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    Encounter Jesus
    Encounter Jesus
    Encounter Jesus
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    Encounter Jesus

    By Carolyn Moore

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    Encounter Jesus is an eight-week Bible study and video series that teaches and encourages you to walk with the Jesus and not just a Jesus. You will learn to walk daily with Him, side by side, through all your circumstances—big and small—just as the disciples did. You will discover practical, proven ways of encountering Him today, as you come to understand how enduring He is. You will delight in the “red letters”—the very words of Christ in Scripture—and develop faith and trust in His perfect ways as you see Him work Himself into every situation of your life.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAsbury Seedbed Publishing
    Release dateJun 15, 2013
    ISBN9781628240450
    Encounter Jesus
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    Carolyn Moore

    Carolyn Moore is the founding pastor of Mosaic Church in Evans, Georgia. Previously she has served as an elder and associate pastor at several United Methodist Churches. She has an MDiv and Doctor of Ministry from Asbury Theological Seminary with a focus on church planting. She writes on topics of holiness, healing, and Wesleyan theology at artofholiness.com.

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      Encounter Jesus - Carolyn Moore

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      INTRODUCTION

      You are a rebel. I am a rebel. It is our nature to rebel. This is the human story. It began in Genesis with a loving God who invested all creatures with the power of choice. Before humans ever hit the scene, an angel in pursuit of the power of God rebelled against the holy order of things. It was not enough for him to worship God. He wanted to be like God, so he began to compete for that power and became God’s adversary. God rejected him and ever since, he has been fighting against God for control of the human race. So this is our human condition: we are caught up in this spiritual battle for control of our souls. It is like the undertow. We are trying to get to the shore, but there is this constant force pulling us away from the direction we know we should be moving. This is what Paul means when he says our battle is not against flesh and blood but against the rulers, authorities, and powers of the dark world and against the forces of evil in the spiritual realm (Eph. 6:12).

      Knowing we could never defeat that force on our own, God came to our rescue and restored our power to overcome the enemy. Because we couldn’t do it on our own, He sent Christ to rescue us from the futility of our sin and to restore us to God. And He did it not on our strength, but on His grace.

      Jesus came to fight our battles for us.

      No one paints that picture better than David in Psalm 18: He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters. He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me. … He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me (Ps. 18:16-19).

      And our only responsibility—our right response in light of that incredible gift—is simply to believe it. When we respond by faith, we encounter for ourselves the very One who has power to overcome our spiritual enemy.

      As you read the Word, think through the questions, write in your journal, form your own prayers, and experience the activities in this guide, may you encounter the Jesus … who changes everything.

      ENCOUNTER JESUS

      WEEK 1: Exercise #1

      Let’s start with Jesus.

      In Colossians 1:15–23, Paul introduces us to our majestically cosmic yet intimately personal redeemer, Jesus. This is a stunning and compelling description of Christ. Read this passage aloud, as if you were introducing Jesus to an audience:

      The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation—if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.

      Now take a pen or highlighter and highlight words or phrases that stand out. Better yet, mark it up in your Bible and not just here in this book. Square it or underline it or highlight any way you can to make it jump off the page. This is a text you will want to return to frequently and perhaps even commit to memory.

      Now repeat this process with Hebrews 1:1–4. Read it silently from your Bible. Now read it aloud. Highlight, underline, and circle words and phrases that stand out for you.

      Repeat the process once more with John 14:6–9.

      What do these texts have in common?

      How would you summarize the central idea they hold in common?

      Encounter

      Write this phrase on a pocket-sized card you can carry with you: He is the image of the invisible God.

      On the back write this: He is the exact representation of His being.

      Now spend time whispering these words to yourself. Do this throughout the day. Meditate on these lines as you invite the Spirit of God to sow them into your heart.

      WEEK 1: EXERCISE #2

      If we want to see God, we must start with Jesus. When we begin with a vague notion of what God is like we tend to project our own experiences, for better or worse, in formulating this image. (Because my father was absent, God must be distant. Because my childhood pastor stole from the church, God can’t be trusted.) If we extrapolate our vision of Jesus from our faulty understanding of God, we don’t wind up seeing the real Jesus. Sure, we might see a Jesus, but we will miss the Jesus. And let’s face it: there are some very flawed images of Jesus out there.

      In fact, to one degree or another we all have a distorted sense of God’s image. It comes primarily from three sources: our parents, the church, and traumatic experiences. Obviously, not every influence is negative, but a little here and a little there and before we know it, we have missed a biblical understanding of God.

      The aim of this study is to help us get a better, more biblical image of the Jesus we claim to follow. The way we understand God (in Jesus) largely determines the way we see ourselves. The way we see ourselves determines the way we treat others. Follow the logic? Our ability to accurately reflect the image of God depends on our vision of who God is and what God is like.

      Take five minutes to read and reflect on the text below:

      Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

      —Ephesians 5:1–2

      Encounter

      Take a few minutes to sketch out in your journal examples of how your image of God has been shaped by parents, the church, or experience. If you can’t come up with personal examples, make some observations of how you have seen this at play in others.

      The secret to understanding who God is and consequently who we really are is to start with Jesus. The problem is that there are a

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