Sermon Notes: Living Like Jesus
Pastor Alan Hannah | September 21 & 22, 2024

ACAC DNA… the essence of who we are. 

1. We are Spirit-led.

2. We pursue God’s presence and proclaim His truth.

3. We love people where they are.

4. We are a diverse community of faith.

5. We strive to become more like Jesus

¹⁵…We will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church. [Ephesians 4:15]

²¹For God called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered for you. He is your example, and you must follow in his steps. [1 Peter 2:21]

¹⁵I have given you an example to follow. Do as I have done to you. ¹⁶I tell you the truth; slaves are not greater than their master. Nor is the messenger more important than the one who sends the message. ¹⁷Now that you know these things, God will bless you for doing them. [John 13:15-17]

³⁴So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. ³⁵Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” [John 13:34-35]

“Disciple is a noun, not a verb.” – John Mark Comer [Practicing the Way]

⁵This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all. ⁶So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth. [1 John 1:5-6]

⁶Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Jesus did. [1 John 2:6]

If we claim to live in Jesus, we must live as Jesus did.

⁵“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me, you can do nothing. [John 15:5]

“What would Jesus do if he were me?”

 You are writing a gospel a chapter each day.
By the deeds that you do, by the words that you say;
Men read what you write, whether faithless or true.
Say—what is the gospel, according to you? [Poem By: Paul Gilbert]