BULLETIN OUTLINE The Ultimate Journey 9.22.

13 Tom Oyler, Lead Pastor What It Is Not (Ecclesiastes 1-2; Philippians 3:4-7)

What It Is (Mark 4:3-120; 1 Corinthians 3:1-4; Ephesians 4:13-16) The ultimate journey is being changed by Christ and being used by Christ.

LOOKING BACK The Ultimate Journey An Introduction Who are you? What are you doing here? Those are very valuable questions, arent they? The issue for us is how much we are willing to pay to find out the answers for ourselves? As we begin The Ultimate Journey, lets pray for focus, courage and freedom for each other! Thinking It Through We dont see things as they are, we see them as we are. ~Anais Nin We are half-hearted creatures, fooling around with drink and sex and ambition, when infinite joy is offered to us. Like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in the slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea we are far too easily pleased. ~ C.S. Lewis The future is that time when youll with youd done what you arent doing now. ~ Unknown

Living It Out 1. What is your personal reaction to the two questions of the Russian soldier? 2. Which biblical references in the message has the greatest impact upon you and why? 3. If the Ultimate Journey is my life being changed by Christ and used by Christ, what kind of journey are you currently on? Give this some significant thought.

LOOKING AHEAD The Ultimate Journey

Use a GPS 1 Corinthians 3:1-3

A GPS is a wonderful use of technology. Metaphorically, it is essential to the Ultimate Journey of My life being changed by Christ and used by Christ. Where are you in the journey? Could it be that some of you have not even begun? Or, you started a long time ago, but where are you now? In what direction are you headed? Interestingly, Pauls letters serve as our GPS in the Ultimate Journey. Lets turn it on! Looking It Up 1. The Corinthians were about 4-5 years into the faith when Paul wrote his first letter to them. What were some of their lingering problems according to 1:10-17? What different levels of spiritual life/maturity does Paul address in 2:14-3:3 and what are some of their characteristics? In 13:11, Paul continues the metaphor human maturity. How does this help describe the ultimate journey? What can you find in the verses below about the nature of the ultimate journey? John 3:3 1 Peter 2:2 Hebrews 5:12ff Galatians 4:19/Colossians 1:28-29 1 Thessalonians 2:7-12 5. What is our definition of the ultimate journey and how do some of these verses relate? (see opening paragraph)

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