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Indifference – 5/5/2019

Remember the Dunkin Donuts commercial? “Time to make the donuts…” – Have you ever felt that way about some responsibility you’ve had? Work, family, Church, etc.?

Text: Revelation 3:14-22

Discussion:

Q: What is the church @ Laodicea being criticized for here?

Q: What are they lacking? (passion, zeal, purpose!)

Zeal: Titus 2:11-14, John 2:17, Romans 12:8-11, Revelation 3:19

They were certainly zealous; just not about the appropriate things = Legalism!

Q: What does that look like in the church of today?

Are there things we get really worked up about that really don’t matter?

Does this cause us to lose our focus on Christ and what He has asked of us?

Q: How does it manifest itself in the body? Individually? Corporately?

Q: How do we guard against this in ourselves (individual, small group, church, Church)?

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Post-Easter – 5/05/19

If you could either change something from your past, or see your future, which would you choose? And Why?

Text: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Summary: Jesus did for us that which we could not do for ourselves. And in doing so, He gave us freedom from our past, purpose (and peace) in our present, and hope in our future. As devoted followers of Christ, how are we to respond to this gift?

Discussion:

Q: What do you struggle with the most; guilt over your past, the uncertainty of the present, or optimism about the future?

Q: What is God’s providence? – The protective care of God

Hebrews 13:8 (ESV) – “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.”

  • Your past: 1 John 1:9, Romans 3:23
  • Your present: Philippians 4:6
  • Your future: Ephesians 2:1-10, Romans 8:18-30

So there it is in black and white (and red).

Q: If we truly believe, why are we so inconsistent in our thoughts and actions?

Romans 7:15-20, Matthew 26:34-35

Q:  How do we combat our own flesh?

Matthew 26:41 – Stay awake!

Be a vigilant man. Don’t be a lazy man. Don’t be a slacker. Get up. Do your work. Come home. Do your work. Get a vision. Be intentional. Don’t sleep your life away. If you’re lazy, kill it. Put it to death. It is remarkable to me here that when he says, “The flesh is weak and the spirit is willing,” he’s not mainly talking about sex. He’s talking about weariness. You’re just too tired to read your Bible, too tired to lead the family in any kind of moral enterprise, too tired to go to church, too tired to talk to anybody. You just think to yourself, “I just want to go home and sit.”

– John Piper*

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