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JESUS BEGINS HIS MINISTRY (2 OF 14)
by Central Christian Church of Arizona
Scripture: Matthew 4:1-25
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Jesus Begins His Ministry (2 of 14)
Series: The Story
Cal Jernigan
Matthew 4
Big idea: The surest way to lose a battle is to be unaware you are in one.
1) Opening Comments
a) Welcome and Greetings
b) Today's Message:
i) Bible: Matthew 4
ii) Journal:
(1) Title: Jesus Begins His Ministry
(2) Big Idea: The surest way to lose a battle is to be unaware you are in one.
c) The Story
i) Last Week: The Birth of Christ
ii) This Week: The early days of Jesus' ministerial life-how it all got started
d) What do you imagine the perfect life to be?
i) So often, we think that if God loved us, and he truly cared for us, life would be easy.
ii) We imagine it as a day at the beach or a picnic at the park.
iii) The truth is... if we look to the life of Christ, it would better be described as an intense warfare.
iv) This is unsettling, as war is unsettling, but it is honest.
2) Visiting Famous Civil War Battlegrounds
a) This has become a bit of a passion and pastime for Lisa and me.
b) Some of the key ones we have visited
i) Gettysburg
(1) High water mark of the confederacy
ii) Antietam
iii) Fredericksburg
iv) Shiloh
v) Vicksburg
c) Trying to replay the battle
i) To envision it
ii) To imagine it
iii) How I would love to attend a ''reenactment'' at one of these
(1) Incidentally, we did kind of se one at Springfield ILL at the burial site of Lincoln
(2) We were surprised by how old the reenactors were...
(3) In the actual war, these were extremely young men
(4) Young men today don't tend to be interested in reenacting history!
d) What you discover: The strategies employed greatly determined the outcome
i) Pickett's charge in Gettysburg
ii) The Hornet's Nest at Shiloh
iii) The stone wall at Fredericksburg
iv) The notorious ''sunken road'' at Antietam
3) Visiting Biblical Battlegrounds
a) Just as we have done this... we have done this regarding Biblical Battles
b) Jericho
c) The Valley of Elah
d) Mt. Gilboa a ...
Series: The Story
Cal Jernigan
Matthew 4
Big idea: The surest way to lose a battle is to be unaware you are in one.
1) Opening Comments
a) Welcome and Greetings
b) Today's Message:
i) Bible: Matthew 4
ii) Journal:
(1) Title: Jesus Begins His Ministry
(2) Big Idea: The surest way to lose a battle is to be unaware you are in one.
c) The Story
i) Last Week: The Birth of Christ
ii) This Week: The early days of Jesus' ministerial life-how it all got started
d) What do you imagine the perfect life to be?
i) So often, we think that if God loved us, and he truly cared for us, life would be easy.
ii) We imagine it as a day at the beach or a picnic at the park.
iii) The truth is... if we look to the life of Christ, it would better be described as an intense warfare.
iv) This is unsettling, as war is unsettling, but it is honest.
2) Visiting Famous Civil War Battlegrounds
a) This has become a bit of a passion and pastime for Lisa and me.
b) Some of the key ones we have visited
i) Gettysburg
(1) High water mark of the confederacy
ii) Antietam
iii) Fredericksburg
iv) Shiloh
v) Vicksburg
c) Trying to replay the battle
i) To envision it
ii) To imagine it
iii) How I would love to attend a ''reenactment'' at one of these
(1) Incidentally, we did kind of se one at Springfield ILL at the burial site of Lincoln
(2) We were surprised by how old the reenactors were...
(3) In the actual war, these were extremely young men
(4) Young men today don't tend to be interested in reenacting history!
d) What you discover: The strategies employed greatly determined the outcome
i) Pickett's charge in Gettysburg
ii) The Hornet's Nest at Shiloh
iii) The stone wall at Fredericksburg
iv) The notorious ''sunken road'' at Antietam
3) Visiting Biblical Battlegrounds
a) Just as we have done this... we have done this regarding Biblical Battles
b) Jericho
c) The Valley of Elah
d) Mt. Gilboa a ...
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