Pentecost Sunday: The Promised and Providing Holy Spirit (Acts 2)

Scripture: Acts 2

Translation: ^{Acts 2.1}And when the day of Pentecost arrived, all of them were together at the same place. ²And suddenly a sound came from the sky like the sound a violent wind brings. And if filled the whole house where they were sitting. ³And tongues like fire appeared being distributed to them. And it settled down on each one of them. ⁴And all of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak different languages according to how the Spirit was giving them to speak out.

⁵And there were Jews staying in Jerusalem, God-fearing men from every ethnic group from all the places under Heaven. ⁶And when this sound came, the huge number of people gathered together and became confused, because each one of them was hearing them speaking in his own dialect. ⁷And they were shocked and amazed, saying, “Look, don’t absolutely all of these people speak the Galilean dialect? ⁸So how is each one of us hearing them in our own dialect that we were born in? ⁹Parthians and Medes and Elamites and those who live in Mesopotamia, as well as Judea and Cappadocia, Egypt and the parts of Libya that are near Cyrene, and the visiting Romans, ¹¹both Jews and converts, Cretans and Arabs, we are hearing them speaking in our languages the great things of God!” ¹²And all of them were shocked and dumbfounded, one saying to one another, “What wants this to be?” ¹³But others who were making fun of them were saying that “They’re really just drunk on new wine!”

¹⁴And Peter standing with the Eleven lifted up his voice and spoke boldly to them, “Men, Jews, and all those staying in Jerusalem, Let this be known to you and pay attention to my words. ¹⁵You see, it is not as you suggest “these people are drunk,” because it is 9am. ¹⁶Instead, this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel. ¹⁵“And it will be in the last days, God says, that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions and your old men will dream dreams! ¹⁸And indeed on My male slaves and on My female-slaves in those days I will pour out My Spirit and they will prophesy! ¹⁹And I will give omens in the sky above and signs on the earth below: book and fire and billows of smoke. ²⁰The sun will turn into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and glorious Day of the Lord comes. ²¹And it will be that everyone who will call on the Name of the Lord will be saved!”

²²Men, Israelites, listen to these words! Jesus, the Nazarene, a man who really was endorsed by God for you with miracles and omens and signs, which God did through Him in the middle of you just as you yourselves know, ²³This Person by the determined plan and foreknowledge of God, who was given over, you killed via the hand of lawless people by nailing Him to a cross, ²⁴Who God raised breaking the pains of death, given that it was not possible that He be held by it. ²⁵You see, David says about Him, “I saw the Lord before me through it all, because He is at my right hand, so that I would not be shaken. ²⁶Because of this, my heart is rejoices and my tongue celebrates, but moreover my flesh settles on hope, ²⁷because You will not abandon my life in Hades, and You won’t allow You Holy One to see decay. ²⁸You make me know the path of life. You fill me with joy with Your Face!” ²⁹Men, brothers, I have to speak to you with boldness about David the Patriarch that he is both dead and buried. And his tomb is among us to this day. ³⁰So, because he really was a prophet and knew that with an oath God promised him someone from the fruit of his loins would sit on his throne, ³¹looking ahead, he spoke about the resurrection of Christ that he was not abandoned to Hades and His flesh did not see decay. ³²God raised this Jesus, which we are all witnesses of.

³³So, after being exalted to the right hand of God, and receiving the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, He poured This Spirit out, which you both see and hear. ³⁴For David didn’t go up into the heavens, but he says, “The Lord says to My Lord, ‘Sit at My right hand. ³⁵until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet!’” ³⁶So, certainly, all the house of Israel had better know that God made Him Lord and Messiah—this Jesus Who you crucified!”

³⁷And when they heard they stabbed in the heart and they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, What should we do, men brothers?” ³⁸And Peter said to them, “Repent and each of you get baptized in the Name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins and receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, ³⁹because the promise is for you and your children and all those far into the future, as many as the Lord our God will summon.” ⁴⁰And with many other words he was warning and urging them saying “Get saved from this warped generation!” ⁴¹So, those who accepted his message were baptized and about 3000 lives were added on that day.

⁴²And they were focusing on the teaching of the apostles and on sharing, breaking bread, and prayers. ⁴³And fear came over every life, and many omens and signs were happening through the apostles. ⁴⁴And all those who believed were at the same place and they held absolutely everything as shared. ⁴⁵And they were selling their possessions and properties and distributing them to all according to how someone had a need. ⁴⁶And daily focusing with one mind on being in the Temple, and breaking bread in different homes, they were sharing food with great joy and sincerity of heart, ⁴⁷praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding the people being saved every day to their group.

Interpretation

1.      Structure

a.       The Coming of the Spirit (vv.1-4)

b.      The Response of those in Jerusalem (vv.5-13)

c.       The Spirit-empower Sermon of Peter (vv.14-36)

                                                              i.      Peter Explains the Languages as a Fulfillment of Joel 2 (vv.14-21)

                                                            ii.      Peter Explains Christ raised from the dead, not David (vv.22-32)

                                                          iii.      Peter Explains Christ poured out the Spirit and is Lord, not David (vv.33-36)

d.      The Response of the People in Jerusalem to Peter’s Sermon (vv.37-41)

e.       The Nature of the Early Church (vv.42-47)

2.      Themes

a.       The Holy Spirit

b.      The death and resurrection of Christ

c.       The killing of Christ by the Jews

d.      Languages/tongues

e.       Prophecies interpreted

f.       Calling on the Name of the Lord

g.      Conversion

h.      Church

3.      Doctrines

a.       The Holy Spirit comes from God via Jesus

b.      The Bible is reliable

c.       The Holy Spirit comes on every Christian at conversion

d.      The Holy Spirit gives spiritual gifts, boldness, insight, and empowerment

e.       The Holy Spirit transforms the human heart

Applications

1.      Outline

a.       The Promised Holy Spirit

                                                              i.      Promised by Jesus (Acts 1.4-5, 8)

                                                            ii.      Promised in Joel 2 (Joel 2.28-32)

b.      The Providing Holy Spirit

                                                              i.      The Holy Spirit Provides Spiritual Gifts

1.      He provided different languages

2.      He provides other gifts too, like leadership and preaching

                                                            ii.      The Holy Spirit Provides Boldness

1.      Boldness to speak up in general

2.      Boldness to say harsh and even dangerous things

                                                          iii.      The Holy Spirit Provides Words

1.      He will give the words we need when we need them

                                                          iv.      The Holy Spirit Provides Insight

1.      He enabled Peter to correctly apply Joel 2.28-32 to His coming

2.      He enabled Peter to correctly apply Ps. 15.8-11 to the resurrection of Christ and not David

3.      He enabled Peter to correctly apply Ps. 110 to the Lordship of Christ not David and in particular to the sending of the Spirit from God by Christ

                                                            v.      The Holy Spirit Provides Incentive

1.      The Holy Spirit is so awesome and should be such a part of our spiritual lives that He naturally comes up in evangelism as an incentive to convert

2.      The offer of the Holy Spirit can motivate people to come to Christ in faith

                                                          vi.      The Holy Spirit Provides Dedication

1.      Dedication to learning and following God’s Word

2.      Dedication to sharing our stuff generously

3.      Dedication to eating together regularly

4.      Dedication to praying consistently

                                                        vii.      The Holy Spirit Provides Generosity

1.      Through Him we can share our time

2.      Through Him we can share our talents

3.      Through Him we can share our money

4.      Through Him we can share our stuff

                                                      viii.      The Holy Spirit Provides Joy

1.      His joy is sometimes mysterious

2.      His joy is always overwhelming

                                                          ix.      The Holy Spirit Provides Praise

1.      He brings the praise of God out of us naturally

2.      He brings the praise of people to us naturally

                                                            x.      The Holy Spirit Provides Unity

1.      He brings people together from all the different languages

2.      He brings people together from all the different places

3.      He brings people together from all the different cultures

4.      He brings people together from all the different backgrounds

5.      He brings people together from all the different statuses

2.      Discussion Questions

a.       What do you think it would have been like to have the Holy Spirit rush on you with fire over your head and different languages coming out of your mouth?

b.      If you had been on the outside looking in, what would you have said about these Jesus-followers?

c.       Before today, did you know God promised through prophecy to send His Holy Spirit on all His people? Why is sending the Holy Spirit so important to God?

d.      How important is the Holy Spirit to your daily life on a scale of 1-10? Why do you say that number?

e.       What places do you want the Holy Spirit to have on your daily life? What is keeping that from happening?

f.       How can you rely on the Spirit while reading and applying the Bible?

g.      Of the 10 things the Spirit provides mentioned in the sermon today, which 2 things do you want Him to provide to you the most? Why? Which 2 things do you want Him to provide the Universal Church the most? Why? 

5 Steps to Embrace the Risen Jesus Today and Everyday (John 20)

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Scripture: John 20

Translation: ^{John 20.1}And on the first day of the week, Mary from Magdala came early in the morning while it was still dark to the tomb and saw the stone taken away from the tomb. ²So, she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple that Jesus loved, and said to them, “They took the Lord from the tomb and we don’t know where they put Him!” ³So, Peter and the other disciple left and were going to the tomb. ⁴And the two of them were running together and the other disciple ran ahead faster than Peter and he got to the tomb first. ⁵And taking a look in he saw the linen cloths lying there, although he didn’t go in. ⁶Then Simon Peter also came , following him, and went into the tomb. And he was staring at the linen cloths lying there, ⁷and the face-cloth, which was over His head, not lying there with the linen cloths, but folded up separately in one place. ⁸So, at that point, the other disciple, who came to the tomb first, also went in and saw and believed. ⁹You see, they didn’t yet understand the Scripture that it is necessary for Him to rise from the dead. ¹⁰So, the disciples went back to the other disciples [lit. them].

¹¹And Mary was standing outside right in front of the tomb crying. So, as she was crying, she took a look into the tomb. ¹²And she saw two angels in white clothes sitting, one by the head and one by the feet, where the body of Jesus had been lying. ¹³And those angels were saying to her, “Woman, why are you crying?” she was saying to them that “They took my Lord and I don’t know where they put Him!” ¹⁴After saying these things she turned around behind her and saw Jesus standing and she didn't know that it was Jesus. ¹⁵Jesus was saying to her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?” That woman, thinking that He was the gardener, was saying to Him, “Sir, if you carried Him away, tell me where you put Him, and I will take Him!” ¹⁶Jesus was saying to her, “Mary.” Turning around that woman was saying to Him in Hebrew, “Rabbuni!” which means “Teacher.” ¹⁷Jesus was saying to her, “Don’t touch me, because I haven’t gone up to My Father yet. But go to My brothers and tell them, “I’m going up to My Father and your Father, and My God and Your God.” ¹⁸Mary from Magdala went, announcing to the disciples that “I really saw the Lord!” and that He said these things to her.

¹⁹Then, while it was early in the morning on that day, the first day of the week, and while the doors were locked up tight where the disciples were due to fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the middle and was saying to them, “Peace to you!” ²⁰And after saying this, He showed them the hands and the side. So the disciples celebrated because they saw the Lord! ²¹So, He said to them again, “Peace to you! Just as the Father sent Me, I’m sending you!” ²²And after saying this, He breathed on them and was saying to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit! ²³If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven for them; if you hold anyone’s they are held tight. ²⁴And Thomas, one of the Twelve, the one called Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. ²⁵So, the other disciples were saying to him, “We really have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails on His hands put my finger in the place of the nails and put my hand into his side, there’s no way I will believe!” ²⁶And a week later, His disciples are inside again and Thomas is with them. Jesus comes while the doors were locked up tight and stood in the middle and said, “Peace to you!” ²⁷Then He was saying to Thomas, “Bring your finger here and see My hands; bring your hand and put it on My side. And don’t become faithless, but faith-filled!” ²⁸Thomas responded and said to Him, “My Lord and My God!” ²⁹Jesus was saying to him “ Is it because you really have seen me, you actually believe? Blessed are those you don’t see and believe!”

³⁰So, on the one hand, Jesus did many other signs in front of the disciples, which are not actually written in this book, ³¹but on the other hand these things are actually written, so that you would believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and so that by believing you would have life in His Name!

Interpretation

1.      Structure

a.       The Disciples Run and Find the Empty Tomb (vv.1-10)

b.      Mary from Magdala sees angels and the Risen Christ Jesus (vv.11-18)

c.       Jesus appears in the locked room twice, so that His disciples would believe and know that He was alive, truly raised from the dead, and to send them on their mission with the Holy Spirit (vv.19-29)

d.      John gives a preliminary conclusion: Believe in Jesus as Messiah and God and Have eternal life (vv.30-31)

2.      Themes

a.       Empty tomb

b.      Resurrection

c.       Proof/Evidence of Jesus’ Resurrection

d.      Faith in Christ

e.       Jesus is going to the Father

f.       Running/coming/going

g.      Deity of Christ

h.      Witnesses

i.        Holy Spirit

j.        Mission

3.      Doctrines

a.       Jesus physically raised from the dead

b.      Jesus is God

c.       Jesus is the Messiah

d.      Belief in Jesus brings eternal life in Christ.

e.       Jesus is in heaven

Applications

1.      Outline: 5 Steps to Embrace the Resurrected Jesus the Messiah Today and Everyday

a.       Step 1: Care

                                                              i.      Examples of people who cared

1.      Peter and John cared

2.      Mary cared

3.      The disciples cared

4.      Thomas cared

5.      The angels

                                                            ii.      Things that can keep us from caring

1.      Business

2.      Sin

3.      Skepticism

4.      Laziness

b.      Step 2: Believe

                                                              i.      Jesus actually raised from the dead

1.      Proof 1: The empty tomb

2.      Proof 2: The folded cloths

3.      Proof 3: The angels

4.      Proof 4: The eyewitnesses of the resurrection: Peter, John, Mary, Thomas, etc.

5.      Proof 5: All the other miracles and prophecy of Jesus the Messiah

                                                            ii.      Jesus is God the Son

                                                          iii.      Jesus is the Messiah, the Promised and Prophesied Savior and King

                                                          iv.      Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life

c.       Step 3: Rejoice

                                                              i.      Because Jesus is alive

                                                            ii.      Because your sins are forgiven through faith in the Risen Jesus

                                                          iii.      Because new life—eternal life—is yours through faith in the Risen Jesus

                                                          iv.      Because Jesus gave us a mission and the Holy Spirit

d.      Step 4: Worship

                                                              i.      Worship Jesus as our Lord

                                                            ii.      Worship Jesus as our God

e.       Step 5: Go  

                                                              i.      Go out into the world

1.      You will need to be bold

2.      You will need to be diligent

3.      You will need to be determined

4.      You will need to be directed

                                                            ii.      Go out into the world full of the Holy Spirit

1.      Rely on the Holy Spirit for courage

2.      Rely on the Holy Spirit for strength/discipline

3.      Rely on the Holy Spirit for determination

4.      Rely on the Holy Spirit for direction

                                                          iii.      Go out into the world full of the Holy Spirit to Complete the Mission

1.      To bring the Good News of Jesus the Messiah’s resurrection

a.       He is alive

b.      He is God

2.      To bring the Good News of forgiveness through faith in Jesus

3.      To bring the Good News of eternal life through faith in Jesus

2.      Discussion Questions

a.       Do you ever find yourself apathetic? What about? Is there something you are never apathetic about? What about Christ, do you ever find yourself apathetic about Him? Why or why not?

b.      What proofs of Jesus’ resurrection are most convincing to you? Is there any proof you wish you had?

c.       How do you think Jesus being God’s Son and the promised Messiah are related to His resurrection? In other words, how does the resurrection prove that Jesus is God the Son and that Jesus is the Messiah?

d.      Why/how does Jesus’ resurrection matter to you personally?

e.       Jesus gave us a mission to complete by going out into the world filled with the Holy Spirit. What are some things that make it difficult for you to engage in the mission Jesus gave you? what are some things that are hold us back as a group?

f.       How can the Holy Spirit help you to accomplish Jesus’ mission for us? Be specific.

Illustrations/Explanations

1.      Skepticism that you should care is like when you are trying to convince your friend that this one restaurant is awesome, and he’s all like, “uh…I doubt it.” Or like someone who’s never had pizza before, and you are trying to tell them, “hey man, you have to try pizza! It’s so good.” And the guy is like, “no, I’m fine with the food I’m used to.” And you’re like, no way, dude, you got to try it!

Good Friday--Reflect, Repent, Renew, Re-Engage

Scripture: John 19

Translation: ^{John 19.1}Then at that point Pilate took Jesus and flogged Him. ²And the soldiers wove a crown out of thrones and put it forcefully on His head and dressed Him in a purple robe. ³And they were coming to Him and saying, “Hail! The King of the Jews!” and they were punching Him. ⁴And Pilate came back outside and was saying to them, “Look, I’m bringing Him outside to you, so that you know that I’m not finding any reason for charges with Him. ⁵So, Jesus came outside, wearing the thorny crown and purple robe. And he was saying to them, “Look, it’s the man!” ⁶So, when the high priests and the guards saw Him, they shouted saying, “Crucify! Crucify!” Pilate was saying to them, “You take Him and crucify Him, because I don’t find a basis for charges concerning Him.” ⁷The Jews responded to him, “We have a law and according to that law, He ought to die, because He made Himself God’s Son!”

⁸Then, when Pilate heard this statement, He was absolutely terrified. ⁹And he went back into the Praetorium and was saying to Jeuss, “Where are You from?!” But Jesus didn’t give Him an answer. ¹⁰So Pilate was saying to Him, “You’re not going to speak to me? Don’t You know that I have the authority to release You and I have the authority to crucify You?” ¹¹Jesus responded, “You don’t have any authority concerning Me, unless it was given to you from above. Because of this, the person who handed Me over to you has greater sin.” ¹²From this point on, Pilate was trying to release Him, but the Jews shouted saying, “If you release This Man, you’re not Caesar’s friend! Everyone who makes himself king is against the Caesar!”

¹³So Pilate after he listened to their words brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called Stone Mosaic, and in Hebrew “Gabbatha.” ¹⁴And it was the Preparation Day for Passover. The time was around noon. And he was saying to the Jews, “Look, it’s Your King!” ¹⁵So those people shouted, “Kill! Kill! Crucify Him!” Pilate was saying to them, “Should I crucify your King?” The high priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!” ¹⁶So, at that point, he gave Him to them, so that He would be crucified. So, they took Jesus away.

¹⁷And carrying the cross on Himself, He went out to the so-called Skull Place, which in Hebrew is called “Golgotha,” ¹⁸where they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on one side and one on the other side, and Jesus in the middle. ¹⁹But Pilate also wrote a notice and put it on the cross. And it was actually written: Jesus the Nazarene, the King of the Jews. ²⁰So, many of the Jews read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near to the city, and because it was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. ²¹So the high priests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, ‘Don’t write “the King of the Jews’ instead that That Man said ‘I am King of the Jews.’ ²²Pilate responded, “What I’ve actually written I’ve actually written.

²³Then, the soldiers, when they crucified Jesus, took His cloths and made them four shares, a share for each soldier, plus the shirt. Moreover, the shirt was seamless, woven throughout from the top down. ²⁴So they said to one another, “Let’s not tear it apart, instead let’s gamble for it. Someone will get it.” [This happened], so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, the one that says, “They distributed My clothes to themselves and they threw dices for my clothing.” As such, the soldiers did these things.

²⁵And His mother and His sister, Mary the wife of Clopas and Mary from Magdala were standing right there in front on Jesus’ cross! ²⁶So seeing His mother and the disciple that He loved standing near, He was saying to His mother, “Woman, look, it’s your son.” ²⁷Then He was saying to the disciple, “Look, it’s your mother.” And from that time on the disciple took her into his own home.

²⁸After this, because Jesus knew that everything was already being totally completed, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, He was saying, “I’m thirsty.” ²⁹There was a jar full of vinegar there. So, putting a sponge full of vinegar on a hyssop branch, they brought it close to His mouth. ³⁰So, when He got the vinegar, Jesus said, “It is totally completed!” And His head slumped over, and He gave up His spirit.

³¹So, since it was Preparation Day, so that the bodies wouldn’t stay on the cross on the Sabbath, because the day of that Sabbath was important, the Jews asked Pilate whether they could break their legs and they be taken down. ³²So, the soldiers came and they broke the legs of the first one, and of the other one crucified with Him. ³³But when they came to Jesus, since they saw He had already died, they didn’t break His legs. ³⁴Instead, one of the soldiers stabbed His side with a spear. And immediately blood and water came out. ³⁵And the person who really did see it is actually testifying. And his testimony is true, and that person knows that he’s speaking truthfully, so that you would believe. ³⁶You see, these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “his bone will not be shattered.” ³⁷And again another Scripture says, “They will look at the One Who they pierced though.”

³⁸And after these things, Joseph from Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus and had been hiding out of fear of the Jews, asked Pilate whether he could take down Jesus’ body. “And Pilate let him. So he went and took down His body. ³⁹And Nicodemus, the one who came to Him at first at night, also came, carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloe, about a hundred Roman pounds. ⁴⁰So they took Jesus’ body and wrapped it up tight with linen cloths with aromatics, just as it was the custom for Jews to bury. ⁴¹And there was a garden, in the place where He was crucified, and in that garden a new tomb that no one had actually been buried in yet. ⁴²So due to the Preparation Day of the Jews, because the tomb was close by, they put Jesus there.

Interpretation

1.      Structure

a.       Jesus’ Trial before Pilate (19.1 (18.28) to 19.16)

                                                              i.      Verbal and Physical Abuse of Jesus (19.1-3)

                                                            ii.      Pilate finds Jesus innocent, but the Jews accuse Jesus of blaspheme (19.4-7)

                                                          iii.      Pilate questions Jesus about His divinity (19.8-11)

                                                          iv.      Pilate tries to release Jesus, but eventually gives Him to the Jews to be crucified (19.12-16)

b.      Jesus’ Crucifixion on Golgotha (19.17-37)

                                                              i.      Jesus is crucified on Golgotha, between two criminals (19.17-18)

                                                            ii.      Jesus is Entitled “King of the Jews” to the chagrin of the Jews (19.19-22)

                                                          iii.      The Soldiers gamble for Jesus’ clothes fulfilling prophecy (19.23-24)

                                                          iv.      Jesus provides for the care of His mother (19.25-27)

                                                            v.      Jesus fulfills prophecy and dies (19.28-30)

                                                          vi.      Jesus’ bones are not smashed, fulfilling prophecy (19.31-37)

c.       Jesus’ Burial (19.38-42)

                                                              i.      Joseph of Arimathea gets permission to bury Jesus (19.38)

                                                            ii.      Nicodemus provides the burial cloths and spices (19.39)

                                                          iii.      Jesus is buried and put in a nearby unused tomb (19.40-42)

2.      Themes

a.       Trial

b.      Innocence, blemishlessness, no grounds for charges

c.       Jesus is God

d.      Jesus is the Passover Lamb

e.       High-priests, Jews, Leaders

f.       Betrayal

g.      Sin

h.      Fulfillment of prophecy

i.        Death/crucifixion

j.        Suffering

k.      Jesus is the King of the Jews

l.        Rejection

m.    Completion of Jesus’ mission

n.      Burial

3.      Doctrines

a.       Jesus is God

b.      Jesus is the King of the Jews/Messiah

c.       Jesus actually died and was buried

d.      Jesus is our Passover Lamb

Applications

1.      Outline

a.       Reflect on the death of Christ

                                                              i.      Jesus died an innocent death

                                                            ii.      Jesus died a brutal death

                                                          iii.      Jesus died a lonely death

                                                          iv.      Jesus died a prophesied death

                                                            v.      Jesus died an eternal death

b.      Repent of your sins to Christ

                                                              i.      Repent of your sins against others

1.      Family

2.      Friends

3.      Co-workers

4.      Church

5.      Enemies

6.      Self  

                                                            ii.      Repent of your sins against Christ

1.      Sins of commission (things you did, but shouldn’t have)

2.      Sins of omission (things you didn’t do, but should have)

3.      Sins of rebellion (when you knew what you should do, but chose sin instead)

4.      Sins of addiction (sins you keep fighting, but fail to stay clean from)

c.       Renew your affections for Christ

                                                              i.      Your desires for Christ and His Father and His Spirit

                                                            ii.      Your desires for the Will of Christ

                                                          iii.      Your love for Christ

                                                          iv.      Your hope in Christ

                                                            v.      Your peace in Christ

                                                          vi.      Your Faith in Christ

                                                        vii.      Your humility before Christ

                                                      viii.      Your dependence on Christ

                                                          ix.      Your worship of Christ

d.      Re-engage in the mission of Christ