This document contains the notes from a sermon given by Mike Simmonds on how Christians can emulate Jesus' example of "doing God." It discusses how Jesus welcomed and ate with sinners, seeing people differently than a worldly view. It references Bible passages about God's goodness and love following believers. The sermon encourages Christians to see others as Jesus did in parables about a lost coin and sheep and a forgiving father, and asks if they too are "doing God" in their lives.

1. St Andrew’s United Reform Church Sunday 20th March 2011 Mike Simmonds Evangelism & Education Consultant

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3. “We don’t do God!” Jesus did GOD!”

4. v3 They growled, "He takes in sinners and eats meals with them, treating them like old friends. Jesus did GOD!”

5. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Psalm 23v5 Jesus did GOD!”

6. How do we ‘do God’ like JESUS did?

7. How do we ‘do God’ like JESUS did?

8. 2 Corinthians 5.16-18 “from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.”

9. Ananias

10. Guilty Shepherd – Lost Sheep – Good Shepherd Guilty Shepherd – Lost Sheep Parable of the Shepherd

11. JESUS ‘DOING GOD’ The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside quiet waters, He restores my soul.

12. “the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” “Rejoice with me; for I have found the coin that I had lost.” Parable of the Woman & Lost Coin

13. Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. We Must See People Differently This is our story

14. Parable of the Father – Luke 15

15. Are you ‘Doing God’? e: mike@goministries.org.uk w: www.goministries.org.uk and GOMikeS