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You Have A Terminal Illness! Are You Going to be a 'Fan' or a 'Follower'?

Sunday, June 3, 2012
Led by Eric Gintert
  • John 3:1-21  -  Nicodemus had a natural understanding of being born again. We can't see the Spirit (just as you cant see wind), we see the effects of the Spirit on man (just as you see the effect of the wind on trees).
God has to take us through darkness so we can see the light. We need hard things to make us seek Him.

We all have a terminal illness. Young, old. Rich, poor. Male, female. The terminal illness is SIN. (see Romans 6:23)

  • Mark 1:1-11 & Matthew 3:1-12  -  John the Baptist was called to prepare the way before Jesus. Repent means to make a complete change of mind from where you are at. In today's world, John would have been told that he was "judging" the Pharisees and Sadducees when he told them to repent. Just as chaff has to be burned off in order to produce something fruitful, we must go through fire to be fruitful.
  • Luke 9:18-23  -  Are we willing to give up "me, myself and I" daily to follow Jesus. Are we willing to go to battle for Jesus? He doesn't want us to "like" Him or vote for Him... He wants us to FOLLOW Him.
Are we going to be people who are just fans of Jesus Christ, as if he were celebrity or sports star, or are we going to be followers of Jesus as our Saviour?

Prayer Requests
Larry & Vicky S.  -  traveling for the next two weeks
Fields Family  -  baby coming any day
Ed G.  -  prostate cancer; bone scan tomorrow
Randy & Teresa H.  -  adoption
Pete, Jordyn, Lucy, Melody, Angie  -  cancers
Bill & Donna L.  -  Bill, healing back; Donna, sleep apnea
Del M. mom  -  mental and physical deterioration


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