Charlie’s Challenges: Extras from the sermon and links for additional information
Living Like a Disciple in Crazy Times: What did the fall do to me?
Memory verse: His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. 2 Peter 1:3
Double Trouble
Sin makes us guilty.:
We stand condemned because of the wrong we have done and are therefore subject to God’s wrath. Why does God punish sin? What is the greatest punishment that God can meet out for sin?
Sin makes us sick:
Sin twist, distorts, and ruins our created nature so that we are sin-sick. Does it surprise or shock you that Isaiah 64:6 compares our ‘righteousness’ as a stained menstrual cloth (a used tampon)? What does that tell us about our condition?
Double Cure
The New life:
Salvation begins with regeneration, the new life or being born again. Look up 1 Peter 1:3-6. How does Peter describe the new life? How do we respond to the New Life?
The New Living:
If a baby grows into a human, a puppy grows into a dog, a kitten grows into a cat then what would we expect a new Christian to grow into?
The death we deserve fell on Christ, the LIFE He had has been shared with us, as a result and out of love we live holy lives of disciples. Honestly talk to yourself about how you are doing in this life of discipleship.
Resources:
The video that opened our service
The writings of the theologian Jack Cottrell. His works are an outstanding resource on many subjects, but may have the best understanding of Grace of any writer in the last 150 years.
A wonderful presentation of the hymn Rock of Ages
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