1. Copyright © Simon G. Harris 2011 Scripture quotations taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission

2. The coming of Jesus (The years of obscurity) The year of inauguration The year of popularity The year of opposition Final days New beginnings The coming of Jesus (The years of obscurity) The year of inauguration The year of popularity The year of opposition Final days New beginnings The coming weeks

3. The Coming of Jesus

4. Is the BIG story of Jesus’s life the same as ours? “Jesus is Lord!”

5. Luke 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost." 1. radically orientated towards the lost Jesus people are...

6. Mark 10:45For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." 2. radically orientated towards serving Jesus people are...

7. Philippians 2:7 but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 2. radically orientated towards serving Jesus people are... served ‘the many’

8. Matthew 11:19The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and "sinners."' But wisdom is proved right by her actions." Jesus people are...

9. came to seek & save the lost His motivation came to serve His manner came eating & drinkingHis method

10. Matthew 11:19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and "sinners."' But wisdom is proved right by her actions." 3. radically orientated towards ‘eating & drinking.’ Jesus people are...

11. Mark 2:16When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees saw him eating with the "sinners" and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: "Why does he eat with tax collectors and 'sinners'?" 3. radically orientated towards ‘eating & drinking.’ Jesus people are... highly relational

12. Luke 15:2But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them." 3. radically orientated towards ‘eating & drinking.’ Jesus people are... highly relational