September 4-5, 2004, Selected

I HAVE A FRIEND WHO…
Says Something Is Missing in My Life
By: Matt Myers
Pastor of Spiritual Maturity

Something is missing.

I still haven’t found it.

I. Some people are simple missing the __________ ____ ______ in their life.

A. They may be missing it because they are:
1. A person who’s ______ is obvious and ______________________.

Romans 1:28-32
[32] Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.

2. A person who’s ______ ____ ____________ and they are basically ________ people.

Romans 3:10-12; 23
[9]What shall we conclude then? Are we any better? Not at all! We have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under sin.

B. What would Jesus say to these people?

II. Some people are simply missing out on ____________ ______ ______________ ________.

John 10:10
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.

A. There are generally two characteristics for these people:
1. A person who __________ ________ __________ ____________ ____ but ends up doing the _______________.

Romans 7:15
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.

2. A person who lives with ______________________ ______ __________ over the reality of their ________________.

Romans 7:24
What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?

B. What would Jesus say to these people?