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God Uses Broken People: T.D. Jakes

Insights

🌟 “He chooses fragile broken limited people so you won’t be confused where the ointment comes from, knowing that the glory we have is not of ourselves but Christ Jesus the Lord.”

🎨 God can work with broken individuals, using them as instruments to bring glory to Himself rather than the individual.

🏰 The tabernacle was a place where Divinity and Humanity met, representing the connection between the celestial and the terrestrial realms.

🌟 Jesus is the embodiment of God dwelling among us, as he took on the flesh of Mary to walk on Earth and reveal the wonder of God’s glory.

🍷 The Last Supper was a unique and unparalleled event, where grace and dispensations collided, marking a significant moment in the history of Christianity.

🍞 The mystical Body of Christ, which is the church, beheld the memorial Body of Christ being fed to them from the physical body of Christ awaiting the glorified body of Christ at the table.

🍽️ The disciples learned something profound about Jesus when they sat down with him at the table on the road to Emmaus.

🌍 We cannot fulfill our purpose and be a blessing to the world until we have been taken, blessed, broken, and given by God.

Summary

TLDR: God calls broken and inadequate people to show His strength and glory through their obedience, transforming them into instruments of His purpose.

  1. 🚫 Beware of those who claim to be enough, as the world’s complex questions require Divine intervention, as exemplified by the speaker’s personal experience of being ordained as a prophet despite initially resisting it, and people often distance themselves from those they perceive as crazy, ignorant, wild, uncouth, and embarrassing.

1.1 Beware of those who claim to be enough, as the world’s complex questions cannot be answered with a degree, and instead require Divine intervention, as exemplified by the speaker’s personal experience of being ordained as a prophet despite initially resisting it.

1.2 People often distance themselves from those they perceive as crazy, ignorant, wild, uncouth, and embarrassing.

  1. πŸ™ God calls broken people, who feel inadequate, to show His strength and glory through their obedience.

2.1 God called the speaker, despite their brokenness and excuses, and they couldn’t understand why, but they were obedient and couldn’t outrun God’s calling.

2.2 Humility is important because feeling inadequate leads to seeking divine intervention, as God chooses broken people to show His strength and glory.

  1. πŸ™ God can work with broken people and use them for His purpose, transforming them into instruments of His glory.
  2. πŸ“œ Jesus is the embodiment of the Tabernacle, showcasing glimpses of God’s grace as the meeting place between Divinity and Humanity.

4.1 Israel walked through a harsh wilderness to reach the Promised Land, relying on God’s presence for protection, and in the midst of this, God established a tabernacle as a meeting place between Divinity and Humanity.

4.2 Jesus is the embodiment of the Tabernacle, representing the coexistence of humanity and divinity, and showcasing glimpses of God’s grace.

  1. πŸ™ God desires to be with us and reaches out to us through others, providing healing and understanding.

5.1 God desires to be with us so much that he prepared us for his entrance through the Tabernacle, and just as the Tabernacle allowed equal access to God for all tribes, God dwells among us and became flesh in Jesus Christ.

5.2 God loves and reaches out to people through others, providing healing and understanding.

  1. πŸ™ Jesus transformed the Passover into communion, symbolizing a paradigm shift from sacrifice to himself, and through communion, the church is united as the mystical Body of Christ.

6.1 Jesus transformed the Passover into communion, symbolizing a paradigm shift from the lamb sacrifice to himself, serving the memorial Body of Christ to the church, representing the physical and mystical bodies of Christ.

6.2 God cannot be fully explained, as to the unbeliever, He is seen as bread and wine, representing the New Testament in His blood, and when the church is united, each person holds a portion of the mystery that brings them together as the mystical Body of Christ.

6.3 Discover the true essence of Jesus and the mystical Body of Christ through communion at the table, where the church is fed and awaits the glorified body of Christ.

  1. πŸ“– Connecting with Jesus and having a personal relationship with him is more important than just attending church, as he performs miracles and reveals himself through the breaking of bread.

7.1 Jesus meets two disciples on the road to Emmaus, discusses the Old Testament with them, and when they sit down at the table, they learn something important from him.

7.2 Connecting with Jesus and having a personal relationship with him is more important than just attending church, as he performs miracles and reveals himself through the breaking of bread.

  1. πŸ’” God takes, blesses, breaks, and gives broken people to the world, multiplying and increasing them in the process.

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