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• The problem with some of us is that we have
  been inoculated with small doses of Christianity
  which keep us from catching the real thing
• - Leslie Weatherhead

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• What are some examples today of being inoculated
  with small doses of Christianity and what are
  some results?

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When We Place God in a Box

• It Limits Our Understanding of Him vv. 16-21

God
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• Read Romans 615-18 and John 831-32. In what
  ways does Christ promise to set us free? What
  are the implications of this freedom to our lives?

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• In what ways today do we sometimes place God in a
  box?

God
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When We Place God in a Box

• It Limits Our Understanding of Him vv. 16-21
• It Limits Our Reception of Him v.22a

God
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• Because of Jesus we need never question Gods
  desire for intimacy. Does God really want close
  contact with us? Jesus gave up heaven for it.
  In person He reestablished the link between God
  and human beings, between seen and unseen
  worlds.
• (from Reaching for
• the Invisible God,
• Phillip Yancey, p. 137)

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• In vv. 23-24, how does Jesus seem to characterize
  the attitudes of the people in Nazareth?

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Rejecting the Truth Limits Our Faith vv. 23-27

• In Christ Himself (vv. 23-24)
• In Gods Word (vv. 25-27)

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• Imagine for a moment that you had grown up
  thinking that God was a certain way. Then
  someone comes along and says that much of your
  assumptions are wrong
• How do you think
• you would feel and react?

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Rejecting the Truth Deflects Gods Desires
vv.28-30

• To Reveal Himself (vv.28-29)
• To Transform Us (v.30)

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Rejection of Christ and Truth
How To Avoid Christ Becoming Common Place


Preconceived Ideas About Christ
The Pattern and Problem
Luke 416-30
Lesson 4 Visual 12a
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Rejection of Christ and Truth
How To Avoid Christ Becoming Common Place


Preconceived Ideas About Christ
The Pattern and Problem
Luke 416-30
Our Protection
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Open, Genuine Relationships
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Community with God
Community with Believers