Why Are You A Christian? | New Testament | Hebrews 12

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🗓️ 16 March 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Who in your life can you thank for helping you know Jesus? Although Jesus calls you to himself, he often uses ordinary people to bring people to him. In today's episode, Patrick uses Hebrews 12 to discuss why you need community. Your support makes TMBT possible. Ten Minute Bible Talks is a crowd-funded project. Join the TMBTeam to reach more people with the Bible. Give now. Join the TMBT community in reading the entire New Testament in one year. Get your FREE reading plan here. Like this content? Make sure to leave us a rating and share it with others, so others can find it too. Use #asktmbt to connect with us, ask questions, and suggest topics. We'd love to hear from you! To learn more, visit our website and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter@TenMinuteBibleTalks. Don't forget to subscribe to the TMBT Newsletter here. Passages: Hebrews 12

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0:00.0	Welcome to 10 minute Bible Talks.
0:05.0	Where we connect the Bible to your life.
0:09.0	In the time it takes to get to work.
0:10.0	I'm Patrick Miller. I have a question for you. Why are you a Christian? I'm not
0:16.6	talking about the intellectual reasons you're a Christian. I'm not talking about what
0:20.4	God did in your life to draw you to himself.
0:22.8	Because of course at the deepest truest level the reason you follow Jesus
0:26.2	is because Jesus loved you first.
0:28.0	It's because Jesus called you to himself.
0:30.4	But Jesus does that through well everyday ordinary relationships.
0:35.0	Let me talk about myself for a second.
0:37.0	Here's why I'm a Christian. My mom became a Christian when I was in the fourth grade
0:41.0	and that played a major role in my life watching her follow
0:44.2	Jesus and seeing the sincerity with which she not only believed what Jesus said but
0:48.2	tried to live it out in her life but it wasn't just that because after she became a
0:52.1	Christian it wasn't like I was
0:53.2	automatically converted in the fourth grade. Instead it was a long process for me. I had a youth
0:58.1	pastor at the church my mom attended his name was Dave Sherman and Dave was a unique
1:02.4	guy because first of all he was in
1:04.0	youth ministry I think for over 20 years not many people can do youth ministry for that
1:07.8	long but even as a guy who was middle-aged working mostly with middle schoolers and
1:11.7	high schoolers he had amazing energy but what
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