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What Would Jesus Undo-Week 1: "Indifference"

Verde Valley Christian Church
May 26 – 28, 2019

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May 26, 2019 / / / What Would Jesus Undo-Week 1: "Indifference".
If Jesus walked into our church today, what would he be pleased by? What would he want to change? If Jesus observed your life today, what would he be pleased by? What would he want to change? During this series, we will be challenged to consider the ways in which we live out our faith, and what things Jesus would want us to change.
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Title: "Indifference"
Speaker: Doug Freeman
Series: What Would Jesus Undo?

Revelation 3:15-16
"I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other! But since you are like lukewarm water, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth!

By far the most dangerous foe we have to fight is apathy - indifference from whatever cause, not from a lack of knowledge, but from carelessness, from absorption in other pursuits, from a contempt bred of self-satisfaction.

William Osler

Two Causes Of Spiritual Indifference:

1. Self-SUFFICIENCY

Revelation 3:17
You say, 'I am rich. I have everything I want. I don't need a thing!' And you don't realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked.

Two Causes Of Spiritual Indifference:

1. Self-SUFFICIENCY

2. DISTRACTIONS Of This World

Mark 4:19
but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the worries of this life, the lure of wealth, and the desire for other things, so no fruit is produced.

Steps To Avoiding Spiritual Indifference:

Live for God-not to please men

Luke 6:26
What sorrow awaits you who are praised by the crowds, for their ancestors also praised false prophets.

Steps To Avoiding Spiritual Indifference:

Live for God-not to please men
Be obsessed with eternity

Mark 8:36 (NLT)

And what do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul?

Steps To Avoiding Spiritual Indifference:

Live for God-not to please men
Be obsessed with eternity
Fear God and live a life of obedience

John 14:15 (NLT)

"If you love me, obey my commandments."

Steps To Avoiding Spiritual Indifference:

Live for God-not to please men
Be obsessed with eternity
Fear God and live a life of obedience
Share your faith

Luke 12:8 (NLT)

"I tell you the truth, everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, the Son of Man will also acknowledge in the presence of God's angels."

Steps To Avoiding Spiritual Indifference:

Live for God-not to please men
Be obsessed with eternity
Fear God and live a life of obedience
Share your faith
Seek Him Daily

Luke 9:23 (NLT)

Then he said to the crowd, "If any of you wants to be my follower, you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross daily, and follow me."

Steps To Avoiding Spiritual Indifference:

Live for God-not to please men
Be obsessed with eternity
Fear God and live a life of obedience
Share your faith
Seek Him daily
Be different than the world

Matthew 5:14
"You are the light of the world—like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden.

Revelation 3:19-20
I correct and discipline everyone I love. So be diligent and turn from your indifference. "Look! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.

Thank you Heavenly Father for pursuing me in relationship. I know, Lord, that I can allow self-sufficiency and the distractions of this world to make me a lukewarm follower. Help me, Lord, to undo those things in my life that make me indifferent, and give me the strength to wake up every day in full reliance on you.
In Jesus' name,
Amen

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