Embracing Transformation: The New Covenant in Christ
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### Quotes for Outreach
1. "The reality is simply this, that none of us like change. We all know we must change, but change is not something that we really wake up to do. We kind of have our routines, and change is not how we really move, if you think about it. But change is necessary. Can't escape it. There must be change." [01:26]
2. "We want progress. We want better. Yet we refuse to give up our old way of thinking and our old way of doing things for that benefit. In other words, I want change, but I'm unwilling to change. I want to see something different, but I want it to be different with me being the same me that I've been the whole time." [10:03]
3. "Hold on tightly to Jesus. Amen. But there are some patchwork things that because God has brung us up, we can let them go. Amen. We can let them go. But if you really want to get these kids right, amen, you want to get these kids right, listen, let them hold on to them clothes a little while longer. You'll see how right they'll get." [17:03]
4. "You can't hold on to who you used to be. Amen. God is trying to bring you into who he has called you to be. So in other words, listen, you have to make up in your mind whether or not you want to be patchwork or you want to be made whole." [18:26]
5. "The question we got to ask ourselves this morning, is he doing a new thing in me or am I resisting all the newness that God has for us? Listen, listen, listen, we are where we are because we're unwilling to let God do. We're unwilling to let God do a new thing." [30:14]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Jesus is setting us up to understand that the old covenant will be replaced with the new covenant. And here's the understanding. He wants us to understand that he is now moving to say what was then is no longer and what is now is here. Mark, as we can see, he has shown us how difficult it was. For people to accept change, to even accept Jesus with all of the miracles, with all of the signs and wonders, with all of the healings, with all of the truth. They even said he teaches as one who has authority, but yet they question him over and over and over again. It is difficult to accept change, even when it is good and grand and for God's greater glory." [09:01]
2. "We choose religion over relationships. We pick traditions over life changing testimonies. We cling to church by rejecting the Christ. Of the church. We develop a know it all attitude towards life and God. In short, we hold on tightly to what's most comfortable. And when Jesus shows up and proclaims the kingdom of God is at hand, he's ushering in a new and better way. Jesus is this here. He is rejecting patchwork Christianity." [11:33]
3. "Judaism could not receive Jesus. And the corrections, right, they, they, they, they were holding on and we, the church still can't reconcile God's kingdom and vision with our human comfort. Listen, the Bible describes the new kingdom, as a kingdom of every kind of person from every walk of life yet, because we won't accept that God is doing something new. We're still divided by race, politics, worship style, preaching preferences, hours of worship, type of worship. Type of dress. We got all kind of foolishness going on because we're still trying to fit, watch this here, the new wine into old wineskins." [24:27]
4. "Pastor, why are you saying all that? Cause you don't have to try hard. Harder will not get you there. But you do have to surrender. You do. You do have to embrace a whole new way of living and walking and loving. That's what he's getting at. And so, and so they struggle with that. And so he was trying to help them understand that you don't have to stay where you're at. You don't have to continue with all the rules and rituals and all these things that you, that you have going on." [28:50]
5. "The question is, will you leave here like you do every Sunday? Like you watch every Sunday and be the same you, you was from Sunday to Sunday, from, from week to week, from month to month, from year to year. Or will you say, listen, listen, listen. No more patchwork, no more, no more, no more old me trying to, trying, trying to dress myself up with nice clothes. I'm going to let God do a new thing in me. That's what God wants. And for God to do a new thing in many of us, we got to let some stuff go." [32:37]
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1. "The reality is simply this, that none of us like change. We all know we must change, but change is not something that we really wake up to do. We kind of have our routines, and change is not how we really move, if you think about it. But change is necessary. Can't escape it. There must be change." [01:26]
2. "We want progress. We want better. Yet we refuse to give up our old way of thinking and our old way of doing things for that benefit. In other words, I want change, but I'm unwilling to change. I want to see something different, but I want it to be different with me being the same me that I've been the whole time." [10:03]
3. "Hold on tightly to Jesus. Amen. But there are some patchwork things that because God has brung us up, we can let them go. Amen. We can let them go. But if you really want to get these kids right, amen, you want to get these kids right, listen, let them hold on to them clothes a little while longer. You'll see how right they'll get." [17:03]
4. "You can't hold on to who you used to be. Amen. God is trying to bring you into who he has called you to be. So in other words, listen, you have to make up in your mind whether or not you want to be patchwork or you want to be made whole." [18:26]
5. "The question we got to ask ourselves this morning, is he doing a new thing in me or am I resisting all the newness that God has for us? Listen, listen, listen, we are where we are because we're unwilling to let God do. We're unwilling to let God do a new thing." [30:14]
### Quotes for Members
1. "Jesus is setting us up to understand that the old covenant will be replaced with the new covenant. And here's the understanding. He wants us to understand that he is now moving to say what was then is no longer and what is now is here. Mark, as we can see, he has shown us how difficult it was. For people to accept change, to even accept Jesus with all of the miracles, with all of the signs and wonders, with all of the healings, with all of the truth. They even said he teaches as one who has authority, but yet they question him over and over and over again. It is difficult to accept change, even when it is good and grand and for God's greater glory." [09:01]
2. "We choose religion over relationships. We pick traditions over life changing testimonies. We cling to church by rejecting the Christ. Of the church. We develop a know it all attitude towards life and God. In short, we hold on tightly to what's most comfortable. And when Jesus shows up and proclaims the kingdom of God is at hand, he's ushering in a new and better way. Jesus is this here. He is rejecting patchwork Christianity." [11:33]
3. "Judaism could not receive Jesus. And the corrections, right, they, they, they, they were holding on and we, the church still can't reconcile God's kingdom and vision with our human comfort. Listen, the Bible describes the new kingdom, as a kingdom of every kind of person from every walk of life yet, because we won't accept that God is doing something new. We're still divided by race, politics, worship style, preaching preferences, hours of worship, type of worship. Type of dress. We got all kind of foolishness going on because we're still trying to fit, watch this here, the new wine into old wineskins." [24:27]
4. "Pastor, why are you saying all that? Cause you don't have to try hard. Harder will not get you there. But you do have to surrender. You do. You do have to embrace a whole new way of living and walking and loving. That's what he's getting at. And so, and so they struggle with that. And so he was trying to help them understand that you don't have to stay where you're at. You don't have to continue with all the rules and rituals and all these things that you, that you have going on." [28:50]
5. "The question is, will you leave here like you do every Sunday? Like you watch every Sunday and be the same you, you was from Sunday to Sunday, from, from week to week, from month to month, from year to year. Or will you say, listen, listen, listen. No more patchwork, no more, no more, no more old me trying to, trying, trying to dress myself up with nice clothes. I'm going to let God do a new thing in me. That's what God wants. And for God to do a new thing in many of us, we got to let some stuff go." [32:37]
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