Making Faith My Own
John 4:25-30, 39-42 NIV
The woman said, “I know that Messiah is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.” Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he”... Then, leaving her water jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people, “Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?” They came out of the town and made their way toward him... Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.” So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. And because of his words many more became believers. They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.”
John 4:42 NIV
They said to the woman, “We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.”
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- Social Media
Christians are MORE LIKELY than non-Christians to trust AI to give them spiritual advice!
- Family and Personal Preference
“We are molding Jesus into our image. He's beginning to look a lot like us because, after all, that is who we are most comfortable with. The danger now is when we gather in our church buildings to sing, and lift up our hands in worship, we may not actually be worshiping the Jesus of the Bible. Instead, we may be worshiping ourselves.”
— David Platt
- Other Religions
- Politics
“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” – Anne Lamott
- Church Experiences
Mark 4:42
“God helps those who help themselves.”
Luke 10:43
“God will not give you more than you can handle.”
“Don’t believe everything you read on the internet.” -- Jesus
(I know this is the wrong scripture verse – we will put up 29:11 first & then correct it to 17:11 when I highlight that it’s the wrong verse)
Acts 29:11 NIV
Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.
Acts 17:11 NIV
Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.
1 Peter 1:24-25
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever.
John 4:42 NIV
“We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the world.”
Philippians 3:4–11
If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless. But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.
“I no longer believe just because of what my mom, dad, friend, or pastor said; now I have spent time with Jesus myself, and I know that this Jesus really is the Savior of the world.”
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