1. John 8:31-32 "If you abide in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. "

3. Can You Have A Personal Relationship With God?

4.  Can You Have A Personal Relationship With Someone You Can’t See, Can’t Hear, and Can’t Touch.  Randall Tells Mr. Mike That He Can’t Have a Personal Relationship With Jesus Christ. 1918

5. I Believe You CAN Have a Personal Relationship With Jesus Christ  Most People Define This As  Praying to God Through Jesus Christ.  Asking God to “Personally” Forgive “Your” Sins.  Serving Him Daily With Him in the “Center” of Your Life.

6. Evidence of This Kind of Relationship  The Psalmist “O Lord my God, in Thee I have taken refuge; Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me” (7:1).  “My God” Used 151 times in the Bible.

7. Evidence of This Kind of Relationship  Paul “First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole world” (Rom 1:8).

8. Evidence of This Kind of Relationship  Rom 8:15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, "Abba! Father!"

9. Evidence of This Kind of Relationship  Rev 3:20-21 'Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with Me. 'He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne,

10. Evidence of This Kind of Relationship  Heb 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.

11. Dangers of This Phrase  The Term “Personal Relationship” Is Not Used in the Bible.  What Do You Mean By It? What Are You Trying to Say?

12. “I Don’t Need Anyone Else”  I Don’t Like “Organized Religion”  I’m Spiritual, But Not Religious.  Matt 16:18  Heb 10:24-25  2 Thess 1:3

13. “Jesus Goes With Me Wherever I Go”  The Song Is Not About Jesus Going With Us, But Us Going With Jesus.  “If Jesus Goes With Me…”  Col 3:17 compare w. 3:23  Matt 7:21-23

14. “I Worship God In My Way”  If I Know Jesus Is With Me Because of Feelings, Than Feelings Dictates What He Wants Me to Do.  1 Cor 11:17, 22  John 4:19-23  2 Tim. 3:2 = Lovers of Self

15. Can You Have a Personal Relationship With God? Depends On What You Mean By “Personal Relationship”