Stetson Students

Passage

• Deuteronomy 11:18-28

Main Point

• Don't only trust the Bible, study the Bible!

Application

• Soap
  • Scripture
  • Observation
  • Application
  • Prayer

Passages

• 1 Corinthians 15:3-8, 17
• Matthew 28:11-14

The Five E's

• Execution
• Early
• Empty
• Eye-witness
• Experience

Main Point

• You can trust the Bible because history affirms that HIS STORY is reliable and true.

Passage

• Acts 10:34-43

Main Point

• You can trust the Bible because it has eyewitness testimony of people who literally saw Jesus live, die, and raise from the dead.

What is the Bible?

• The Bible is not a book, it's a library.
  • It’s 66 books, written over 1,500 years by 40 authors in 3 languages across 3 continents, telling one cohesive story.

Passage

• 2 Timothy 3:10-17

Main Point

• We can trust the Bible because it comes from the mouth of God

Passage

• Romans 15:1-4

Main Point

• The Bible is the guide to the Jesus Way

passage

• Acts 16:16-30

Main Point

• No matter how hard life gets, choose the Jesus Way

Passage

• 1 Samuel 17:34-51

Why Do We Go Against The Grain?

• Because God was, is, & always will be faithful

Main Point

• God is faithful, so you be faithful

Passage

• 1 Timothy 4:12-16

Main Points

• Going against the grain is influencing others to Jesus
• Going against the grain is influencing others to a better life

Am I going against the grain?

• Would people know I follow Jesus if I didn't tell them?
• Are people surprised when they hear I am a follower of Jesus?
• Am I influencing myself to influence others to Jesus?

Passage

• Philemon 1:8-16

Main Point

• A life reset by Jesus is a life defined by forgiveness
  • Seek Forgiveness
  • Seek to Forgive

Forgiveness 101

• Own 100% of your 2%
• Forgive out of forgiveness
• Start the process of reconciliation

Passage

• Nehemiah 1:4-2:8

Main Point

• A life reset by Christ is one where we want what God wants

Application

• God wants obedience, and obedience isn't defined by the outcome
  • God wants you to follow Him, not for the things he can offer you, but because you want a relationship with Him, as He wants a relationship with you.