Read the Bible passage Service Outline A Spiritual church? Holy Spirituality: All about Jesus (v. 1-3) Holy Spirituality: All of God’s grace (v. 4-6) Holy Spirituality: Diverse gifts, united purpose (v. 7-11) A Holy Spirit church
Read the Bible passage Service Outline Family meals The Corinthians’ family meal: Despising the church of God (v. 17-22) The Lord’s family meal: Remembering Christ crucified (v. 23-26) The travesty: Re-crucifying their Lord! (v. 27-31) The remedy: Receiving their Lord’s discipline (v. 32-36) Discerning the body today
Read the Bible passage Service Outline A difficult passage? God’s good design in creation: A noble calling (Gen 1:28) A beautiful partnership (Gen 1:27; 2:23-25) God’s good design in his church: A noble calling (1 Cor 10:31-11:1) A beautiful partnership (1 Cor 11:2-16) Embracing God’s good design; displaying God’s wonderful gospel
Read the Bible passage Service Outline Lost!? Surprisingly lost (15:11-19) Surprisingly found (15:17-24) Surprisingly angry (15:25-30) Unsurprisingly glad (15:31-32) Coming home to the prodigal Father
Read the Bible passage Service Outline A strange way to change the world Enlightenment over aggression (Luke 2:32) Matthew 26:50-54 Matthew 28:19-20 Acts 18:1-13 Aggression over enlightenment Colossians 1:28-29 Discussion question: How does Jesus’ mission help us think about the good and the terrible in ‘Christian’ history?
Read the Bible passage Service Outline Spot the difference? Jesus’ equality revolution: Equally precious to God Equally fallen before God Equally invited by God The test of equality: Love for your enemy The ground is level at the foot of the cross
Read the Bible passage Service Outline Freedom is the air we breathe The odd ones out We believe in freedom because of Jesus Jesus the liberator The seed that brings freedom True freedom is only found in Jesus Freedom eroded Fish don’t fly birds don’t swim Question of the day: What do you think would…
Read the Bible passage Service Outline ‘How’s the water boys?’ The air we breathe: Compassion for the weak The air of the ancients: Discarding the weak The Jesus revolution: Compassion incarnate (Luke 7:11-17) Jesus sees… and feels… and acts… Jesus’ compassion for you
Read the Bible passage Service Outline Where is this new life and how did we get it? What’s included in this new life in Christ as we read about it in today’s passage? The Father and his family. ” to the praise of his glorious grace.” A new freedom. A new future. …
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