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THE GOD BEYOND OUR GRASP (7 OF 10)

by Central Christian Church of Arizona

Scripture: Luke 22:1-71
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The God beyond Our Grasp (7 of 10)
Series: The End
Jeremy Jernigan
Luke 22


1) Welcome to Central
a) Week 7 of your journal
b) Luke 22
c) Title: The God Beyond Our Grasp

2) Have you ever been so sure of something, only to found out you're wrong?
a) It's a very human experience
b) The internet has made this worse for us
c) Example #1
i) What's the line from this scene?
ii) Picture - Star Wars
iii) Video - Tommy Boy
iv) Darth Vader never says ''Luke, I am your father.''
v) The actual line is ''No, I am your father.''
vi) Some of you now have an excuse to re-watch Star Wars in order to ''fact check'' me!
d) Example #2
i) Picture - Sherlock Holmes
ii) What does Sherlock Holmes say?
iii) ''Elementary, my dear Watson.''
iv) This line never appeared in anything Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ever wrote

3) We do this with our faith as well
a) A disclaimer
i) Today's message is going to rattle some of you
ii) To be perfectly clear, I fully believe that Jesus is God
iii) I've committed my entire life to Him
iv) I will follow Him anywhere
v) Doesn't that make you curious about what's coming???
b) Which verse in the Bible explains the Trinity?
i) Trinity refers to the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit all being God, and all being one
ii) The word trinity is never actually mentioned
iii) You can certainly argue the concept though
c) Which verse of the Bible shows Jesus saying ''I am God''?
i) That's a complicated answer
ii) We'll explore that today
d) Big idea: Faith requires trusting Jesus through uncertainty.
e) As unsettling as it is for many Christians, we follow a God beyond our grasp.
i) This is actually a good thing
ii) It's the result of a God that is infinitely beyond us
iii) And the result of an honest view of ourselves

4) Luke 22:63-65 ''The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating him. 64 They blindfolded him and demanded, ''Prophesy! Who hit you?'' 65 And they said many other insulting things to him.
a) Two week ...

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