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2018-05-17
Listen to the sermon itself, but the sci-fi tie-in is weak.
How we see our father influences how we see God
How Knowing God as Father is Meant to Change Us
- Being adopted into God's family changes your identity
- God becomes your Abba Father, changing your relationship
- God can lead us with his Spirit
- Knowing God as father gives us a stake in Christ's inheritance and changes our hope for the future
- Changes our expectations for what life should look like: enduring suffering is part of being God's children
Good Sci-Fi Examples for Each Characteristic
Ben
- Professor X, Dumbledore, Giles from Buffy, Admiral Adama
- Anakin Skywalker, Admiral Adama, Walter Bishop, Henry Jones
- Obi-Wan Kenobi, Morpheus, Ned Stark, Gandalf
- Admiral Adama, T-800 (Terminator 2: Judgment Day), Jack Shephard, Jack Briscoe
- Gandalf, Henry Ducard (Batman Begins), Professor X, Bigby Wolf, Uncle Ben Parker, John Locke
Bad Sci-Fi Examples for Each Characteristic
Ben
- Emperor Palpatine, Randall Flagg
- Norman Osborn
- Magneto, Norman Osborn, Robert Baratheon
- Anthony Cooper, Tywin Lannister
- Jacob (LOST), Ben Linus, Cigarette Smoking Man, Man in Black (LOST)