04-19: Is This For Real? :: You Have Been Given A Gift
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Welcome to First Church! We're grateful you're here with us today! Pastor Bobby begins a new series - Is This For Real? - a study through the book of 2 Peter. Through our time in Peter's letter we'll be exploring some of the doubts and questions we as Christians face. BUT FIRST we have to understand who we are in Christ and that we've been given a gift. Join us in this message on 2 Peter 1:1-4.
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: The Bible Project :: https://www.bibleproject.com
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Sermon Passage
Greeting
[1] Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
[2] May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.
Confirm Your Calling and Election
[3] His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, [4] by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
Sermon Slides
Slide 1
● How can I trust the testimony concerning Jesus?
● Does it matter what I believe and teach others?
● Does it matter how I live my life?
● Is the Lord Jesus really coming back?
Slide 2
Map of Asia Minor
Slide 3
2 Peter 1:1-4
Slide 4
...he (Jesus) said to him, "Follow me."
Slide 5
“Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.” (Matthew 17:20)
Slide 6
Diamond Grades
Graded from Flawless (FL) to Included (I3)
Slide 7
Gnosis = knowledge, a working knowledge of something
Epignosis = the knowledge or true knowledge
Slide 8
Godliness is a comprehensive, God-centered way of life marked by reverence, devotion, and practical obedience
Slide 9
I don't ever want to take for granted what a profound privilege and gift it is to delve deep into the storehouses of the knowledge of God.
Slide 10
How could you delve deep into the gift of Jesus this week?
