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34. Holy Love

34. Holy Love. Mark 15:21-41 p. 941. God in control. Celebration Why did Jesus die on the cross? What did it do for me ? How should I talk about it to others?. God in control. Time Magazine: “The Me, Me, Me Generation” S ociety has become self-absorbed, needy, self-focussed

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34. Holy Love

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  1. 34. Holy Love Mark 15:21-41 p. 941

  2. God in control • Celebration • Why did Jesus die on the cross? • What did it do for me ? • How should I talk about it to others?

  3. God in control • Time Magazine: “The Me, Me, Me Generation” • Society has become self-absorbed, needy, self-focussed • Experience a disconnect between Jesus’ work and daily life. • SELF is where we connect with the Gospel & discipleship.

  4. 1. Who Am I? • Mortimer & Rakesh go to Google • Oprah Website – “Who am I meant to be?” • Psychology Today – “What you’d like to experience” • Not realize how fragile their “Selves” are.

  5. 1. Who Am I? . . . • Contradiction: • Deep inside you is the “Real” you • Can create the self you want to be – the “Ideal” you. • Builds identity on shifting sand • Am I the “Real” me or the “Ideal” me ? • “Jesus died for you” - no place to connect with this dilemma.

  6. 1. Who Am I? . . . • Previous generations – • Morality / Virtue a key part of human identity • “Jesus died for your sins” has clear connection • Now no innate sense of sin • A sense of Failure / Lack but in a very different way.

  7. 2. The New Struggle (1) Gap between the “Real” self and the “Ideal” self. • People are dissatisfied with who they are • The disconnect leads to SHAME • Fear people will find out (2) Used to define ourselves in relation to “other” • Now define ourselves by looking WITHIN. • There is no location, no root, no anchor to who they are. • They are alone.

  8. 2. The New Struggle . . . • Assumption about the purpose of life: • “Fulfilling your potential” • “Facilitating emergence of what you’d like to experience” • Also no outside referent. I’m here to self-actualize.

  9. 2. The New Struggle . . . • Three parts to the struggle: • Gap between “Real” and “Ideal” self  SHAME • Identity without foundation  LONELINESS / DISCONNECT • Purpose of Life = Fulfill desires  MEANINGLESSNESS • RESULT – isolation, disorientation, fear

  10. 3. Story of the Cross • Good News – God loves you. • Speaks into our fears • He knows about the disconnect and loves you anyway. • Helpful – but we are still isolated, lonely, scared.

  11. 3. Story of the Cross . . . • The rest of the Dilemma: • Identity has to be rooted in a reality outside ourselves • Purpose is redefined: “deny self, take up cross, follow me” • Integrates “Real” and redefined “Ideal” self into “WHOLE” self • Integration of self – is a process not an event. • Jesus’ healing, story, and the power of the Spirit restores. • Happens through Scripture, prayer, service , worship, fellowship.

  12. Holy Love • We only have something to say when Jesus has become the foundation of our Identity & Reality • We get out of the vortex by living in the process of restoration (transformation) • Jesus work on the cross is not a “pill” we take – it invites us into relationship.

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