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The Challenge of Competition
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I Must Win
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I Must Be First
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I Must Be Ahead & Above Others
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I Must Be Different from others
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I must be the most successful…
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Competition Creates Tension
And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.
[Luke 22:24]7/23
Competition Creates Division
And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.
[Matthew 10:24] 8/23
How should we respond and live biblically in a competitive society?
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1) Live by a Different Set of Standards
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Society’s Standards / Practices Exercise Lordship
[Lord Over Others]
And He said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called
benefactors.[Luke 22:25]
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Kingdom’s Standards / Practices Exemplify Servanthood
[Serve Others]
But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be
as the younger; and he that is chief,as he that doth serve.
[Luke 22:26]
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Loser
Winner
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2) Emulate the Example of Christ
27 For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? Is not he that sitteth at
meat? But I am among you as He that serveth.28 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: Even as the Son of Man
came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His life a ransom for many.
[Luke 22:27-28]
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3) Complement Instead of Compete
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Eve Adam
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Created to Complement, not Compete
COMPETITIONvs
COMPLEMENTATION
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Ketchup
Salt
French fries
COMPETITIONvs
COMPLEMENTATION
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COMPLETE vs COMPETE
Instead of having a Piece of the
Whole 21/23
Be a Part of the Whole
COMPLETE vs COMPETE
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Triune Godhead
Working With Each Othervs
Working Against Each Other
Son HolySpirit
Father
The Challenge of Comparison
1) He Patterns His Life After Christ
1 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base [timid] among you, but
being absent am bold toward you: 2 But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh
[2 Corinthians 10:1-2]
1) He Patterns His Life After Christ
2) He Relies on God’s Wisdom & Power
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 (For the weapons of our warfare
are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 5 Casting down
imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of
Christ; 6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled
[2 Corinthians 10:3-6]
1) He Patterns His Life After Christ
2) He Relies on God’s Wisdom & Power3) He Seeks to Build Others Up
7 Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of
himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's. 8 For though I should boast somewhat
more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us [Authority is from the Lord] for edification, and not for
your destruction, I should not be ashamed: 9 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters. 10 For his
letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible. 11 Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by
letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.
[2 Corinthians 10:7-11]
A) Comparison is Not Wise
12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with
some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by
themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
Comparison is Rooted in Pride
SINPride goeth before destruction, and an
haughty spirit before a fall
PRIDEPride come before a fall
Comparison Creates Complexes
A) Superiority Complex
Comparison Creates Complexes
A) Superiority ComplexB) Inferiority Complex
Comparison Leads to Discontentment
When You Stop Comparing
You Also Stop Complaining
Comparison Creates Envy / Jealousy
Comparison Creates Tension
Comparison Creates Division
How to Overcome the Temptationof Comparison
How to Overcome the Temptationof Comparison
A) Accept Who You Are
How to Overcome the Temptationof Comparison
A) Accept Who You AreB) Accept Your Lot in Life
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