Important starting
pointIt is not an accident
Jesus begins with
Matthew 6:9-13“Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our
daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And
lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil
one.”
Relationship (God and People)
One who is different
Our Father
In Heaven
Not a mind thing
Brought into relationship
The deep witness
On par with Jesus
The Spirit
Adopted
Our operating
system
Our status
We are birthed from above in the
Spirit
John 3:3-7In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the
truth, no-one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again."
"How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's
womb to be born!" Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no-one can enter the kingdom of God unless
he is born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be
born again.'
Born Again:
Greek word = anothen
above, again,begining
Ephesians 2:4-7But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were
dead in transgressions — it is by grace you have been saved. And God
raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the
heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he
might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus
A simple process
John 15:16 You did not choose me,
but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear
fruit – fruit that will last – and so that whatever you
ask in my name the Father will give you.
Every human
being lives out of their
centre
Christians are to live out of their
Abba centre