Preacher: Jeremy Herbert

Theme: Developing Intentional Integrity

Text: Psalm 101

Notes:

We are called to be salt and light

• Matthew 5:13-16
• 1 Peter 2:9-10

By developing intentional integrity
and intentional influence
we can have incredible impact.

1. Delight in what is right
   • Righteousness and goodness have a source–God
   • Psalm 34, “taste and see that the LORD is good”
   • To delight in God, spend time with God
     • In prayer
     • In His word
     • In meditation on His word
   • Drinking more deeply from God’s word should make you more balanced, not more extreme
2. Do what is right
   • Be dedicated to be in private what I claim to be in public
     • “The true test of a man’s character is what he does when no one is watching” – John Wooden
   • Be careful what we put in front of our eyes
     • What we put in front of our eyes will make its way to our heart
     • What lodges in our heart will become part of our character
       • Proverbs 4:23-27
       • Philippians 4:8
       • Job 31:1
   • Choose ahead of time what you will do
     • Not in the moment
       • What places will I go?
       • What media will I consume?
3. Defend what is right
   • While we do not have the same civic role that David had, we have a measure of civic responsibility delegated to us
   • We ought to vote for and support for those public officials who will support honesty and truth and goodness
     • We ought to denounce evil–but we must also offer the truth and goodness of God’s word
       • This includes denouncing wicked acts by officials we largely support
     • How will people know God’s mercy if they don’t know His justice?
   • Divide when necessary

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Preacher: Jeremy Herbert

Theme: How Jesus’s Birth Changed Everything

Text: Galatians 4:4-6

Notes:

Cling to Christ because He is the only hope for each of us and for the whole world.

1. Perfect Timing
   • “…when the fullness of time had come….”
   • Context of Galatians
     • Paul planted churches in Galatia, Acts 13, 16
     • He hears that the Galatian believers have succumbed to the false teaching of Judaizers, who had added Law to grace, perverting the gospel
   • The Law was never meant to provide salvation–it revealed our sin and pointed us to Christ alone for salvation
   • Micah 5:2, Bethlehem
   • God created time and space but is bound by neither
   • Application
     • Is God–the God of time, and whose timing is perfect–getting the timing “wrong” in your life?
     • What do your calendar and schedule–the “budgets” of your time–say about the time God has given you?
     • 2 Corinthians 6:2
     • 2 Timothy 2:
2. Perfect Person
3. Perfect Plan
4. Perfect Result

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Preacher: Jeremy Herbert

Theme: Jesus is a real Savior for real people–and that is good news worth talking about.

Text: John 4:1-42

Notes:

1. Christ takes real time to talk to real people
   • He cares about people on the fringe
   • He isn’t afraid to rub shoulders with the “wrong” kind of people
   • He meets us where they are
2. Christ speaks to our deepest needs
3. Christ tackles our real issues
   • The issue isn’t so much the sins we commit–it is the reason we commit them
     • We commit sin because we are rebelling against God
4. Christ keeps the main thing the main thing
   • The point of salvation is worship
   • We must love God supremely and live devotedly
   • Our external acts will change based on an internal transformation
5. Christ doesn’t just give salvation–He gives Himself

We are missional worshipers calling needy people to a soul-satisfying Savior.

Preacher: Jeremy Herbert

Theme: Gather, Grow, and Go

Text: John 4:1-26

Notes:

Jesus is a real Savior for real people–and that is good news worth talking about.

Book of John

• An evangelistic book
  • God is an evangelistic God
  • Jesus is an evangelistic Savior
• Worship
  • Worship is about sharing  with those who do not deserve it the very best that He has–Himself
• An apologetic book
• Key words in the book of John:
  • signs
  • belief
  • life

John 4: The Woman At The Well

• Christ takes real time to talk to real people
• Christ moves toward needy people
• Christ cares about people on the fringe
• Christ isn’t afraid of the “wrong” kind of people
  • Samaritans
  • Publicans
  • Those medically disabled or unclean
  • “Jesus was a magnet for messed-up people”
  • Christ still meets with messed-up people today
  • 1 Peter 2:5-6
  • Christ is not afraid to call us brothers
• Christ meets us where we are
  • …and He takes us where we need to go

How Ought We To Apply This Passage?

1. If Christ cares about messed-up people, He cares about you
2. He loves you where you are
3. He loves you too much to leave you there
4. He always transforms those whom He calls

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