5-26-24 Setlist: Look At What The Lord Has Done Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) Defender Same God Sermon Notes: Key Passage: You can be certain that in the last days there will be some very hard times. People will love only themselves and money. They will be proud, stuck-up, rude, and disobedient to their parents. They will also be ungrateful, godless, heartless, and hateful. Their words will be cruel, and they will have no self-control or pity. These people will hate everything good. They will be sneaky, reckless, and puffed up with pride. Instead of loving God, they will love pleasure. Even though they will make a show of being religious, their religion won't be real. Don't have anything to do with such people. 2 Timothy 3:1-5 (CEV) Key Passage: After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.” His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know which of them he meant. One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. Simon Peter motioned to this disciple and said, “Ask him which one he means.” Leaning back against Jesus, he asked him, “Lord, who is it?” Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.” Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him. So Jesus told him, “What you are about to do, do quickly.” John 13:21-27 (NIV) Biblical discernment is the God given ability to access the true nature of an individual or an opportunity and to govern yourself accordingly. Key Verse: When Judas had eaten the bread, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus told him, “Hurry and do what you’re going to do.” John 13:27 Key Verse: … Don't have anything to do with such people. 2 Timothy 3:5 Traits of a Toxic Person 1. Greed Greed - The insatiable unrestrained appetite for more. Traits of a Toxic Person 2. Entitlement Entitlement - The belief that one is owed something as a result of their association with the person who earned it or an overestimation of their contribution. Key Passage: But Judas Iscariot, the disciple who would soon betray him, said, “That perfume was worth a year’s wages. It should have been sold and the money given to the poor.” Not that he cared for the poor—he was a thief, and since he was in charge of the disciples’ money, he often stole some for himself. John 12:4-6 Traits of a Toxic Person 3. Deceitfulness Deceitfulness - Deliberately concealing or mis-representing the truth to mislead or manipulate others. It is a refusal to expose true motives. Traits of a Toxic Person 4. Manipulation Manipulation - The use of flattery, generosity, and spirituality to exploit someone’s ignorance, weaknesses or deficits so they can disarm and control them. Key Verse: “That perfume was worth a year’s wages. It should have been sold and the money given to the poor.” John 12:5 Traits of a Toxic Person 5. Insecure Competitiveness Insecure Competitiveness - When a person’s competitive drive is significantly fueled by their unaddressed insecurities. They have a deep-seated sense of inadequacy or insecurity that is combined with an intense desire to outperform or dominate others, not purely for the sake of achievement, but as a means to validate their self-worth. Key Passage: An argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest. Jesus, knowing their thoughts, took a little child and had him stand beside him. Then he said to them, “Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For it is the one who is least among you all who is the greatest.” Luke 9:46-48 Key Passage: Simon Peter asked him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus replied, “Where I am going, you cannot follow now, but you will follow later.” Peter asked, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.” Then Jesus answered, “Will you really lay down your life for me? Very truly I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times! John 13:36-38 Discussion Questions 1. What do you feel like God is saying to you through this message? 2. What spoke to you during this message? Why? How can you apply it to your life?