The Seven Realities of Experiencing God
- God is always working
- He invites us into a relationship with Him (last week)
- He invites us into His Work
- God speaks –how?
- His invitation leads us into a crisis of belief
- We must adjust our life to join Him
- When we obey God, we experience Him
The Third Reality: The invitation: God invites you to become involved with Him in His work.
God’s plan is not just to allow us to have a front row seat to watch what He is doing, but to actually participate in it!
1. Definition of a Disciple
Definition of a disciple of Jesus is one who is:
- Following Jesus
- Being changed by Jesus
- On mission with Jesus
If we simply look at these 3 qualifications of a disciple, we can actually know what it is that Jesus is inviting us into.
2. Following Jesus
- Jesus is calling us into a personal relationship with Him and to follow Him wherever He goes.
- He is calling us to lay down our life and submit ourselves to Him, by allowing Him to be our leader, our authority, our God.
Luke 9:23-26 & 57-62 (NLT) — Matthew 10:38 (NLT) — Mark 8:34 (NLT) — John 12:26 (NLT) — John 8:12 (NLT)
3. Being Changed by Jesus
- Your testimony: your story is more than just all the brokenness of your past—Jesus saved you!
- God didn’t just change you; He is still changing you or at least He wants to.
Philippians 1:6 (NLT)
God will continue to work in you to make you more and more like Jesus.