Matt Chandler shared a few words of warning with those attending Together 2018 at Texas Motor Speedway. The event amassed thousands, many of which were millennials. Chandler spoke specifically to the younger crowd, preaching a message that encouraged them to avoid becoming “slaves to a type of works-based righteousness that has no power to change your life.”
Chandler, who serves as the lead pastor at the Village Church in Flower Mound, Texas, indicated just how easy it is for young people to give in to the idea that the only way to gain Jesus’ love is by being the perfect version of themselves.
“You start to believe, ‘Man, if I could just stop doing this, or just get away from this, then He would love me.’”
He went on to explain that this way of thinking is not the answer, saying “And yet, the Gospel would say that while you were at your worst, Jesus saved you. It wasn’t when you got your act together, it was not when you stopped doing this or when you started doing this. No, it’s when you believed upon the promises of Christ’s life, death, and resurrection. It’s when you turned from the world and you faced Him that the Gospel took root in your life.”
Chandler noted that when this truth is forgotten, it can largely take away the joy we experience in our lives: “It’s not what Christ died to bring you,” he said….
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