First Week in the Jesus Experiment

The Jesus Experiment

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Creekside Bible Church

The Jesus Experiment is an invitation for people to become like Jesus in their feelings, thoughts, words and deeds. Each week they’ll focus on a different aspect of Jesus’ life, including how he faced his fears, how he talked with God, how he overcame evil, how he helped the vulnerable and others. We will begin to discover through our sermons and the book of the same name, how Jesus felt, thought, spoke and acted in specific situations. During the week as they face a similar situation, people will examine their own feelings, thoughts, words and deeds and compare them to Christ’s. Next, people will ask God to conform them into the likeness of Jesus. This isn’t just a sermon series, it is a concentrated effort to become more like Jesus.

Dear Jesus Experiment Group,

I feel alot like the author Bill Perkins as he writes on page 3, week one from "The Jesus Experiment":

"Part of the reason the Jesus Experiment concerned me is that I knew it would quickly expose how unlike Jesus I am.  Though I desire to be more like Christ, my human tendency to remain stuck is strong.  Like everyone else, I'm comfortable with the status quo.  I have attitudes, habits, and ways of speaking and acting that give me pleasure and calm my nerves---almost like pacifiers---

and I don't want to let them go.  My fear of rejection and shame prevents me from going into more detail here, and it's this tendency to cover up that reminds me, even as I write these words, that I am still very much unlike Jesus.  But that does'nt mean The Jesus Experiment won't work,...If you're feeling similarly apprehensive, I understand;  but don't let that hold you back,...it all starts with a simple desire to become more like Jesus and the willingness to live the experiment."