You Changed My Mind

Text: John 4. What is holding you back from fully following Jesus?

God's sovereignty calms all fear and anxiety, and we respond to who He is with joyful obedience.

What might it look like in your personal life to embrace the exclusive claims of Jesus, to commit fully to Him rather than half-heartedly?

Shifting our faith from what we are to who we are.

Lies of the world:

We don’t need a shepherd

God is distant or isn’t good

You need protection and freedom from religion

Truth:

We are sheep

Jesus is our good shepherd

He is protecting us from predators and enemies

John 8:12

John 11 - Because Jesus is the resurrection and the life, I am no longer dead in my sins, but being made fully alive in Him each day

Luke 15:11-32 Jesus didn’t come to make bad people good or good people better, He came to bring dead people to life.

Genesis 3:1-7, 21

We now live in a time when consumer Christianity has become the accepted norm, and all out engagement within Jesus’ Kingdom among us is regarded as somewhat overdoing it. -Dallas Willard.

I want to overdo it.