Important starting

pointIt is not an accident

Jesus begins with

Matthew 6:9-13“Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,

 your kingdom come,your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our

daily bread.  And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.  And

lead us not into temptation,     but deliver us from the evil

one.”

Relationship (God and People)

One who is different

Our Father

In Heaven

Not a mind thing

Brought into relationship

The deep witness

On par with Jesus

The Spirit

Adopted

Our operating

system

Our status

We are birthed from above in the

Spirit

John 3:3-7In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the

truth, no-one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again."

"How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot enter a second time into his mother's

womb to be born!" Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no-one can enter the kingdom of God unless

he is born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. You should not be surprised at my saying, 'You must be

born again.'

Born Again:

Greek word = anothen

above, again,begining

Ephesians 2:4-7But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were

dead in transgressions — it is by grace you have been saved. And God

raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the

heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he

might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus

A simple process

John 15:16 You did not choose me,

but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear

fruit – fruit that will last – and so that whatever you

ask in my name the Father will give you.

Every human

being lives out of their

centre

Christians are to live out of their

Abba centre