Message Notes

Series: Free Indeed

Speaker: Pastor Scott

Date: 1/12/25

Points:

John 8:36

Matthew 6:15

Offense: What is it and why is it important?

Luke 17:1

Proverbs 18:21

Proverbs 18:19

Choose to let others refine you, not define you.

How to get and stay offended:

1. Get: decide that someone else has the power to define your value

2. Stay: think and talk about the offense often

How to build resistance to offense:

Proverbs 19:11

1. Decide that your value is fixed.

1 Corinthians 7:23

If it's true, let it through. If it's a lie, let it fly.

2. Ask God to help you shed unfair expectations of others.

Proverbs 13:12

3. Give Jesus the final word.