Core_Personal Relationship with Jesus Christ
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In this fourth sermon on Geneseo Evangelical Free Church's 8 core values we will focus upon our commitment to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. From the earliest chapters of the Bible we see that God had a personal relationship with Adam and Eve. And as mankind falls into sin, that relationship is tested and changed, but God continues to build friendships with people like Abraham, Moses and David. And then, in the NT we see that Jesus has a circle of friends, but he expands that circle to include us as well!
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Core_Personal Relationship with Jesus Christ
- 1. CORE CORE
- 2. CORE A commitment to a personal, intimate relationship with Jesus Christ Through personal evangelism and lifestyle, corporate worship and programming we will stress the need for a personal relationship with Christ. Faith is personal, trusting and focused on the one True God. Further it is individualized.
- 3. CORE A Commitment to a Personal Relationship with Christ. We will stress the need for a personal relationship with Christ.
- 4. CORE God had a personal relationship with Adam and Eve – Genesis 3 8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”
- 5. CORE God’s Far From Perfect Friends •Abraham – Isaiah 41:8 •Moses – Exodus 33:11a •David – 1 Samuel 13:14 •Us – John 15:15
- 6. CORE God is not playing hide and seek! Acts 27:26-27 26 And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,
- 7. CORE God is not playing hide and seek! Acts 27:26-27 27 that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us
- 8. CORE A Commitment to a Personal Relationship with Christ. Faith is personal, trusting and focused on the one True God.
- 9. Trusting in “Flesh” Jer. 17:5 (NIV) This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the LORD. The arm of flesh will fail you
- 10. CORE Trusting in God - Psalm 56:3-4 3 When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. 4 In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
- 11. CORE Trusting in Christ – John 14:1 “Do not let your heart be troubled. You trust in God; trust also in me.” (Mounce’s translation)
- 12. CORE A Commitment to a Personal Relationship with Christ. Further it is individualized.
- 13. CORE Psalm 139:1-3 1 O LORD, you have searched me and known me! 2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. 3 You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.
- 14. CORE 1 Timothy 2 3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.
- 15. CORE Revelation 3:20 (NLT) “Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.”
- 16. CORE CORE
Editor's Notes
- A commitment to a personal, intimate relationship with Jesus Christ Through personal evangelism and lifestyle, corporate worship and programming we will stress the need for a personal relationship with Christ. Faith is personal, trusting and focused on the one True God. Further it is individualized.
- We will stress the need for a personal relationship with Christ.
- God had a personal relationship with Adam and Eve – Genesis 3 8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”
- God is not playing hide and seek! Acts 27:26-27 26 And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place,
- 27 that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not far from each one of us
- Faith is personal, trusting and focused on the one True God.
- Trusting in “Flesh” Jer. 17:5 (NIV) This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the LORD.
- Trusting in God - Psalm 56:3-4 3 When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. 4 In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
- Trusting in Christ – John 14:1 “Do not let your heart be troubled. You trust in God; trust also in me.” (Mounce’s translation) Describe who Mounce is. He is the E.F. Hutton of Greek studies. When R.H. Mounce speaks, students listen. When Mounce uses the word “trust” rather than “believe” it is worth noting. The Greek word for belief has a broader landscape than our word. It means to consider something to be true and therefore worthy of one’s trust. It doesn’t indicate a blind faith, but a reasoned faith. Jesus starts with that which was a shared belief. The Jews of his day shared a belief in God. But Jesus wants them to understand that he is trustworthy. They need to add a belief in Him.
- Further it is individualized.
- Psalm 139:1-3 1 O Lord, you have searched me and known me! 2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. 3 You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.
- Revelation 3:20 (NLT) “Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.”