The Words of Eternal Life
Theological Proposition/Focus: Scripture contains the most important and significant words we possess.
Homiletical Proposition/Application: We need to not just value Scripture in word but in deed as well.
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Text: John 6:68
Setting the Stage:
Read John 6:60-69
One of the hardest teachings of Jesus is not that you need to follow certain rules to get to heaven but that there is nothing you can do yourself to get to heaven.
The Father must enable someone to come to Jesus.
The simple fact is that you can do nothing to earn your way into heaven. Rather Jesus demands personal faith
What Christ offers is not a promise of political freedom from evil overlords. Christ promises atonement for personal sin and freedom from personal sin.
In John 6:66 we see that many of Jesus's follows got the message and realizing it was not what they wanted, they left.
Jesus asks the disciples who did not leave if they will also leave
Peter responds in verse 68, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life."
For all the problems Peter has, right here he is the all-star, he get's it. In Christ is everything we could possibly hope for or need.
Body
Today we are going to take a slightly different approach to the outline. The first thing I am going to do is to be to tell you what it looks like to make Scripture a spiritual discipline. To do so I will tell you four different stories of places in the Bible where Scripture was used. Then I will tell you why you should make Scripture a spiritual disciple. To do this I am going to take you to four different passages and use those passages to explain the theology of the use of Scripture. After talking about the why, we will dig into the how. To do this I am going to tell you four stories of modern Christians who I know and what they have done to make Scripture a spiritual discipline. Finally, I will give you a few pro-tips for maximizing your routine. So, with that in mind, let's start with the question:
