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TITLE: The Inner Circle
TEXT: Mark 3:13-19
PROPOSITION: Friendship is deeper than being part of the crowd.
QUESTION: What?
KEY WORD: Relationships
SCRIPTURE READING: Same
INTRODUCTION:
- In our lifetime we have many different relationships.
- Some are close, personal, intimate.
- Others are very distant and casual.
- Today we examine the relationships of Jesus and our own.
Jesus Circle of friends:
Multitudes (3:7)
Disciples (3:13)
Apostles (3:14)
Inner circle (Peter, James and John)
- Transfiguration (Matthew 17:1)
- Teaching about Jerusalem and 2nd Coming (Mark 13:3
- Into a mountain to pray (Luke 9:28))
- Garden to pray (Matthew 26:37)
- Witness a miracle (Mark 5:37)
Our Circle of friends:
Acquaintances - recognize the name, heard of them
Associates - work, social contact
College final exam - What is the name of the lady who mops the floors in this building?
Contacts - learn their name and have some connection
Parents with son on same team of little league
Brad in tech support at People PC
Friends - some association - been in their house, ate a meal together
Youth devotional, play golf together, share some activity or event
Close friends - 3 or 4 in a lifetime
Relatives - family, blood kin
Close relatives - immediate family
Questions
Sheet of paper - Inner circle / Outer circle - Place dot where you are:
- Involved in this church - Where do you fit in?
- Relationship with Jesus - Where are you? Inner circle? Outer limits?
Is your inner circle of friends closed or open?
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