Luke 18:18-30 — Who are you following?

• the Parable of the Camel and the Needle’s Eye

1. How do I get eternal life?

18. Now a certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

2. The Cost of the Law

19. Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone.
20. You know the commandments:
    do not commit adultery,
    do not murder,
    do not steal,

The video shown at the end of this message can be found here: Healed from a Stroke

The story

• Jesus is baptized by John
• voice of the Father “You are my beloved Son—with you I am well pleased.”
  • (This is going to be a key event because it is Jesus’ relationship with his Father that is going to be Satan’s point of attack.)
• the Spirit comes...
  

Why Jesus’ commands are not legalism—Luke 6

• How does this fit in with grace?
• How come Jesus does not spend his time telling people he loves them just the way they are and there is nothing they can do to make him love them more or less.
• Where is the grace?

I was mulling over my thoughts about our vision for Newlife Church and I came up with some key concepts. We want the church to be diverse in culture, age and social level. We want all the gifts in operation. We want evangelism and growth, a strong teaching foundation, and a love and care for people that addresses the huge social problems of the city and gives hope to the hopeless.

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Sermon Notes

1. The 12 are sent out

• Luke 9
  1. And he called the twelve together and gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases,
  2. and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal.
     

1. Acts 17

22. So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in all respects.

Psalm 90

A Prayer of Moses, the man of God

1. The Facts

The events of Acts Chapter 3

• We are going to read Acts 3:1-4:4 and then in a few mins we will watch it on video from the Visual Bible
  
  • The healing
  • The Message

What we can learn?

1. Not everything in this account can be directly applied to our situation

• Differences

2. But some things can

1. Belonging and Rejection

• Two witnesses in Luke
  
  • Two examples of preaching to Gentiles who come from a pagan background (unlike Cornelius)
  • We will watch first, go through passages and then watch the second
• Watch video: (disk 2, 01_1-04:10) 13:44—>14:20 (8:02)
• Only twice do we have a record of Paul’s preaching to Gentiles who have little or no contact with the Old Testament.

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Our micro “values-pack”

The Envelope/Cover

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(Part 2 of Series on the Gifts of the Spirit)

(Part 3 of Series on the Gifts of the Spirit)

(Part 5 of Series on the Gifts of the Spirit)

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Jesus' promise of his presence with us

• What about your story?
• What is God asking you to do?

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I’m optimistic about the future of the church. That’s because in Eph 4, God says that we’re moving out of childhood and into maturity. But how?

Please download & print the worksheet for this talk: gifts_worksheet.pdf

The church grows by every part doing their share. But how do I know what my part is?

For centuries many have struggled with this, and 100’s of books have been written. Is there an answer?

Many people struggle with feeling that their Christian life is a failure—a lack of power, joy, or victory over sin.

How do you build something without plans?

Most Christians have a rather limited understanding of this central part of the Christian church’s activity. How many of these did you know?

This is one of the oddest stories in Genesis, but it has a powerful and encouraging message for us.

The practice of “raising up stones” is a powerful one that we should be doing to grow in our faith

• Here are some stories to get you started.

• The preaching of Jesus came down to one thing, “Follow me!”
• Understanding what this means is key to becoming a Christian and to growing as a Christian

• Can these both be true? and if so then how can we really be close to him?
• Some parts of the Bible show God as really scary and other parts gentle and comforting.

• The Different Kinds of Beings in Existence
• The Pagan world view and avoiding it
• Evil & Suffering—It’s Origin & Destiny

• Most people will agree that there is something very wrong with this world
• How did it get this way?
• And how can we personally avoid falling into temptation in our lives?

• Union with Christ is the single most important idea in the whole of Christianity.
• If you truly understand what it means, and get a really firm grasp of it, then it will affect you profoundly.

• Living in the New, not the old—two huge ways in which being in the New Creation changes everything (because we are united to Christ).

• One ofthe things that gets in the way of our walk with God is that we so often fail and do the wrong thing
• This can fill us with shame, and stop us coming to God
• Here are two bad solutions to this problem and one really, really good one!

• In his last words to his disciples before he died, Jesus laid out for them a plan.

• It sounds like a contradiction when we are told:
  “Let us therefore make every effort to enter that rest” (Heb 4:11)
• But actually it is not, it is one of the keys to a fruitful, productive and stress-free life.

• We answer 12 common questions about the events leading up to Christ’s return, the day of judgement, and the age to come, with a focus on Matthew 24 & 25. We then consider what the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins really means, and how it challenges us.

• There are amazing connections between Eden, the temple, Jesus’ teaching, and the book of Revelation.
• Grasping the power of the temple imagery throughout the Bible will impact our own lives and mission.

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• Why does Jesus answer Mary in such an odd way? It is almost rude and seems very out of character.
• Yet it turns out that this answer is what unlocks the challenge to us in the story.

• What exactly made Jesus so angry?
• Why did he gave such a strange answer to the Pharisees?
• When we can truly resonate with Jesus’ anger and feel his love, we can get what this story is all about.

• Jesus challenged Nicodemus to think outside his religious box.

• John 3:16 is probably the best known verse in the Bible, but it has a hidden depth and richness that makes it (and the rest of the passage) well worth studying.

• Even if you are a Christian, there are some deep challenges in this story. Jesus wants to keep challenging you until you really know who he is, and act accordingly.

• After feeding the 5000 and walking on water, Jesus was asked to provide more food. The answer he gave was very strange, and resulted in many people walking away from him.

• These strange sounding words can be, for your, a deep source of life.

• Are you feeling dry and thirsty? Jesus is offering cool refreshing water: abundant, life-giving and free. Come and drink!

• There is a voice inside you that is telling you lies!
• Experience what it is like to have the truthful words of Jesus bringing freedom from this darkness.

• The stories from when Jesus walked this earth with us, show a man who experienced a full range of emotions, and was deeply empathic with those around him.

Hebrews 4 encourages us to experience this deep compassion as we engage with him in prayer.

• This is David’s best loved Psalm, but how did he come to write it?
• We piece together stories from throughout his life that could have provided inspiration for each part of the song.

• On the surface this is a simple healing story,
• but John has beautifully put together a series of events and conversations that build up to a startling revelation from Jesus
• that his light can actually lead people to become blind,
• and we ourselves need to pay close attention.