have i been in my father’s house? luke 2:41-52...2012/12/30  · • 2. cell group • 3. serve in...

HAVE I BEEN IN MY FATHER’S HOUSE? LUKE 2:41-52

Sermon Outline• Introduction

• Home is where the heart is.

• The happenings in my Father’s house -

• Being present in His house Lk 2:43

• Being engaged in His house Lk 2:46

• Prioritizing the Father Lk 2:49

• The Father’s house is lived out in us and through us Lk 2:51.

• 3 priorities in SKMC

• 1. Sunday morning – Celebration service and ABF

• 2. Cell Group

• 3. Serve in one area.

Introduction

• Home is where the heart is.

The happenings in my Father’s house

• Being present in His house Lk 2:43

• and as they were returning, after spending the full number of days, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. But His parents were unaware of it, (Luke 2:43 NASB)

The happenings in my Father’s house

• Being engaged in His house Lk 2:46

• Then, after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions. (Luke 2:46 NASB)

Being about my father's business• What is the process?

• Then, after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions. (Luke 2:46 NASB)

actively involved

The happenings in my Father’s house

• Prioritizing the Father Lk 2:49

• And He said to them, "Why is it that you were looking for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father's house? " (Luke 2:49 NASB)

The happenings in my Father’s house

• What is the Father's business?

• This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do. (John 17:3, 4 NASB)

What is this work?

The happenings in my Father’s house

"I have manifested Your name to the

men whom You gave Me out of the

world; they were Yours and You gave

them to Me, and they have kept Your

word. (John 17:6-8 NASB)

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What is the Father's business?

2

1. LIFE-STYLE

2. Ownership

The happenings in my Father’s house

" 7Now they have come to know that everything

You have given Me is from You; for the words

which You gave Me I have given to them; and they

received them and

truly understood that I came forth from You, and

they believed that You sent Me. (John 17:6-8 NASB)

3What is the Father's business?

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ginosko

Elabon Verb - take delivery of

5 Pisteuo to have faith in

What does it look like in SKMC?• Every human has 3 relational needs:

1. The need for Unity

3. the need for fellowship

5. the need for intimacy

70 above

above 17 below 70

7-17

What does it look like in SKMC?

70 above

above 17 below 70

7-17

• Sunday morning – Celebration service

• Bible Fellowship(2elements Bible and Fellowship)

• Cell Group

What does it look like in SKMC?

1. The need for Unity

2. the need for fellowship

3. the need for intimacy

• Sunday morning – Celebration service

• Bible Fellowship= fast forward/Sunday school

• Cell Group

What does it look like in Church?

• 3 priorities in SKMC

1. Sunday morning: Celebration service/Sunday school(teaching)

2. Cell group

3. Serve in one area.

The happenings in my Father’s house

• What is the Father's business?

• "These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from stumbling. They will make you outcasts from the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God. These things they will do because they have not known the Father or Me. But these things I have spoken to you, so that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you of them. These things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you. (John 16:1-4 NASB)

Conclusion- Are you doing the Father's business

1. Will you commit to being in Father's house

2. Will you commit to doing the Father's business.