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, ā€œI just don’t get anything out of services?ā€ 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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