Story Audio

I. Not to be ServedII. But to Serve

Guest Speaker for RUF, Todd Veleber, student minister at Wildwood Church in Tallahassee.

I. From Greedy ExtortionistII. To Generous Philanthropist

I. Rejects - Man or GodII. Contradicts - Outside or InsideIII. Replaces - Defiled or Clean

I. View of Jesus - Good Teacher or God with usII. View of Self - Good Obeyer or Guilty Self-serverIII. View of Wealth - Good Stuff or Kingdom Treasure

I. Why We Struggle to BelieveII. How We Are Able to Believe

I. Many Unnecessary Things - distracted with much servingII. One Necessary Thing - sitting at Jesus's feet

I. How We View Jesus - Sinner to Jesus vs Simon to Jesus (36-39)II. How Jesus Views Us - Jesus to Simon vs Jesus to Sinner (40-50)

I. Confusion Exposed - Jesus shows That we are ConfusedII. The Roof of Confusion - Jesus shows Why we are ConfusedIII. Confusion Answered - Jesus shows How he is the Answer

I. Weak - but Not Too Weak for God to Use - Gideon and Fleece (dream)II. Weak - but Not Weak Enough for God to Use - Gideon's army 300

I. All that God did through Ehud - excitementII. That's all God did through Ehud - disappointmentIII. What all will God do? - fulfillment