Read: Joshua 5:13-15

Read: Revelation 19: 11-16

Read: Revelation 5:1-6

Message Notes:

  • If you love God, you will want to get to know Him more

  • There is a disconnect between the God of the desert who would protect us during battle, and the God of the Christian bookstore. I always wondered where are the Lions?

  • The picture we have of Jesus is incomplete.

  • We need to adjust our view of Jesus

  • It is one thing to have a picture of a lion, and it is a complete different thing to have met one. It is the same of Jesus. Have you ever met someone and automatically known that they were a Christian?

 1 st – 3 rd Century: Victory over suffering Jesus

 4 th - 5 th Century: Distant and exalted Jesus

 6 th -15 th Century: Scary taskmaster Jesus

 16 th -17 th Century: Loving Jesus

 18 th -20 th Century: Exiled Jesus

 21 st Century: Ricky Bobby Jesus

  • The Blood of the martyrs are the seed of the Church. – Apologeticus Tertullian

  • Chi Rho, “XP – In hoc signo vinces” In this sign you shall conquer.

  • We have lost the fear of God. There should be a love, but also a respect/fear of God.

  • We make Jesus into a caricature; If there is something you don’t like about Him, *you* should change.

  • We are in a world of crisis, we don’t want to lose our friends, and neighbors by saying the wrong thing or offending someone with the truth. The world wants us silent, shut up and quiet. Right now, we need the picture of Jesus as a lion.

  • Speak the truth in love. Being loving does not mean to be a push over. Love is speaking truth.

    Discussion Questions:

  • How do you picture Jesus? (or Describe how you imagine Jesus).

  • Did your picture of Jesus change after watching the sermon?

  • Do you agree or disagree with John Lovell about needing a Lion-Jesus?

  • Have there been times in your life when you needed a Lion-Jesus, the warrior captain?

  • What was your biggest takeaway?

  1. Watch Ricky Bobby Prayer

  2. Research Christophany

  3. Find three places where Jesus showed up in the Old Testament.

  4. Read Genesis 3

  5. What jumps out at you when reading this chapter?

    1. Satan, the serpent corrupts Eve by presenting doubt to God’s word. That is how Satan corrupts us even today.

    2. Adam blames God for his failure (he blames the woman, the woman *you/God* gave me.

    3. Eve blames the serpent (“The serpent deceived me,… that’s why I ate it.”)

    4. When we sin and fail, we to often use this same method of blame shifting to make it seem that our failure was not our fault, or that we do not have the responsibility for our own failures. Christians need to own their mistakes, and work to learn from them, and not to repeat them.

    5. The Lord God made clothing from animal skins for Adam and Eve; the first animal/blood sacrifice to cover their sin.

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