what it means to be a disciple
mt 4:18-22
- who does the calling?
christ invites us
- what are we called to do?
come; follow; be fishers of men;
what does it mean to follow?
- be close, with them, do what they do
what did disciples leave to follow?
- jobs, friends, family, security
why did the follow immediately?
- jesus was a rabbi and to be called by a rabbi is a big deal bc rabbis are the highest in that society
john 1:40-42
- bringing others
john (transfiguration)
- in the high moments
- personal moments
mt26:36-38
- deep, intimate relationship
- with him in the tough moments
mt26:56
- disciples messed up
mt28:16-20
- werent disqualified from his love
- jesus didnt abandon them
what does it look like for me to follow?
what holds me back? what do i have to give up?
benefits?
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Showing posts with label John 1. Show all posts
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Grace and Truth
Jn 1:1-14:
What is Grace?
Undeserved, unearned favor
Getting something we don’t deserve and haven’t earned
Goes above and beyond mercy
What is Truth?
Reality, the whole story
Frank – confrontational, offensive
Define and describe. How do they relate to each other?
What would Grace w/out Truth look like?
Ignorant Love
“Cheap” Love
Example
What would Truth w/out Grace look like?
Judgment, Hell
Is it possible to have one without the other?
Why not?
In order to understand Grace, you need to know you don’t deserve it
Why are we so afraid of the Truth?
Let’s take a look at it
Gen 3:
(Gen 2:21, Gen 3:7-13)
V7 – ashamed, humiliated, in hiding
Why did they make themselves fig leaf coverings?
Closest thing at hand
Desperate to cover themselves
What was their motive?
Shame, guilt
What do we use as “fig leaves”?
Avoid the issue with busyness
Avoid the blame/responsibility by making excuses and blaming others
Rationalize by comparing ourselves to others
Look at our good behavior
What would it have looked like for God to give them “ignorant love”?
Love them w/out fixing their problem
Allow them to stay in their fig leaves
w/out getting at the real problem – what was on the inside
Is this real love? Is this love at it’s most potent point?
V21 – What did they already have on?
Fig leaves
Their own clothes
What does God provide?
Not innocence, but clothes
What did God make them do to give them His coverings?
Strip them of their fig leaves
Expose them
Why?
Fig Leaves get in the way
What was His motive?
He wanted to show them Grace
What did this force Adam and Eve to acknowledge?
Their coverings were inadequate
Fig leaves weren’t enough – not for God and not for them!
What thoughts do you think went through their heads as they saw God make their clothes?
Horrified at death – up to this point no one had died
Adam and Eve had sinned they knew they absolutely deserved it (Gen 2:16-17)
God killing innocent animal to provide their coverings
Deep wonder of God’s mercy
Practicals:
So why are we so afraid of Truth?
Do we know by refusing Truth, we refuse Grace
What are ways that we can expose ourselves to the Truth?
Look at your heart – What is your motive?
If you didn’t drink last weekend b/c …. You’re girlfriend told you not to
Matt said it tastes bad
If you’re here b/c … You think it makes you a good person
You want to make us happy
Then it’s ALL “fig leaves”. It’s ALL a front. It’s ALL fake, and it’s ALL inadequate!
Challenge:
If you want Grace, in all its fullness, then you must take with the Truth. Stop robbing yourself of Grace.
What is Grace?
Undeserved, unearned favor
Getting something we don’t deserve and haven’t earned
Goes above and beyond mercy
What is Truth?
Reality, the whole story
Frank – confrontational, offensive
Define and describe. How do they relate to each other?
What would Grace w/out Truth look like?
Ignorant Love
“Cheap” Love
Example
What would Truth w/out Grace look like?
Judgment, Hell
Is it possible to have one without the other?
Why not?
In order to understand Grace, you need to know you don’t deserve it
Why are we so afraid of the Truth?
Let’s take a look at it
Gen 3:
(Gen 2:21, Gen 3:7-13)
V7 – ashamed, humiliated, in hiding
Why did they make themselves fig leaf coverings?
Closest thing at hand
Desperate to cover themselves
What was their motive?
Shame, guilt
What do we use as “fig leaves”?
Avoid the issue with busyness
Avoid the blame/responsibility by making excuses and blaming others
Rationalize by comparing ourselves to others
Look at our good behavior
What would it have looked like for God to give them “ignorant love”?
Love them w/out fixing their problem
Allow them to stay in their fig leaves
w/out getting at the real problem – what was on the inside
Is this real love? Is this love at it’s most potent point?
V21 – What did they already have on?
Fig leaves
Their own clothes
What does God provide?
Not innocence, but clothes
What did God make them do to give them His coverings?
Strip them of their fig leaves
Expose them
Why?
Fig Leaves get in the way
What was His motive?
He wanted to show them Grace
What did this force Adam and Eve to acknowledge?
Their coverings were inadequate
Fig leaves weren’t enough – not for God and not for them!
What thoughts do you think went through their heads as they saw God make their clothes?
Horrified at death – up to this point no one had died
Adam and Eve had sinned they knew they absolutely deserved it (Gen 2:16-17)
God killing innocent animal to provide their coverings
Deep wonder of God’s mercy
Practicals:
So why are we so afraid of Truth?
Do we know by refusing Truth, we refuse Grace
What are ways that we can expose ourselves to the Truth?
Look at your heart – What is your motive?
If you didn’t drink last weekend b/c …. You’re girlfriend told you not to
Matt said it tastes bad
If you’re here b/c … You think it makes you a good person
You want to make us happy
Then it’s ALL “fig leaves”. It’s ALL a front. It’s ALL fake, and it’s ALL inadequate!
Challenge:
If you want Grace, in all its fullness, then you must take with the Truth. Stop robbing yourself of Grace.
Freshman Fellowship 9/21/08
Freshman Fellowship 9/21/08
Knowing Who We Are
- John 1:6-8, 19-28
3 points:
- life is ministry
- our life based of who Christ is
- most important thing is to take care of our relationship with Christ
Opening:
Small Groups
- What is one thing you read in the bible and what did you learn?
Lesson:
Read John 1:6-8
Read John 1:19-28
Recap
Brett Favre/Aaron Rodgers
- advice to Rodgers is to play his game, don’t be Favre
Who was John the Baptist?
Who was he not?
- clearly understood this
1. Our life must be based on who Christ is
What was his purpose?
- whole life based around this fact
What was his ministry?
- same thing; his life was his ministry
2. Life is ministry
Where did his mission come from?
- his identity
-- talk about calling; but it’s much more who we’re called to be rather than what job
3. Most important thing is to take care of our relationship with Christ
how do we cultivate our identity in Christ?
- fellowship, study, church, prayer, etc
-- all take time
what else requires our time?
- make the decision; it’s about where my heart is
Questions:
What’s your purpose? Why get up in the morning?
Is that based off Christ? (where is my heart?)
Challenge:
Spend time in the Word. Schedule it in to your lives and make it an immovable task. Ask yourselves these questions during that time and let Scripture answer it for you.
- part of making your identity rooted in Christ
Knowing Who We Are
- John 1:6-8, 19-28
3 points:
- life is ministry
- our life based of who Christ is
- most important thing is to take care of our relationship with Christ
Opening:
Small Groups
- What is one thing you read in the bible and what did you learn?
Lesson:
Read John 1:6-8
Read John 1:19-28
Recap
Brett Favre/Aaron Rodgers
- advice to Rodgers is to play his game, don’t be Favre
Who was John the Baptist?
Who was he not?
- clearly understood this
1. Our life must be based on who Christ is
What was his purpose?
- whole life based around this fact
What was his ministry?
- same thing; his life was his ministry
2. Life is ministry
Where did his mission come from?
- his identity
-- talk about calling; but it’s much more who we’re called to be rather than what job
3. Most important thing is to take care of our relationship with Christ
how do we cultivate our identity in Christ?
- fellowship, study, church, prayer, etc
-- all take time
what else requires our time?
- make the decision; it’s about where my heart is
Questions:
What’s your purpose? Why get up in the morning?
Is that based off Christ? (where is my heart?)
Challenge:
Spend time in the Word. Schedule it in to your lives and make it an immovable task. Ask yourselves these questions during that time and let Scripture answer it for you.
- part of making your identity rooted in Christ
Young Life's Uniqueness
leadership 2008 september 14
what makes yl unique?
- outreach
- not affiliated w a certain church
- relationship based!
--being at school is most important thing
-- about reaching the kids who wouldnt even think about church
1. go to them
john 1:14
the incarnation
- god in a bod, god coming to us
- god's contact work
john 10:10
in christ, we bring life to the full to youth
- lasts forever; nothing compares
mark 2:17
key to contact work: reaching the kids who are sick
- without going to them, we're missing the boat
mt 28:19-20
GO!
- very few ppl go; thats what we do
1cor2:2
- when we go, know nothing but christ and him crucified
-- anything else is death
how do we go?
- ftbl games, after school hang outs, school, mall, community events, any games, their job,
- know where kids are and show up
2. earn the right to be heard
- consistency, be intentional, listen, respect them, lose the cell phone, remember their names, be there for them not for young life
3. share our lives w them
1thess2:8
- be delighted to be w them
- make memories
- know administration
2 most important things:
1. love god (spend time growing our relationship w christ)
2. love your neighbor (love/know/go to kids)
what makes yl unique?
- outreach
- not affiliated w a certain church
- relationship based!
--being at school is most important thing
-- about reaching the kids who wouldnt even think about church
1. go to them
john 1:14
the incarnation
- god in a bod, god coming to us
- god's contact work
john 10:10
in christ, we bring life to the full to youth
- lasts forever; nothing compares
mark 2:17
key to contact work: reaching the kids who are sick
- without going to them, we're missing the boat
mt 28:19-20
GO!
- very few ppl go; thats what we do
1cor2:2
- when we go, know nothing but christ and him crucified
-- anything else is death
how do we go?
- ftbl games, after school hang outs, school, mall, community events, any games, their job,
- know where kids are and show up
2. earn the right to be heard
- consistency, be intentional, listen, respect them, lose the cell phone, remember their names, be there for them not for young life
3. share our lives w them
1thess2:8
- be delighted to be w them
- make memories
- know administration
2 most important things:
1. love god (spend time growing our relationship w christ)
2. love your neighbor (love/know/go to kids)
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Come and See
Campaigner Lesson. John 1:41-53.
Small groups:
- Highs?
- Lows?
- What was the last scripture read and what did it teach you?
READ John 1:43-51
- campaigner; have them listen
READ John 1:43-51
- me; have them underline
Summarize
- What happened?
Why did Philip go to Nathanael?
- Excited about Christ; wants others to know; knew Nathan had to know
Compare 1:43 and 1:45
- v43: “He found Philip and said to him…”
- v45: “Philip found Nathanael and said to him…”
- What does this say about Jesus’ command to follow?
How does Nate react?
- disbelief
- Nazareth = redneck, backwater, nothing good ever came from here, Perry County
Did he want to go?
- No, but he went anyways
- Why?
Would he have come without Philip?
- No
- Christ could have done this but chose to use Philip
- Philip was willing to risk rejection and did get rejected; but didn’t take no for an answer
How did Nate react when he met Jesus?
- Excited, total perspective change
What does Jesus promise Nate?
- promises of greater things
- all he did was come and see and Christ is already changing his life
- both will see these things because of their friendship
Who do you trust? Why?
- They’ve proven themselves trustworthy
- LotR: think the fellowship trust each other?
- didn’t start like that
- what changed?
Same goes for God
- how is he going to prove himself trustworthy if we refuse to let him?
- faith is trusting that Christ is all we need; it’s actively lived out
- many believe in God; few have faith
- if there is no relationship there is no trust
- relationship comes through putting time and effort in
- praying, reading scripture (pray, read twice, underline, apply, pray)
- we’re called to have faith, not just believe
- Pharaoh believed, demons believe but they don’t know God
Monday night
- How’d it go?
- Invite anyone?
- What’s the purpose?
Connection with passage?
- What are we inviting them to see?
- Will people come without us risking?
- like Nate, they’ll reject us initially, you know this
- Christ calls us to follow him, which means follow his lead
- saved and called
- how do we trust God?
- build the relationship, learn what God says
- Christ changes people, not us
- use connections
- Why did Philip go to Nate? They were friends
- talk about it now
- rides to friends/freshmen
- stay after practice/school
- lunch room
- hmwk times
What is a huddle?
- team, learn the play
- play is being intentional
- HUDDLE!
- affirm and lift them up
- here, we’re a team
- Col 1:17, we’re held together by Christ
- games not won in huddle, but on field
- from here we go out and trust
- team has to trust each other or play will fall apart
- our part of the play is to build relationships
- Christ will change lives
- PRAY
- break huddle
- do it
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