We can try to impress others with the outside, but God knows what’s on the inside. This message was given on May 10, 2015 at New City Church in Calgary by Pastor John Ferguson. For more info visit: www.newcitychurch.ca

1. utinside
the
revolution of Jesus
~ The Gospel of Luke, 11:37-44 ~

2. God Gives Us His Words of Eternal Life
Luke 11:37-44
Found on page 870 in our guest Bibles.
Today’s Scripture:

3. …you have to make
your vision apparent
by shock -- to the hard
of hearing you shout,
and for the almost
blind you draw large
and startling figures. Flannery O’Connor
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4. utinside
the
revolution of Jesus
~ The Gospel of Luke, 11:37-44 ~

5. 37 While Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee
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asked him to dine with him, so he went
in and reclined at table. 38 The Pharisee
was astonished to see that he did not
first wash before dinner.

6. 39 And the Lord said to him, “Now you
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Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup
and of the dish, but inside you are full of
greed and wickedness. 40 You fools! Did
not he who made the outside make the
inside also?

7. ~ The Gospel of Luke, 16:14-15
The Pharisees, who were lovers of money,
heard all these things, and they ridiculed
him. And he said to them, “You are those
who justify yourselves before me, but
God knows your hearts.”

8. We spend too much precious
time and energy managing
perception and creating carefully
edited versions of ourselves to
show to the world.
“
”~ Brené Brown

9. 41 But give as alms those things that
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are within, and behold, everything is
clean for you.

10. Christ says, Give me all. I don't want so much
of your time and so much of your money and
so much of your work: I want You…. No half
measures are any good. I don’t want to cut off
a branch here and a branch there; I want to
have the whole tree down…
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11. Hand over the whole natural self, all the
desires you think innocent as well as the ones
you think wicked—the whole outfit. I will give
you a new self instead. In fact, I will give you
Myself: My own will shall become yours.
“ ~ CS Lewis
Mere Christianity
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12. 42 But woe to you Pharisees! For you
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tithe mint and rue and every herb, and
neglect justice and the love of God.
These you ought to have done, without
neglecting the others.

13. 43 Woe to you Pharisees! For you love
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the best seat in the synagogues and
greetings in the marketplaces.

14. “How can you believe
if you accept praise
from one another, yet
make now effort to
obtain the praise that
only comes from God.” ~ Jesus of Nazareth in
The Gospel of John, 5:44 (NIV)

15. 44 Woe to you! For you are like unmarked
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graves, and people walk over them with-
out knowing it.

16. “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
For you are like whitewashed tombs which
outwardly appear beautiful, but within are full of
dead people’s bones and all uncleanness. So you
also outwardly appear righteous to others, but
within you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.”
~ Jesus of Nazareth in the Gospel of Matthew 23:27

17. Why does Luke record this
account in his historical
biography of Jesus?
Important Question

18. We try to impress others
with the outside, but God knows
what’s on the inside.

19. “Revelation”
by
Flannery O’Connor

20. Homework

21. Homework
“What is the real you
really like?”