Discussion
Questions
Getting to Know You:
When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
Into the Bible:
How does it make you feel knowing that there is no such thing as earthly
security? How does the truth of God’s ownership change or mold your
perspective?
“Let the dead bury their own dead.” What was part of your old life that
was important to you before, but shouldn’t be important now?
Next week’s sermon:
Mighty Men of Mission: Peter
Acts 10 & 11
Digging Deeper
Read Colossians 3:5-17. What do we put off when we die to our
ownership of ourselves? What are we do put on in the realization that we
are owned by Jesus? Why do you think this takes a process?
Application
Not having a choice seems like a scary
proposition. But after choosing Jesus, not
having a choice is to be a source of peace in our
lives. How are you planning on getting to that
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Sermon Notes
September 28, 2014
3. When we remember that our lives are not our own, we have
no choice, but to ___________ exactly when and how Jesus calls us.
Otherwise we risk losing him altogether.
__________ belong to Jesus. He always comes ____________.
“Stewardship: Whose life?”
A steward is: someone who takes care of something for
________________________________.
Sin is “________ right, to _______ way, no matter what.”
Luke 9:57-62
1. To follow Jesus is a life lived without ___________________ of stuff
There is no such thing as earthly security. This can only be found in
Jesus and in the place he is preparing for us even now.
Colossians 3:1-4
2. Because we received Jesus’ death and resurrection as our
own, we are no longer allowed to pick and choose what takes
____________________ in our lives.
Romans 6:16, Galatians 4:7, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20
Knowing that Jesus _____ our lives changes every decision we make
every day because now it is no longer our choice to make. It is his.
1 Kings 20:19-21
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