Integrity Relationships
George Ross, Senior Pastor
January 16 & 17, 2016
This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light,
and there is no darkness in him at all. So we are lying if we say we have
fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not
practicing the truth. But if we are walking in the light, as God is in the light,
then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son,
cleanses us from all sin. ~ 1 John 1:5-7
The Metaphors of WALKING and LIGHT
They Share a R___________ Understanding of God (v.5)
 What should we understand about God? (Numbers 14:18; 2 Peter 3:9;
Romans 3:23; Romans 6:23)
 What are the WRONG views of God?
 O____________
 A__________
 N______________
They Demand Spiritual Devotion and C_______________ (v.6)
 The Hallakah and the Haggadah (the walk and the talk)
 The Matthew 7:21 confrontation
 At which intersection in life do you tend to spiritually disconnect?
 Work — Home — Friends — Hobbies — Wealth — Health
They Celebrate Fellowship and F______________ with One Another (v.7)
 What does fellowship look like?
 Romans 12:9-21; Galatians 6:2-3
 Honesty — Mutuality — Vulnerability — Intentionality — Maturity
 KATHARIZA: Forgive — Cleanse — Purify — Katharsis
 My favorite line from the movie, Jerry Maguire
 Not “Show me the money,” “You complete me,” or “You had me at
hello,” but “Jerry, you are my ambassador of Q______.”
Risk It — Integrity Relationships
George Ross, Senior Pastor
January 16 & 17, 2016
This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light,
and there is no darkness in him at all. So we are lying if we say we have
fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not
practicing the truth. But if we are walking in the light, as God is in the light,
then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son,
cleanses us from all sin. ~ 1 John 1:5-7
The Metaphors of WALKING and LIGHT
They Share a RIGHT Understanding of God (v.5)
 What should we understand about God?
 Numbers 14:18; 2 Peter 3:9; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:23
 DISCUSSION: Discuss the tension seen in some of these verses of
God’s nature of being loving, yet having a nature of justice.
 WRONG views of God: He’s OPTIONAL, AVOIDABLE, NEGOTIABLE
 QUESTION: How are these views expressed in our culture?
They Demand Spiritual Devotion and CONSISTENCY (v.6)
 The Hallakah (walk) and the Haggadah (talk)
 The Matthew 7:21 confrontation
 QUESTION: At which intersection in life do you tend to spiritually
disconnect? Work, Home, Friends, Hobbies, Wealth, Health?
They Celebrate Fellowship and FORGIVENESS with One Another (v.7)
 What does fellowship look like?
 Romans 12:9-21 (take a look and comment on this passage)
 Galatians 6:2-3
 Honesty — Mutuality — Vulnerability — Intentionality — Maturity
 KATHARIZA: Forgive — Cleanse — Purify — Katharsis
 QUESTIONS: How can you, as a group, grow in your experience of
godly “fellowship and forgiveness”? Have you already experienced
that?
You can get the daily devotional for this series at: www.mynorthside.com/devotionals