Examine Yourselves: Your Relationship to Christ, His Cross, and His Church

Examine Yourselves: Your Relationship to Christ, His Cross, and His Church

I. Have you left your first love?

    A. The reason for obedience (John 14:15; 1 John 5:2-3)
    B. Do you still love Him, or are you going through the motions? (Revelation 2:1-7)

II. Does the story of the cross still move you?

    A. What is the gospel message? (1 Corinthians 15:1-4; 1:21-25; Romans 1:16; Mark 16:15-16; Matthew 26:28; Acts 4:12)
    B. For too many, the cross is little more than academic knowledge

III. Does the church bore you?

    A. Have you ever thought, “I just don’t get anything out of services?” What are you putting into the church?
    B. Worship is participatory (John 4:23-24; Acts 12:5; 2 Corinthians 9:7; Ephesians 5:19; Acts 17:11; 1 Corinthians 11:26)

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