1. “Friend Day” Luke 5:17-26 cev & Selected Cross Creek Community Church, Pastor Dave Martin – June 14, 2015

2. Glacier National Park, Montana

3. SHOW REAL LOVE Luke 5:17-18 17 One day some Pharisees and experts in the Law of Moses sat listening to Jesus teach. They had come from every village in Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. God had given Jesus the power to heal the sick, 18 and some people came carrying a crippled man on a mat. They tried to take him inside the house and put him in front of Jesus.

4. SHOW REAL LOVE John 13:34-35 34 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35 By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."

5. TAKES REAL ACTION Luke 5:19 19 But because of the crowd, they could not get him to Jesus. So they went up on the roof, where they removed some tiles and let the mat down in the middle of the room.

6. TAKES REAL ACTION James 1:22 22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.

7. MEETING the REAL SAVIOR Luke 5:20-24 20 When Jesus saw how much faith they had, he said to the crippled man, "My friend, your sins are forgiven." 21 The Pharisees and the experts began arguing, "Jesus must think he is God! Only God can forgive sins." 22 Jesus knew what they were thinking, and he said, "Why are you thinking that?

8. MEETING the REAL SAVIOR 23 Is it easier for me to tell this crippled man that his sins are forgiven or to tell him to get up and walk? 24 But now you will see that the Son of Man has the right to forgive sins here on earth." Jesus then said to the man, "Get up! Pick up your mat and walk home."

9. MEETING the REAL SAVIOR Acts 4:12 12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name [Jesus] under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."

10. BRINGING REAL LIFE-CHANGE Luke 5:25-26 25 At once the man stood up in front of everyone. He picked up his mat and went home, giving thanks to God. 26 Everyone was amazed and praised God. What they saw surprised them, and they said, "We have seen a great miracle today!"

11. BRINGING REAL LIFE-CHANGE 2 Corinthians 5:17 17 Anyone who belongs to Christ is a new person. The past is forgotten, and everything is new. cev

12. BRINGING REAL LIFE-CHANGE 1 John 5:11 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

13. Real Friends… Value each other’s great worth! Value each other’s great worth!

14. Real Friends… Value each other’s great worth! Value each other’s great worth! Introduce their friends to Jesus Christ! Introduce their friends to Jesus Christ!

15. Real Friends… Value each other’s great worth! Value each other’s great worth! Introduce their friends to Jesus Christ! Introduce their friends to Jesus Christ! Will rejoice together throughout eternity! Will rejoice together throughout eternity!

16. Join us NOW for our… Annual Church Picnic!