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*Fathers will tell you their #1 desire is to provide for and protect their children.
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*The most significant provision, the most effective protection, is to model and raise up a family in relational wholeness.
A father who is instrumental in meeting the relational needs of his family helps Christ become real to his children.
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*4 Fears Every Child Has:*
** I can’t be myself and still be loved.*
** You won’t give me what I really need.*
** You won’t understand what I’m feeling.*
** You won’t always be there for me.*
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*But how do we, as parents, learn to be good models?
We must first gain a fresh encounter with the relevant Christ ourselves.*
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When you extend love to your family, that love "comes from God... [For] if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love has been brought to full expression through us."
(I John 4:7, 12 NASB).
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Based on what each group discovered, identify four relational needs we have that Christ’s
coming to earth demonstrates.
• The need to be __accepted__ unconditionally.
(Read Genesis 1:27 and Romans 8:29.)
• The need to be __loved__ sacrificially.
(Read 1 Peter 1:18-19 and Romans 3:25-26.)
• The need to be __understood__ intimately.
(Read Hebrews 4:14-15.)
• The need to be __related__ to continually.
(Read Hebrews 13:5-6 and Matthew 28:20.)
Summary
The Incarnation is God saying, “I want a relationship with you.
A relationship that accepts
you without condition, loves you sacrificially, understands you intimately, and relates to
you continually.”
That is a relevant Christ!
GROUP ACTIVITY 2
Say, “We know Christ came to this earth as a sacrificial means of saving us.
But what
does that mean to us relationally?
Let’s break up into four groups and each group
take one of the four sets of questions and discuss the answers.
Then we’ll come back
together to share those answers.”
Assign each of the four small groups a set of questions found in the workbook on page 54,
“Questions about the Relational Meaning of the Incarnation.”
Questions about the
Relational Meaning of the Incarnation
Break into four groups and answer these questions and then come back together to share
your answers.
It is understandable that God unconditionally accepted Adam and Eve; they were
his perfect creation.
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But why would God unconditionally accept us, since we all
have sinned?
(Read Genesis 1:27 and Romans 8:29.)
__Because he created us in his image and he wants and plans to restore us to his
likeness so we can live in perfect relationship with him.__
2. A. God loves us and wants a relationship with us, but what did that relationship cost
God?
(Read 1 Peter 1:18-19 and Romans 3:25-26.)
__It cost God the life of his only Son.__
B. If you were to wear a price tag indicating your worth to God, what would it read?
__Jesus__
 
3. A. God knows everything, but what else does Christ taking on human form tell us?
(Read Hebrews 4:14-15.)
__He understands our weaknesses.__
B. What does that do for us?
(Read Hebrews 4:16.)
__Receive his mercy and find grace when we need it.__
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4. A. One of the greatest of human fears is being alone—totally alienated from everyone
and everything.
What did God promise that addresses that fear?
(Read Hebrews
13:5-6 and Matthew 28:20.)
__A love relationship in which he would never leave us.__
B.
Since Christ is no longer on earth, how can his promise be fulfilled?
(Read John
14:16-17 and Romans 5:5.)
__He promised to send the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts/lives.__
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Based on what each group discovered, identify four relational needs we have that Christ’s
coming to earth demonstrates.
• The need to be __accepted__ unconditionally.
• The need to be __loved__ sacrificially.
• The need to be __understood__ intimately.
• The need to be __related__ to continually.
Summary
The Incarnation is God saying, “I want a relationship with you.
A relationship that accepts
you without condition, loves you sacrificially, understands you intimately, and relates to
you continually.”
That is a relevant Christ!
CLOSING THE SESSION
Say, “Someone has said that Jesus Christ is not some distant historical figure or hero
who died on a cross.
He is as real as your heartbeat, as relevant as your closest
friend, and as ‘right now’ as this very moment.
“This week’s workbook assignment will reinforce his relevance to your life
and further help you convey a real and relevant Christ to your family.”
Close your time in prayer.
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Reproducible Handout # 5
(for Session 4)
The Greatest Story Ever Told:
The Great Reconnection
Reader # 1
“In a Middle Eastern land many years ago, where a beautiful river branched out to form four
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