WITH - Life Under God | September 10, 2023
Bob Schwahn | Lead Pastor
What comes to your mind when you think of God is the most important thing about you.
— A.W. Tozer
Revelation 21:3 (NIV)
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.
What do we mean by Life Under God?
Ephesians 2:8-10 (NIV)
8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
How Jesus pushes back on Life Under God?
How can you see Life Under God in YOURSELF? Church?
Galatians 3:1-3 (NIV)
1 You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified. 2 I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law, or by believing what you heard? 3 Are you so foolish? After beginning by means of the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by means of the flesh?
Unhealthy Fear of God leads to Fearing His judgment
1 John 4:15-18 (NIV)
15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. 17 This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. 18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
Evangelism focuses on morality and not Jesus.
We think a healthy spiritual life is simply avoiding sin.
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Notes Page: https://journeyweb.net/sermons/notes/2023.09.10.pdf
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