Copyright Simon G. Harris 2011 Scripture quotations taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION.

. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission

The coming weeks

The coming of Jesus (The years of obscurity) The year of inauguration The year of popularity The year of opposition Final days New beginnings

The Coming of Jesus

Jesus is Lord!
Is the BIG story of Jesuss life the same as ours?

Jesus people are ...

Luke 19:10For the Son of

1. radically orientated towards the lost

Man came to seek and to save what was lost."

Jesus people are ...

Mark 10:45For even the

2. radically orientated towards serving

Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

Jesus people are ...

Philippians 2:7 but made

2. radically orientated towards serving

himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.

served the many

Jesus people are ...

Matthew 11:19The Son of
Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and "sinners."' But wisdom is proved right by her actions."

came to seek & save the lost His

motivation came to serve His manner came eating & drinkingHis method

Jesus people are ...

Matthew 11:19The Son of

3. radically orientated towards eating & drinking.

Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and "sinners."' But wisdom is proved right by her actions."

Jesus people are ...

Mark 2:16When the

3. radically orientated towards eating & drinking.

teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the "sinners" and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: "Why does he eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?"

highly relational

Jesus people are ...

Luke 15:2But the

3. radically orientated towards eating & drinking.

Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."

highly relational