Am I living for what Jesus lived for
What gets you up in the morning?
What stirs your passions?
What are you living for?
Christmas is about god becoming human
Jesus is the perfect explanation of God
- Exegete
- Jesus lived to make God make sense to us
Eisegete - project onto God what we are
When god came in the flesh, he was friends with the sinners and killed by the religious
Luke 19:10 NLT
[10] For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.”
Some of us are up a tree like Zachaeus. God is below the tree, looking up at us, calling us by name.
Jesus was raised again. He didn't just live, he is living.
Jesus lives today building his church on earth
1 John 2:3-6 NLT
[3] And we can be sure that we know him if we obey his commandments. [4] If someone claims, “I know God,” but doesn’t obey God’s commandments, that person is a liar and is not living in the truth. [5] But those who obey God’s word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in him. [6] Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did.
- I know what Jesus lived for because he is the worst become flesh
- I love for what Jesus lived for by putting flesh to the word
James 1:22-25 NLT
[22] But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves. [23] For if you listen to the word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror. [24] You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like. [25] But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.
Am I living for what Jesus lives for more and more?
- does my life make Jesus make sense?
- am I seeking lost people and pointing them to the one who can save them?
- who are the 3 people you are passionately praying for?
- am I helping build his church by making disciples who make disciples
The Bible is not a rulebook. It is more like a mission manual that shows us how to live like Jesus did. We will know we are doing this when we bring glory to God with our lives.