Pastor Hope Flask

November 3, 2024

Main Scripture: Genesis 1:26-27, 2:18-25

Additional Scriptures: Ephesians 2:14, Hebrews 3:13

POINTS:

• Relationships are primary to God and should be primary to us

• God is not just a “Me,” but an “Us”, and we won’t be happy until we are not just a “me” but an “us.

• We live in a sin-broken culture that views relationships as a means to an end, but Christianity views relationships as an end in itself.

• Echo Chamber: An environment in which a person encounters only beliefs or opinions that coincide with their own so that their existing views are reinforced and alternative ideas are not considered.

• We want refreshing when what we need is redirection.

• We need a deep and abiding relationship with God because God is a God of intimacy, and we were created in His image.

• God made us to have a need that even He couldn’t satisfy - He made us with a need that only other people could meet.

• We don’t want accountability; we want anonymity.

• We need people who see us often and can redirect us.

• We cannot know ourselves by ourselves. We need a Christian community around us.

• We need diversity in the body of Christ so that we can know Jesus more fully.

• A healthy Christian community is a transparent community because they know that their identity in Christ is stable.

• Outside of Christ, we engage in relationships in one of two ways: unashamed but not naked or naked and ashamed.