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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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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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Romans: From Rags To Righteousness (Part 1)
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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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Use freedom - don’t worship it
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Deal with marriage sabbatical concept.
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Lexical search on judging.
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Preparation - Romans 1:18-32
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Select the Passage - Romans 1:18-32
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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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God expresses his wrath towards those who reject him by handing them over to their own increasingly depraved desires.
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Analyze the Exegetical Idea
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Explain It: What does this mean?
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God's wrath
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orge Gk. (orge) - anger
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God's revelation of himself
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God has revealed himself in creation:
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God's invisible qualities:
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This revelation is available to everyone.
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Intro to Paul on Mars Hill - Acts 17:16-21
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Paul on Mars Hill - Acts 17:22-31
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Rejecting God
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Sinful people reject God's revelation of himself in creation.
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In rejecting this revelation they suppress the truth.
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All of this results in God's wrath (anger).
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Jesus and man with the shriveled hand - Mark 3:1-6
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Handing over (examples):
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People are handed over to police, courts, jailers, etc.
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Jesus was handed over to the Sanhedrin, Herod, Pilate
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Increasingly depraved desires
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These desires quickly lead people downhill
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"sinful desires" - epiqumia Gk. epthumia = lust, strong desire
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Deparaved - aÓdo/kimoß Gk. (adokimos) - untested, unapproved
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No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
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Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you — unless, of course, you fail the test? And I trust that you will discover that we have not failed the test. Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong. Not that people will see that we have stood the test but that you will do what is right even though we may seem to have failed.
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Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth — men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected.
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They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.
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Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed receives the blessing of God. But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed. In the end it will be burned.
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Prove It: Is it True? Do I believe it?
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Yes - I saw it happen in college!
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Yes - it's happening in our communities.
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Apply It: What difference does it make? So What?
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This is the bad news! It is the context for the good news.
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The righteousness revealed in the gospel balances the wrath of God revealed from heaven.
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This is the first part of the case that Paul makes against humanity. He starts with the most obvious parts of the problem.
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This gives us God's perspective on humanity - we have no excuse!
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The wrath is illustrated by the behavior of those under it.
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God's wrath on the Jews - 1Thessalonians 2:13-16
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Wrath is already here; judgement will come later.
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This is what the good news saves us from - Romans 1:16-17
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Formulate the Homiletical Idea:
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Rejecting God is the road to wrath!
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Determine the Purpose of the Sermon (what listeners should do)
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Understand the risk of rejecting God.
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Learn to recognize daily opportunities to embrace or reject God.
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Understand how to embrace God rather than reject him.
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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 Introductory Passage: Romans 1:1-17
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Read the Passage - Romans 1:18-32
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Exegetical Idea
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God expresses his wrath towards those who reject him by handing them over to their own increasingly depraved desires.
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Homiletical Idea:
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Rejecting God is the road to wrath!
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What does this mean?
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God's wrath
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orge Gk. (orge) - anger
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God's revelation of himself
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God has revealed himself in creation:
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God's invisible qualities:
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eternal power
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divine nature
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This revelation is available to everyone.
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Intro to Paul on Mars Hill - Acts 17:16-21
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Paul on Mars Hill - Acts 17:22-31
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Rejecting God
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Sinful people reject God's revelation of himself in creation.
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In rejecting this revelation they suppress the truth.
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All of this results in God's wrath (anger).
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Jesus and man with the shriveled hand - Mark 3:1-6
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Handing over (examples):
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People are handed over to police, courts, jailers, etc.
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Jesus was handed over to the Sanhedrin, Herod, Pilate
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Increasingly depraved desires
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These desires quickly lead people downhill
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"sinful desires" - epiqumia Gk. epthumia = lust, strong desire
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Deparaved - aÓdo/kimoß Gk. (adokimos) - untested, unapproved
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1Corinthians 9:27
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No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
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2Corinthians 13:5-7
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Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you — unless, of course, you fail the test? And I trust that you will discover that we have not failed the test. Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong. Not that people will see that we have stood the test but that you will do what is right even though we may seem to have failed.
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2Timothy 3:8
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Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth — men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected.
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Titus 1:16
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They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.
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Hebrews 6:7-8
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Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed receives the blessing of God. But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed. In the end it will be burned.
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Is it True? Do I believe it?
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Yes - I saw it happen in college!
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Yes - it's happening in our communities.
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Geto Boys: "My Mind Playin' Tricks On Me"
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What difference does it make? So What?
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This is the bad news! It is the context for the good news.
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The righteousness revealed in the gospel balances the wrath of God revealed from heaven.
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This is the first part of the case that Paul makes against humanity. He starts with the most obvious parts of the problem.
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This gives us God's perspective on humanity - we have no excuse!
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The wrath is illustrated by the behavior of those under it.
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God's wrath on the Jews - 1Thessalonians 2:13-16
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Wrath is already here; judgement will come later.
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This is what the good news saves us from - Romans 1:16-17
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Homiletical Idea:
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Rejecting God is the road to wrath!
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Purpose of the Sermon (what listeners should do)
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Understand the risk of rejecting God.
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Learn to recognize daily opportunities to embrace or reject God.
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Understand how to embrace God rather than reject him.
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Homiletical Idea:
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Rejecting God is the road to wrath!
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Understand the risk of rejecting God.
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Rejecting God results in him releasing you to your own desires.
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This is where God's unhappiness with us starts.
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We tend to focus on lists of sins, but they are really just symptoms.
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We weren't designed for independence.
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The corruption in our flesh tends to multiply.
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A little leaven . . . - 1Cor 5:6; Gal 5:9
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Food left out of the refrigerator.
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Don't worship your freedom - use it to serve God. - Gal 5:13
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Learn to recognize daily opportunities to embrace or reject God.
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Will I talk to God this morning? Will I listen to him?
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Will I listen to what God says about events in my day"
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Is God trying to tell me something?
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Understand how to embrace God rather than reject him.
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What makes God happy?
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Relating to him makes him happy.
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Refusing to relate to him makes him unhappy.
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Say "Yes" to God on a regular basis. Why not say it right now?
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Write it down!
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Reflect on it!
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Talk it over with other brothers and sisters.
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Practice relating to God during worship.
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Don't focus on the music!
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Focus on tell God what he means to you!
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Listen to what he's saying back to you.
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Conclusion
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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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Romans: From Rags To Righteousness (Part 1)
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Raw Material
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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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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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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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Use freedom - don’t worship it
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Lexical search on judging.
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DNA Repair - 2,000 - 10,000 lesions per day per cell
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Romans was written to believers.
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The depravity cited in Romans 1 is something believers can recognize.
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The depravity cited in Romans 1 might not be recognized by unbelievers.
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Treasure in jars of clay.
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Preparation - Romans 1:18-32
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Select the Passage - Romans 1:18-32
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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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God expresses his wrath towards those who reject him by handing them over to their own increasingly depraved desires.
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Analyze the Exegetical Idea
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Explain It: What does this mean?
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God's wrath
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|
orge Gk. (orge) - anger
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God's revelation of himself
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|
God has revealed himself in creation:
|
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|
God's invisible qualities:
|
|
|
|
eternal power
|
|
|
|
divine nature
|
|
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|
This revelation is available to everyone.
|
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Intro to Paul on Mars Hill - Acts 17:16-21
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|
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Paul on Mars Hill - Acts 17:22-31
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Rejecting God
|
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Sinful people reject God's revelation of himself in creation.
|
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In rejecting this revelation they suppress the truth.
|
|
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|
All of this results in God's wrath (anger).
|
|
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|
Jesus and man with the shriveled hand - Mark 3:1-6
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|
Handing over (examples):
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|
People are handed over to police, courts, jailers, etc.
|
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|
Jesus was handed over to the Sanhedrin, Herod, Pilate
|
|
|
|
Increasingly depraved desires
|
|
|
|
These desires quickly lead people downhill
|
|
|
|
"sinful desires" - epiqumia Gk. epthumia = lust, strong desire
|
|
|
|
Deparaved - aÓdo/kimoß Gk. (adokimos) - untested, unapproved
|
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1Corinthians 9:27
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No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
|
|
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|
2Corinthians 13:5-7
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Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you — unless, of course, you fail the test? And I trust that you will discover that we have not failed the test. Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong. Not that people will see that we have stood the test but that you will do what is right even though we may seem to have failed.
|
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2Timothy 3:8
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Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth — men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected.
|
|
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|
Titus 1:16
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They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.
|
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Hebrews 6:7-8
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Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed receives the blessing of God. But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed. In the end it will be burned.
|
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Prove It: Is it True? Do I believe it?
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Yes - I saw it happen in college!
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Yes - it's happening in our communities.
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Apply It: What difference does it make? So What?
|
|
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This is the bad news! It is the context for the good news.
|
|
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The righteousness revealed in the gospel balances the wrath of God revealed from heaven.
|
|
|
|
This is the first part of the case that Paul makes against humanity. He starts with the most obvious parts of the problem.
|
|
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|
This gives us God's perspective on humanity - we have no excuse!
|
|
|
|
The wrath is illustrated by the behavior of those under it.
|
|
|
|
God's wrath on the Jews - 1Thessalonians 2:13-16
|
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|
|
Wrath is already here; judgement will come later.
|
|
|
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This is what the good news saves us from - Romans 1:16-17
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Formulate the Homiletical Idea:
|
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|
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Rejecting God is the road to wrath!
|
|
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|
Determine the Purpose of the Sermon (what listeners should do)
|
|
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|
Understand the risk of rejecting God.
|
|
|
|
Learn to recognize daily opportunities to embrace or reject God.
|
|
|
|
Understand how to embrace God rather than reject him.
|
|
|
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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 Introductory Passage: Romans 1:1-17
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Read the Passage - Romans 1:18-32
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Exegetical Idea
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God expresses his wrath towards those who reject him by handing them over to their own increasingly depraved desires.
|
|
|
|
Homiletical Idea:
|
|
|
|
|
Rejecting God is the road to wrath!
|
|
|
|
What does this mean?
|
|
|
|
God's wrath
|
|
|
|
orge Gk. (orge) - anger
|
|
|
|
God's revelation of himself
|
|
|
|
God has revealed himself in creation:
|
|
|
|
God's invisible qualities:
|
|
|
|
eternal power
|
|
|
|
divine nature
|
|
|
|
This revelation is available to everyone.
|
|
|
|
Intro to Paul on Mars Hill - Acts 17:16-21
|
|
|
|
Paul on Mars Hill - Acts 17:22-31
|
|
|
|
Rejecting God
|
|
|
|
Sinful people reject God's revelation of himself in creation.
|
|
|
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In rejecting this revelation they suppress the truth.
|
|
|
|
All of this results in God's wrath (anger).
|
|
|
|
Jesus and man with the shriveled hand - Mark 3:1-6
|
|
|
|
Handing over (examples):
|
|
|
|
People are handed over to police, courts, jailers, etc.
|
|
|
|
Jesus was handed over to the Sanhedrin, Herod, Pilate
|
|
|
|
Increasingly depraved desires
|
|
|
|
These desires quickly lead people downhill
|
|
|
|
"sinful desires" - epiqumia Gk. epthumia = lust, strong desire
|
|
|
|
Deparaved - aÓdo/kimoß Gk. (adokimos) - untested, unapproved
|
|
|
|
1Corinthians 9:27
|
|
|
|
|
No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
|
|
|
|
2Corinthians 13:5-7
|
|
|
|
|
Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you — unless, of course, you fail the test? And I trust that you will discover that we have not failed the test. Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong. Not that people will see that we have stood the test but that you will do what is right even though we may seem to have failed.
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2Timothy 3:8
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Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth — men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected.
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Titus 1:16
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They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.
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Hebrews 6:7-8
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Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed receives the blessing of God. But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed. In the end it will be burned.
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Is it True? Do I believe it?
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Yes - I saw it happen in college!
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Yes - it's happening in our communities.
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Geto Boys: "My Mind Playin' Tricks On Me"
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What difference does it make? So What?
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This is the bad news! It is the context for the good news.
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The righteousness revealed in the gospel balances the wrath of God revealed from heaven.
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This is the first part of the case that Paul makes against humanity. He starts with the most obvious parts of the problem.
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This gives us God's perspective on humanity - we have no excuse!
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The wrath is illustrated by the behavior of those under it.
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God's wrath on the Jews - 1Thessalonians 2:13-16
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Wrath is already here; judgement will come later.
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This is what the good news saves us from - Romans 1:16-17
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Homiletical Idea:
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Rejecting God is the road to wrath!
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Purpose of the Sermon (what listeners should do)
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Understand the risk of rejecting God.
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Learn to recognize daily opportunities to embrace or reject God.
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Understand how to embrace God rather than reject him.
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Homiletical Idea:
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Rejecting God is the road to wrath!
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Understand the risk of rejecting God.
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Rejecting God results in him releasing you to your own desires.
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This is where God's unhappiness with us starts.
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We tend to focus on lists of sins, but they are really just symptoms.
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We weren't designed for independence.
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The corruption in our flesh tends to multiply.
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A little leaven . . . - 1Cor 5:6; Gal 5:9
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Food left out of the refrigerator.
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Don't worship your freedom - use it to serve God. - Gal 5:13
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Learn to recognize daily opportunities to embrace or reject God.
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Will I talk to God this morning? Will I listen to him?
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Will I listen to what God says about events in my day"
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Is God trying to tell me something?
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Understand how to embrace God rather than reject him.
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What makes God happy?
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Relating to him makes him happy.
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Refusing to relate to him makes him unhappy.
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Say "Yes" to God on a regular basis. Why not say it right now?
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Write it down!
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Reflect on it!
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Talk it over with other brothers and sisters.
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Practice relating to God during worship.
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Don't focus on the music!
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Focus on tell God what he means to you!
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Listen to what he's saying back to you.
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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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Romans 1:18-32
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The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities — his eternal power and divine nature — have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator — who is forever praised. Amen.
Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.
Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
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Discussion Questions / Topics:
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God's revelation of himself in nature leaves us without excuse for failing to acknowledge him. Do you believe that people have no excuse for rejecting God? Discuss.
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What do you see in creation that demonstrates God's eternal power and divine nature?
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When people reject God's revelation of himself he gives them over to their own sinful desires. Can you recognize this process in any of your own history? Have you seen this in the lives of others? Discuss.
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Paul writes about people who "worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator". Are there any ways in which this applies to you? Discuss.
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Consider the various sins listed in this passage: idolatry, sexual immorality (heterosexual and homosexual), greed, envy, murder, deceit, gossip, slander, etc. Are there things about this list which surprise you? Are there items on this list that are especially meaningful to you? Discuss.
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Life Group Witnessing Activities
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Key Passage - Romans 1:16-17
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I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
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Discussion Questions / Topics:
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Have you had any opportunities to share the good news about Jesus with someone this past week? Discuss.
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Pray with your group for an opportunity to talk about Jesus with someone who is not a Christian this week.
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Scriptures For 10/17/2010 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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Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God — the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant of David, and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. Through him and for his name’s sake, we received grace and apostleship to call people from among all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith. And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.
To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints:
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world. God, whom I serve with my whole heart in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you in my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God’s will the way may be opened for me to come to you.
I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong — that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith. I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I planned many times to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now) in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.
I am obligated both to Greeks and Non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish. That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are at Rome.
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
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The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities — his eternal power and divine nature — have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator — who is forever praised. Amen.
Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.
Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
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Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “Men of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Now what you worship as something unknown I am going to proclaim to you.
“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’
“Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone — an image made by man’s design and skill. In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead.”
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Another time he went into the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Some of them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath. Jesus said to the man with the shriveled hand, “Stand up in front of everyone.”
Then Jesus asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they remained silent.
He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored. Then the Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they might kill Jesus.
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