Pastor Matthias Haeusel begins our 4-week series on Biblical Relationships with a sermon on Dating.
CG Questions: Biblical Relationships
Week 1: Dating
Questions:
How have you viewed dating in the past? What is the purpose of dating?
How do we approach a topic like dating when the Bible doesn’t specifically address it?
If having your relationship with God in order is a pre-requisite for dating, what should a relationship with God in order look like?
According to CS Lewis’ 4 Loves (see below), what order do you or have you had in the process of dating? What was the benefit or problem with that in your life?
From where do you derive your value as a woman or a man? From accomplishments or achievements? From a spouse or significant other? How does God inform your value?
If you have made mistakes in dating and purity, how can you move forward in a relationship with Jesus? What hope do we have in this area?
Do you struggle with dating, if so what do you struggle with? Is there a lie that you are believing from culture that you need to have God’s Word shed on?
Scripture:
1 Thessalonians 4:1-12, Genesis 1:26-27, 2:23-25, 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8,1 Timothy 5:1-2,1 Corinthians 6:9-7:19,Proverbs 6:20-7:27, 1 Thessalonians 4:3, James 1:13-15, 1 Thessalonians 4:4-5, Titus 2:1-8, Romans 13:8-14, 14:1-15:7; Philippians 2:4, John 14:15
Notes, Quotes, and Slides:
I. IMAGING GOD
II. A BIBLICAL VIEW ON DATING
Biblical Guidance:
Purity -
Temptation -
Self-Control -
Self-Sacrifice -
Obedience -
“Adam has no one of his nature to and substance to think about. He has no one in his likeness to love, serve, and honor. Left alone, his thoughts would be too wrapped around himself. This was a problem… In his alone state, Adam could not reflect the complete image that God wanted him to reflect. He was not as full an image-bearer of God’s glory as God desired.” -John Henderson, Catching Foxes, p. 70
Definition:
Dating is the process discovery between a single man and a single woman to see if this person might be someone they would want to marry.
THE ORDERING OF YOUR 4 LOVES (C.S. Lewis)
Culture:
STORGE - Affection, Romance, Sentimentality, Warmth
EROS - Romantic / Sexual Love
PHILOS - Friendship
AGAPE - Love of the Will, Commitment,
Scripture:
PHILOS - Friendship
STORGE - Affection, Romance, Sentimentality, Warmth
AGAPE - Love of the Will, Commitment, Service, Divine Love
EROS - Romantic / Sexual Love
III. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS
An Encouragement - You are not a second class Christian•
A Warning - God does not promise marriage
A Truth - You don’t become whole when you get married
A Hope - God has something for you in this time that is bigger than marriage
Boundaries - it’s not about how far can I go, it’s about how holy can I be
Purity - What if this doesn’t work out?
Idolatry
-being in a relationship
-pleasure
Dating
February 24, 2019 • Pastor Matthias Haeusel
Friendship
March 17, 2019 • Pastor Matthias Haeusel
In our fourth and final week in Biblical Relationships, Pastor Matthias closes out our series with a sermon on Friendship. CG Questions: Biblical Relationships Week 4 - Friendships Questions: Who was/is one of your closest friends? What makes that friendship so special? Why do you think loneliness is so prevalent in our culture today? What makes a great friend? What makes a bad friend? In your life, what are the greatest barriers to deep friendships? In light of the biblical perspective on friendship, how do we differentiate between close friends and others? Is anything different? In what ways can you be a better friend to those around you? Do you reflect the kind of friend that you desire in your own life? Can you give some examples? Is there forgiveness you need to extend to a friend or forgiveness you need to ask for from a friend? If so, what is holding you back? How have sin and brokenness caused damage to friendships in your life? Has this kept you from being willing to make new friends? If so, is this a problem? Scripture: John 15:12-17, Proverbs 17:17, Proverbs18:24, Proverbs 25:17, Proverbs 25:20, Proverbs 27:14, Proverbs 27:5-6, Proverbs 27:17 Notes, Quotes, and Slides: “Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” - C.S. Lewis
Sermon Extras - Parenting
March 10, 2019 • Pastor Simon & Pastor Matthias
Pastor Simon and Pastor Matthias spend a few minutes discussing more content from this week's sermon on Parenting. In this episode, we continue to learn that we have a Good Father who loves us and confirms our identity in him!
Parents & Children
March 10, 2019 • Pastor Matthias Haeusel
Pastor Matthias preaches on Parents & Children in our third week on Biblical Relationships. CG Questions: Biblical Relationships Week 3 - Parents and Children Questions: -What can we learn from being children? What can we learn from having children? From this weeks sermon, what passage was convicting for you? What are you going to do with that conviction? -How do we image God as children? (Even/especially as adult children) What passages in scripture provide support or examples? -How do we image God as parents? What passages in scripture provide support or examples? -When you think of God as your father, does it bring you comfort or is it hard for you to see him this way? If it’s hard, why? If it brings you comfort, how? -Are you discouraging or do you provoke your children? If so how do you do this and what can you do differently to encourage them? Scripture: Ephesians 6:1-4 WE HAVE A GOOD FATHER Matthew 6:9, Matthew 6:31-32, 1 John 3:1, Galatians 4:4-7 Notes, Quotes, and Slides: "Relationships succeed when an awareness of God and a connectivity to God are uppermost in our thinking.” God has given you value! No human relationship, no matter how beautiful, satisfying or meaningful can or should provide that value.