Digging Deep Luke 6 46 49 Digging Deep

Digging Deep Luke 6: 46 -49

Digging Deep • How do you build a strong house? • The local church needs a foundation (1 Cor. 3: 10 -11; Eph. 2: 20; 1 Tim. 3: 15) • The Christian life needs rooting (Lk. 8: 13) • You will need rooting and grounding at different points in your life!

You’ll Have to Dig Deeper Than… • Good times (Job 1 -2; Jas. 5: 11) • Fun and food (Jn. 6: 24, 66) • Opinions (1 Cor. 8: 9 -13) • “Coming” to church (1 Cor. 11: 18) • Worldly friends (1 Cor. 15: 33; Jas. 4: 4)

You’ll Have to Dig Deeper Than… • Parents’ religion (Gal. 1: 14; Phil. 3: 5 -6) • Church friends (Gal. 2: 11 -14; 5: 7) • Old bad habits (Eph. 4: 25 – 5: 14) • Personality clashes (Phil. 4: 2) • Human philosophy (Col. 2: 8)

You’ll Have to Dig Deeper Than… • “Church of Christ” teaching (2 Tim. 2: 18) • Materialism and culture (1 Tim. 6: 9 -10) • Bitterness (Heb. 12: 15) • Promise of good times (2 Pet. 2: 18 -22) • Casual use of scriptures (2 Pet. 3: 15)

You’ll Have to Dig Deeper Than… • Past reputation (Rev. 3: 1) • Mediocre Christianity (Rev. 3: 15 -16)

How Do I Dig Deep? • Start early (Eph. 6: 4) • Don’t simply “go through the motions” of religion (2 Tim. 3: 5) • Be active in the local church (Eph. 4: 16) • Let God work in your life (1 Pet. 5: 10)