Sermon Notes from Sunday 1.26.14 from Luke 6.46-49

Here are the sermon notes from the final installation of the series, Apprentices, that has as its heart defining who we are as a church.  You can find these notes in PDF and the audio at sermons.heritagepark.org.  You can also get the audio via our podcast on iTunes.

Apprentices

Part 4 – Teach to Transform

Luke 6.46-49

Great Commission:  teach them to obey

• To become that kind of apprentice, you don’t get a bigger checklist or more consistent checklist – you become a different kind of person
• God doesn’t want you to obey but become the kind of person who normally obeys Him

These are the pictures of biblical transformation

• It is not external change, though you can expect external change
• It is a foundational change at the level of the heart

Two Formative Truths:

Jesus has the authority to speak

• He answers the question of autonomy

Jesus has the intelligence to speak

• He answers the question of relevance

Transformation more consistently happens in circle than in a row

Why we do Circles (convinced from biblical models, church history, and personal experience that these are the best)

• You are transformed by them
• You get to live out Jesus’ commands
• You know you are not alone
• You get to play a role in others’ transformation

How we do Circles

• Sunday School
• Weekly Small Groups
• Weekly Bible Studies