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Disorientation

Disorientation. Can we be born again?. Beliefs can be the biggest obstacles to faith. John 3.

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Disorientation

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  1. Disorientation Can we be born again?

  2. Beliefs can be the biggest obstacles to faith

  3. John 3 • Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. 2 He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.” 3 Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.”

  4. John 3 (cont’d) • 4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit. 6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

  5. John 3 (cont’d) • 7 Do not be astonished that I said to you, ‘You must be born from above.’8 The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Wind.” 9 Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” 10 Jesus answered him, “Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?

  6. Remembering the Parable of the Talents (from last week) • Enter the joy! Enter the joy! And then this guy... • 24 Then the one who had received the one talent also came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew that you were a harsh man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed; 25 so I was afraid,and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.’ • So who is this parable warning?? Who is it a wake up call for?

  7. 26 But his master replied, ‘You wicked and lazy slave! You knew, did you, that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I did not scatter? 27 Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received what was my own with interest. 28 So take the talent from him, and give it to the one with the ten talents. 29 For to all those who have, more will be given, and they will have an abundance; but from those who have nothing, even what they have will be taken away. 30 As for this worthless slave, throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

  8. If you see joy and abundance, you get joy and abundance – • If you see scarcity, harshness and fear, you’re living in hell. • So WAKE UP! Stop living in hell and come join the joy!

  9. One more parable... • Read Matthew 20 – workers in the Vineyard • Remember – it’s about disorienting, helping people to wake up and be born again • What would it take to be one of the first workers and to love the outcome?

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