sunday school lesson_2011_02_06

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And without faith it is impossible to please God,because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists

and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.(Hebrews 11:6)

GROW TEAM

• February 6th

– 5:00 pm: Prayer Fellowship– 6:30 pm: Super Bowl

• February 12th

– Valentines Dinner• February 20th

– 40 Days Fellowship – Curt & Mary Horn

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And without faith it is impossible to please God,because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists

and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.(Hebrews 11:6)

How do you recognize a fellow Christian?

Opening Question

And without faith it is impossible to please God,because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists

and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.(Hebrews 11:6)

How would another person know that you

are a Christian?

Opening Question

And without faith it is impossible to please God,because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists

and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.(Hebrews 11:6)

What does the Bible say is the “mark” of a

Christian?

John 13

And without faith it is impossible to please God,because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists

and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.(Hebrews 11:6)

• It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. (v. 1)

• The evening meal was in progress. (v. 2)

• He poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet. (v. 3)

John 13

And without faith it is impossible to please God,because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists

and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.(Hebrews 11:6)

• Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.” (v. 21)

• Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.” Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas. (v. 26)

• As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it was night. (v. 30)

John 13

And without faith it is impossible to please God,because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists

and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.(Hebrews 11:6)

31When he was gone, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified and God

is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him, God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at once.    33 “My children, I will be

with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the

Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come.

John 13:31-34

And without faith it is impossible to please God,because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists

and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.(Hebrews 11:6)

34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

John 13:31-34

And without faith it is impossible to please God,because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists

and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.(Hebrews 11:6)

Who is included in “one another?

Question

And without faith it is impossible to please God,because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists

and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.(Hebrews 11:6)

What about everyone else?All the non-believers?

Question

And without faith it is impossible to please God,because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists

and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.(Hebrews 11:6)

 29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the

Lord is one.30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with

all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than

these.”

“Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”

Mark 12:29-31

What is the consequence of

love?

Question

And without faith it is impossible to please God,because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists

and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.(Hebrews 11:6)

20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me

through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 I have given them the glory

that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— 23 I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that

you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

Love is the Final Apologetic

John 17:20-23

The unbelieving World will believe that Jesus is the Son

of God because of the oneness – LOVE – that believers have for one

another.

Love is the Final Apologetic

And without faith it is impossible to please God,because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists

and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.(Hebrews 11:6)

How do I live out the love that Jesus

commands?

Question

And without faith it is impossible to please God,because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists

and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.(Hebrews 11:6)

What is Love?

Emotional• Caused, determined, or

actuated by emotion rather than reason.

Volitional• The act or an instance of

making a conscious choice or decision.

And without faith it is impossible to please God,because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists

and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.(Hebrews 11:6)

4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not

irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice

about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives

up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Biblical Love is Volitional

And without faith it is impossible to please God,because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists

and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.(Hebrews 11:6)

SERVE TEAM

Help class members discover their gifts and direct them towards

opportunities to use their gifts to serve both God and their fellow

man.

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RESCUE TEAM

Prayer Time

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And without faith it is impossible to please God,because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists

and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.(Hebrews 11:6)