God's Humble Rescue: Love, Atonement, and Victory
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"As we continue our journey on the understanding of the kerygma, we finally get to leave the bad news behind. And enter into the good news this week. As we recognize what is it, we're going to answer the question, what has God done for us, given the bad news? That we are stuck under the powers of sin and death, and we have the devil who is always tempting us to stay away from God. What has Jesus done, or what has God done about this?" [00:19:58] (30 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
"And this is what we'll call the section rescued, right? So we have been rescued. We've got to remember that within the bad news, we recognize that we can't save ourself. We need someone to come in from the outside to save us. And that's, we're getting ready to enter into that season of Advent as we prepare for Christmas." [00:20:29] (20 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
"Transforms many hearts throughout the centuries to see that love outpoured for us. The second way is that it's a, that the church would talk about it, is it's an atonement for sin. Sin, all sin, when we commit it, is against an infinite God, and therefore that sin is infinite in some manner. We can't fix it ourself. We're not going to be able to offer something that can undo the damage that sin causes. And so God becomes one of us, right?" [00:34:23] (32 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
"So God can't die in his nature, in his divine nature, so he takes us. He takes on our human nature, and he offers that human nature on the cross for us to atone for those sins, to bridge the gap that sin had caused, the rupture that sin had caused. Jesus bridges that in his own person, right? This atonement for sin is another way we can see what Jesus does on the cross, and we can see how much sin costs, right?" [00:37:15] (27 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
"But there's also a thing called an ambush predator. I don't know if you've heard of those yet, but in an ambush predator, in the different areas of nature, you'll have these animals that will camouflage themselves, will hide themselves, and wait for their prey to come to them, and then grasp their prey, right? So you've got a bunch of snakes. They do that. They hide, and then they grasp whenever their prey gets within striking distance." [00:39:35] (28 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
"Because it's in the moment that he knows he's been defeated. Because he didn't know Jesus is God. That's kept from him. He knew he was a holy person. He knew something was up about him. But if he knew he was God, he wouldn't have fought him. Because he knows he's a creature, right? And he knows in this moment that he's been had. That as Jesus enters into death, how is death going to hold down the God who is life, right?" [00:48:58] (31 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
"This is the powerful moment. As a matter of fact, the church fathers would say, it is, fitting that the deceiver, Satan, should himself be deceived. That's how they put it. And it's this beautiful moment where you're like, ah, God has, he's so fascinating. And he's so interesting when he enters into our problems, into our problems to destroy it from the inside." [00:59:54] (25 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
"As a matter of fact, to sum it up simply, what God has done for us in Jesus on the cross and by his resurrection, what it tells each one of us is that you and I, we matter to God, and that's not nothing. We matter to God. We are important to him. He loves each and every one of us in a very particular and personal way, and so what we'll look at next week is like, how do we respond to what this God of love has done for each of us?" [01:01:00] (34 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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"And this is what we'll call the section rescued, right? So we have been rescued. We've got to remember that within the bad news, we recognize that we can't save ourself. We need someone to come in from the outside to save us. And that's, we're getting ready to enter into that season of Advent as we prepare for Christmas." [00:20:29] (20 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
"Transforms many hearts throughout the centuries to see that love outpoured for us. The second way is that it's a, that the church would talk about it, is it's an atonement for sin. Sin, all sin, when we commit it, is against an infinite God, and therefore that sin is infinite in some manner. We can't fix it ourself. We're not going to be able to offer something that can undo the damage that sin causes. And so God becomes one of us, right?" [00:34:23] (32 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
"So God can't die in his nature, in his divine nature, so he takes us. He takes on our human nature, and he offers that human nature on the cross for us to atone for those sins, to bridge the gap that sin had caused, the rupture that sin had caused. Jesus bridges that in his own person, right? This atonement for sin is another way we can see what Jesus does on the cross, and we can see how much sin costs, right?" [00:37:15] (27 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
"But there's also a thing called an ambush predator. I don't know if you've heard of those yet, but in an ambush predator, in the different areas of nature, you'll have these animals that will camouflage themselves, will hide themselves, and wait for their prey to come to them, and then grasp their prey, right? So you've got a bunch of snakes. They do that. They hide, and then they grasp whenever their prey gets within striking distance." [00:39:35] (28 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
"Because it's in the moment that he knows he's been defeated. Because he didn't know Jesus is God. That's kept from him. He knew he was a holy person. He knew something was up about him. But if he knew he was God, he wouldn't have fought him. Because he knows he's a creature, right? And he knows in this moment that he's been had. That as Jesus enters into death, how is death going to hold down the God who is life, right?" [00:48:58] (31 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
"This is the powerful moment. As a matter of fact, the church fathers would say, it is, fitting that the deceiver, Satan, should himself be deceived. That's how they put it. And it's this beautiful moment where you're like, ah, God has, he's so fascinating. And he's so interesting when he enters into our problems, into our problems to destroy it from the inside." [00:59:54] (25 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
"As a matter of fact, to sum it up simply, what God has done for us in Jesus on the cross and by his resurrection, what it tells each one of us is that you and I, we matter to God, and that's not nothing. We matter to God. We are important to him. He loves each and every one of us in a very particular and personal way, and so what we'll look at next week is like, how do we respond to what this God of love has done for each of us?" [01:01:00] (34 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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