Sermon Notes October 4, 2026

         About Christians                                                       Don’t Check Your Brains at the Door

Galatians 5:22-23, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.”

  1. Major studies have determined the number one reason people are turned away from the Christian faith… Christians are               ____________________________.

See Matthew 7:1-5

  1. It doesn’t mean…
  2. You don’t exercise ______________________.      
  3. You don’t ____________________________.
  4. What it does mean: It’s the practice of __________________.

See John 4:4-9,16-18

  1. The second biggest stumbling block as to why people turn away from the Christian faith is ___________________.
  2. The word literally means _____________________.

See Matthew 23:5,14,25-28

  1. What it doesn‘t mean:
a. It isn’t when someone fails your unrealistic expectations of                _____________________________.                                                                    
b. It’s not catching someone who says they follow Jesus                     __________________.                                                                                   
7. It’s opposite is not ___________, but spiritual ____________.

1 John 1:8, “If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.”