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I am THEREFORE… I do part 3
Feb 28
I am therefore I do – part 2
Feb 21
Love Revolution
Feb 14
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Matthew 5:38-44
English only has one word for love – Greek and Hebrew has a much better way of distinguishing different types of love.
What does Godlike love look like: 1 Corinthians 13:1-8
Love is/always/does not/is not/keeps/never…… what?
1 Corinthians 13:11
The Love Bank – must be genuine to be effective.
Mark 12:28-33
Deuteronomy 6:4-5
You have to understand and live out LOVE!
Love priorities are what?
God has given us a recipe for love
Love revolution should be expressed in every relationship
Ecc. 4:9-12
1 John 3:11
1 John 4:7,8,11,12
1 John 3:16
1 John 4:11
Marriage is a foundational relationship of all relationships in the world.
Eph 5:25,28,33
Mark 12:29-31
Gal 5:13-15
Love your neighbor as yourself!
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Healthy, Strong, Godly marriages are not the norm today.
root issue = we’re not living w/in God’s design for marriage
Goal:
- Show us God’s design of marriage
- Show us God’s design for men and women
- Define love according to God’s standards
These apply to all relationships, not just marriage
Eph 5, Christ is the groom and we are all the bride (church, people, etc)
Betrothal: 2 Cor 11:2, Eph 5:24
Ceremony Rev 19:7-9, 21:1-2
Marriages created to edify both men and women, Gen 2:18,24
- Edified through companionship 1 Cor 7:1
- Edified through pursuit John 17:20-23
- event to lifetime of actions
- Edified sexual relations 1 Cor 7:3-5
Matthew 22:37 – companionship; pursuit; mind and soul
Marriage created to glorify God
- Adam & Eve – Gen 2:22-24
- Christ & the Church – Rev 19:6-9
2 Cor 11:2 – Our marriages are to serve to the world, an intimate picture of Christ’s relationship to the Church.
Eph 5:22:33 – Marriage is a sacred covenant equal to Christ giving his life for us.
Hebrews 13:4-5 – God’s design is for women and men to observe abstinence until marriage so the blood covenant can be maintained.
Marriage is foundational for all of society
contract vs convenant
- contract – formal agreement between two people, legalistic
- covenant – binding agreement relational, value each other
God’s word always deals in covenant NOT contracts – Romans 4:14-15
Gen 9:8-11
Heb 9:11-15
Gen 2:22-24
lifelong covenant between Himself, one woman and one man Ecc 4:9-12
Beyond… the Urge to Quit
Jan 24
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Nehemiah 6 – There is a HUMAN desire to quit.
Nehemiah – “[Explained tough times for himself and ending with]. But, I prayed….”
The vision/mission is unlimited because we serve a limitless God, but Satan will do anything to attack us.
- We cannot allow Satan to distract us from the vision
- When the going got tough, Nehemiah prayed.
John 21:1-3,4-7,15-17
- Be faithful – inspite of the past(Philippians 3:13)
- Be faithful- in the present(John 21:18-20)
- Be faithful- in light of the future
- John 16:33
- 2 Timothy 3:1
- James 1:2
- 1 Peter 1:7
- It’s harder to restart after quitting instead of getting beyond the urge to quit
- We may not know what the future holds but we know WHO holds the future!!
Revelation 2:10b
Beyond… Membership
Jan 18
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Nehemiah 3-5
Nehemiah sought God(publically)
- people did not let opposition prevent the vision
Nehemiah 3:10-11 – spiritual warfare; mental exhaustion of the workers
Mission & Motivation of Jesus
John 3:16 -> world equated people who opposed God
- Lost people matter to God
- Jesus #1 purpose ===> save lost people
- Jesus paid w/his life to fulfill His purpose
- there was a physical cost
- there was an emotional cost
- there was a spiritual cost
The cup was the wrath of God(in the Garden prayer)
Romans 5:8
Jonah 4:11
Mark 10:21
Luke 19:10
Colossians 1:16
Isaiah 53:6
Matthew 3:17
Luke 23:24
Matthew 27:46
Jesus died with an obsession
Beyond… the Pews
Jan 11
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Main Verse: Nehemiah 2:11-20
Genesis 2, You have to be in a relationship with each other
Nehemiah 1:2; 2:1
1 John 4:8
1 John 3:18
God will always provide the friends to do his visions
Acts 2:44-47
Mark 1:16-18
Ephesians 5:1-2
Church in Acts was not an organizations to be attended
You cannot accomplish the role of Jesus by staying within the Church walls
Relationships are key to the vision of God
Beyond… Status-Quo
Jan 6
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Brian’s sermon is based on Nehemiah 1-2:10.
Notes:
- Rebuild(God’s vision for Nehemiah)
- walls
- spirit of people
- vision
- Proverbs 29:18 – Where there is no vision, the people will perish
- Intimacy – Nehemiah 1:4-6
- Understanding – Nehemiah 1:8-9
- Action – Nehemiah 1:11; 2:2-3
- Some verses that go along with this sermon:
- Psalm 33:9-11
- Proverbs 12:5
- Proverbs 15:22
- Proverbs 16:33
- Proverbs 19:21
- Ephesians 3:20-21
- 2 Corinthians 8:1-7,10-13
- Not equal gifts but equal sacrifice
- Sacrifice – Nehemiah 2:11
