Here is the fifth lesson of the first course, “Simplify the Path,” which is part of our Overcoming Bad Christianity series. The diagram below is referenced in this episode.
Who was Jesus to you as a child? What was your understanding of Jesus in your first decade of life? How did you feel about Him? What did you believe about Him?
Who was Jesus to you as a teeenager? During your adolescence, what was your understanding of Jesus? What feelings and thoughts did you have toward Him during that transformative decade of life?
Who was Jesus to you as a young adult? What kinds of beliefs, thoughts, and feelings characterized this phase of your life as you likely set out on new education, career, and family endeavors?
What were the similarities and differences of how you viewed God for each phase of life? How has your faith and understanding of God/Jesus changed over time? Throughout your life, what factors have affected the way you have answered the question, Who is Jesus to you? (We are all getting our impressions of Jesus from somewhere. It is time to explicitly name those influences.)
WHO IS JESUS TO YOU...NOW? This is it. Fill your whiteboard. Don’t worry about who He might be to you tomorrow or who He was to you yesterday. Today, in this moment, who is Jesus to you?
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