Key Texts: Mark 1:9-20, Matt 3:13-4:22, Luke 3:21-4:13, John 1:29-42; Ezekiel 47;  Matt 28:16-20, Eph 5:17-21, Gal 5, Isaiah 42, Psalm 2, Ezekiel 1:1

• More like Jesus

o   Jesus is Baptized

o   Jesus is filled with the Holy Spirit

o   Jesus is led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness

o   Jesus was tempted

o   Jesus offers us a choice

• Growing in obedience

o   develop biblical expectation

o   model Kingdom lifestyles

• Jesus’ three fold Kingdom lifestyle

o   Intimacy and Identity (Child of God first)

o   Inspiration (filled with the Spirit)

o   Instruction (Kingdom activity)

o   Beware getting “fat” or “burnt out”

Discussion Starters

• Are you more likely to get “fat” or “burnt out”?
• Why?
• To what extent do you see your daily life as infused with the Kingdom?
• Here at Jubilee one of our values is that there is no sacred/secular divide. How might we highlight that value more as a community in 2016?

Sermon Topics: Mark