God's Love, Our Rejection, and Christ's Redemption
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In the very beginning, before there was time, God existed. The Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit existed in perfect unity and love with one another. And God created the world to be able to welcome other people, to be able to welcome us into that love. And in them were light and life and that love. There was no darkness. There was no death. There was no disconnection of broken relationships. [00:12:53] (29 seconds)
But from the very beginning, God made a promise that he would send a savior who would fix the things that Israel never could. He would bring light into the darkness. He would bring the dead back to life. And he would love those who had turned away forever. This savior will fix what is broken. He will make right the things that we have wronged. He will make straight the things that we have bent. [00:16:00] (29 seconds)
And during his time, on this earth, every single step of his life was entirely right. It was entirely good. It was without flaw. It was without sin. He was a human being, yes. He was subject to temptation, just like we are. He was subjected to hunger and to thirst. In all of the ways that we were weak, he was weak. And yet, with every single step of his life, at every single moment, he perfectly loved his heavenly father with all of his heart. And he perfectly loved his neighbor as himself. [00:17:55] (42 seconds)
And when we believe that Jesus is our Savior, that he is our rescuer, then his life, that perfect life without sin, is given to us. It's like we lived that life. And his death becomes the payment for our sin. So that that means that in God's eyes, when we believe in Jesus, he looks at us and he doesn't see a single thing that we've ever done wrong. Instead, all he sees is Jesus's perfect life. [00:19:49] (33 seconds)
And so through Jesus, every single person can have their sins forgiven. Every single person can be born again as a new creation. And every single person can have the hope that Jesus is coming again one day to make all things new. And the beautiful part about this, guys, is that this is not something that we earn. This is not something that we have to deserve, right? There isn't a checklist where we've got to do this and this and this and this and this and this. [00:23:02] (34 seconds)
We must respond through faith and repentance. We need to believe. We need to believe that Jesus is the Son of God who died and rose again to save us from our sin. And this faith must be exclusive. We must believe that Jesus is the one and only hope that we have. We must believe that if Jesus saves, then we're golden. We are saved. And if Jesus doesn't save, then we have no other hope. [00:24:43] (34 seconds)
To be a disciple is to be a learner, to pattern your life after him. And not after the world around you. So faith and repentance always go together. And when we truly understand who Jesus is, and we want his goodness in our lives, we will always be turning away from those other things. And when we see the ugliness of those other things, when we see the ugliness of that sin compared to the beauty of the love of God, we will want to trust in him and in him alone. [00:26:13] (39 seconds)
And so, if we are following him, then we are going to continue our ministries until the day of our death. His death, though, didn't end his ministry, but it put it on pause for a little bit. So, too, for his disciples. Their following Jesus doesn't just end in their dying, but it gets put on hold for a while. Because Jesus rose on the third day. And so, those who believe in him will one day rise again as well. [00:29:01] (31 seconds)
And so every single time in the Bible that somebody places their faith in Jesus, they are told to repent of their sin and to be baptized. Not because they have to, but because they get to. Not out of obligation, but out of celebration. For what God has done. I went to a birthday party yesterday, right? Anybody else go to a birthday party yesterday? Excellent! All sorts of birthday parties. [00:30:56] (28 seconds)
The Apostle Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 11 that he received from the Lord, he says, I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you. That the Lord Jesus, on the night when he was betrayed, took bread. And when he had given thanks, he broke it. And he said, this is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me, to remember. In the same way also, he took the cup after supper, saying, this cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me. [00:34:48] (33 seconds)
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But from the very beginning, God made a promise that he would send a savior who would fix the things that Israel never could. He would bring light into the darkness. He would bring the dead back to life. And he would love those who had turned away forever. This savior will fix what is broken. He will make right the things that we have wronged. He will make straight the things that we have bent. [00:16:00] (29 seconds)
And during his time, on this earth, every single step of his life was entirely right. It was entirely good. It was without flaw. It was without sin. He was a human being, yes. He was subject to temptation, just like we are. He was subjected to hunger and to thirst. In all of the ways that we were weak, he was weak. And yet, with every single step of his life, at every single moment, he perfectly loved his heavenly father with all of his heart. And he perfectly loved his neighbor as himself. [00:17:55] (42 seconds)
And when we believe that Jesus is our Savior, that he is our rescuer, then his life, that perfect life without sin, is given to us. It's like we lived that life. And his death becomes the payment for our sin. So that that means that in God's eyes, when we believe in Jesus, he looks at us and he doesn't see a single thing that we've ever done wrong. Instead, all he sees is Jesus's perfect life. [00:19:49] (33 seconds)
And so through Jesus, every single person can have their sins forgiven. Every single person can be born again as a new creation. And every single person can have the hope that Jesus is coming again one day to make all things new. And the beautiful part about this, guys, is that this is not something that we earn. This is not something that we have to deserve, right? There isn't a checklist where we've got to do this and this and this and this and this and this. [00:23:02] (34 seconds)
We must respond through faith and repentance. We need to believe. We need to believe that Jesus is the Son of God who died and rose again to save us from our sin. And this faith must be exclusive. We must believe that Jesus is the one and only hope that we have. We must believe that if Jesus saves, then we're golden. We are saved. And if Jesus doesn't save, then we have no other hope. [00:24:43] (34 seconds)
To be a disciple is to be a learner, to pattern your life after him. And not after the world around you. So faith and repentance always go together. And when we truly understand who Jesus is, and we want his goodness in our lives, we will always be turning away from those other things. And when we see the ugliness of those other things, when we see the ugliness of that sin compared to the beauty of the love of God, we will want to trust in him and in him alone. [00:26:13] (39 seconds)
And so, if we are following him, then we are going to continue our ministries until the day of our death. His death, though, didn't end his ministry, but it put it on pause for a little bit. So, too, for his disciples. Their following Jesus doesn't just end in their dying, but it gets put on hold for a while. Because Jesus rose on the third day. And so, those who believe in him will one day rise again as well. [00:29:01] (31 seconds)
And so every single time in the Bible that somebody places their faith in Jesus, they are told to repent of their sin and to be baptized. Not because they have to, but because they get to. Not out of obligation, but out of celebration. For what God has done. I went to a birthday party yesterday, right? Anybody else go to a birthday party yesterday? Excellent! All sorts of birthday parties. [00:30:56] (28 seconds)
The Apostle Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 11 that he received from the Lord, he says, I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you. That the Lord Jesus, on the night when he was betrayed, took bread. And when he had given thanks, he broke it. And he said, this is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me, to remember. In the same way also, he took the cup after supper, saying, this cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me. [00:34:48] (33 seconds)
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