True Greatness: The Life of John the Baptizer Lesson 1: "A Different Life" Michael Lewis August 5, 2007
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True Greatness: The Life of John the Baptizer
Lesson One: “A Different Life”
by Michael Lewis
August 5, 2007
Dalton Gardens Church of Christ

Matt 11:11; 1 Thess 2:4, 5

A Different Life:

He was different in his   birth  .

Luke 1:13; Luke 1:18; Luke 1:19-24; Luke 1:25; Luke 1:59-66

He was also different in his   mission  .

Luke 1:14, 15a; Luke 1:16, 17; Is. 40:3; John 1:29; John 3:30

He was also different in his   lifestyle  .

Mark 1:6; Luke 1::80

He proclaimed a different   message  .

Luke 3:7; John 3:23, 24

Summary:

We have a   distinctiveness   problem today.

“The distinctiveness of our doctrine matters less than the distinctness of our lives.”

Colossians 3:17

1. We have a distinctive   purpose  .

1 Peter 2:9

2. We are to live distinctive   lives  .

Romans 12:2

3. We have the best news ever heard to   share  .

Romans 5:6-8