-Anchorman clip/Intro
-Ron loved Baxter. Losing him -> glass cage of emotion
-what would cause you to cry out?
-Brent talked about…
-turning to God means you have to see him as valuable
-when you thought about what’d put you in a glass case, was it knowing Jesus?
-Tonight: talking about what we have to turn from to turn to God – sin.
-sin – stuff (activities, ideas, things) – we love more than God
-results in us either not caring about him like we should
-or disobeying his rules and laws.
-What I want us to see tonight, is that to enter God’s eternal Kingdom,
it is necessary to turn away from seeking what we want
and to reorder our lives to be governed by seeking the spread of his Kingdom –
and that that life change can only be produced by God
-Looking at Mark 10:17-30 (remind, read)
-We’re going to take a look at five things
1 – desire to get eternal life
2 – 2 misconceptions about getting et. Life
3 – how to get eternal life – turning from sin to God (MBI)
4 – that that whole life change is a work of God
5 – what you can expect if God has changed your life
-(Pray)
-First, let’s look at the desire to have eternal life (read v. 17)
-makes sense
-Think about his situation – what he’s seen Jesus do… (death reversed!)
-(I am Legend example)
-So yeah – we should want to escape this world and enter Jesus’ Kingdom
-Second, let’s look at two misconceptions this guy has (read vv. 18-20)
-First, this guy was looking for what to do rather than the source (v. 18)
-his question doesn’t say not God (as cults); but asks re: identity
-trying to look for what to do, not source
-like asking world’s greatest painter what brush…
-Second misconception: (vv. 19, 20)
-Thinks he’s kept commandments! (earlier, murder – anger, etc.)
-Low view of sin; external, not heart/mind level
-How do we judge ourselves? Not murdering? Pr0n? Bible reading?
-They are sin if not done because you’ve reordered your life to spread God’s Kingdom – and missing the point that the external commands exist to show us that we need God to rescue us from our wrong desires
-Third, let’s look at how to enter Jesus’ eternal Kingdom – by organizing your life around the goal of spreading God’s Kingdom through the world (read vv. 21-25)
-loved him! (v. 21)
-the answer: (vv. 21, 22)
-points out this guy loves his stuff more than Jesus
-note: not go to church, read bible, and be willing – it’s do it
-doesn’t mean we sell our stuff and physically follow Jesus
-principle communicated: organize all your life around
-doesn’t mean do what you want and see if you can use it for the Kingdom; it’s do stuff because you want to spread the Kingdom
-I was thinking, well, college students don’t have a whole lot of money
-but time is the commodity - wasting it? Spring Break/Summer? Dating?
-And note that without real life change, no entry (vv. 23-25 – note on camel)
-Note that it’s a pattern for life (follow) – future job, spouse, income –everything
-Unsettled? Maybe you should be? Leads us to how that change is made –
-Fourth point: the heart and lifestyle change required to enter the Kingdom is something God does in a person. (vv. 26, 27)
-disciples amazed (v. 26) – makes sense – aren’t you?
-But Jesus tells us how this heart/lifechange happens – God (v. 27)
-God causes person to turn from sin and towards spreading Kingdom
-God produces life change – organization of one’s life around…
-God is the author of heart change – rescues people who don’t love him and changes their hearts so they’ll enter his eternal Kingdom
-Let’s look at Romans 8:1-4 (read)
-first, no condemnation – (v. 1) – why? First, Jesus died for us
-No condemnation because the old nature for all who turn was destroyed when Jesus died and a new nature was given! (vv. 2-4 – explain)
-New nature walks in a way that obeys God
-(T1 v. T2 example)
-Paul – killing Christians -> being killed for being one
-Zacchaeus
-What should we do?
- if you haven’t reordered your life around…. Do it, please…
-if you have, keep on living that way
-if you have, depend on God for continued life change (honor him)
Fifth: let’s look at the results of this heart change that God produces (vv. 28-30)
-here: (vv. 29, 30) (broken relationships, persecution, the love present among God’s people)
-later: eternal life! The Kingdom! Gaining Jesus forever. The righting of everything that’s wrong, suffering, sickness – and the ever presence of God
-if you’ve reordered your life, v. 30 is true of you
-be comforted – God has done it!
-enjoy the love present among God’s people
-expect your lifestyle to result in people treating you bad
-live in light of the fact that you are inheriting the Kingdom
-depend on the Spirit to produce real life change
-keep on choosing to do things because you love God/Kingdom
-time here, prep for future (major, spouse, etc.), sb, sp’s
-if you haven’t – Jesus loves you – do.
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