What Jesus does for us must always be secondary to who Jesus is to us.
Sermon Title: JESUS IS WHAT MATTERS
Sermon Text: LUKE 17:11-19; COLOSSIANS 2:6-10
Sermon Series: WHO IS JESUS?
By: PTR. NIC SY
Sermon Notes:
LUKE 17:11-19 NIV
11 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. 12 As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance 13 and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!” 14 When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed. 15 One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. 16 He threw himself at Jesus feet and thanked him--and he was a Samaritan. 17 Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18 Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?” 19 Then he said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well.”
COLOSSIANS 2:6-10 NIV
6 So then, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, 7 rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. 8 See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ. 9 For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form, 10 and you have been given fullness in Christ, who is the head over every power and authority.
PSALMS 73:25-26 NIV
25 Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.
26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Takeaway #1
Express your thankfulness.
2 TIMOTHY 3:1-2 NIV
1 But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.
2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, …
Thankfulness helps us focus on the giver.
Takeaway #2
See the hand of God in everything.
COLOSSIANS 1:16-17 NIV
16 For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
To hope is to acknowledge reality in the very same breath that we acknowledge God’s sovereignty.
Lysa Terkeurst
Takeaway #3
Spend time with Jesus.
JEREMIAH 2:32 NIV
32 Does a maiden forget her jewelry, a bride her wedding ornaments? Yet my people have forgotten me, days without number.
JEREMIAH 2:32 THE MESSAGE
32 Young women don't forget their jewelry, do they? Brides don't show up without their veils, do they? But my people forget me. Day after day after day they never give me a thought.
God gives us time.
But who has time for God?
Who is Jesus to you?