Challenge Accepted, Part 2: Real Relationships // Forrest Jenan

We've gotten really good at having people around us without letting anyone get close. We know how to answer "how are you?" without ever really answering it.

In Part 2 of Challenge Accepted, Forrest Jenan explores what Jesus meant by real relationships and why the way of Jesus was never meant to be walked alone.

In This Teaching

• Why having lots of people in your life isn't the same as being known
• What Genesis 2:18 says about isolation, even in a perfect world
• How long it actually takes to build a close friendship
• Why Jesus responded to the faith of the friends carrying the paralyzed man
• Why Jesus deliberately put people who didn't belong together in the same group
• Two questions to carry into this week: who has access to you, and who are you willing to get close to?

Scriptures Referenced:

• Genesis 2:18
• John 15:12
• Mark 2:5
• Galatians 6:1–2
• Hebrews 10:24–25
• Matthew 12:48–49