the disciples followed Jesus’ lead by choosing God’s family over their blood family (Mat 19:27-29).\n \n2. If we have the truth/true gospel, then we will be in the majority (or at least there wb others around like us). \n2.1. (Rev 2-3) = Along with the Jerusalem church, only two of the seven churches in Asia minor were not on the brink of losing their lampstands (becoming false churches). \n2.2. (1Pe 3:20) = There were only eight saved people when God destroyed the world the first time.\n2.3. (Rev 20:7-9) “surrounded the camp of the saints” = What is left of Christ’s true followers at the time of His return will be a singular camp [or congregation] small enough to be surrounded (hence why - Luk 18:8). \n2.4. (Act 1:15) = 120 people were left after Jesus’ earthly ministry. They were the only ones on planet earth still following Him. \n2.5. Hence why they referred to the early church as a cult (Act 24:14 “sect” being used in a derogatory sense). \n2.6. Jesus’ popularity was short-lived and He never controlled the majority.[1] The Pharisees were the dominant religious party/group (i.e., the group wielding the most...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/UXGjftzm8Yw--IISwUKe6A6-CX1YtARptisfLmFJFoI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81Zjc4/MmNmNTMxZjNmOTgw/YjA1NWRhYmMxMTNl/YmE1Zi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}