Main Point: If Jesus has all authority, he can forgive sins.

1. The Natural World Obeys Him - 8:23-27

2. The Supernatural World Obeys Him - 8:28-34

3. God Has Authorized Him - 9:1-8

Main Point: Real unity requires real power against a real enemy.

1. Real Power (v. 10)

2. Real Enemy (v. 11-13)

3. Real Unity (v. 14-18)

Main Point: Christians are servants to Christ first, and servants or masters to men second.

I. Servants and Masters to Men

II. Servants of Christ

III. Which Comes First, and Why?

Main Point:

It is right for children to walk in obedience to their parents, and fathers to raise children in the Lord, that they may experience the closeness to God that is the inheritance of the children of God, unified with Christ, through the Holy Spirit!

1. Children, obey your parents in the Lord

2. Fathers, bring up your children in the Lord

Faith Looks Like:

1. A Struggle

2. Remembering God's Promises

3. Obeying Despite Fear and Discomfort

4. Remembering Whose Name is on the Deed

1. Wives, submit to your husbands... (22-24)

2. Husbands, love your wives... (25-33)

Main point: It’s OK to be a mess, but not OK to give up.

I. The Dream Died (vs 1-5)

II. The Devil Didn’t Do It (vs 6-9)

III. It’s OK to be a Mess (vs 10-18)

IV. Darkness Destroyed (vs 1)

Godly Love looks like Christ, self-sacrificing, not like the World, sexually immoral, impure, or covetous.

I. We must Love like Christ. (1-2)

II. We must not Love like the world. (3-6)

III. Because light and darkness cannot coexist (7-14)

To walk in unity your behavior must change through a change of mind.

I. Move beyond futility in your thinking - 17-24

II. Case studies in renewing your mind - 25-32

I. Our call to value unified diversity - 1-3

II. Two reasons diversity shouldn’t divide - 4-16

a. The unity of the diverse Trinity - 4-6

b. The gracious gifts of the ascended Christ - 7-16