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Message Notes:
What is accountability?
verb = the state of being accountable, liable, or answerable.
MAIN IDEA:
Everyone needs an advocate.
Our job as Christians is to be a coach in their corner, not their opponent.
Advocacy = active support, intercession, or pleading and arguing in favor of someone.
1. Advocacy Is Grace Driven:
Hebrews 4:16
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. ESV
2. Advocacy Is Honest … In A Loving And Helpful Way
John 8:32
…the TRUTH will set you free
Hebrews 10:24
You need someone to spur you on.
3. Advocacy Focuses More On The Root Than The Fruit
Matthew 15:19
(Jesus said) For out of the heart come evil thoughts—murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
Psalm 51:10
(David says) “Create in me a new heart, O God.”
4. Advocacy Keeps Us Focused On What’s Right With Jesus More Than What’s Wrong With Us
MAIN IDEA:
Everyone needs an advocate.
Our job as Christians is to be a coach in their corner, not their opponent.
John 14:16
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever. NIV
1 John 2:1
My dear children, I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate who pleads our case before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who is truly righteous. NLT
TAKE AWAY:
Quote “The Apostle Paul entered heaven to the cheers of those he martyred. Think about that for a minute. That is how the gospel works”
We Should Be Advocates For Each Other!
1. Grace Driven
2. Honest
3. Addresses The Root Of The Issue
4. Points To Jesus
CHALLENGE QUESTIONS:
What is missing in your life?
Maybe you have Jesus, but you don’t have healthy accountability and advocacy?
Maybe Jesus is the missing element?
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