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Men’s Small Group // February 6, 2023
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This is a lesson I prepared for a men’s small group and is based on the book “True Community” by Jerry Bridges (Chapter 3)

Psalm 27:4
One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.

Bridges – “It is the believer’s union with Christ, the sharing of His life, that makes possible his communion with Him.”

This is the subject of our time together today. Now that we have this objective truth of being united to Christ. The truth that we, the branches, are truly and permanently a part of the true vine – Jesus. This leads us to the freedom of focusing on being branches. Bearing fruit as we draw nourishment and strength from the vine at all times.

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Men’s Small Group // January 23, 2023
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This is a lesson I prepared for a men’s small group and is based on the book “True Community” by Jerry Bridges (Chapter 2)

1 Corinthians 1:4–9 (ESV)
I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge—even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you—so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Introduction

• As we learned last week we have a common life together – partners in a common pursuit. This partnership is a relationship we have with each other and it is vitally important.
• But our common life, our relationship with one another is built upon the foundational relationship that we have with Jesus – fellowship from the passage we just read.
• With Jesus as our foundation, it is essential that we understand what this relationship means. There are two ways we are to think about our fellowship with Jesus:
  • Objective – this is the condition or fact or truth of the matter.
    • Objectively, I am in a marriage relationship with my wife.
  • Experiential – these are the subjective day-to-day experiences we have with each other.
    • Experientially, I had an enjoyable meal and conversation with my wife on Sunday afternoon.

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