SEW 2013 – Grace Christian School FOLLOW

Session 1 Death of the Snowflake The CRUX and CRISIS of Individualism

‘sup? I wonder if you know You need to be saved.

“You need to be your own person.” “Chart your own course.” “What matters most is that you are true to yourself.” “You need to make your own way.” “Get out there on your own.” “If you just try hard enough and believe in yourself, you can do anything you want – you can be anything you want.”

Some quotes... I'm looking forward to influencing others in a positive way. My message is you can do anything if you just put your mind to it. - Justin Beiber

Some quotes... “You have to be unique, and different, and shine in your own way.” - Lady Gaga

Some quotes... “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” -Barack Obama

Some quotes... “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” -Walt Disney

Some quotes... “If you can dream it, you can do it.” -Walt Disney

Some quotes...

The Snowflake You are so special! You are made to be you and you are the most important you there is... unique... a treasure... like a snowflake – each one different and special on it’s own.

I just wanna be me What about this “individualism”?

Think about Fads

Think about “individuals”

Even when we are alone, we find a way to talk to our self... Wilson!!!!

Alone We’re not meant to be

Alone We’re not meant to be Neither alone... nor independent...

This is the Historical Problem Satan Isaiah 14:13-19 ‘I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’ Satan to Adam and Eve Genesis 3:4-5 4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Paul: Romans 1 Exchanged the Truth for the Lie

What’s behind the other door?

... it is not...

RATHER... It IS...

the great sin me

Sin is... Theft Idolatry Adultery

We glorify what we enjoy most... God’s law demanded, “You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might” (Deuteronomy 6:5). But we have all loved other things more. This is what sin is—dishonoring God by preferring other things over him, and acting on those preferences. Therefore, the Bible says, “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). We glorify what we enjoy most. And it isn’t God.

Failure to love is not trivial-it is treason Therefore sin is not small, because it is not against a small Sovereign. The seriousness of an insult rises with the dignity of the one insulted. The Creator of the universe is infinitely worthy of respect and admiration and loyalty. Therefore, failure to love him is not trivial—it is treason. It defames God and destroys human happiness.

Sin... defames God... destroys human happiness destroys human happiness...

Independence... defames God... destroys human happiness destroys human happiness...

How’s that going? The Psalmist says, “O Lord, what is man that you regard him, or the son of man that you think of him? Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow.” Psalm 144:3-4

John 15 We need a guide Some background and the Text

So... wow... Did you know that you needed to be saved... from yourself? Did you know that you are not meant to be alone? Did you know that you are not meant to be independent...Your own person ? If you’re not out doing your own thing... Who are you? How do you belong – because you MUST... Because you do... Are you who you are supposed to be – who you want to be?

So, who are you...

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