Holy Standards

Amen Podcast

Alex Wilson

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

5 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

In this powerful message, Pastor Alex explores what it means to live by God's holy standards versus man's standards. Drawing from 1 Corinthians 4:9-13 and the story of David's anointing in 1 Samuel 16, we discover why Christians are called to embrace "last place" in a world that prizes first place.

Key Topics Covered:

* Understanding the difference between holy standards and human standards

* Why the apostles described themselves as being "displayed in last place"

* The story of David's selection as king and what it teaches us about God's perspective

* How to respond to persecution, criticism, and being dishonored for following Christ

* The danger of judging leaders and others by external appearances

* Living with the knowledge that "earth honors what heaven hates"

* The power of communion and covenant community

Scripture References:

* 1 Corinthians 4:9-13

* 1 Samuel 16:1-13

* 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13

* Psalm 5:5

This message challenges believers to examine whether they are living by God's standards or trying to meet the world's expectations. Pastor Alex reminds us that following the crucified Messiah means embracing the same humility and servant-heartedness that Jesus demonstrated.

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0:00.0	Amen.
0:01.0	First Corinthians chapter 4, 9 through 13.
0:03.8	Today we're talking about holy standards.
0:06.5	Holy standards.
0:08.6	Let's pray.
0:09.2	Father, we thank you for an opportunity to open up your word.
0:11.4	We pray that you would speak to us.
0:12.6	We pray that you would open up our eyes to see you more clearly, to see you right.
0:17.5	We thank you, God, for the forgiveness of sins, God.
0:20.7	We thank you, God, for the community of believers, the singing of your word.
0:24.9	What a great buffet of grace we get to eat up every Sunday, which is a glimpse of what we'll eat
0:30.0	up for all eternity.
0:31.5	And we pray that we would meet your standards, that we look to your standards and not our
0:35.9	own.
0:36.3	In your name we pray, amen.
0:39.6	Holy standards. First Corinthians name we pray, amen. Holy standards,
0:45.0	1 Corinthians 4th, 9 through 13. We're going to walk through this together. And as we walk through it,
0:50.7	verse 9 is where we left off last week. This is kind of part two of what we were talking about in the first part. I want you to see what Paul says to the Corinthian Church. Now,
0:54.4	this is around 50 to 52 AD. So Jesus died and resurrected around 33 AD. So this is not too
1:04.1	long after Paul comes to Corinth, which is a town that was ran and governed by the Roman government. It was right on the water,
1:14.4	right on the water, just like Kauai is, not an island, but it was a beautiful place to live. It was an
1:20.0	awesome place to live. And as Paul goes there and preaches the gospel, he's making these tents
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