Gaining a Sense of Direction in Life

Crossroads Community Church, Waukesha, Wisconsin

Gaining a Sense of Direction in Life

Preached by Dr. Elwyn Zimmerman

Gaining a Sense of Direction in Life

Mt. 15:1-20

I. Sources of direction

A. Tradition (vv. 1-2, 7-9)

B. The community to which we belong (vv. 12-14; Rom. 12:2)

C. The inner self (vv. 10-11, 15-20)

D. The Word of God (vv. 3-6)

II. Aiming in the right direction

A. The legitimacy of each of these sources

1. Tradition (Lk. 4:16)

2. The community to which we belong (1 Cor. 11:16)

3. The inner self (Rom. 14:5, 12; Acts 17:11)

B. The priority of the Word of God (Col. 2:8; 1 Pet. 1:13-19a)