10-25-09 AM - When Jesus Interrupts the Sinful

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FACT #1 – I WILL NEVER MEET ANYONE WHO IS NOT THE OBJECT OF GOD’S LOVE AND CONCERN

God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  – John 3:16

God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.                  -
Romans 5:8

FACT #2 – I WILL NEVER MEET ANYONE WHO DOES NOT NEED WHAT I HAVE IN JESUS CHRIST
"It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." – Mark 2:17

All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23

God did it for us. Out of sheer generosity he put us in right standing with himself. A pure gift. He got us out of the mess we're in and restored us to where he always wanted us to be. And he did it by means of Jesus Christ. God sacrificed Jesus on the altar of the world to clear that world of sin. Having faith in him sets us in the clear. God decided on this course of action in full view of the public--to set the world in the clear with himself through the sacrifice of Jesus, finally taking care of the sins he had so patiently endured. This is not only clear, but it's now--this is current history! God sets things right. He also makes it possible for us to live in his rightness.

FACT #3 – I CAN MAKE DISCIPLES, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN CALLED AND EMPOWERED BY GOD TO DO SO
You will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." – Acts 1:8