May 15, 2022
Polarizing Politics
✔️ ____________ doesn’t alter our value system.
It __________ it.
(1 Corinthians 12:24-27 NIV) But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.
✔️ __________________ is not the position of the church. ____________________ is.
(1 Corinthians 9:19-23 NIV) Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law. To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.
✔️ ___________________ is inevitable.
_____________ is a choice.
(2 Timothy 2:23-24 NIV) Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.
THE GOAL
(2 Corinthians 1:12 NIV) Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly sincerity. We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom but on God’s grace.
1.
The Lie: ______________ are the driving force in everything.
The Truth: ________________ matters more than anything else.
(Ephesians 3:10 NIV) His intent was that now, through the church, the manifold wisdom of God should be made known…
2.
The Lie: Your political party can _________ all your problems and _________ the world.
The Truth: ____________ can ____________ and __________ your worst problems.
(Psalm 146:3 NCV) Do not put your trust in princes, who are mortal men. They cannot save you.
3.
The World System: Votes and money come by creating ________________________.
Jesus: In my church, ____________ gets priority over ____________.
(Ephesians 4:3 NLT) Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace.
(Romans 14:1 MSG) Welcome with open arms fellow believers who don’t see things the way you do. And don’t jump all over them every time they do or say something you don’t agree with.
(John 17:20-23 NIV) “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
UNDIVIDED
1. Pray for _____________.
2. Look for an opportunity to ________________ someone with whom you ________________.