Transformative Power of the Gospel in Brokenness

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"It's the person who's gone from relationship to relationship and reckless abandonment and giving real, real intimacy and getting fake love and wondering, can I ever be accepted? And it's the person who looks at social media, the mirage and the poison that I call social media... Can I find contentment on anything in the world? And the answer is, yeah, you can find contentment in the message of Jesus." [45:08]( | | )

"Jesus came not to make you nice. He came to make you new. And he does that through a message called the gospel... He was born without a sinful nature... Jesus never sinned. And yet he goes to a sinner's criminal's cross... God, the father took the sins of the world and placed them on Jesus." [46:31]( | | )

"God loves you, he's on your side, and he's coming for you. Jesus died on the cross, a real, actual event... 'It is finished.' That word is the word tetelestai... It was used in business transactions when a debt was owed, a literal debt was owed, and when the debt was paid, it was finished, tetelestai." [48:45]( | | )

"We need to repent. Repent is a word that means to have a holistic, an attitudinal change, that we wanna change our thoughts and affections and ways... When we repent and believe in the gospel, we begin to recover and pursue God's design for our lives. That message is radically inclusive. It's for anyone. It's for everyone." [51:41]( | | )

"Jesus came to seek and save the lost, and he came for those that understand they're sick, not for those who think they're healthy... The message is for anyone and everyone. You say, well, I don't know about that... We'd love to talk to you about what it means to be a follower of Jesus." [53:00]( | | )

"Christianity is the only religion where your identity is given to you, not achieved... It means there's nothing that you can do, there's no morality, there's no amount of niceness where Jesus says, on account of what you've done, I'm gonna actually call you forgiven, a son, daughter of God." [54:42]( | | )

"Jesus looked at the thief on the cross and the thief, prompted by the Spirit of God, looked at Jesus and understood, this is the Christ? And Jesus says, today you will be with me in paradise... Does the message of Jesus encourage you, strengthen you?" [56:33]( | | )

"Does the message speak into the person who had a chronic immoral lifestyle? Yes, Paul says, and such were some of you, but now you've been justified, sanctified, redeemed in Christ. The message of Christ is the message that's to be the foundation of our lives." [57:14]( | | )

"Think about Peter... Saw him resurrect Lazarus, walked on water, and then given three opportunities to declare his allegiance. But what did he do? Betrayal once, twice, three times. Is there acceptance and forgiveness for the people who, for so long, have walked away from Jesus?" [57:54]( | | )

"The angel tells the women, to go tell the disciples and Peter. Peter betrayed Jesus. He was a disciple, why did he have to call? Because he wanted to call him out. He wants to call out somebody. Some of you have lived a life of rebellion and idolatry, and you are forsaken. Come back, come back." [59:10]( | | )

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