Living In Jesus

LIVING IN JESUS

INTRO: WHERE DO WE LIVE?

1: DO WE THINK OF A PHYSICAL ADDRESS?

A) 1234 SYCAMORE DR.

B) OR DO WE THINK OF WHERE DO WE LIVE SPIRITUALLY

C) WHERE IS MY LIFE RIGHT NOW

D) HOW DOES THE LIFESTYLE I’M LEADING LINE UP WITH WHAT GOD WANTS FOR ME

POINT: JESUS TOLD HIS DISCIPLES TO ABIDE IN HIM, THAT MEANS TO DWELL OR TO LIVE IN HIM. TO LIVE FOR HIM, TO RESIDE WITHIN HIS WILL AND TEACHINGS.

2: THE TRUE VINE

A) THE SEVENTH I AM IN JOHN

B) IT DESCRIBES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES

C) THE BRANCH CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT THE VINE

D) JESUS IS THE TRUE OR ORIGNAL GENUINE VINE, THE SOURCE OF LIFE AND PEACE.

POINT: THE ILLUSTRATION IS CLEAR ONE HAS TO HAVE THE OTHER TO SURVIVE. WE HAVE TO ACCEPT CHRIST TO BE FREED FROM SIN, WE HAVE TO ABIDE IN JESUS TO BECOME LIBERATED FROM THE SLAVERY OF THIS SINFUL WORLD.

BODY: MUCH FRUIT

1: WHAT IS YOUR GOAL?

A) WHAT DO YOU ASPIRE FOR IN YOUR CHRISTIAN LIFE?

B) DO YOU JUST WANT TO COME TO CHURCH WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE IT

C) DO YOU JUST WANT TO BE PART OF SOMETHING.

POINT: GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD SET ABOUT A DIFFERENT STANDARD FOR THEIR LIVES, WE SHOULD SEEK TO DO GOD’S WILL BY LIVING IN THE GRACE AND MERCY OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. WE SHOULD BE LIVING OUT THE GREAT COMMISSION EVERYDAY OF OUR LIVES. ALLOWING OURSELVES TO RESIDE IN THE STRENGTH OF JESUS. OUR GOAL SHOULD BE TO SEE AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN COME TO ACCEPT CHRIST AS SAVIOR.

2: MUCH FRUIT

A) TO BE A GOOD WORKER

B) ONE WHO IS WILLING AND READY

C) THOSE WHO WILL GIVE OF THEIR TIME, TALENT, AND THEIR TREASURE

D) YOU LIVE IN JESUS AND YOU WILL BEAR FRUIT.

POINT: JESUS SAID HE CAME TO GIVE LIFE AND TO GIVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY. SERVICE FOR GOD NEVER GOES UNNOTICED BY THE LORD, SATAN WILL TRY TO MAKE YOU BELIEVE THAT NO ONE CARES OR THAT NO ONE APPRECIATES WHAT YOU DO. BUT GOD NOT ONLY KNOWS, HE IS KEEPING TRACK OF WHAT YOU DO IN THE BODY OF CHRIST.

3: WITHOUT ME YOU CAN DO NOTHING

A) WITHOUT JESUS WE ARE POWERLESS

B) WITHOUT THE COVERING OF HIS BLOOD WE ARE CONDEMNED

C) WHEN WE SET OUT TO DO THINGS IN THE CHURCH IF WE LEAVE OUT CHRIST WE SET OURSELVES UP FOR FAILURE.

D) THE ONLY SOURCE OF LIFE WE HAVE TO RELY ON FOR NOURISHMENT, STRENGTH, PROTECTION, AND GROWTH IS THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

CLOSING: MANY TIMES WE SET OUT TO DO BIG THINGS IN OUR LIVES, WE MAKE ALL KINDS OF PLANS, AND WE BUILD OUR LIVES AROUND WHAT WE THINK OR FEEL IS IMPORTANT TO US.

QUESTION: HOW MANY OF US DO THESE THINGS WITH GOD IN MIND?

ARE YOU LIVING IN JESUS, OR YOURSELF?