Following Jesus means accepting the invitation to live our ordinary lives in light of the extraordinary life of Jesus. The message was given on June 23, 2013 at New City Church in Calgary by Pastor John Ferguson. For more info, go to www.NewCityChurch.ca.

1. Luke 6:12-19Today’s Scripture:
Page 862 in our guest Bibles.

3. CARPE DIEM.
Seize the day boys.
Make your lives
EXTRA-
ORDINARY.

4. What
are you
LIVING
for?
?

5. “The way we understand
human life depends on
what conception we have
of the human story.
What is the
REAL STORY of
which MY LIFE STORY
is a part?”

6. Turning
the World
Upside
Down
Luke
6:12-19

7. In these days he went out to the
LUKE 6:12
mountain to pray, and all night he
continued in prayer to God....

8. PRAYERLESSNESS
is our
DECLARATION
of
INDEPENDENCE
from God.

9. And when day came, he called his
LUKE 6:13-14
disciples and chose from them
twelve, whom he named apostles...

10. Disciple
dis·ci·ple
one who learns the
teaching of the master
and does what
the master does

11. Apostle
a·pos·tle
someone who is sent
to convey a message
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12. And when day came, he called his
LUKE 6:13-14
disciples and chose from them
twelve, whom he named apostles:
Andrew his brother, and James,
Simon, whom he named Peter, and
and John, and Philip and

13. Bartholomew [Nathanael], and
LUKE 6:15-16
Matthew [Levi], and Thomas, and
James the son of Alphaeus, and
and Judas [Thaddeus], the son of
Simon who was called the Zealot,

14. James, and Judas Iscariot, who
LUKE 6:16
became a traitor....

15. For consider your
calling, brothers: not
many of you were
WISE according to
worldly standards,
not many were
POWERFUL, not many
were of NOBLE birth.
The Apostle Paul
1 Corinthians 1:26-29

16. But God chose what is
FOOLISH in the world to
shame the wise; God
chose what is WEAK in
the world to shame the
strong; God chose what is
LOW and DESPISED in
the world…so that no
human being might boast
in the presence of God.
The Apostle Paul
1 Corinthians 1:26-29

17. And he came down with them and
LUKE 6:17-18
stood on a level place, with a great
crowd of his disciples and a great
and Jerusalem and the seacoast
multitude of people from all Judea
of Tyre and Sidon, who came

18. to hear him and to be healed of
LUKE 6:18-19
their diseases. And those who were
troubled with unclean spirits were
to touch him, for power came out
cured. And all the crowd sought
from him and healed them all....

19. “Wait a
minute...
I just can’t
believe in
miracles.”
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20. “For we did not follow
cleverly devised
myths when we made
known to you the
power and coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ,
but we were
EYEWITNESSES
of his majesty.”
The Apostle Peter
~ 2 Peter 1:16

21. “That which was from
the beginning, which
we have HEARD,
which we have SEEN
with our eyes, which
we LOOKED UPON
and TOUCHED with
our hands..., that
which we have SEEN
and HEARD we
proclaim to you....”
The Apostle John
1 John 1:1-2

22. “Why is it thought
INCREDIBLE by any of
you that God raises the
dead…? For the king
KNOWS about these
things, and to him I
speak boldly. For I am
persuaded that none of
these things escaped his
notice, for this has NOT
HAPPENED in a corner.”
The Apostle Paul
Acts 26

23. Why does Luke include this story
in his historical biography
of Jesus?
Important Question

24. Following Jesus means
accepting the invitation
to live our ordinary lives
in light of the extraordinary
life of Jesus.

25. Answer
the question:
What am I
living for?
1
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26. What is your life?
For you are a MIST
that appears for a
little while and then
VANISHES.
~ James the brother of Jesus
in James 4:14

27. “I am…WAGERING MY
LIFE on the faith that
Jesus is the ULTIMATE
AUTHORITY…. The
Christian commitment is
distinguished in that it is a
commitment to a belief
about the MEANING of
the whole of HUMAN
EXISTENCE in its
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28. ...entirety—namely, the
belief that this MEANING is
to be found in the PERSON
of Jesus Christ, incarnate,
crucified, risen, and
destined to reign over all
things.”
~ Lesslie Newbigin
image: Rafal Olkis

29. 2
See yourself
as a disciple
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30. 2
See yourself
as a disciple
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I live my life in
light of what Jesus
taught & what
Jesus did.

31. 3 Dream BIG!
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33. “The powerful play goes on,
and YOU may contribute a verse.”

34. bhagath makka http://www.flickr.com/photos/21788184@N05/3090120319/
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