LESS IS MORE                                                                        EAST BAY FELLOWSHIP

(Series, #4)                                                                                                 August 27, 2006

SACRIFICE – THE TRANSFORMATION INTO MORE

TEXT: John 13:1-17

INTRODUCTION

· Either we settle in to religious service, learning the minimum standards and how to get by or we keep taking up the Cross and letting the Holy Spirit transform us—and we get the “more” that Jesus promised us. 

· Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.  And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.   2 Cor 3:17-18 (NIV)

1) SERVICE LEADS TO MOMENTS OF SACRIFICE

2) SACRIFIC IS PREDICATED ON KNOWING WHO WE ARE

· I am:

a. A Child of God

b. A Servant of God

c. A Witness of God

3) WE HAVE A MODEL OF SACRIFICE

· To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.   1 Pet 2:21 (NIV)

4) SACRIFICAL MOMENTS WILL TRANSFORM US

CONCLUSION

· What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit his very self?   Luke 9:25 (NIV)