Episodes
Wednesday Jan 30, 2013
Love Stinks #2- The Ruin of Relationships
Wednesday Jan 30, 2013
Wednesday Jan 30, 2013
Relationships RuinedHe said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” [2] And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, [3] but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” [4] But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. [5] For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” [6] So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. [7] Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.[8] And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. [9] But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” [10] And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.” [11] He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” [12] The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” [13] Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”[14] The LORD God said to the serpent,“Because you have done this,cursed are you above all livestockand above all beasts of the field;on your belly you shall go,and dust you shall eatall the days of your life.[15] I will put enmity between you and the woman,and between your offspring and her offspring;he shall bruise your head,and you shall bruise his heel.”[16] To the woman he said,“I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing;in pain you shall bring forth children.Your desire shall be for your husband,and he shall rule over you.”[17] And to Adam he said,“Because you have listened to the voice of your wifeand have eaten of the treeof which I commanded you,‘You shall not eat of it,’cursed is the ground because of you;in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;[18] thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;and you shall eat the plants of the field.[19] By the sweat of your faceyou shall eat bread,till you return to the ground,for out of it you were taken;for you are dust,and to dust you shall return.”[20] The man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. [21] And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.[22] Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—” [23] therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. [24] He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.(Genesis 3 ESV)Big Idea: Self-centeredness is the definite cause and unfortunate result of the Fall of RelationshipsOutline:1. Insecurity2. Shame3. Blame4. Suspicion5. Rebellion
Friday Jan 18, 2013
Love Stinks: Created for Relationships
Friday Jan 18, 2013
Friday Jan 18, 2013
[1:1] In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. [2] The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. (Genesis 1:1-2 ESV) [26] Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” [27] So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. [28] And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” (Genesis 1:26-28 ESV) [31] And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. (Genesis 1:31 ESV) [15] The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. [16] And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, [17] but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” [18] Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.” [19] Now out of the ground the LORD God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name. [20] The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him. [21] So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. [22] And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. [23] Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” [24] Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. [25] And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. (Genesis 2:15-25 ESV) [22] And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. [23] And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb. [24] By its light will the nations walk, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it, [25] and its gates will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there. [26] They will bring into it the glory and the honor of the nations. [27] But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life. (Revelation 21:22-27 ESV) Outine: I. 2 Messages from our culture on relationships: __________________________ & ____________________________. II. 2 Messages from God on relationships: _______________________________ & ______________________________. Discussion Questions: 1. Are you a person who is more jaded and cynical about relationships or optimistic and romantic about relationships? Why is this? What is it about your personality/experience, or other factors that has led you to this place? 2. In what ways does the culture ultimately leave both extremes broken and without hope or fulfillment? 3. What are ways that you will change your posture toward relationships if the two messages from God about the bible are true? 4. What new purpose and resolve and vision did the message give for getting out of bed in the morning? 5. Depending on if you are a cynic or a romantic when it comes to relationships, how do you need to ask God to help your belief in Jesus being applied to your life? Schedule: Dating Relationships- RUF Style. Love Stinks- Waiting, Dating, and Mating” Jan 16- Created for Relationships, Gen 1-2 Jan 23- Relationships Ruined, Gen 3 Jan 30- Fallout: Whores, Donkey Dongs, Horse Emissions- Jesus and our idols. Ezekiel 16 & 23 Feb 6- Friendship & Community, 1 John 1:1-10 Feb 13- S-E-X is a gift that tells a story with your body, Eph 5; Feb 20- Sex in Dating Eph 5; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 Feb 27- Sex in Marriage Eph 5; 1 Cor 6:12-20 Mar 6- Sex is Fun: The Joy of Biblical, Married, Orgasmic Sex. Song of Solomon Mar 13-Who to date? Studly Men 1 Timothy 3:1-7 Mar 27- Who to date? Beautiful Women Prov 31; 1 Peter 3:1-6 Apr 3- Dating and Love- 1 Corinthians 13; 1 John 4:1-10 Apr 10- Come and hear Coach Spates’ Story of Rescue (baby week) Apr 17- Dating and the Breakup: Single & Ready to Mingle Colossians 3:12-14; Apr 24- Get Married or Breakup, Hosea 1, 11. May 1- An Invitation to the Wedding Revelation 19