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Notes
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Introduction
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Bible Reading:
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OT Timeline:
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OT Contemporary Books:
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Review
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Raised Up By Grace And Seated With Christ
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Raw Material
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Write a blog entry on James Ryles’ definition of grace.
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The empowering presence of God that enables you to be who he has called you to be and to do what he has called you to do
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For a message:
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Make sure you know God - “I never knew you”: Visiting, feeding, clothing those in need aren’t to be done as rules, but rather as a reflection of knowing Jesus.
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1Cor 13 “if I have not love”: Giving to the poor must be done out of love.
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Find Bible passage connection between this love and knowing God
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For the message
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Saying "I've never believed in any other God!" is like saying "I only root for the Celtics!". This is not the same as playing on the team and putting points on the board.
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Sermon Illustration:
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Our mission is not to permanently destroy the world’s system. It’s there to provide a “powerful delusion” for those who refuse to believe the truth. Our mission is to continually unravel the world’s system as a witness to the power and authority of God’s Kingdom.
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For the Message:
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Let the Ephesians 1 passage transform your thinking (Romans 8:5-6, racism as “2nd-hand smoke”)
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Romans 8
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You can do it too - let God design your relationships.
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Create resources for congregation:
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Who I am in Christ
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Romans 5:1-11
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Galatians 3
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Galatians 4:1-7
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Ephesians 1:3-10
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Colossians 1:9-14
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What I have in Christ
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Romans 5
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Galatians 5:16-26
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What I can do in Christ
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Ephesians 2:1-10
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Philippians 4:1-13
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James 1:1-8
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You have what you need! Use what you have!
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God: “They have been given my Spirit; teach them to listen to him.”
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The more Word you plant in your heart, the easier it will be for you to hear God’s Spirit.
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Romans 12:1-2
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The Spirit reminds us of what Jesus said - John 14 - 16
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For the message:
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The proper use of suffering.
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The way that I used TV to fight loneliness while Eva was away last night even though the Holy Spirit had told me to avoid TV during this period. This increased my vulnerability to sexual temptation.
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Preparation - Ephesians 2:1-10
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Select the Passage - Ephesians 2:1-10
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As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions — it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
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Study the Passage
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Hebrew Study Bible
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KJV
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The Message
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NASB
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RSV
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Discover the Exegetical Idea
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When we were dead in sin God made us alive with Christ and seated us with him in heavenly places to demonstrate the riches of his grace.
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Analyze the Exegetical Idea
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Explain It: What does this mean?
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We were dead in sin - our independence and rebellion from God.
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God is full of mercy.
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God made us (followers of Jesus) alive in Christ.
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God seated us with Christ in heavenly places. Christ is seated above everything else (Ephesians 1:20-23)
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Prove It: Is it True? Do I believe it?
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Yes - compare with Ephesians 1:3-8
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Apply It: What difference does it make? So What?
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Your old life of self-reliance was useless to God.
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In Christ you have new life.
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In Christ you have a new position - seated with the conqueror.
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You have been prepared to do good works.
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Formulate the Homiletical Idea:
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Raised up by grace and seated with Christ.
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Determine the Purpose of the Sermon (what listeners should do)
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Recognize your heavenly position.
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Rest in God's grace.
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Do the good works that God prepared you to do.
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Decide How to Accomplish This Purpose
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Outline the Sermon
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Standing Issues
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From a word Bishop gave me:
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Make sure people do something with God's message.
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Make it plain:
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Use accessible language.
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Use modern day parables based on every day occurrences:
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Sitting at a stop light
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Driving through a green light
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Approaching a yellow light
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Being cut off in traffic
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Going shopping
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Going to a mall
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Going to school; sitting in class
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Going to work; sitting in your office;
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Keep it simple.
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Use illustrations of truth out of my own experience.
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Impart faith to obey the Word and receive God's promises.
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Introduction
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Welcome to another service at the Hampton Inn & Suites.
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Welcome Cards -
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“I want to call your attention to the Welcome Card that you were given on your way into the auditorium”
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These cards do two things for us:
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They help us get to know our new visitors better.
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They also give anyone (visitors or members) a chance to express a need or to give us feedback.
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By filling it out you will help us to better serve you.
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We're going to provide time for you to complete the cards at the end of our service, but we encourage you to start filling them out now.
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Please use this card:
• if you’re a first time visitor or if you’ve never filled one out before,
• to tell us about a decision you made today,
• to ask us for more information, or to give us feedback.
Please include your contact information unless we already have it. At the end of service we’ll ask you to complete the card and then place it in the designated box or give it to someone from our staff on your way out.
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Transition
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Read the Passage - Ephesians 2:1-10
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As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions — it is by grace you have been saved. And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
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Exegetical Idea
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When we were dead in sin God made us alive with Christ and seated us with him in heavenly places to demonstrate the riches of his grace.
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Homiletical Idea:
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Raised up by grace and seated with Christ.
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What does this mean?
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We were dead in sin - our independence and rebellion from God.
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Following the world's ways.
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Following satan's ways.
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Doing your own thing.
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A "loser" by nature.
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God is rich in mercy.
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God made us (followers of Jesus) alive in Christ.
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God seated us with Christ in heavenly places. Christ is seated above everything else (Ephesians 1:20-23)
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Is it True? Do I believe it?
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Yes - compare with Ephesians 1:3-8
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What difference does it make? So What?
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Your old life of self-reliance was useless to God.
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In Christ you have new and real life.
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In Christ you have a new position - seated with the conqueror.
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You have been prepared to do good works.
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Homiletical Idea:
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Raised up by grace and seated with Christ.
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Purpose of the Sermon (what listeners should do)
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Recognize your heavenly position.
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Rest in God's grace.
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Do the good works that God prepared you to do.
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Recognize your heavenly position.
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You are where God says you are.
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Rest in God's grace.
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This requires relying on God, which you can't really do without talking to him.
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Trust God to execute his agenda - not yours.
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"Wake Up Everybody" by Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes
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Dope dealers - stop pushin' that dope!
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Businessmen - stop cheatin'
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Politicians - stop lyin'
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Preachers - start teachin' what you preach
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These things don't happen just because you tell people to do them.
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Do the good works that God prepared you to do.
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Because you spend enough time talking to God to let him lead you to the good works he has prepared.
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Conclusion
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How deep are you willing to allow this passage to get in your life?
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Will you embrace your new identity, assets, and ability in Christ?
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Are you willing to faithfully plant this word in your heart?
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Are you willing to retain the Word?
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Are you willing to persevere?
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Will you produce a good crop?
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New Material
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Preparation
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Expository Preaching
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Expository preaching is the communication of a biblical concept, derived from and transmitted through a historical, grammatical, and literary study of a passage in its context, which the Holy Spirit first applies to the personality and experience of the preacher, then through the preacher, applies to the hearers.
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Select the Passage
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Study the Passage
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NIV
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Hebrew Study Bible
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KJV
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The Message
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NASB
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RSV
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Discover the Exegetical Idea
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Subject
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Tools: How, Who, What, When, Where, Why
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Complement
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Analyze the Exegetical Idea
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Explain It: What does this mean?
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Prove It: Is it True? Do I believe it?
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Apply It: What difference does it make? So What?
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Formulate the Homiletical Idea
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Determine the Purpose of the Sermon
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Decide How to Accomplish This Purpose
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Make it plain
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Use accessible language and modern parables.
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Make sure people do something with God's message.
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Keep it simple.
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Use illustrations of truth out of my own experience.
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Impart faith to obey the Word and receive God's promises.
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Outline the Sermon
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Misc
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General
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Use examples that appeal to men.
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Make the Life Church Basic Training project-oriented - give everyone a ministry project.
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http://home.regent.edu/ruthven/2Worlds.htm
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You learn a lot about a person's spiritual maturity by how they respond to a rebuke.
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Always impart faith along with with the purpose of the sermon - Heb 4:2
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Develop a confession of faith regarding talking to God
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I can talk to God and he talks to me.
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I don't have to know how God is guiding me. I just need to trust his Word that he is guiding me.
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Not many fathers - 1Cor 4:6-17
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Fathers must influence.
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In search of a father.
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Don’t waste discipleship opportunities.
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Give people a way to demonstrate their hunger (as a qualification for discipleship).
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Faith comes by hearing - Romans 10:17
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What we must do at Life Church:
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Make it easy for people to connect to us.
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Make it easy for people to stay with us.
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Make it easy for people to grow with us.
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Make it easy for people to serve with us.
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Vision
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Key words: revolutionary, movement, life, vitality, love, power, transformation, river, families, networks, communities, world
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Our vision is based on the vision of the River of Life found in Ezekiel 47:1-12 and Revelation 22:1-2. It is a vision of a revolutionary movement:
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whose people relate to God on his own terms by following his Son, Jesus christ,
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whose people are known far and wide for living fruitful lives that nourish and heal their families, networks, and communities,
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that seeks and welcomes unchurched people who have been transformed by God's life and power into new followers of Jesus.
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Mission
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Our mission is to develop mature followers of Jesus Christ who love God with everything they've got, genuinely love their neighbors, and take the lead in expanding God's Kingdom in the world around them.
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Prep congregation for unchurched
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This Day In Black History: . . .
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Music
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Everything Is On The One - Parliament/Funkadelic
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Keep Their Heads Ringing - Dr. Dre
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Today Was A Good Day - Ice Cube
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My Mind Playin' Tricks On Me - Getto Boys
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Cosmic Slop - Funkadelic
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Let Me Clear My Throat - DJ Kool Feat. Biz Markie & Doug E. Fresh
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Specific
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Teach men what to do with their strength. Pimp or Papa?
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Structure the service to fight consumerism. Make sure that everyone has a way to contribute to the service (i.e. setting up, cleaning up, etc.)
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Prayer Teaching:
I’ve got so much to do today - I need to pray (Martin Luther?)
We need God’s help in our day to day lives:
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“Luck” management
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Character management
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I need God’s Word to live.
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Start every day with a Word from God. - Matthew 4:4
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Eat His Flesh And Drink His Blood!
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Raw Material
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Write a blog entry on James Ryles’ definition of grace.
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The empowering presence of God that enables you to be who he has called you to be and to do what he has called you to do
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For a message:
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Make sure you know God - “I never knew you”: Visiting, feeding, clothing those in need aren’t to be done as rules, but rather as a reflection of knowing Jesus.
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1Cor 13 “if I have not love”: Giving to the poor must be done out of love.
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Find Bible passage connection between this love and knowing God
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For the message
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Saying "I've never believed in any other God!" is like saying "I only root for the Celtics!". This is not the same as playing on the team and putting points on the board.
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Sermon Illustration:
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Our mission is not to permanently destroy the world’s system. It’s there to provide a “powerful delusion” for those who refuse to believe the truth. Our mission is to continually unravel the world’s system as a witness to the power and authority of God’s Kingdom.
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For the Message:
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Let the Ephesians 1 passage transform your thinking (Romans 8:5-6, racism as “2nd-hand smoke”)
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Romans 8
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You can do it too - let God design your relationships.
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Create resources for congregation:
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Who I am in Christ
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Romans 5:1-11
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Galatians 3
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Galatians 4:1-7
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Ephesians 1:3-10
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Colossians 1:9-14
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What I have in Christ
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Romans 5
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Galatians 5:16-26
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What I can do in Christ
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Ephesians 2:1-10
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Philippians 4:1-13
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James 1:1-8
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You have what you need! Use what you have!
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God: “They have been given my Spirit; teach them to listen to him.”
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The more Word you plant in your heart, the easier it will be for you to hear God’s Spirit.
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Romans 12:1-2
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The Spirit reminds us of what Jesus said - John 14 - 16
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For the message:
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The proper use of suffering.
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The way that I used TV to fight loneliness while Eva was away last night even though the Holy Spirit had told me to avoid TV during this period. This increased my vulnerability to sexual temptation.
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Preparation - John 6:52-71
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Select the Passage - John 6:52-71
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Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your forefathers ate manna and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live forever.” He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”
Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you? What if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him. He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled him.”
From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
“You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.
Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”
Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!” (He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)
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Study the Passage
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NIV
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Hebrew Study Bible
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KJV
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The Message
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NASB
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RSV
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Discover the Exegetical Idea
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We must eat Jesus' flesh and drink his blood to have life.
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Analyze the Exegetical Idea
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Explain It: What does this mean?
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It was no longer enough for the disciples to hang around Jesus.
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It was no longer enough for the disciples to absorb the law.
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They now had to feed on Jesus personally.
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We too must feed on Jesus' words and actions.
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We too must be nourished by Jesus' sacrifice for us.
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Prove It: Is it True? Do I believe it?
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I've staked my life on it.
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I don't study Jesus' life the way I should.
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Apply It: What difference does it make? So What?
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What difference does having life make? All the difference!
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It's not enough to hang out at church.
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It's not enough to know the rules and "fit in" at church.
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You need to absorb Jesus life.
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Formulate the Homiletical Idea:
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Eat his flesh and drink his blood!
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Determine the Purpose of the Sermon (what listeners should do)
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Study the life of Jesus
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Decide How to Accomplish This Purpose
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Outline the Sermon
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Standing Issues
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From a word Bishop gave me:
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Make sure people do something with God's message.
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Make it plain:
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Use accessible language.
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Use modern day parables based on every day occurrences:
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Sitting at a stop light
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Driving through a green light
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Approaching a yellow light
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Being cut off in traffic
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Going shopping
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Going to a mall
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Going to school; sitting in class
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Going to work; sitting in your office;
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Keep it simple.
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Use illustrations of truth out of my own experience.
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Impart faith to obey the Word and receive God's promises.
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Introduction
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Welcome to another service at the Hampton Inn & Suites.
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Welcome Cards -
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“I want to call your attention to the Welcome Card that you were given on your way into the auditorium”
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These cards do two things for us:
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They help us get to know our new visitors better.
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They also give anyone (visitors or members) a chance to express a need or to give us feedback.
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By filling it out you will help us to better serve you.
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We're going to provide time for you to complete the cards at the end of our service, but we encourage you to start filling them out now.
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Please use this card:
• if you’re a first time visitor or if you’ve never filled one out before,
• to tell us about a decision you made today,
• to ask us for more information, or to give us feedback.
Please include your contact information unless we already have it. At the end of service we’ll ask you to complete the card and then place it in the designated box or give it to someone from our staff on your way out.
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Transition
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Read the Passage - John 6:52-71
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Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your forefathers ate manna and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live forever.” He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”
Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you? What if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him. He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled him.”
From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
“You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.
Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”
Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!” (He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)
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Exegetical Idea
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We must eat Jesus' flesh and drink his blood to have life.
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Homiletical Idea:
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Eat his flesh and drink his blood!
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What does this mean?
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It was no longer enough for the disciples to hang around Jesus.
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It was no longer enough for the disciples to absorb the law.
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They now had to feed on Jesus personally.
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We too must feed on Jesus' words and actions.
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We too must be nourished by Jesus' sacrifice for us.
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Is it True? Do I believe it?
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I've staked my life on it.
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I don't study Jesus' life the way I should.
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What difference does it make? So What?
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What difference does having life make? All the difference!
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It's not enough to hang out at church.
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It's not enough to know the rules and "fit in" at church.
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You need to absorb Jesus life.
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Homiletical Idea:
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Eat his flesh and drink his blood!
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Purpose of the Sermon (what listeners should do)
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Understand what Jesus requires of his followers.
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Study his life. - The word "qewre÷w" Gk - theoreo in John 6:40 means to watch,
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theoœreéoœ has primary reference to spectators at a religious festival, and thus means “to look at,” “to view,” with such additional senses as “to review (troops),” “to discover,” “to recognize,” and figuratively “to consider,” “to contemplate,” “to investigate.”
We get our word "theory" from this word.
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Don't turn back!
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Understand what Jesus requires of his followers.
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Jesus said some hard things!
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Study Jesus' life.
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What happens when you eat garlic or chili? it gets in your blood and comes from your pores.
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Garlic is known for causing halitosis as well as causing sweat to have a pungent 'garlicky' smell which is caused by Allyl methyl sulfide (AMS). AMS is a gas which is absorbed into the blood during the metabolism of garlic; from the blood it travels to the lungs (and from there to the mouth causing bad breath, especially if one belches) and skin where it is exuded through skin pores.
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Jesus' life should be coming out of your pores!
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Don't turn back!
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Eventually the Lord may require of you something really tough.
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If you don't keep in step with him you may not pass the test.
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Conclusion
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Altar Call / Welcome Cards / Communion ?
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Welcome Cards - refer to script
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We're almost ready to close this portion of our service, but first we want to give you a chance to respond to what you've heard.
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Earlier in the service we mentioned the welcome cards and we encouraged you to begin filling them out.
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Right now we want you to complete your welcome card. We especially want you to use this card if:
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if you’re a first time visitor
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if you’ve never filled one out before,
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if you want to tell us about a decision you made today,
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if you want to ask us for more information, or to give us feedback.
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Please be sure to include your up to date contact information unless we already have it.
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MC & Worship Team continue with tithes, offerings, and worship
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Benediction - Numbers 6:24-26
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“‘“The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD turn his face toward you and give you peace.”’
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Men's Prayer
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Life Group Material
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Life Group Word Material
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These are sample discussion questions / topics. Your life group leaders may choose to adjust these questions, substitute new ones, or spend the Word section of the meeting in a different way altogether.
Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (NIV) Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.
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John 6:52-71
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Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your forefathers ate manna and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live forever.” He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”
Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you? What if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him. He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled him.”
From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
“You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.
Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”
Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!” (He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)
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Discussion Questions / Topics:
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Are you eating the flesh of the Son of Man and drinking his blood? Discuss.
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Have you found any of Jesus' teachings to be hard? Discuss.
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This passage shows that Jesus' disciples were at a crossroads and some of them stopped following him. Have you ever been at a crossroads like this with Jesus? Discuss.
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Life Group Witnessing Activities
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Key Passage - Ephesians 1:15-23
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For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
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Activities
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Begin praying this prayer four yourself and for the members of your life group.
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Scriptures For 10/03/2010 Life Church Sermon
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Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (NIV) Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.
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Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the miraculous signs he had performed on the sick. Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. The Jewish Passover Feast was near.
When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.
Philip answered him, “Eight months’ wages would not buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”
Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”
Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and the men sat down, about five thousand of them. Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.
When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.
After the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus did, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.” Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.
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When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for Capernaum. By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them. A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. When they had rowed three or three and a half miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were terrified. But he said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.” Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading.
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The next day the crowd that had stayed on the opposite shore of the lake realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not entered it with his disciples, but that they had gone away alone. Then some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus.
When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”
Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, you are looking for me, not because you saw miraculous signs but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”
Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”
Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
So they asked him, “What miraculous sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? Our forefathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
“Sir,” they said, “from now on give us this bread.”
Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty. But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
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At this the Jews began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”
“Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me. No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father. I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life. I am the bread of life. Your forefathers ate the manna in the desert, yet they died. But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which a man may eat and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
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Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your forefathers ate manna and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live forever.” He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”
Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you? What if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him. He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled him.”
From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
“You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.
Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”
Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!” (He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)
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