4. John 3:1-18

5. Spiritual Conversations Grow From Character

6. VISIBLY OBEDIENT LIVES
We need to live
VISIBLY OBEDIENT LIVES

8. If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.
-1 John 1:8

9. “All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.”
Isaiah 64:6

10. VISIBLY OBEDIENT LIVES . . .
Not Visibly Perfect Lives

13. Spiritual Conversations Merge Character with Information

15. Spiritual Conversations Remove Barriers to the Gospel

16. There are two conversions - one temporal and one eternal
There are two conversions - one temporal and one eternal. The first conversion is the Conversion to Community. With few exceptions, people come to Christ after they have journeyed with other Christians -examining them and considering their claims.
-Ed Stetzer

17. Spiritual Conversations Remove Barriers to the Gospel

19. Spiritual Conversations Bring Eternal Life

20. “As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins”
-Ephesians 2:1

21. “But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.”
-Ephesians 2:4-5

22. Spiritual Conversations Bring Eternal Life

23. Have a Spiritual Conversation this week.
NEXT STEPS:
Have a Spiritual Conversation this week.
What do you need to do today?

24. Conversation Starters:
1. Does your family have any great Sunday traditions?
2. Why does your family do whatever it is they do on Sundays?
3. Do you ever go to church on Easter?
4. Do you believe in God? What do you think He’s like?
5. Are your beliefs about God the same as your parents’ beliefs?
What do you need to do today?