A Church of Life
October 17-18, 2009
Series: The Kind of Church God Builds
Speaker: Brian T. Anderson
- Introduction
- John 17:3 (NAS) This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only True God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
- John 20:31 (NLT) But these are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in him you will have life by the power of his name.
- John 10:10 (NAS) The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.
- John 3:16 (NAS) For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
- John 4:14 (NLT) But those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.
- John 6:27 (NLT) But don’t be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man can give you.
- John 17:2-3 (NAS) 2Even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life.3"This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
- Habakkuk 2:14 (NAS) "For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, As the waters cover the sea."
- Mark 1:15 (NAS) And saying,"The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel."
- Matthew 12:28 (NLT) "But if I am casting out demons by the Spirit of God, then the Kingdom of God has arrived among you."
- "When you grow in your experience of the age to come, you become the kind of person that Jesus’ statements about life make sense to." (Dallas Willard)
- John 17:3 (NAS) "This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent."
- How Can I Get to Know God Better?
- By practicing a personal devotional life.
- By listening to other Followers of Christ.
- By reading great Christian books.
- By going through pain.
- By giving thanks.
- By letting God get to know us.
- Psalm 139:23-24 (NAS) 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts;24And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.
- John 17:3 (NAS) This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
- Conclusion