A Holy Transformation (Romans 6:11-14) (Session 3)
1) Recognize your ____________________ in Christ 2) Resist the ___________________________ of sin 3) Rest in ___________________________________
Pursuing Goodness and Wisdom In a Digital Age
1. Pursue Goodness Pursuing goodness means that we need to be aware of goodness Pursuing goodness means that our ideas of goodness need to be calibrated 2. Pursue Wisdom Use technology while keeping an eye on your heart Use technology while being aware of its limitations Use technology with purpose and love Use technology as […]
An Audience of One (1 Corinthians 4:1-5)
Key idea: A people centered on Messiah are a people of integrity. 1. A people of integrity are marked by their fidelity to one audience (vv. 1-5) a. We look to no one, not even ourselves (vv. 3-4) b. We are not God (v. 5) c. We follow Jesus
Our Only Comfort In Life and Death (1 Corinthians 3:18-23)
Key idea: People centered on the Messiah must know the cause of spiritual myopia and the cure for spiritual myopia. 1. The cause of spiritual myopia (vv. 18-20) Self-deception believes that the problem is out there, not within (v. 18a) Self-deception thinks that they are something when they are nothing (v. 18b) Self-deception only looks […]
A Long Obedience In the Same Direction (Luke 2:22-52, 3:21-22)
Key idea: Faithful Christian living is a long obedience in the same direction to the glory and pleasure of God. 1. Following Jesus is a long obedience in the same direction to the glory and pleasure of God
Messiah, the Cornerstone (1 Corinthians 3:5-17)
Key idea: A people centered on Messiah remember what the church must not be charmed by and what the church must be founded on. 1. The church must not be charmed by status (vv. 5-9a) 2. The church must be founded on the Messiah (vv. 9b-17) 3 dangers that will destroy the church a. Bad […]
The Mind of Messiah (Part 2) (1 Corinthians 2:14-3:4)
Key idea: Having the mind of Messiah means that the path of maturity must be patterned after the cross Having the mind of Messiah means that the path of maturity must be patterned after the cross (2:14-16) Three implications of a cruciform maturity Our maturity must be open to correction and examination (3:1-2) Our maturity […]
The Mind of Messiah (Part 1) (1 Corinthians 2:6-16)
Key idea: Having the mind of Messiah means that our standards of maturity are redefined
HE>i (1 Corinthians 2:1-5)
Key idea: A life that is centered on Messiah must be centered on the Messiah, not his followers, and must be centered on the power of God, not the persuasiveness of others. 1. We must be centered on the Messiah, not his followers (vv. 1-2) Stewarding influence means using influence in the service of others […]
A Bunch of Nobodies (1 Corinthians 1:26-31)
Key idea: A people centered on Messiah must remember who they were, who they are, and must never forget the One who did it all. 1. We must remember who we were (vv. 26-29) 2. We must remember who we are (v. 30) 3. We must never forget the One who did it all (v. […]
