OneLife Church
Identity: Part 4 - Adoption
Locations & Times
North Campus
3503 W Emory Rd, Powell, TN 37849, USA
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:45 AM
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http://www.onelifeknox.com/giveBottom Line: Adoption doesn’t change my identity, it completely replaces my identity.
1. Not all are adopted.
2. Adoption recognizes my need for a new identity.
3. Receiving my new identity is all-in not half-hearted.
4. This adoption is so radical it is described as a second birth.
START TALKING
Share an adoption story. Maybe it is your own literal adoption story, or one that you have witnessed. How did it do more than change a name or identity, but completely replaced identity?
Share an adoption story. Maybe it is your own literal adoption story, or one that you have witnessed. How did it do more than change a name or identity, but completely replaced identity?
START THINKING
Read John 1:9-13. Why do you think that the very creation that Jesus was the maker of was unable to recognize Him? What does this tell you about false identity and how deceptive it is?
What do you think Jesus felt (and feels) when his very own creation did not (and does not) receive Him? Why is this an important reality to consider? How does this make a relationship with Jesus more understandable than merely a religion?
Read John 1:9-13. Why do you think that the very creation that Jesus was the maker of was unable to recognize Him? What does this tell you about false identity and how deceptive it is?
What do you think Jesus felt (and feels) when his very own creation did not (and does not) receive Him? Why is this an important reality to consider? How does this make a relationship with Jesus more understandable than merely a religion?
START SHARING
How have you experienced a world that assumes all are "God's children"? What is challenging about the truth that, in fact, all are not yet God's children? What is the danger in believing all are God's children already?
What led you to first recognizing and accepting that you had and have a need for a new identity? What was most difficult for you to overcome to accept this?
Over and over the Bible uses the word "believe," which can be easily misunderstood in the English language as an intellectual step rather than an "all-in" action step. How have you experienced the difference between a simple and literal "belief" that Jesus is real versus the "all-in" surrender to Him that the Scriptures actually speak of?
Read Titus 3:5, Ezekiel 36:26, 2 Corinthians 5:17, and John 3:5. These verses are just a few that speak of "regeneration" or the second birth. How do these help you better understand the radical transformation that happens when you truly follow Jesus and repent of your former, false identity?
How have you experienced a world that assumes all are "God's children"? What is challenging about the truth that, in fact, all are not yet God's children? What is the danger in believing all are God's children already?
What led you to first recognizing and accepting that you had and have a need for a new identity? What was most difficult for you to overcome to accept this?
Over and over the Bible uses the word "believe," which can be easily misunderstood in the English language as an intellectual step rather than an "all-in" action step. How have you experienced the difference between a simple and literal "belief" that Jesus is real versus the "all-in" surrender to Him that the Scriptures actually speak of?
Read Titus 3:5, Ezekiel 36:26, 2 Corinthians 5:17, and John 3:5. These verses are just a few that speak of "regeneration" or the second birth. How do these help you better understand the radical transformation that happens when you truly follow Jesus and repent of your former, false identity?
START DOING
What do you sense the Spirit is leading you to do so that you can fully surrender to and follow Jesus? What role must repentance of sin play for you to full embrace your adoption as a child of God?
What holds you back from truly embracing your new identity? What can you do everyday to break free from the sin that would attempt to hold you trapped to your old self?
How would you tell your story of life before Jesus and then following Jesus in terms of adoption? Share you story with each other as if you were sharing it with someone who doesn't yet know Jesus.
What do you sense the Spirit is leading you to do so that you can fully surrender to and follow Jesus? What role must repentance of sin play for you to full embrace your adoption as a child of God?
What holds you back from truly embracing your new identity? What can you do everyday to break free from the sin that would attempt to hold you trapped to your old self?
How would you tell your story of life before Jesus and then following Jesus in terms of adoption? Share you story with each other as if you were sharing it with someone who doesn't yet know Jesus.
START PRAYING
Pray for each other in the micro church, especially related to what you shared above is your greatest hurdle to embracing your new identity in Christ. Pray for each other to be all-in and ready to share this story with those who are not yet adopted as a child of God.
Pray for each other in the micro church, especially related to what you shared above is your greatest hurdle to embracing your new identity in Christ. Pray for each other to be all-in and ready to share this story with those who are not yet adopted as a child of God.
Take a Next Step!
Don't just attend church for an hour a week. Take a step! What step should you take?
1. Follow Jesus! If you have followed Jesus...
2. Get baptized! If you are following Jesus, then that's all you need to be "ready" to take this step.
3. Volunteer! Don't simply be a consumer, but be part of making a difference in the lives of those who come to OneLife to experience Jesus. There are weekday and Sunday opportunities. Get info about what opportunities there are for you!
4. Join a micro church! You can't have true community sitting in rows with a large crowd. That's not the church - it's an event! Micro churches are small "churches" of 10-12 adults that meet in homes throughout the week to learn together, pray together, serve the community together, and care for each other together.
Get more information about any of the above, send us your prayer requests so we can pray with you, or ask any question we can help you with by filling out the online connection card!
http://www.onelifeknox.com/connect1. Follow Jesus! If you have followed Jesus...
2. Get baptized! If you are following Jesus, then that's all you need to be "ready" to take this step.
3. Volunteer! Don't simply be a consumer, but be part of making a difference in the lives of those who come to OneLife to experience Jesus. There are weekday and Sunday opportunities. Get info about what opportunities there are for you!
4. Join a micro church! You can't have true community sitting in rows with a large crowd. That's not the church - it's an event! Micro churches are small "churches" of 10-12 adults that meet in homes throughout the week to learn together, pray together, serve the community together, and care for each other together.
Get more information about any of the above, send us your prayer requests so we can pray with you, or ask any question we can help you with by filling out the online connection card!