Wild at Heart

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Wild at Heart

• Chapter 2
• The Wild One Whose Image We Bare

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BB gun story (page 20-21)

• How did it make you feel?
• Have you ever been invited to be wild?

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Seagull Story

• Thoughts?

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Where do we come from? (pages 22-24)

• Many men are ashamed of their fathers.
• You are just like your father, is that good or
  bad?
• Most men I know are trying hard not to become
  like their fathers.
• But who does that leave them to follow after?
• From whom will they derive their sense of
  strength?
• We must look to our source to know who we are,
  what were made of, and what our place is.
• We are made in the image of God

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The Image of God?

• What is your image of Jesus as a man?
• What did it used to be, has it changed over the
  years?
• To most Men, God is either distant or weak- the
  very thing they would report of their earthly
  father.
• What does it mean to you to try to be like Jesus?
  Is it to be nice, passive, loving, to be like
  Mother Theresa?

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Jesus words on his ministry and purpose

• Luke 414-20
• 14Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the
  Spirit, and news about him spread through the
  whole countryside. 15He taught in their
  synagogues, and everyone praised him.    16He
  went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up,
  and on the Sabbath day he went into the
  synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to
  read. 17The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was
  handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place
  where it is written 18The Spirit of the Lord is
  on me,       because he has anointed me
        to preach good news to the poor. He has
  sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
        and recovery of sight for the blind, to
  release the oppressed,       19to proclaim the
  year of the Lord's favor.
•    20Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back
  to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of
  everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him,
  21and he began by saying to them, Today this
  scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.

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• Isaiah 611
• The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me,
  because the Lord has anointed me to preach good
  news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the
  brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the
  captives and release from darkness for the
  prisoners,

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Is Jesus more like Mr.. Rogers with a beard or
William Wallace?

• It depends on who you are
• if you are a leper, an outcast to society
  Unclean
• Matthew 8-13 (NLT)
• 1Large crowds followed Jesus as he came down the
  mountainside. 2Suddenly, a man with leprosy
  approached Jesus. He knelt before him,
  worshiping. "Lord," the man said, "if you want
  to, you can make me well again."
• 3Jesus touched him. "I want to," he said. "Be
  healed!" And instantly the leprosy disappeared.

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• or if you are a Pharisee
• Luke 1310-14 (NLT)
• 10 One Sabbath day as Jesus was teaching in a
  synagogue, 11 he saw a woman who had been
  crippled by an evil spirit. She had been bent
  double for eighteen years and was unable to stand
  up straight. 12 When Jesus saw her, he called her
  over and said, "Woman, you are healed of your
  sickness!" 13 Then he touched her, and instantly
  she could stand straight. How she praised and
  thanked God! 14 But the leader in charge of the
  synagogue was indignant that Jesus had healed her
  on the Sabbath day. "There are six days of the
  week for working," he said to the crowd. "Come on
  those days to be healed, not on the Sabbath."

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• How did Jesus respond to the Leader?
• Luke 1315-17 (NLT)
• 15 But the Lord replied, "You hypocrite! You work
  on the Sabbath day! Don't you untie your ox or
  your donkey from their stalls on the Sabbath and
  lead them out for water? 16 Wasn't it necessary
  for me, even on the Sabbath day, to free this
  dear woman from the bondage in which Satan has
  held her for eighteen years?" 17 This shamed his
  enemies. And all the people rejoiced at the
  wonderful things he did.
• God is not weak, nor distant
• Jesus was humble and gentle, but not weak He
  was gentle to those in need He was
  confrontational when needed like with the
  Pharisees or the money changers at the temple.

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A battle to fight (pages 25-29)

• Is the Lord a gentleman?
• Not if you are in the service of His enemy. God
  has a battle to fight, a battle for our freedom.
• Egyptians- Plagues pestilence, the death of
  every first born. Canaanites- destroyed entire
  towns Philistines when Samson killed them, it
  was because the Spirit of the LORD came on him
• Not a macho man
• Our image of God and of ourselves is not true

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• Job 3919-25
• 19 "Do you give the horse his strength or clothe
  his neck with a flowing mane? 20 Do you make him
  leap like a locust, striking terror with his
  proud snorting? 21 He paws fiercely, rejoicing in
  his strength, and charges into the fray. 22 He
  laughs at fear, afraid of nothing he does not
  shy away from the sword. 23 The quiver rattles
  against his side, along with the flashing spear
  and lance. 24 In frenzied excitement he eats up
  the ground he cannot stand still when the
  trumpet sounds. 25 At the blast of the trumpet he
  snorts, 'Aha!' He catches the scent of battle
  from afar, the shout of commanders and the battle
  cry.
• The war horse embodies the fierceness of his
  maker, so do we. Or at least we did.

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• You can tell what kind of man youve got simply
  by the impact he has on you.
• Does he make you bored?
• Does he scare you with his legalism?
• Does he want to make you scream because he is
  very nice

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• Lets look at some scriptural references to Jesus
• John 184-8
• 4 Jesus, knowing all that was going to happen to
  him, went out and asked them, Who is it you
  want? 5 Jesus of Nazareth, they replied. I am
  he, Jesus said. (And Judas the traitor was
  standing there with them.) 6 When Jesus said, I
  am he, they drew back and fell to the ground. 7
  Again he asked them, Who is it you want? And
  they said, Jesus of Nazareth. 8 I told you
  that I am he, Jesus answered. If you are
  looking for me, then let these men go.
• Revelation 1911-16 paints a picture of Christ as
  a fierce warrior

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1. 11 I saw heaven standing open and there before me
   was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful
   and True. With justice he judges and makes war.
   12 His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his
   head are many crowns. He has a name written on
   him that no one knows but he himself. 13 He is
   dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name
   is the Word of God. 14The armies of heaven were
   following him, riding on white horses and dressed
   in fine linen, white and clean. 15 Out of his
   mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike
   down the nations. He will rule them with an iron
   scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of
   the wrath of God Almighty. 16 On his robe and on
   his thigh he has this name written KING OF KINGS
   AND LORD OF LORDS.

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1. There is something fierce in the heart of God.
   God is a warrior
2. Exodus 153 the Lord is a warrior the Lord is
   His Name

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What about Adventure? (pages 29-32)

• God loves wildness, look at the world he created.
• Thunderstorms
• Sharks
• Rattlesnakes
• Lions, Tigers, and Bears, Oh my
• God proclaimed it Good
• God made our world with adventure, risk, the
  element of surprise

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God takes risks...

• God is sovereign, but takes risks
• God took a risk with giving men and angels free
  will
• Unlikely choice of followers to deliver the
  message
• A prostitute, a few fishermen, a tax collector, a
  former Christian persecutor

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• God is a hero to this fallen world. the Lord
  intervened common in scripture
• Shadrack, Meshak, and Abedego and the furnace
• Daniel and the Lions den
• Jesus was crucified and buried
• God allows the odds to be stacked against Him, so
  He can come through,He loves to show us and the
  world he has what it takes.
• David and Goliath
• Gideons 300 men, armed with torches
• Moses, the Israelites Vs Egypt in the Exodus
• The Walls of Jericho

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• There is something wild in the heart of God He
  loves the adventure, the risk, to come through

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A beauty to fight for (pages 32-35)

1. God also has a romantic heart
2. God created beauty Music, wine, poetry,
   sunsets, scenery

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God created Beauty

• God wrote the Song of Solomon and put it in the
  Bible
• Have you read any of the Song of Solomon?
• What was your reaction?
• Is it conceivable that this scandalous and erotic
  book been placed in the Bible by the Christians
  you know?
• God created both a man and a woman and knew what
  the reaction would be and He called it Good

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• God is jealous for the hearts of His people and
  their freedom
• Isaiah 621-5
• For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, for
  Jerusalem's sake I will not remain quiet, till
  her righteousness shines out like the dawn, her
  salvation like a blazing torch.
• Isaiah 631-4
• 1 Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah, with
  his garments stained crimson? Who is this, robed
  in splendor, striding forward in the greatness of
  his strength? "It is I, speaking in
  righteousness, mighty to save." 2 Why are your
  garments red, like those of one treading the
  winepress? 3 "I have trodden the winepress alone
  from the nations no one was with me. I trampled
  them in my anger and trod them down in my wrath
  their blood spattered my garments, and I stained
  all my clothing. 4 For the day of vengeance was
  in my heart, and the year of my redemption has
  come.
• like a blazing torch.

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• Jesus was passionate about setting people free.
  The blind to see, the lame to walk, the deaf to
  hear.
• There is something passionate about the heart of
  God

For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, for
Jerusalem's sake I will not remain quiet, till
her righteousness shines out like the dawn, her
salvation like a blazing torch.
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We all are made in His image (pages 35-38)

• What word do we most commonly use with little
  boys?
• Dont
• But boys are also the image of God
• To be fierce, wild and passionate

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• Little girls and women are also created in Gods
  image
• Do you believe that men and women are both made
  in the image of God?
• That man and woman are each one ½ of His
  wholeness?
• Eve is the crown of creation.
• A woman longs to be pursued to be loved and to be
  apart of the adventure
• A woman embodies the beauty, mystery and the
  tender vulnerability of God

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• God wants to be loved
• God desires a relationship, time together, and a
  shared adventure
• God unveils His beauty in creation, and delights
  in our worship of Him

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Gods image is in both men and women

• There is a distinct difference but we are called
  at times to mirror both the masculine and
  feminine side of our Lord
• A man needs to be tender at times and a woman
  sometimes needs to be fierce, but if a man is
  only tender we know something is deeply wrong,
  and if a woman is only fierce we know she is not
  what she is meant to be.
• Psalm 6211-12 (NIV)
• One thing God has spoken, two things have I
  heard that you, O God, are strong, 12 and that
  you, O Lord, are loving.

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• Questions to take
• Next week Chapter 3 The question that haunts
  every man