Cancelled Week 3
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WE EXIST TO HELP PEOPLE KNOW JESUS AND FIND PURPOSE
Have you ever been talking… and then completely forgot what you were talking about?
It’s so easy to become unfocused today — Phones — Tv — phantom buzz
3 Kinds of Movie Watching people — Watch — Talker — Distracted
HAVE YOU EVER STRUGGLED STAYING FOCUSED IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS?
THE REASON IT OFTEN SEEMS DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW JESUS IS BECAUSE IT’S ACTUALLY DIFFICULT TO FOLLOW JESUS
The biggest distraction in following Jesus is voices of others. Trying to distract. Trying to divide. And if we don’t listen… we get canceled.
OPINIONS
12 There was a lot of grumbling about him among the crowds. Some argued, “He’s a good man,” but others said, “He’s nothing but a fraud who deceives the people.”
This is right after feeding of 5,000 — Only Miracle in all 4 Gospels 20,000 people
JESUS NEVER ADDRESSES THEIR ACCUSATION OR OPINIONS
They get so frustrated that they take it to the next level
John 7:20 (NLT)
20 The crowd replied, “You’re demon possessed!”
JESUS DIDN’T LET OTHER PEOPLE DEFINE HIM
40 When the crowds heard him say this, some of them declared, “Surely this man is the Prophet we’ve been expecting.” 41 Others said, “He is the Messiah.” Still others said, “But he can’t be! Will the Messiah come from Galilee? 42 For the Scriptures clearly state that the Messiah will be born of the royal line of David, in Bethlehem, the village where King David was born.” 43 So the crowd was divided about him. 44 Some even wanted him arrested, but no one laid a hand on him.
Jesus was born in Beth. But started ministry in Galilee. They knew where min started. But didn’t really know Jesus. If they had, their opinion would be different.
YOU CAN KNOW SCRIPTURE AND NOT KNOW JESUS.
WE HAVE TO LET WHAT PEOPLE SAY ROLL OFF OUR BACK, AND GET IN GOD’S WORD.
THE QUICKEST WAY TO LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT GOD SAYS ABOUT ME IS TO HYPER-FOCUS ON WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT ME.
WHISPERS WITH GOD / SHOUTS OF THE ENEMY — GET IN GOD’S WORD — PRAY
16 But Jesus often withdrew to the wilderness for prayer.
STANDARDS
33 For John the Baptist didn’t spend his time eating bread or drinking wine, and you say, ‘He’s possessed by a demon.’ 34 The Son of Man, on the other hand, feasts and drinks, and you say, ‘He’s a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of tax collectors and other sinners!’ 35 But wisdom is shown to be right by the lives of those who follow it.”
“Y’all got a million standards” - Jesus
BBQ Standards — Coffee Standards — College Football Standards
WHAT STANDARDS HAVE PEOPLE PUT ON YOU?
What you can or can’t do — What your past can or can’t have been — What you should wear to church — Preacher Story
Standards i’ve been told about church:
More worship — less worship — louder — quieter — more for people who don’t know Jesus — More for people who already know Jesus.
THE CHURCH WAS MEANT TO ALWAYS BE A RESCUE MISSION A HOSPITAL!!— NOT A MUSEUM
THIS CHURCH WILL NEVER BE A MUSEUM OF SAINTS BUT A CHURCH THAT IS ON MISSION TO REACH PEOPLE WHO DON’T KNOW JESUS
CELEBRATIONS
THE WORLD HAS DECIDED WHAT’S WORTH CELEBRATING AND WHAT IS NOT
We celebrate a bunch of men in tights tackling each other every weekend.
WHEN A PRODIGAL COMES HOME
WHEN AN ADDICT IS CLEAN FOR A WEEK
WHEN PEOPLE FIND HOPE TO KEEP LIVING
WHEN PEOPLE MEET CHRIST
1 I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”