Week 4: Why Do You Call Me Lord And Do Not Do What I Say? | Luke 6:46-49

Scripture: Luke 6:46-49
Key Takeaways:

Matthew 28:18-19

Ephesians 1:20-23

“Our commitment to Jesus can stand on no other foundation than a recognition that he is the one who knows the truth about our lives and our universe…Could we seriously imagine that Jesus could be Lord if he were not smart? If he were divine, would he be dumb? Or uninformed? Once you stop to think about it, how could he be what we take him to be in all other respects and not be the best-informed and most intelligent person of all, the smartest person that ever lived? He is not just nice, he is brilliant…‘Jesus is Lord ’can mean little in practice for anyone who has to hesitate before saying ‘Jesus is smart. ’He always has the best information on everything and certainly also on the things that matter most in human life.”- Dallas Willard, Divine Conspiracy

Matthew 7:21-24

O Christ What Burdens Bowed Thy Head:

The tempest’s awful voice was heard, O Christ, it broke on Thee! Thy open bosom was my ward, It braved the storm for me. Thy form was scarred, Thy visage marred; Now cloudless peace for me. – Anne Cousin

Easter | Week 3: Why Do You Seek The Living Among The Dead? | Luke 24:1-12

Scripture: Luke 24:1-12
Key Takeaways:

1 Corinthians 15:3–9

1 Corinthians 15:14

1 Corinthians 15:30–32

Jesus did rise from the dead and Christianity is true, and you must honestly face it. 

OR 

Jesus did not rise from the dead and Christianity is false, and you can completely forget it.  

Jesus did not die. (“Swoon Theory”)  

The disciples were deceived.  

The disciples were deceivers.  

You won’t find Jesus among the dead.

You won’t find life away from Jesus.  

1 Corinthians 15:32

Week 2: Why Do You Spend Your Money On What Is Not Bread? | Isaiah 55:1-9

Scripture: Isaiah 55:19
Key Takeaways:

The greatest things we need are found in a relationship with God. 

“What causes us to be fickle is the realization that our present pleasures are false, while failing to realize that absent pleasures are also vain.” Blaise Pascal. 

The Greatest things we need are completely free. 

John 6:35

John 7:37–39

Anything that would lead you away from God, or rise above him, is an enemy to your joy. 

“...in the past couple of years, I have noticed a happiness pattern that relates to politics. Namely, the people most in the know tend to be unhappier than those who pay less attention. I subjected this observation to a bit of analysis, and sure enough, the numbers bear it out. I analyzed the 2014 data from the General Social Survey collected by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago to see how attention to politics is associated with life satisfaction. The results were significant. Even after controlling for income, education, age, gender, race, marital status and political views, being “very interested in politics” drove up the likelihood of reporting being “not too happy” about life by about eight percentage points.” Arthur C Brooks. “Depressed by Politics? Just Let it Go,” 2017.  

The invitation is to come to God once and daily. 

Week 1: Where Are You? | Genesis 3:1-15

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-15
Key Takeaways:

James 1:13–15

Hide from God

Jonah 1:3–5

Psalm 139:7–12

Cover Up

Make Excuses and Shift Blame

Genesis 3:21

Luke 19:10

Face Ourselves

Face God

Luke 15:20

Receive Grace 

Come, ye sinners, poor and needy, Weak and wounded, sick and sore Jesus ready stands to save you, Full of pity, love and pow'r. I will arise and go to Jesus, He will embrace me in His arms In the arms of my dear Savior, Oh, there are ten thousand charms. – Joseph Hart (1759).