GET THE ADDRESS RIGHT

•    Christmas about God delivering His message to us
•    Paul’s epistle needed label “from” and “to”
•    incorrectly addressed valuable package left recipient wondering
•    some won’t listen to Paul today - not politically correct
•    church’s witness is that NT writers were divinely inspired with God’s truth
•    Paul packs massive doctrines in just a few verses

GET THE AUTHORIZATION REALIZED

•    Paul’s credentials regularly challenged
•    apostle’s message backed up by: prophets; Scripture
•    Jesus’ own authority: human (David) and divine (resurrection)
•    Who’s He to you? Far more than just another historical figure
•    Lordship means relinquishing “I wanna do what I wanna do”
•    call to apostleship for Jesus’ glory - sake of His name / reputation

GET THE ATTITUDE RELATIONAL

•    not about “doing” like other religions: Christianity - what Jesus has DONE
•    Being: we are loved by God
•    called to belong to Jesus: be His
•    called to be saints: a holy nation, belonging to God
•    called to the obedience that comes from faith: “love does”

LOVING RELATIONSHIP MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE

•    exasperated dad encouraged by son’s declaration