Church of The Open Door Sermons

Church of The Open Door Sermons

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Church of The Open Door Sermons episodes

  • Be Clean – Week Three (Avon Lake Campus)
    Into the Deep
     “Be Clean”
    Luke 5:12-16
     
    “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”
    The man knew that Jesus could, so he asked if Jesus was willing
    The focus was on being made ceremonially
    Jesus touched the leper: a move of both compassion and authority
    We are the leper
    Jesus offers cleansing and restoration for the spiritual outcast
    What did you learn?
    What are you going to do about it?
    LifeGroup Questions:  Applying the Teaching to Our Life
    What stood out from the message?
    What did the leper do when he saw Jesus?
    What is the significance of cleansing vs healing?
    Why did Jesus touch the leper? Why is that important?
    How are we like the leper? What does this story mean for us?
    How should the fact that Jesus saved us(outcasts) change how we interact with “outcasts” in our society?
    What steps are you going to take to care for the lost, broken, marginalized, and hurting in your context?
    What’s your game plan?
    Supporting Scripture:
    Leviticus 13:45-46; Genesis 3:22-24; Romans 5:8-10; 2 Corinthians 5:21
    45 min
  • Deep Healing – Week Three (Elyria Campus)
    Series: Into the Deep
    Text: Luke 5:12-16
    Title: Deep Healing
    The leper’s approach poses the question: What happens when Jesus comes face to face with deep need?
    In ancient times, leprosy was just as much a relational disease as it was a physical one.
    Sin has broken our relationships and made us unfit for God’s presence.
    In his approach, the leper demonstrates a desperate belief: a combination of suffering, faith, humility, and surrender.
    Jesus’ response answers the question: He restores the leper, showing that He is both willing and able to save.
    Jesus uses His body to touch the man, comforting him and affirming his human dignity.
    Jesus uses His words to reveal God’s heart and to heal the disease.
    Jesus uses His instruction to restore the man to community with others and communion with God.
    Big Idea: Only when we approach Jesus with faith, humility, and surrender do we receive the deep healing that He died to give.
     
    LifeGroup Questions: Applying the Teaching to Our Life
    Icebreaker: Share a time when you got in trouble as a kid. How did your parents respond?
    What is the most alone or isolated you have ever been? What happened next? What did you find helpful or comforting during that time?
    The leper demonstrated a desperate belief in Jesus. What were the four parts that contributed to his desperate belief? Which one of those four do you struggle with the most?
    Like the leper, do you have a desperation that drives you to the feet of Jesus? Why do you think that might be?
    Have you ever wondered to yourself, “I know God is able, I’m just not sure He is willing to help”? What prompted that question in you?
    Why is the fact that Jesus touches the leper so significant? What does that mean for the way we interact with one another as a group?
    What’s the danger in treating our healing, or our salvation like it is the end of the story rather than the beginning of an adventure?
    As you reflect back over the course of the Into the Deep sermon series, what is one next step that you can take moving forward?
    47 min
  • Deeper – Week Two
    Into the Deep
    “Deeper”
    Luke 5:8-11
    Jesus takes us into a deeper revelation of:
    who He is
    Teacher, Healer, Master, Lord
    Worthy to be worshiped and obeyed
    who we are
    sinful, ruined,
    unworthy, afraid
    our great need
    We need Jesus
    We need His grace
    We need a clean start
    And then calls us into a new life:
    new focus: people
    new purpose: seek and save the lost
    new leadership: follow Jesus
    44 min
  • Going Deeper with Jesus – Week One
    Into the Deep
    “Going Deeper with Jesus”
    Luke 5:1-7
    How do you listen to the teaching of the Word of God?
    Listening to be entertained?
    Listening to be informed?
    Listening to be transformed?
    Why does Jesus call us to “launch into the deep”?
    To reveal more of who he is
    To teach us to trust him
    The “deep” is where we learn to trust Jesus.
    How do you respond to the call of Jesus to go deeper?
    Hesitance?
    Resistance?
    Obedience?
    Jesus takes us deeper in order to make our faith stronger.
    When do we struggle with trusting Jesus?
    When it doesn’t make sense.
    When we want to do something different.
    When we’re hurting.
    When the timing seems bad.
    Disciples live “because you say so” lives.
    Will you trust Jesus and “launch into the deep”?
    The deeper we go with Jesus, the stronger our faith becomes.
    48 min
  • Learning the Rhythms of Jesus – Week Three
    Getting to Know Jesus
    “Learning the Rhythms of Jesus”
    Luke 4:42-44
    We get to know Jesus better by watching the priorities and rhythms of his life:
    Jesus lived in the rhythm of connecting with God and serving people
    Jesus’ priority was love: he loved God and loved people
    Jesus’ connection with God gave him clarity of purpose
    Jesus’ purpose was to proclaim the good news of the Kingdom of God
    Jesus lived in the rhythm of “being sent” and “being led”
    Jesus was sent by the Holy Spirit:
    He was entrusted with a message
    Jesus was led by the Holy Spirit:
    He was empowered for a mission
    Jesus lived in the rhythm of ministering in public and private
    Jesus went to synagogues to worship and preach
    Jesus went to homes to teach and serve
    Jesus lived in the rhythm of proclaiming and doing the Kingdom
    God’s Kingdom comes when His will is done.
    God’s Kingdom comes when we live a CHRISTlike life.
    51 min
  • How well do you know Jesus? – Week Two
    Getting to Know Jesus
    “How well do you know Jesus?”
    Luke 4:31-41
    How well do you know Jesus?
    0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    I don’t, to Perfectly
    What do we need in order to know Jesus better?
    We need to be taught.
    Learn about Jesus.
    Learn from
    Learn Jesus.
    There’s a difference between knowing a lot about Jesus and really knowing Jesus.
    Learn to be like
    We need to be delivered.
    People can be possessed by an evil spirit.
    People can be oppressed by an evil spirit.
    People can be influenced by an evil spirit.
    Jesus combines His word and His power to set us free!
    We need to be healed.
    Jesus heals us spiritually.
    Jesus heals us physically.
    Jesus heals us emotionally.
    Jesus heals us relationally.
    What do you need to learn from Jesus?
    What do you need to be set free from by Jesus?
    Where do you need to be healed by Jesus?
    As we experience the word and power of Jesus, we get to know Jesus better.
    49 min

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Each weekend at Church of the Open Door a message is given based on the Word of God. Dr Jim Mindling, Senior Pastor, and other members of the staff equip the large congregation located in Northeast…