God Is Love: The Gospel of Reconciliation

So the theme this week, as you told, Advent theme, is love. It's a good start. Which is only appropriate the Sunday before we celebrate our Lord's birth. This upcoming Thursday. I only, I think I said this last, but I only post one thing every year on Facebook. And that is, I love that God makes the greatest birthday party for his son every year. Amen? Amen? That's what we celebrate Thursday. [00:43:56] (22 seconds)  #CelebrateJesusBirthday

The Gospel message is simple, but powerful. And at the end of this message, we're going to have a math test. Any math majors in here? All right. Uh-oh. We're going to have a math test at the end of this message. And the last slide is going to really emphasize the importance of the Gospel message. The Bible begins with really good news that we were made in the image of God, and we were created in fellowship with God. [00:44:19] (29 seconds)  #SimplePowerfulGospel

We're not designed to go through life without God. But then the Bible takes a turn when by a tree a young couple had a snack, and sin entered into the world. That sin in our lives separates us in our relationship with God. So problem number two is that on our own we can't fix problem number one. So Christ came, as we celebrate Thursday, lived his sinless life, was voluntarily crucified upon Calvary, was raised from the dead, to prove that what he seeked to accomplish, he did accomplish, to provide a way to us to be reconciled to God. [00:44:48] (57 seconds)  #NoLifeWithoutGod

We're not designed to go through life without God. But then the Bible takes a turn when by a tree a young couple had a snack, and sin entered into the world. And that sin caused two serious problems between us and God. So problem number two is that on our own we can't fix problem number one. So Christ came, as we celebrate Thursday, lived his sinless life, was voluntarily crucified upon Calvary, was raised from the dead, to prove that what he seeked to accomplish, he did accomplish, to provide a way to us to be reconciled to God. [00:44:48] (57 seconds)  #SinSeparatedChristReconciles

So problem number two is that on our own we can't fix problem number one. So Christ came, as we celebrate Thursday, lived his sinless life, was voluntarily crucified upon Calvary, was raised from the dead, to prove that what he seeked to accomplish, he did accomplish, to provide a way to us to be reconciled to God. And all the Gospel says, all salvation says, is God on my own, I can't make myself right with you. I've sinned. [00:45:17] (36 seconds)  #ICantSaveMyself

So Christ came, as we celebrate Thursday, lived his sinless life, was voluntarily crucified upon Calvary, was raised from the dead, to prove that what he seeked to accomplish, he did accomplish, to provide a way to us to be reconciled to God. And all the Gospel says, all salvation says, is God on my own, I can't make myself right with you. I've sinned. And I agree, some sin more than others, but I found in school a high F and a low F is still an F, amen? [00:45:22] (38 seconds)  #GraceNotGrades

So Christ came, as we celebrate Thursday, lived his sinless life, was voluntarily crucified upon Calvary, was raised from the dead, to prove that what he seeked to accomplish, he did accomplish, to provide a way to us to be reconciled to God. And all the Gospel says, all salvation says, is God on my own, I can't make myself right with you. I've sinned. [00:45:22] (31 seconds)  #ChristPaidMyDebt

I got on my own, I fell, but through your son and his righteousness, his life, his perfection, I come to you by faith in him. He took my place upon Calvary, took my wrath. So through his righteousness, his blood, his life, I come to him. I mean, that's the Gospel message. And that message matters. [00:46:05] (19 seconds)  #GospelIsRedemption