- Introduction
- 1. Every normal person has relationships
- 2. How do we live in those relationships according to God's Word?
- I. LIFE'S MOST IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP
- A. Focus on Three Things
- 1. Great commandment
- 2. Great privilege
- 3. Great cliche
- B. If We Give Self to Lord, Three Things Happen
- 1. Sins forgiven
- 2. Become children
- 3. Change from inside
- II. RELIGION OR RELATIONSHIP?
- A. Religion Focuses on Rules and Rituals
- B. Relationship Focues on Connected
- C. Different Approaches (Luke 7:31-35)
- III. WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO HAVE A "GREAT" RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD?
- A. Colossians 3:17
- B. Find What Works for You (Romans 14:4-6)
- C. Beware of Substituting Rituals with Relationship
- 1. I Samuel 15:22-23; Colossians 2:20-23
- 2. The substance (I Corinthians 13:2-3)
- IV. EXPECT TO GO THROUGH HILLS AND VALLEYS
- A. Reality (John 15:14-15)
- 1. Remember the lacking church (Revelation 2:1-7)
- Conclusion
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