Week 4: The Necessity of the Lordship

There is no middle ground with Jesus. Either He is Lord of your life, or you are. If you call yourself a Christian, you belong to Him, and your life exists to serve His good will.

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 Gospel Basics Week 4: The Necessity of the Lordship

Scripture

And He said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me…”

Luke 9:23

Therefore God has highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Philippians 2:9-11

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now life in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Galatians 2:20

For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

Ephesians 2:10

Conversation Flow

Warm Up

o   Go over your reflection about grace from last week and pray for a grace-alone mindset.

Read & Reflect – Read the verses aloud together and reflect on these questions

o   What does it mean to deny yourself and take up your cross daily?

o   What does it mean to believe that Jesus is Lord?

o   How do we live a life for Christ and not ourselves?

o   What guide do we have to teach us how to obey Christ?

o   How do we grow in obedience from the perspective of grace-alone salvation?

Action Steps

o   Memorize Luke 9:23

o   Stretch Goal: Add Ephesians 2:10 to your memorization of Ephesians 2:8-9