CrossWay Church
July 24, 2022: Luke 12
These are the Bible passage and sermon notes for our Sunday morning worship services.
Locations & Times
CrossWay Church Battle Ground
311 N Parkway Ave, Battle Ground, WA 98604, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
Luke 12:1-12: Authentic Faith
I) Don't let the prideful hypocrisy of Pharisees creep into your heart.
A) Hypocrisy is acting one way in dark / secret and _____________ in the light / open.
B) Hypocrisy is like __________. A little bit can have a huge impact.
C) The root of hypocrisy is a need to make ourselves look ___________ than we really are.
What are the things that drive your hypocrisy?
II) The remedy to hypocrisy is a healthy awe of God.
Awe of God means I live knowing that there is a greater story than my little personal story. Awe of God means that there is a grander kingdom than my little kingdom of one. Awe of God means that God has a plan far bigger and better than any plans I have for myself -Paul David Tripp - Awe
A) Awe of God gives ______________ perspective.
1) People can hurt you. There is a limit to what they can do to you.
2) Eternal __________________ is far worse.
B) Awe of God reminds us of God’s deep love for us.
1) God knows _______________.
2) He cares _____________ for believers.
III) Be truthful.
A) Our public testimony has _______________ implications.
B) Blasphemy of Holy Spirit appears to be attributing the work of Holy Spirit to the ________________.
1) Some believe this blasphemy is the constant ______________ of the Holy Spirit’s call.
2) Jesus gives this warning in the context of crowds _________________ his Messianic work to Satan.
It [the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit] then consists in a conscious and deliberate attribution of what has been clearly perceived as God’s work to the influence and activity of Satan, that is, in a deliberate blaspheming of the Holy Spirit, a defiant declaration that the Holy Spirit is the spirit from the abyss, that the truth is a lie, that Christ is Satan himself. Its motivation, then, is conscious and intentional hatred against God and what is recognized as divine; its essence is sin in its ultimate manifestation, the complete and consummate revolution, putting God in the place of Satan and Satan in the place of God.
- Herman Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics (vol. 3)
C) The Holy Spirit will _________________ believers to speak truth!
I) Don't let the prideful hypocrisy of Pharisees creep into your heart.
A) Hypocrisy is acting one way in dark / secret and _____________ in the light / open.
B) Hypocrisy is like __________. A little bit can have a huge impact.
C) The root of hypocrisy is a need to make ourselves look ___________ than we really are.
What are the things that drive your hypocrisy?
II) The remedy to hypocrisy is a healthy awe of God.
Awe of God means I live knowing that there is a greater story than my little personal story. Awe of God means that there is a grander kingdom than my little kingdom of one. Awe of God means that God has a plan far bigger and better than any plans I have for myself -Paul David Tripp - Awe
A) Awe of God gives ______________ perspective.
1) People can hurt you. There is a limit to what they can do to you.
2) Eternal __________________ is far worse.
B) Awe of God reminds us of God’s deep love for us.
1) God knows _______________.
2) He cares _____________ for believers.
III) Be truthful.
A) Our public testimony has _______________ implications.
B) Blasphemy of Holy Spirit appears to be attributing the work of Holy Spirit to the ________________.
1) Some believe this blasphemy is the constant ______________ of the Holy Spirit’s call.
2) Jesus gives this warning in the context of crowds _________________ his Messianic work to Satan.
It [the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit] then consists in a conscious and deliberate attribution of what has been clearly perceived as God’s work to the influence and activity of Satan, that is, in a deliberate blaspheming of the Holy Spirit, a defiant declaration that the Holy Spirit is the spirit from the abyss, that the truth is a lie, that Christ is Satan himself. Its motivation, then, is conscious and intentional hatred against God and what is recognized as divine; its essence is sin in its ultimate manifestation, the complete and consummate revolution, putting God in the place of Satan and Satan in the place of God.
- Herman Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics (vol. 3)
C) The Holy Spirit will _________________ believers to speak truth!