22OM2 The Selfish Brother

Big Idea:

Short Term Challenge / Call to Action:

Pray over Word

I thank you, Father, that your word has the power to change my life. I'm a hearer of the word and a doer of the word and I'll never be the same after today. In Jesus name Amen.

SERIES SETUP (2min)

[WHY THE SERIES]

studying the parable of the 2 sons

[SERIES BOTTOM LINE]

God wants us to be convicted but not shamed.

[REVIEW PREVIOUS] MESSAGES]

God doesn't see you as broken. He sees you as loved.

THE PROBLEM (8min)

Luke 15:1

Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus.

Mark 2:17

...Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Luke 15:2

But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”

context of religious people who were made about jesus showing compassion

parable 1: lost sheep

Parable 2: lost coin

Parable 3: lost son

it was not about the lost son but the older brother.

2 Ways to get lost:

1. You can get lost running from God (younger son)

but you can just as easily get lost at home.

[STATE PROBLEM]

2 Ways to get lost:

1. You can get lost running from God (younger son)

2. You can get equally lost at home with God (older son)

attending, serving, giving, reading bible

huge risk if you’ve been a christian for a long time

OBS: Older Brother Syndrome

when you loose your heart for people far from God

seems like everything is going great....

Luke 15:25-32

“Meanwhile....

soundtrack changes

Luke 15:25-32

“Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing. So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on.

Luke 15:25-32

‘Your brother has come,’ he replied, ‘and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has him back safe and sound.’

Luke 15:25-32

“The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders.

Luke 15:25-32

Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

Luke 15:25-32

“My son,” the father said, “you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.”

[WHY PROBLEM]

Signs you may have OBS:

We loose our heart for people who are far from God.

this is the mission of the church

jesus had and passed down.

significance of Fattened Calf

older brother refuses because its not centered on you.

birthday gifts for other kids so your kids aren’t upset.

Narcissism

Narcissists: signs

God didn’t design the church to be about us.

country club

Church Narcissists:

People who demand that the Church be about them.

my music

my program

my seat

go deeper

Hebrews 5:12

In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food!

Luke 15:28

“The older brother became angry and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him.

anger reveals

Signs you may have OBS:

You get angered when life doesn't go your way.

this reveals hat you are following God for what he will give you than for what he has given you.

THE SOLUTION (15min)

[STATE SOLUTION / BOTTOM LINE]

We must follow Jesus more for what He has given us than for what He will do for us.

follow more for what he has done than the promises

when first saved, its easy to be saved on His goodness. later we shift to think about what we can get.

older brother - you haven’t given me....

longer we are Christians the easier it is to blame others.

story of wife with hearing problem (move to beginning)

Luke 15:29

But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.

Luke 15:30

But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

easy to point at others and miss our issues

"A clear conscience is a clear sign of bad memory."

~Mark Twain

"Those who do not think about their own sins make up for it by thinking incessantly about the sins of others.

~C.S. Lewis

how many times do i fall in to that trap

othes sins are bigger than ours

self-righteiousness

the ground is level at the foot of the cross.

as soon as we start pointing to others flows is when we have OBS.

We are on mission when we are focused on helping others find Jesus.

Testimony Video?

this is our mission

THE CHALLENGE (5 min)

Dont be a younger brother church

[Short term Challenge / Call to Action:]

[APPLY TO INDIVIDUALS / WHAT IF YOU DID]

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[APPLY TO CONGREGATION / WHAT IF WE DID]

PRAYER & REFLECTION (2min)

[Specific prayer about application]

[Help us be doers of the word]

[What to reflect]

MISC PLACED

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[Believe] [Services] [Meetups] [1YB] [Upcoming Events]

[Become] [GT/Vol] [Giving] [Bringing]

[Make Disciple Makers]

[Building Strong Families]

[GOSPEL]

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[OBJECTIONS]