Sandhills Community Church Sermons

Luken 1:26-38
What is the meaning of “incarnation”?
 
1. An _______________ Beginning
 
       Mary is called “favored”.  Was this favor earned or bestowed?
 
        What is the origin/meaning of the name “Jesus”?
 
2.  Life Gets _______________  
 
        Approximately how far apart are Bethlehem and Nazareth?
       
        Where did Joseph and Mary likely stay in Bethlehem?
 
        Why might angels have appeared to shepherds instead of 
        Kings?
 
        Did Jesus come to bring peace to all people?
 
Satan can be successfully _________________.
 
        What is the origin/meaning of the name “Jesus”?
 
2.  Life Gets _______________  
 
        Approximately how far apart are Bethlehem and Nazareth?
        
        Where did Joseph and Mary likely stay in Bethlehem?
 
        Why might angels have appeared to shepherds instead of 
        Kings?
 
        Did Jesus come to bring peace to all people?
      
3.  Life Gets ___________  __________________
 
        To what country do Joseph and Mary flee?
 
        What “unthinkable thing” does King Herod do?
 
        When Joseph and Mary return to Israel, where do they live?
 
4.  Jesus in our  __________________
 
 

The Incarnation of Jesus in the Community
When it comes to incarnating Christ in the Community, we must:
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        2.
        3.
        4.
What does it mean to be intentional?
 
What does it mean to “love others”?
 
What does Jesus mean by “living water”?
 
When we share the gospel what must we talk about?
 
What does it mean to worship in?
        Spirit - 
        Truth - 
 
How can you incarnate Christ in the community? 
 
 
 

John 1:1-14
 
The Incarnation
 
What does the word "Incarnation" mean? 
What is John teaching us about Jesus’ identity?
 
Did Jesus ever claim to be “God”?
 
What is the “hypostatic union”?
 
Is there a reference in the Old Testament about Messiah being God in the flesh?
 
Is it a “big deal” if Jesus is “God in the flesh”?
 
John likes using the terms “life” and “light”.  To what do these normally refer?
        Life -
        Light - 
 
The Word became Flesh:  How do we live out the incarnation?        
 

So Sue Me!
1. ___________________ in the church.
What is the problem here?
To what does the term “unrighteous” refer?
What does Paul mean by referring to “trivial cases” in verse 2?
Appropriate shame is ____________ ___________.
2. ___________________ in the church. Is there ever a benefit to “suffering wrong”?
What does Jesus remind us in Matthew 5:38 - 42?
Where do we read about Paul’s suffering?
What does Paul mean by referring to “trivial cases” in verse 2?
Appropriate shame is ____________ ___________.
2. ___________________ in the church. Is there ever a benefit to “suffering wrong”?
What does Jesus remind us in Matthew 5:38 - 42?
Where do we read about Paul’s suffering?
What makes a person unrighteous (vv 9 - 10)?
What makes a person unrighteous (vv 9 - 10)?
What does Jesus remind us in Matthew 7:21 - 23?
3. ___________________ in the church.
Verse 11 reminds us that we can ____________.
Jesus doesn’t just forgive, he _______________.
What does it mean to be sanctified?
What does it mean to be justified?
Salvation is an ____________ and a ___________.
What do we need to remember as we apply these truths in the “real world”?

Who Are We?  Who Are You?
1.  Who are  ___________________
        Of what are we reminded when it comes to Christian         ministers?
        Ministers are just ____________________
        Verse 5 reminds us that one day, God will....
        In verse 6, what does it mean to “not go beyond what is            written”?
2.  Who are ___________________
        The Corinthians viewed themselves as people of         ___________________
    What are the circumstances, and reactions, of the apostles         in verses 11 - 13?
        What is the difference between....?
        Admonish -
        Shame -
Who  __________   ___________?
        How can we apply this message? 

Advice and Warnings to Leaders:  A View from the Pew
 
The _____________ of becoming a leader in Christ does not always
 
 look like _____________.
 
        Moving from_____________ to _____________ takes time. 
 
        Signs of immature leaders
         E - 
         R - 
         C -
 
What are the three different roles for leaders? 
 
        Some _____________
 
        Other’s Water
 
        God _____________
 
Insights into Infant and Adult Leaders
         A
         B
         C
         D
 
Satan can be successfully _________________.
 
        What does James 4:7 remind us? 
Solution:  Foundation to Build Upon 
         Builder
         Jesus the foundation
         Gold, silver
         Wood, hay and stubble

The Devil in the Details 
 
Satan is  _________________
 
        What does Ephesians 6:12 remind us?
 
What are names of Satan from Scripture?
 
What do we learn from Revelation, chapter 12?
 
Satan doesn’t rule hell.  He’s _____________  _____________.
 
What real power does Satan possess?
 
        What does it mean that Satan has no “omni’s”?
 
What is our weapon in confronting Satan?  
 
Satan can be successfully _________________.
 
        What does James 4:7 remind us?   
Satan wants to _____________ us.  
 
Satan is a _____________
 
        What does 2 Corinthians 11:14 - 15 teach us? 
 
Application: 
 

The Original Super Power 
1.  Power in  _____________________________ (verses 1 - 5)
 
        How did Paul “keep it simple” with the Corinthians?
 
        Why might Paul have had “fear and trembling”?
 
        What does 2 Corinthians 12:9 - 10 remind us? 
 
2.  Power in _____________________________ (verses 6 - 13)
 
        What is the “secret and hidden wisdom”?
 
                How is this wisdom hidden?
 
        Who are the “rulers of this age”?
             
        What do we know about the “Spirit of God”?
        
3. Power in the  _______________  of Christ (verses 14 - 16)
 
        What is the struggle of the natural person?
 
        What does it mean that Christians have the “mind of         Christ”?