What's the Point? Christianity

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What's the point of Christianity?
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  • HISTORY/Bible Trivia
    • What was the city where the followers of Christ were first called Christians?
  • Prophetic/Vision:
    • Burning ones on my college campus and people with snow on their heads.
    • Light in a dark room.
    • Take what you need poster.
  • What it is NOT
    • Be good / Feel good
    • Religion
    • Set of rules
    • Boring
    • Zombie/robot
    • Jesus is not a drug to help you "get though the tough times"
      • He WILL get you through the tough times, but not by some short, ecstatic High from some foreign substance.
      • He will get you through the tough times through PERMANENT change and a brand new heart. 
      • He will trade your brokenness for his wholeness. 
      • He will trade your ashes for beauty.
  • What it IS:
    • Be God / Feel God
    • Belonging to something bigger than you.
    • Affecting every area, not just church/youth group.
    • Following a person named Jesus
      • What did Jesus do?
      • He came to seek and save that which was lost. Luke 19:10
      • He came to set the captives free.Luke 4:18
      • He came so that no man would be separated from the Father. 2 Peter 3:9
      • He came so that we might have life and have it more abundantly. John 10:10
      • He came so that _______________.
      • Our job is to be like the person we follow, aka JESUS.
  • BIBLE
    • 1 Thessalonians 5:1-24
    • Philippians 2:12-18 
    • Ephesians 5:8-14
  • Questions
    • How would you define Christianity?
    • What sets you a part from other "good" people?
    • How can you "Be God" to people around you?
    • In what was are you following Christ in your day to day?
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