Risen Life Church
What does Jesus really think about you? Is he disappointed with you? Ambivalent about the things going on in your life? Or worse yet, mad at you? In this sermon series we will explore the very heart of Christ for us as believers in Jesus. What we will find is in the heart of Christ is a deep love for us that propels Christ to run in to our broken lives and constantly meet us right where we are. In this four part sermon series, will we take one week to look at God’s heart for us, two weeks to look at Christ’s heart towards us, and one last week to consider the heart of the Holy Spirit. This series is inspired by the book Gentle and Lowly by Dane Ortlund and we are encouraging you to get 2021 started off right by reading the book devotionally with us for the next couple of weeks.
Scripture Reading
Jen Brown
John 16:5-15 ESV
The Heart of the Father
Exodus 34:6-7 ESV
Ephesians 2:1-10 ESV
Luke 15:11-32 ESV
The Heart of Christ
Matthew 11:29 ESV
Hebrews 12:2 ESV
Hebrews 7:25 ESV
The Heart of the Spirit
John 16:5-15 ESV
Jeremiah 31:33-34 ESV
Joel 2:28-29 ESV
John 16:13-15 ESV
John 16:15 ESV
I. The Spirit Helps Us in Salvation
1) The Spirit convicts us of sin
John 16:8 ESV
2) It is the Spirit that Transforms Us
John 3:6 ESV
Ezekiel 36:24-27 ESV
Romans 8:9 ESV
3) It is the Spirit that assures us that we are Christ’s
Romans 8:16 ESV
II. The Spirit is our Teacher and Guide in our Christian Walk
1) He gives us Guidance
1 Kings 19:9-18 ESV
Isaiah 30:21 ESV
Acts 16:6-10 ESV
James 1:5 ESV
1 Corinthians 2:12-13 ESV
John 14:25 ESV
2) The Spirit Sanctifies us
Galatians 5:19-25 ESV
Romans 8:13 ESV
3) The Spirit helps us in Prayer
Romans 8:26-27 ESV
III. The Spirit Empowers us for Ministry
1) Evangelism
Acts 1:8 ESV
2) Service
1 Corinthians 12:4-7 ESV
1 Corinthians 12:7-10 ESV
Ephesians 4:11 ESV
Romans 12:6-8 ESV
1 Corinthians 12:27-31 ESV
Judges 14:6 ESV
Exodus 31:3-5 ESV
2 Corinthians 3:17 ESV
Romans 8:1-2 ESV
Quote from Gentle and Lowly p 122
"The Spirit causes us to actually feel Christ’s heart for us.”
Quote from Gentle an Lowly p 123
“The Spirit is the answer to how Jesus can leave them bodily while leaving his heart behind. The Spirit is the continuation of the heart of Christ for his people after the departure of Jesus to heaven.”
Quote from Gentle and Lowly p 122
“The Spirit makes the heart of Christ real to us; not just heard, but seen; not just seen, but felt; not just felt, but enjoyed. The Spirit takes what we read in the Bible and believe on paper about Jesus’s heart and moves if from theory to reality, from doctrine to experience.”