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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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Romans: From Rags To Righteousness (Part 10)
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Raw Material
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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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World View
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Church is what you do on Sundays.
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Church is the bride and body of Christ.
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Preparation - Romans 8:1-17
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Select the Passage - Romans 8:1-17
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Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man, in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.
Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.
You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.
Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation — but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs — heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
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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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Through Christ, the Holy Spirit sets us free from bondage to sin and death.
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Analyze the Exegetical Idea
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Explain It: What does this mean?
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In Christ, God condemned sin in the flesh, enabling us to fully meet the righteous requirements of the law, by living according to the Spirit rather than according to the flesh.
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Because we have the Spirit, we can mind the things of the Spirit rather than the things of the flesh.
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This enables us to live according to the Spirit.
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Prove It: Is it True? Do I believe it?
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Yes - it has happened in my life.
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Yes - I've seen it happen in other lives.
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Yes - The gospel changes lives - 1Corinthians 6:9-11
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Apply It: What difference does it make? So What?
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We have clear strategy for living according to the Spirit - minding the things of the Spirit.
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Christians (those belonging to Christ) have the Spirit living in them. - Romans 8:9
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The Holy Spirit transmits life to us so that by the Spirit we can put to death the misdeeds of the body.
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Those who are lead by the Spirit of God are actually his sons.
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Our inheritance as sons depends on our sharing in Christ's suffering.
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What is the nature of our suffering? - Romans 5:3; Heb. 2:18
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Formulate the Homiletical Idea:
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Bondage to sin - the Law couldn't rescue us, but Jesus did.
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Determine the Purpose of the Sermon (what listeners should do)
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Understand that Christ has set us free from the law of sin and death.
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Understand how to walk according to the Spirit by minding the things of the Spirit.
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Make a commitment to walking according to the Spirit.
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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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Purpose of previous Sermon (Life Church Vision)
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Keep it real.
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The real gospel is righteousness by faith!
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Make sure that each of us understands the real gospel.
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Make sure that each of us communicates the real gospel.
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Drink from the river.
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Make it easy for others to drink.
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easy to connect with us,
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easy to stay with us,
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easy to grow with us,
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easy to serve with us!
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Purpose of previous week's Sermon (what listeners should do)
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Identify with Jesus' death.
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Accept what Jesus' death has done for us.
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Identify with Jesus' life.
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Embrace what his life does for us.
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Purpose of last weeks Sermon (what listeners should do)
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Stop trying to earn God's favor by keeping rules.
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Stop trying to achieve sanctification by keeping rules.
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Rely on Jesus' completed work and the Holy Spirit's ongoing work.
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Paul: " . . . you are not under law, but under grace." - Romans 6:8-14
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Romans 7:1-6 is an explanation of this previous one.
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Read Introductory Passage - Romans 7:7-25
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What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed I would not have known what sin was except through the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “Do not covet.” But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from law, sin is dead. Once I was alive apart from law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died. I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death. For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death. So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good.
Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! But in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin. I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do — this I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; but I see another law at work in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within my members. What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? Thanks be to God — through Jesus Christ our Lord!
So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in the sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.
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Review Of Romans 7:7-25
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The law is NOT sin. The commandment is holy, righteous, and good.
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The law makes us conscious of sin.
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In my inner man I delight in God's law.
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Rom. 7 describes someone who is a slave to God's law in his mind, not someone who has rejected the law.
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God is not calling us to reject the law altogether - just to reject trying to be sanctified by it.
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Read the Passage - Romans 8:1-17
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Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man, in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.
Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.
You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.
Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation — but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs — heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
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Exegetical Idea
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Through Christ, the Holy Spirit sets us free from bondage to sin and death.
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What does this mean?
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In Christ, God condemned sin in the flesh, enabling us to fully meet the righteous requirements of the law, by living according to the Spirit rather than according to the flesh.
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Because we have the Spirit, we can mind the things of the Spirit rather than the things of the flesh.
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This enables us to live according to the Spirit.
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Romans 8:1-17
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Before I understand that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ, I live according to the flesh even though I try to mind the law (not the flesh).
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After I understand the revelation of Christ, and that the law can't sanctify me, I should stop trying to be sanctified by the law and turn instead to minding the things of the Spirit. If I choose not to do this, then I am choosing to mind the things of the flesh.
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Is it True? Do I believe it?
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Yes - it has happened in my life.
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Yes - I've seen it happen in other lives.
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Yes - The gospel changes lives - 1Corinthians 6:9-11
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What difference does it make? So What?
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We have clear strategy for living according to the Spirit - minding the things of the Spirit.
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Christians (those belonging to Christ) have the Spirit living in them. - Romans 8:9
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The Holy Spirit transmits life to us so that by the Spirit we can put to death the misdeeds of the body.
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Those who are lead by the Spirit of God are actually his sons.
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Our inheritance as sons depends on our sharing in Christ's suffering.
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What is the nature of our suffering? - Romans 5:3; Hebrews 2:18
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Despite this series, many of us still have the law and rules as our "go to" approach for dealing with sin.
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When we're confronted with a problem in the life of another believer, we all to quickly point them to a rules and tell them to shape up.
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It would be better for us to develop our relationship with them to the point where we could assess the quality of the time they spend in god's presence.
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Homiletical Idea:
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Bondage to sin - the Law couldn't rescue us, but Jesus did.
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Determine the Purpose of the Sermon (what listeners should do)
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Understand that Christ has set us free from the law of sin and death.
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Understand how to walk according to the Spirit.
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Make a commitment to walking according to the Spirit.
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Understand that Christ has set us free from the law of sin and death.
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Summarize the preceding analysis of exegetical idea.
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Understand how to live according to the Spirit.
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The more of God's 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 14:25-26
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The Spirit speaks only what he hears. = John 16:5-15
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The ministry of the Spirit:
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Before salvation, the Holy Spirit's ministry to us is to lead us to surrender to Jesus.
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After salvation, the Holy Spirit's ministry to us is to make us more and more like Jesus.
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Living by the Spirit means paying attention to what the Holy Spirit is saying. I was so focused on Eva coming down the aisle at our wedding that I couldn't hear my groomsmen cracking jokes.
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Make a commitment to walking according to the Spirit.
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What could you do right now to begin living according to the Spirit?
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What is the biggest obstacle in the way of you living according to the Spirit?
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What is the biggest obstacle in the way of you minding the things of the Spirit?
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What is the biggest obstacle in the way of you spending time with God?
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Conclusion
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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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Lordship - Not asking God to help you with the puzzle you picked out, but rather asking him to pick out the right puzzle for you.l
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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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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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For the message:
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Illustration:
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What do I have to do Lord?
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Children need rules because their brains are not fully formed yet. Adults need rules in situations where relationship has not yet been established. 1Tim 1:9-11
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Review and Correct teaching on Jewish feasts.
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Introduction To The Sermon On The Mount
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Raw Material
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Preparation - Matthew 4:12 - 5:2
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Select the Passage - Matthew 4:12 - 5:2
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When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he returned to Galilee. Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali — to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah: “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, along the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles — the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.”
From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” At once they left their nets and followed him.
Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and he healed them. Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.
Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them, saying:
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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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Jesus launched his ministry by preaching repentance, demonstrating the Kingdom, and training disciples.
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Analyze the Exegetical Idea
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Explain It: What does this mean?
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Repent - metanoe÷w - metanoeo Gk. - To change one's mind
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"Follow me" is what Rabbi's say to prospective disciples.
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Teaching, healing, and delivering people are all reflections of God's Kingdom.
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Jesus prioritized training disciples in a ministry context.
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Prove It: Is it True? Do I believe it?
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Yes - I was trained in a ministry context.
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Apply It: What difference does it make? So What?
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Jesus' message must be understood in a context of repentance.
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We're going to see that Jesus interpreted the law in a profoundly strict way and made some extraordinary demands on his disciples.
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We've just seen from our series on Romans that the law can make us conscious of sin, but can't sanctify us. What gives the disciples any hope of being able to live up to Jesus' teaching?
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Formulate the Homiletical Idea:
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God wants to teach you personally.
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Determine the Purpose of the Sermon (what listeners should do)
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Embrace repentance.
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Understand the key to living up to Jesus' teaching.
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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 - Matthew 4:12 - 5:2
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When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he returned to Galilee. Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali — to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah: “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, along the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles — the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.”
From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” At once they left their nets and followed him.
Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and he healed them. Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.
Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them, saying:
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Exegetical Idea
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Jesus launched his ministry by preaching repentance, demonstrating the Kingdom, and training disciples.
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Homiletical Idea:
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God wants to teach you personally.
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What does this mean?
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Repent - metanoe÷w - metanoeo Gk. - To change one's mind
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"Follow me" is what Rabbi's say to prospective disciples.
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Teaching, healing, and delivering people are all reflections of God's Kingdom.
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Jesus prioritized training disciples in a ministry context.
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Is it True? Do I believe it?
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Yes - I was trained in a ministry context.
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What difference does it make? So What?
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Jesus' message must be understood in a context of repentance.
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We're going to see that Jesus interpreted the law in a profoundly strict way and made some extraordinary demands on his disciples.
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Homiletical Idea:
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God wants to teach you personally.
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Determine the Purpose of the Sermon (what listeners should do)
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Embrace repentance.
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Understand the key to living up to Jesus' teaching.
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Embrace repentance.
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Read excerpts from "Why Does He Do That?"
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Changing your mind means changing your world view
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Church is what you do on Sundays.
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Church is the bride and body of Christ.
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Understand the key to living up to Jesus' teaching.
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We've just seen from our series on Romans that the law can make us conscious of sin, but can't sanctify us.
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What gives the disciples any hope of being able to live up to Jesus' teaching?
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They were sanctified as they were led by Jesus.
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We are sanctified as we are led by the Holy Spirit -
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They Holy Spirit does for us what Jesus did for his disciples - John 14:1-26
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"They will all be taught by God - Isaiah 54:11-15; John 6:45
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God wants to teach us personally - let's pay attention.
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God: “They have been given my Spirit; teach them to listen to him.”
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Illustrate:
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An elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about.
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A priority other than God that I won't acknowledge.
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Lordship - Not asking God to help you with the puzzle you picked out, but rather asking him to pick out the right puzzle for you.l
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Raw Material
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Conclusion
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You have what you need!- 2Peter 1:3-9; 2Cor 1:18-20
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Use what you have!
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Every day we have a chance to become “a man/woman after God’s own heart”.
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Let's prioritize our relationship with God.
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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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Matthew 4:12 - 5:2
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When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he returned to Galilee. Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali — to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah: “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, along the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles — the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.”
From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” At once they left their nets and followed him.
Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and he healed them. Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.
Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them, saying:
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Discussion Questions / Topics:
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Describe a time when you genuinely repented. What made your repentance authentic?
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Describe the way that Jesus called you to follow him.
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Jesus prioritized teaching his disciples. Who are you teaching?
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The disciples prioritized being around Jesus to learn from him. What are you prioritizing?
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Romans 8:12-17
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Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation — but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs — heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
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Discussion Questions / Topics:
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In what ways were you led by the Holy Spirit this past week?
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How will you be led by the Holy Spirit this coming week?
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John 14:15-26
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“If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever — the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.”
Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”
Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.
“All this I have spoken while still with you. But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
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Discussion Questions / Topics:
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Jesus promised the disciples that after he went back to the Father, the Holy Spirit would make his presence real to them. How has the Holy Spirit made Jesus' presence real to you?
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Jesus trained his disciples. In what ways have you been trained? In what ways do you want to be trained?
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Life Group Witnessing Activities
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1 Peter 3:15-16
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But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.
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Questions & Answers
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We will have a Question and Answer session in February. Please reflect on what we've been doing and write down any questions you may have.
We're especially interested in questions about the following:
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The sermons of the past 3 months.
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The scriptures we've taught from over the past 3 months.
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General Bible questions.
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Submit Your Questions by January 31, 2011:
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In writing with the offering on Sunday
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Scriptures For 1/9/2011 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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When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he returned to Galilee. Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum, which was by the lake in the area of Zebulun and Naphtali — to fulfill what was said through the prophet Isaiah: “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way to the sea, along the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles — the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.”
From that time on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
As Jesus was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.” At once they left their nets and followed him.
Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. Jesus called them, and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.
Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and he healed them. Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him.
Now when he saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them, saying:
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Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man, in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.
Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.
You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.
Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation — but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it. For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, because those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs — heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
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“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.”
Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”
Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”
Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the miracles themselves. I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
“If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever — the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.”
Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”
Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.
“All this I have spoken while still with you. But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
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“I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you. All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you.
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