ALL About Jesus Part 3 Reconciliation “Saved To Serve”

All About Jesus – Part 3

“Saved to Serve”

Many problems with understanding God can be boiled down to this:  ___________ + ______________.

Jesus + ________________________

Jesus + ________________________

Jesus + ________________________

When we __________ something to Jesus we __________________ from the truth.

  1. _________________________ is all about Jesus.   (Col. 1:19-23)
  2. 19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.21 Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of[a] your evil behavior. 22 But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation— 23 if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

There is a _____________ for reconciliation.

Because of sin, all people are in __________________ with          God.  (vs 21) Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of[a] your evil behavior

 

There is a ________________ for reconciliation.

The ________________ prescribes the way to      reconciliation for the _________________.

2 Corinthians 5:18  All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 

There is a ____________________ in reconciliation. (vs 23) if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

Paul isn’t saying that you’re reconciled ______  ________          continue but that you __________ continue if you’re    reconciled.  1 John 2:19, 24

19 They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.

24 As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.

If someone says they have “____________  _______” of   following Jesus there is a likelihood that they  never    “______________ _______’

  1. Reconciliation leads to ______________.  (vs 24-29)24 Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church. 25 I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness— 26 the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord’s people. 27 To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.28 He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ. 29 To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me.

We are ______________ to _______________.

Paul’s _____________ could not be stopped because his            ____________ had been changed.  (vs 28-29) He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ. 29 To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me.

Because of what God did for Paul on the _____________,           Paul was willing to live for God on the ________________.

What’s more important for the follower of Jesus than       _______________ Jesus?

Step 1:  __________________

Step 2: __________________

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