Jesus is Greater than my Past

JESUS IS GREATER

Than my Past
Pastor Aaron Sutherland  

SERIES SCRIPTURE:

John 16:33 "I’ve said these things to you so that you will have peace in me. In the world you have distress. But be encouraged! I have conquered the world.”

I. JESUS REDEEMS MY PAST BY ESTABLISHING MY OWNERSHIP
Philippians 3:12 "Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own."

II. JESUS REDEEMS MY PAST BY RECONCILING MY MEMORIES
Philippians 3:13 "Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead..."
 

III.  JESUS REDEEMS MY PAST BY REINSTATING MY  CALLING
 Philippians 3:14  "I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus."

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1. What would you see as the benefits of allowing Christ to establish ownership in your life?
2. How has Jesus reconciled painful places and memories in your past?
3. Have you seen God continue in your calling even when you felt you may have been disqualified from it?