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These are the questions to this video by Chris Hodges, Senior Pastor of Church of the Highlands.
I'd like to ask you, what's your approach to God? Which is more important? The curriculum or the approach to the curriculum?
The approach to the freedom curriculum is more important than the freedom curriculum itself.
What is Christianity's
branding problem?
It's not about an organization or religion. It's about a relationship.
It's not about an organization or religion. It's about a relationship.
What is the first story in
the Bible about?
It was about creation (in
Genesis 2). What is my first story all about? It's about my creation.
My birth.
What is the 2nd story
about?
How am I going to approach God as demonstrated through the Tree of Life or the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
How am I going to approach God as demonstrated through the Tree of Life or the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
Genesis 2:8-9 (NIRV)
8 The Lord God had planted a garden in the
east in Eden.
He put in the garden the man he had formed.
9 The Lord God made every kind of tree grow out of the ground.
The trees were pleasing to look at. Their fruit was good to eat.
There were two trees in the middle of the garden.
One of them had fruit that let people live forever.
The other had fruit that let people tell the difference between good and evil.
He put in the garden the man he had formed.
9 The Lord God made every kind of tree grow out of the ground.
The trees were pleasing to look at. Their fruit was good to eat.
There were two trees in the middle of the garden.
One of them had fruit that let people live forever.
The other had fruit that let people tell the difference between good and evil.
If we choose to approach God
through the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, what will happen?
It will cause the death of our life, business, marriage, and family.
It will cause the death of our life, business, marriage, and family.
The 3rd Story in the Bible (in Genesis 3:1-7)
was the devil's attack on Eve.
How did the devil attack Eve?
The devil always attacks you with lies in your mind.
How did the devil attack Eve?
The devil always attacks you with lies in your mind.
What was the strategy of the
lie that the devil used on Eve?
He attempted to derail her life by her desire to be more Godly and to doubt what God had said.
He attempted to derail her life by her desire to be more Godly and to doubt what God had said.
What does the Tree of the
Knowledge of Good and Evil produce?
Shame.
They hid their nudity.
Blame.
They blamed someone else for their own actions.
Shame.
They hid their nudity.
Blame.
They blamed someone else for their own actions.
How do you know that you're
in the wrong tree?
You try to do more to get to God. Your approach to God is performance based.
You try to do more to get to God. Your approach to God is performance based.
What should your approach to
God be?
You receive the fact that Jesus has already done it for you.
You receive the fact that Jesus has already done it for you.
Example: Do you focus more on
enjoying God or reaching one hour in prayer to be with God?
John 5:39-40 (NIRV)
39 You study the Scriptures carefully.
You study them because you think they will give you eternal life.
The Scriptures you study are a witness about me.
40 But you refuse to come to me and receive life.
You study them because you think they will give you eternal life.
The Scriptures you study are a witness about me.
40 But you refuse to come to me and receive life.
In the above Scripture, what was Jesus's point
about how the Pharisees were studying the Scriptures?
They were focused on how thorough they studied the Bible instead of studying the Bible to know Him whom the Bible was written about which is Jesus.
They were focused on how thorough they studied the Bible instead of studying the Bible to know Him whom the Bible was written about which is Jesus.
What emotions do people inherently have of
God?
They see Him as mad.
Emotionless.
How do you view God, and how do you think you came to have it?
They see Him as mad.
Emotionless.
How do you view God, and how do you think you came to have it?
We must receive the fact that God already loves
us. (Even on our worse days).
When did Pastor Chris say that his love for his kids beat in him the most?
On their bad days. That's when they need him the most.
When did Pastor Chris say that his love for his kids beat in him the most?
On their bad days. That's when they need him the most.
Romans 5:8 (NIRV)
8 But here is how God has shown his love for us.
While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Why did Pastor Chris call the above
verse his favorite verse in the Bible?
God loved us the most when we needed him the most.
Just like Pastor Chris loves his kids.
How many people do you have who would line up to die for you.
God loved us the most when we needed him the most.
Just like Pastor Chris loves his kids.
How many people do you have who would line up to die for you.
If you don't have this view of God, your approach
to God will be all wrong.
How are we to obey God?
We must obey out of delight. Not out of duty.
How are we to obey God?
We must obey out of delight. Not out of duty.
My pet peeve is for people to
say that I surrendered my life to the call of the ministry.
My position is I get to do this.
It's a privilege to be on this stage.
Thank you God for choosing me.
My position is I get to do this.
It's a privilege to be on this stage.
Thank you God for choosing me.
1 John 5: 3,12 (NIRV)
3 In fact, here is what it means to love God.
We love him by obeying his commands.
And his commands are not hard to obey.
12 Whoever belongs to the Son has life.
Whoever doesn’t belong to the Son of God doesn’t have life.
We love him by obeying his commands.
And his commands are not hard to obey.
12 Whoever belongs to the Son has life.
Whoever doesn’t belong to the Son of God doesn’t have life.
How do you fall in love with
Jesus?
Focus on who He is, and what He has done.
Focus on who He is, and what He has done.
Why?
If you fall in love with
Jesus, you will do His commands.
John 14:15 (NIRV)
15 “If you love me, obey my commands.
How does this verse represent
the two trees?
The comma separates the two trees.
The comma separates the two trees.
If I love my wife Tammy, I won't look for
another choice.
How can you fulfill the
commands?
You can fulfill the commands of the Bible better by falling in love with God rather than trying to obey.
You can fulfill the commands of the Bible better by falling in love with God rather than trying to obey.
2. Serve God through
relationship not rules.
What was the Old Testament
about? Following external laws.
What is the New Testament
about?
We follow the Old Testament laws with a new approach by falling in love with Jesus.
We become the Law and the prophets.
We follow the Old Testament laws with a new approach by falling in love with Jesus.
We become the Law and the prophets.
Matthew 5:17 (NIRV)
17 “Do not think I have come to get rid of what is written in
the Law or in the Prophets.
I have not come to do this.
Instead, I have come to fulfill what is written.
I have not come to do this.
Instead, I have come to fulfill what is written.
When you sin, it exposes your
relationship with Christ.
How should you respond to temptation?
Focus on strengthening your relationship with Jesus instead of will power.
How should you respond to temptation?
Focus on strengthening your relationship with Jesus instead of will power.
3. Response to sins in your
life.
How can you know if you're living in the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil?
You'll feel condemned.
How will you feel if you're living in the Tree of Life?
It'll say you've messed up, but this is the way out.
You'll feel condemned.
How will you feel if you're living in the Tree of Life?
It'll say you've messed up, but this is the way out.
Romans 8:1-2 (NIRV)
8 Those who belong to Christ
Jesus are no longer under God’s judgment.
2 Because of what Christ Jesus has done, you are free.
You are now controlled by the law of the Holy Spirit who gives you life.
The law of the Spirit frees you from the law of sin that brings death.
2 Because of what Christ Jesus has done, you are free.
You are now controlled by the law of the Holy Spirit who gives you life.
The law of the Spirit frees you from the law of sin that brings death.
John 8:9-11 (NIRV)
9 Those who heard what he had said began to go away.
They left one at a time, the older ones first. Soon only Jesus was left.
The woman was still standing there.
10 Jesus stood up and asked her, “Woman, where are they?
Hasn’t anyone found you guilty?”
They left one at a time, the older ones first. Soon only Jesus was left.
The woman was still standing there.
10 Jesus stood up and asked her, “Woman, where are they?
Hasn’t anyone found you guilty?”
11 “No one, sir,” she said.
“Then I
don’t find you guilty either,” Jesus said. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”
How
did Jesus respond to the woman caught in adultery and how?
Grace - neither do I condemn you? Truth - Go and sin no more.
Grace - neither do I condemn you? Truth - Go and sin no more.
That's
how we treat others.
Guard your heart from going back.
"What are you going to do to be more Godly?"
You have that choice to make all the time.
Guard your heart from going back.
"What are you going to do to be more Godly?"
You have that choice to make all the time.
Deuteronomy 30:19 (NIRV)
19 I’m calling for the heavens and the earth to be
witnesses against you this very day.
I’m offering you the choice of life or death.
You can choose either blessings or curses. But I want you to choose life.
Then you and your children will live.
I’m offering you the choice of life or death.
You can choose either blessings or curses. But I want you to choose life.
Then you and your children will live.
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