PARADOX: The Nature of the Kingdom of God Mark 12:34—You are not far from the kingdom of God Part 2—Upside Down 2 Corinthians 4:7-10; 16-18 Paradox—Something absurd or contradictory; conflicting with conventional wisdom Paradox 1: When I am Weak, then I am Strong 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 Paradox 2: We walk by Faith, not by Sight 2 Corinthians 5:7 Heb. 11:6; 2 Corinthians 6:13 "This is the greatest paradox: the emotions cannot be trusted, yet it is they that tell us the greatest truths."    
--Don Herold  “What a paradox: The sinner forever free from the slightest traces of sin; the sinless Son bearing forever in His body the marks of sins sacrifice.?    --Richard C. Halverson

PARADOX: The Nature of the Kingdom of God Luke 17:20-21--The kingdom of God is within you. Part 1—INSIDE OUT 2 Corinthians 6:8-10 Paradox—Something absurd or contradictory; conflicting with conventional wisdom Paradox 1: The first will be last and the last will be first Matthew 19:30 John 6:60 & 66; Matt. 25:21; Matt. 20:2; Matt. 6:33 Paradox 2: To save my life I must lose it Luke 9:24-26 John 12:24; John 3:30; Acts 20:24 Jim Eliot—“He is no fool to give up what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.? Jesus—“What would it profit to gain the whole world and lose your own soul??

AS ONE - Week 2 Acts 2:44 (Pg. 772) “All the believers were together and had everything in common.? The purpose of Community Groups is “To provide a safe and predictable environment for... 1. Spiritual Growth 2. Relational Care Hebrews 10:24-25 “And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. 25Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another...?

AS ONE

“MAKING THE CONNECTION?

THINK  SMALL

Comm-UNITY

John 17:11; 17-23…so that the world will believe

Our relationship with each other is the criterion the world uses to judge whether our message is truthful—Christian community is the final apologetic.? --Francis Schaeffer

What happens when a life gets disconnected?

Romans 15:1

Ephesians 3:17-18

1 Peter 1:22—Love each other Deeply

Labor (Free) Day

Ps. 62:5 Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him.

 

1. God took the first day off work!

    

 

Gen 2:2, 3  

By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 3 And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.

 

2. The Sabbath, a Labor (Free) Day, is a gift to be enjoyed!

 

Exodus 20: 8-11

"Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates. 11 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

 

3. Eternal Sabbath is found in relationship with Jesus

 

Matthew 11: 28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."

 

Heb 4:9, 10 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; 10 for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his.