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DECIDE FOR YOURSELF (2 OF 10)

by Central Christian Church of Arizona

Scripture: Luke 23:1-56
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Decide for Yourself (2 of 10)
Series: The End
Cal Jernigan
Luke 23


Big Idea: When it comes to Christ, you choose to either receive or reject him. To not choose is not a choice.

1) Opening Thoughts:

a) Greetings to all

b) Next Week is Easter

i) Invite your friends

ii) Come early!
(1) In time to watch a video
(2) To an early service

iii) Understand the offering

2) Now on to Luke

a) For over two years now we've been in Luke

i) We've taken this study slowly and we've covered it carefully

ii) We've examined the parts... for the purpose of seeing the whole

b) Our goal was to hit the resurrection on Easter and wrap up our study

i) The resurrection happens at the beginning of the last chapter (24)

ii) This is where we will be next week

iii) In Luke 24, you have
(1) The resurrection
(2) Several events that happen after the resurrection
(a) These are very interesting... they are worth knowing
(b) Too much to cover next week
(c) Why not read chapter 24 on your own this week?

c) Last week

i) The significant role of ''the crowd''
(1) Crowds have a mentality
(2) People tend to think in ''herds''
(3) Most of us would admit that when we've allowed the crowd to make our mind up... we've regretted our decision
(a) ''The intelligence of that creature known as a crowd is the square root of the number of people in it.'' Terry Pratchett
(b) We certainly can find ourselves ''dumbed down'' by being in a crowd

ii) Three truths about crowds
(1) All of us have been a part of a crowd
(2) All of us have been influenced by a crowd
(3) All of us have used crowd mentality to influence others
(a) Everybody's doing it
(b) Conformity is a huge force

iii) At the end of it, though, crowds don't decide anything... individuals decide
(1) What is any crowd? Simply a collection of individuals
(2) We say a crowd decided something only after a sufficient number of individuals in that crowd made their minds up.

iv) Crowds i ...

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