Notes For 12/19/2021 Sermon

Last Updated on January 2, 2022 by Rocklyn Clarke

A Very Jewish Savior!
Rocklyn Clarke – Sunday December 19, 2021
© 2021 Life Church Ministries, Inc.

Sermon Podcast Page (includes links to audio, handout, and slides)

Series Passage: Acts 22:30 – 23:35
Sermon Passage: Luke 2:1-21
Related Passages: Matthew 1, Luke 1 – 2

Life Group Meeting

Without life groups, we are at the mercy of cliques and people who aren’t in a clique will “fall through the cracks”. Furthermore, even the people who are in cliques will have some of their issues and needs “fall through the cracks”. This is because life groups are organized to please, and be led by the Holy Spirit, whereas cliques develop solely around whatever the people in the cliques find appealing. Life groups are organized to help you grow and overcome your “issues”; cliques simply aren’t!

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• Welcome (5-10 minutes)
  • Icebreaker
• Worship (optional)
  • Worship in the Cell Group – Joel Comiskey Group
• Word – Discussion Questions (if there are no specific questions use the default questions):
  For each question, spend 1 – 2 minutes in silence before you begin to respond.
  1. The gospels emphasize Jesus’ role as Israel’s savior. Do you have any questions about what this means and how it applies to us?
  2. How are you doing in reading through the gospels? How about the rest of the Bible?
  3. Give examples of unchurched people you know at various thresholds.
  4. What keeps you from influencing the unchurched people you know to follow Jesus?
  5. What keeps you from getting to know new unchurched people?
• Witness
  • Testimony:
    • Describe your life before Jesus.
      • Your ethnicity, where you were born, where you were raised.
      • The spiritual beliefs you were raised with and/or that you eventually adopted.
        • How you decided right or wrong.
      • Your beliefs about and attitude towards Jesus and Christians.
      • Examples that illustrate your former beliefs.
      • What were your most important goals?
    • Describe how you realized you needed to follow Jesus.
  • Pray for 1 or 2 people that you want to become followers of Jesus.
  • Pray for boldness to build your relationships with unchurched people and to talk about Jesus.

Five Thresholds

• Home Page | Evangelism
• The Five Thresholds | Evangelism
  • Journey to Faith: The Five Thresholds | Evangelism
  • Threshold 1: Trust | Evangelism
  • Threshold 2: Curiosity | Evangelism
  • Threshold 3: Openness | Evangelism
  • Threshold 4: Seeking | Evangelism
  • Threshold 5: Following | Evangelism

Salvation

• Following Jesus: Introduction – Lesson 2
• Acts 2
• John 10:1-5
• Acts 19:1-7
• Promises:
  • Romans 8:28
  • Philippians 4:6-7
  • Philippians 4:13
  • Philippians 4:19
  • 1 John 1:9
  • Romans 8:28
  • Romans 8:32

Your Testimony

• Acts 10
• Acts 17:16-34
• 1 Corinthians 2:1-5
• Revelation 12:7-12

Default Material

(Use these when there are no specific discussion questions for the passage:

• Question 1: “What is this passage saying?”
• Question 2: “What is God saying to me through this passage?”
• Question 3: “How can  I apply this passage throughout the week?”

Taken from:

• What is the Best Small Group Lesson? (Three Questions that Will Help Revitalize Your Cell Group) – YouTube (00:5:15)