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Encounters with Jesus - Part 5, Surviving the Hate Culture

Encounters with Jesus - Part 5, Surviving the Hate Culture

Pastor Jim Bradford | February 20-21, 2021 | Encounters with Jesus - Part 5, Surviving the Hate Culture

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Surviving the Hate Culture
Jesus was an amazing teacher!

* Riveting overstatements
Jesus was an amazing teacher!

* Riveting overstatements

* Rhetorical questions
Jesus was an amazing teacher!

* Riveting overstatements

* Rhetorical questions

* Real life applications
Jesus put more emphasis on behaviors than emotions.
Jesus put more emphasis on behaviors than emotions.

* Rather than feeling our way into right acting, we can act our way into right feeling

* The Jesus kind of love is more than an emotional condition
- Love is an action, not a condition
- Love is a choice, not a response
- Love is a verb, not a noun
- Love is the engine, not the caboose
N. T. Wright...
“The kingdom that Jesus preached and lived was all about a glorious, uproarious, absurd generosity. Think of the best thing you can do for the worst person, and go ahead and do it.”
Jesus always takes us back to what God is like...
Jesus always takes us back to what God is like...

* God loves the unloving
* God loves the unlovable
We ultimately do this because God is like this...
* Let offenses go
* Cool down before you confront
* Talk face to face if emotions are high
* Don't interpret personal disagreements as personal attacks
* Look for ways to do good back
* Turn people over to God by forgiving them
* Become a forgiven person yourself