How to Know Which Way to Go
Summary
The sermon emphasizes that ordinary people are called to live extraordinary lives for God. The speaker points out that the church has a unique DNA and a calling to spread God's kingdom, not just locally but also beyond. The message focuses on the importance of choosing the life and blessing God offers, and following Jesus as the guide in a time of many choices and challenges. The sermon encourages living unique lives suited to one's own time and season, and building a church with a high 'temperature' characterized by love, faith, and community, so as to influence society with biblical values.
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Key verses
I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,
Deut 30:19
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
Ps 32:8
and commanded them, “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the Levitical priests carrying it, then you shall set out from your present place and go under it. Yet there shall be a distance between you and it, a thousand cubits in measurement. You shall not come near to it, in order that you may know the way you are to go, for you have not passed this way before.”
Josh 3:3-4
He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Ps 23:3
Scripture quotations translated from Bibel 2011 © Bibelselskapet.
Discussion questions
- 1.In what ways can you, as an 'ordinary person,' live an 'extraordinary life' for God in your daily life?
- 2.As Christians, how can we make conscious choices to choose 'life and blessing' over 'death and curse' in various situations?
- 3.What does it mean to you personally to follow Jesus as your guide, especially when facing new or unknown paths in life?
- 4.How can we contribute to increasing the 'temperature' of love, faith, and community in your local church?