Sermon from 2/8/2015 1 Corinthians 9:16 For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! 1. Our lives are formed and shaped by the ____________ of others. 2. Jesus not only died to pay for our sins, He also ____________ a perfect life in our place to ____________ God's demands. 3. Christ's Word of grace forms an entirely new way of being: One of ____________ and ____________. Scripture Readings Isaiah 40:21-31 1 Corinthians 9:16-27 Mark 1:29-39 Take It With You! As we learn how to live as disciples of Jesus Christ, here helpful tools will be offered to aid in your study. The intent in reading the Scripture, among people of faith, is to extend the range of our listening to the God who reveals himself in word, to become acquainted with the ways in which he has spoken in various times and places, along with the ways in which people respond when he speaks. The Christian conviction is that God speaks reality into being -- creation into shape, salvation into action. It is also a Christian conviction that we are that which is spoken into a creation shape and a salvation action. We are what happens when the word is spoken. Ezra Pound's H. Selwyn Mauberly expresses the zest of this kind of reader/listener: "Tell it to me, all of it, I guzzle with outstretched ears!" Eugene Peterson, Working the Angles ~~ Sermon Audio Podcast (iTunes): http://bit.ly/flcsermons Bible Study Audio Podcast (iTunes): http://bit.ly/flcbiblestudies Church Website: http://faithmoorpark.com/ Social Media: http://facebook.com/FaithMoorpark http://twitter.com/FaithMoorpark http://instagram.com/FaithMoorpark http://plus.google.com/+FaithMoorpark http://youtube.com/FaithMoorpark
