December 28, 2025 - God's Transformational Gift (John 3 - Connor Rice)

I don't know why. I don't know why after dinner it was always, is there any dishes in the living room? And then I'd bring them in and he'd hand wash them. And there's nothing wrong with that. We had a perfectly good dishwasher, but he just that's just the way he liked to do it. That's the way it got done. And that's kind of Nicodemus' mindset, is that I've done I've done it right my whole life. This is how it's supposed to be. Right? And Jesus comes along and says, no. He shakes it up and he tells Nicodemus, it's not about what you have done. [00:28:50] (24 seconds)  #NotAboutWorks

Now point three, maybe it'll be on the screen, but to to to recap, what we looked at is that Jesus is offering us a fresh start today. Point one is that Jesus calls us all to start new, to have a reset, to give up your ways and start a new way that we all need. Two was new life only comes through the death and resurrection of Jesus. Only what Jesus did on the cross and his resurrection is what can save us. [00:38:18] (25 seconds)  #BornFromHisResurrection

This is what I wanna tell you is that the new the need of that fresh start that Jesus points out to Nicodemus is still a need today. But the better news is that gospel, that fresh start that was going crazy all over the known world in thirty AD is still here today, and it's still offered today. The free transformational gift of God's grace is still here today. Isn't that beautiful? Isn't that amazing? [00:40:48] (24 seconds)  #GraceStillAvailable

``I'd like to stop and say for a moment. If you haven't looked upon Jesus, if you haven't looked to Jesus as your savior to put your faith in, I just want you to ask yourself, what is holding you back? What is stopping you today to realizing I've messed up, I'm a sinner, it's my fault, but there is a savior. I can have everlasting life only through what Jesus has done on the cross. [00:41:13] (21 seconds)  #LookToJesusNow

Those are the three points that I want you to know this morning. Let's recap. One is that we are all in need of a fresh start, that Jesus offers us to start new. We are dead to sin. We are all subject to sin, inherently sinners, and the only way to have life through that is through Jesus' death and resurrection. New life only comes from one death. And then three, that gift of salvation, that new life is for all people. Today, that gift is still offered. [00:45:14] (28 seconds)  #NewLifeThroughJesus

Or maybe you're just more of a logical thinker. Maybe you're a logical thinker. Maybe you just have some issues with Christianity. Maybe you you're not sure about the gospel. You think that it contradicts itself, and maybe some things like that. Maybe it's just simply reaching out and asking some questions because that's the beautiful thing is that there God has given us a body of believers here at this church. If you're here at this church, you have people who wanna walk alongside you, who answer your questions, who want to do life with you because that's the beauty of it. [00:47:33] (26 seconds)  #BringYourQuestions

Because this is my point. Like the big idea, Jesus is offering us all this new gift. But just like any gift, just like my bass guitar, I couldn't do I didn't do anything to get it, but you do have to receive it. You do have to accept it and open it up and tear into it, investigate it. That's all you have to do is receive the free gift of salvation that Jesus is offering. [00:48:00] (21 seconds)  #ReceiveSalvation

And it's not always like like Satan is jumping out like a bull in the woods. He he was he was a snake in the garden and he's crafty and slowly these things in your life, he's gonna come at you and slowly things in your life will creep up in that position of worship where God should be. It's time to take inventory. Check out what you're doing. Check out your spiritual life. [00:49:26] (19 seconds)  #TakeSpiritualInventory