August 28, 2016
That's a great question to begin a sermon within it.
And we talked about this a little bit next week last week don't want to make sure you guys listen and I go beyond that question. So you don't just misunderstand. I wouldn't want anybody going home and well our preacher this morning. His sermon was about why not sin, you know, why not we ask that question last week and by way of review a little bit as we continue in this series on Colossians chapter 3. I want to point that out against we talked about why not send and the reality is that most people think the reason you don't send it because you will get in trouble and that's kind of a false idea. That's not the biblical understanding of why not send although that's a popular understanding both inside and outside the church that the reason you don't send is to avoid getting in trouble and I mentioned last week that part of the danger of that false understanding is that it leads to thinking that says, well the goal is to find out how to avoid getting in trouble that that's the goal. What's so if you can find a way to send but not get caught or not get in trouble. Then you can slip into that dangerous path, but in Colossians 3 Paul talks about in verse 5 and we talked about this last week the need for us to challenge the conviction the command to turn away from sin. But the reason in verse 5, he talks about turning away from sin is unpacked and verses 1 through 4, and that's what we talked about it a little bit last week and I just want to ask Ted review Paul says therefore beginning in Colossians 3:5. So that points to the fact that collages 3124 is the reason for Colossians 3:5 whenever you see is therefore in the scriptures you ask yourself. What's the therefore therefore until you look at what preceded that therefore you understand the logic of that don't you when he says in verse 5 therefore he saying because of what I've just finished saying and if you even back up to all of collage And it supports even verses 1 through 4 flashes 3 because all of Colossians is about the greatness and the Grandeur of Jesus Christ. That's what he's been so much energy on in the first few chapters of Colossians and then he highlights that again on a personal level for you and I in the first 4 verses building his case for the therefore he says since You have been raised with Christ. And again, you can read Colossians chapter 1 and 2 and it builds so much in the glory and the focus and the Grandeur of Christ as the resurrected Lord the one through whom everything was created the one through whom everything is held together and he is resurrected at the right hand of God now and Paul says this crisis resurrected since you've been raised with him who is seated at God's right hand praying for you we talked about the reality that seated in scripture means a couple different things. It means that he has completed his work Hebrews talks about that. And then also Romans 8 says one thing Christ is doing now as he sees that God sets at God's right hand is he's praying on behalf of you and I he's praying for us. So Paul says since you been raised with Christ who is seated at God's right hand praying for you and whom your life is hidden to be revealed with Christ and in chapter. 122 he talks about the work of Christ being completed in finished and what he accomplished is enabling that one day. We will be revealed with him and will be revealed without blemish and free of accusation. Now that alone ought to help us break out in a praise service. We we we can just call Aaron right back up. And so, you know what we could just sing the rest of the service that cries deserves our praise and I'm eating these is good and holy and righteous feet indeed is the one as Paul says in Philippians 2 that every knee should bow to every tongue should confess that he is Lord because of what he has done on our behalf on the cross. So not only praise Pauly thing because of these truths therefore therefore put to death whatever is worldly in you your sexual sin perversion passion lust and greed which is the same thing as worshiping well because of what Christ has done for us Paul says turn away from sin put to death those in your heart and your mind in your life in response to what Christ has done for you. therefore all those who are in Christ. We said at the end last week Saints not Sinners sending his abnormal self-destructive for us. Now. I made the point last week that Paul refers to us as Saints. It's not that you can't find any reference in all the New Testament to Christians refer to as soon as you can and Timothy says I'm a sinner. I'm the chief of the Sinners and Christ came and saved me but the dominant reference throughout the New Testament of Paul to Christians is to call us Saints as matter fact in all his letters as he begins letters. He says to the Saints and I think he's making the point that we're given this new identity in Christ as his redeemed people as people who are restored as people who received his righteousness imparted to us. And so we live from that new truth. So instead of constantly thinking of ourselves as Sinners Paul challenges us to think of ourselves as Saints those have been redeemed by God's because if I constantly think of my identity as Center then Sim is the normal behavior for me If I constantly think of myself as a sitter yet, I constantly try not to send I end up with this battle with these things. I'd like to do but I can't do now. Let's be honest. Does that describe a large portion of the Christian walk in in many churches in the life of many Christians wear the way they think of their walk with God is well these things that I really want to do that and they're called sins. That's all he would overload to him. I'm not supposed to do them, but I'm going to work really hard at not doing them. And so there won't be comes this battle of their will. Versus the sins that so easily enticed and entangle as Paul says in Hebrews. That's not the way scripture describes our relationship with God or our relationship with sin. Sending is abnormal for us. It is self-destructive. It is harmful is not this good thing this pleasurable thing that Gods as well. Stop doing that. I'll try really hard said we have to think of it biblically and understand that since is this destructive thing that God has rescued us from and that's saying it's not our normal behavior. It's abnormal self-destructive self-defeating behavior until Paul challenges us set your mind live your life from this truth cherish what Christ has done and is doing for you that's the foundation of responding to the struggle of Desiring to walk the way God wants to talk to his living from the truth of scripture. You see the Simplicity of that and the logic of that even though this world and our own minds and hearts at X wants to believe differently and wants to say different things to us. If it's not the scripture, then it's a lie, and part of the invitation of following Christ is become students of the word so that we live our lives out of the truth of scripture and some of those foundational truths. We talked about in Colossians that we've been raised with Christ and that he's seated at the right hand of God praying on our behalf and their lives are hidden in him that they're secure that he's are very lost. That one day will be revealed with him and because of bad glorious truth out of that reality our identity in Christ. Paul says therefore Turn your back on send turn away from it.
19 cigarettes are Orthodox priest John would say to those he literally lifted from the gutters. This is beneath your dignity You Were Meant to house the fullness of God based on these truths. That's how he would plead with those who have fallen into sense to the point where they literally need to be picked up out of the gutter and help. He said look you you were made to have the very spirit of God himself have the Holy Spirit dwell within you come and learn this truth this reality about who you are.
This morning. I want to continue and and kind of cover a little bit of what we said last week, but in a different angle and a little bit more practical, I think there are a couple of lies that get ingrained into our thinking that make the struggle to move away from sin and toward the Holiness that God wants us to walk towards that make it more difficult and I've alluded to one already lies this that sin is a pleasure. God does not want us to have and that it's more enjoyable than holding us. Do you think that's a lie that sometimes gains a footing in our own heart and mind.
You know, that was the thinking I referred to a moment ago that sometimes we think of San Juan's this good thing or two special thing. I really would like to do that, but I'm not supposed to do that because that's what it means to be a Christian. You should all over yourself. You know, you just say what I should do that and you just kind of struggle with this sort of mindset that says well since kind of displeasure thing that I'm not supposed to have that's not a Biblical and an accurate understanding of sin.
in that the very lied that the adversary wanted to tempt Eve with Oh don't don't think that God's out for your good don't think he's looking out for you. He's really trying to trick you. I'm telling you this thing that he's forbidden. You have really good. And pleasurable. You should just take it and take a bite of it. When God out of his love had said no no that direction is then that direction is bad stay away from that direction that the adversary convinces us. This Abyss lie that send are these pleasures That are really what life is about really what the good life is about that somehow God. Is this Cosmic killjoy who is said they'll be no funds no splashing in the pool. No diving from the edges. No getting on the board. Listen, you're not going to do it that way. He's this big Cosmic kill Joyce. And if every once while we can slip out from under his shadow, then we would really get a taste of the good life. That's the big lie that the adversary convinces so many of
the truth that we need to embrace Well, let me expand a little bit. This lie is why we often pray as Augustine parade Lord make me Chase which is to be Pure or holy but not yet. The honestly I love it when you read scripture. I like that. You've heard me refer to the fact that I love the Peter says Simon Paul's letter to hard to understand. I love it when you see those really human moment that you go. Hey, that's me. Sometimes I read what does this mean? When you see these great Saints of the church at Augustine who said Lord Make Me holey making he struggled with sexual sin and he said Lord Make Me holey make me chaste but not use the transparency in and it's this line that's in the somehow the good things that God doesn't want us to have that leads us into thinking this sort of false. Rights. Don't people sometimes say well, I'll convert later in life because right now I just want to have some fun right? I just want to run around. I just want to party. I mean who wants to convert at 8. I mean don't you want to wait and convert after college? I converted 18 and I thank God everyday that more time did not pass. Because I had already during High School began to experiment with sand in such a way that I was discovering that it is a lie to say that since is good and that we should embrace it and that it's a blessing to our life and that it's a good thing and we should take about about Apple I'm telling you so it'll be so wonderful. I discovered through personal painful experience. That since was horrible that it was a lie. When I was told it was a good thing. I remember at 18 years old. Sometimes I would be in the shower. It was the only place I was completely alone and I would sit down in the shower and just cry because I thought if this is all there is It just getting drunk and partying Corb using people in relationships of just being self-centered if this is it at 18, I thought I don't know if I want to go on. I mean the past the essence of life Self Indulgence. Just live for yourself as much as you can. Get your paycheck drink it up. Go back to work on Monday abused other people. And it doesn't even have to fit The Stereotype of an 18 year old. They're playing 60 year olds whose lives are completely about themselves. Now they've learned to live sophisticated in such a way that others don't say piss test. Look at that person in the gutter. Look at what that teenager has written on their shirt. I can't believe they're wasting their life that way. Maybe another big lie is that Satan tricks us into living our whole life that way and at some point it gets labeled respectable. Got to look out for number one. You know, I'm not going to give someone going to give money to the church or the charity. I got to have enough for me in retirement. I'm not going to give up my weekends and and serve those in need. You know, I've got to look out for number one. I've got to I'm not know what that person treat me that work. I've already arranged in such a way that their career they're going to learn don't mess with me. They're going to find out the repercussions if that's what I'm not talk at my sister-in-law's not invited to our next Thanksgiving dinner. You should the way she not going to happen. I'm not going to put up with very respectable lives can be eaten up by send itself and we end up in the pain. Of sand itself. The truth is sand is a destructive force a mortal danger that God will destroy completely and he pleads for us to accept his rescue. Do you understand that? That's what scripture teaches about Sin it. Is this destructive force that is destroying what God consider sacred that is corrupting what he made pure that is crumbling and breaking apart hearts and lies that he loves and cherishes that he created himself and send moves to our life like this force of massive destruction, even bring death itself into our life and God has plants out of his great love that. He will destroy send completely completely.
and so if sin is marked for Destruction And that's irrefutable. If sin is marked for Destruction, what would a loving God say to us in regard to send? Stay away from that Sim. Don't go into that sentence. Your life in your hearts and your minds don't be deceived.
It's a great actor that God says turn your back on since turn away from sin. We know this truth if we really ponder about a little moment. I mean if you just pick us in and you think about what it really brings into someone's life you realize it is a deception to think of it as a pleasure. What does envy really bring into our lives?
If I embrace that and it gets a home in my heart what happens? Suddenly, I'm dissatisfied right? I mean Benz car is nicer than my car. Wish. I had a car like his every time I go out to my car thinks it's lousy. If someone sells family seems more well-behaved than my family does. Yeah. I wish I had I'm going to let you know what I'm going to figure out a way to get it. I want that kind of car. I want that beer. I want I'm going to find my work longer and if I need to shoot on my taxes a little bit to get a little more. Does Envy do anything but destroy? You see how it's this? Great lie of Satan to convince us that sin is somehow this big patch full of good things and pleasure that we should go play in and Dabble with when in reality all the different sounds are the Seas these roots that will grow in a heart in such a way that they destroy us. They pull us away. So instead of loving a brother and sister in Christ. I'm envious of them or jealous of them or resentful of them or less full of them instead of caring for others in the way. God created me the character this symbol take root in my life and it will destroy the very thing God created me to be and to have and to know 10 is this destructive force this Mortal danger that God will destroy completely and he pleads for you and I to accept his rescue. scripture
and James 1:14 says but each person is tempted when they are dragged Away by their own evil desire and enticed then after desire has conceived it gives birth to send and send when it is full-grown gives birth to death. James warns us that if we dabble with seeing if we think it's no big deal. It can take root in our heart in such a way that it will grow up and mature into death itself. And so we're pleaded with turn your back on Sam I think about it. What would it look like if we lived life from the truth that sin is not some pleasure denied us, but rather a deadly virus.
Think about it. That's the biblical understanding of sin. It is a lie that they could send his displeasure. All these will think I'm really want to do that, but I'm not supposed to do that cuz I'm a Christian and I don't get seen by somebody. When do I tell him I don't have any fun unless that's a big lie. And sometimes we we we feed that lie when we focus on things like that while you're not supposed to you know, where that kind of shirt. Are you better have a tie on cuz it's Sunday. Sometimes we feed that false lie about what is staying and what is not
what if we what if we embrace the biblical truth that sin is this destructive force that is it a deadly virus.
How would our life be different? How would you treat send if you thought of it in those terms? Now this is kind of a pain but it applies weird. Avoid it like the plague when we Right, would you think differently about Sin? If you're in somebody's present and they start to gossip. You need to think of that is sent. Not it's no big deal. Not as well. I don't want to be the party pooper in this circle. You need to either redirect the conversation or they don't allow that then you need to leave and not be part of that. Cuz it's destructive. I'm not saying that cuz the pastor done like gossip I'm saying that because God knows better than you and I and when he tells us that sins are things that will get in her heart and mind and destroy us and we need to trust him. So when we look at our lives and we look at her checkbook, and maybe we say, It's All About Us everything we do is All About Us. More Challenge from scripture when we're challenged to think differently about how we spend our money. It's not some sort of well, we just want to be a big killjoy and throw this blanket on everybody. It's that look God knows and he's rebuilding his scripture again. And again that that money can become something that we love. And that loving money can become this root of all evil.
That's a dangerous thing in it. Don't we need people who love us enough to say to us at every stage in our life. Do not love money. That money can be good and used to supply our needs and used to advance the kingdom. Don't miss hear me but the Love of Money. This love of it where it becomes what satisfies us and not God the Father in Heaven above. when it becomes the thing that we want sex inside a marriage is something that God says is wonderful and fantastic, but we're warned again and again outside of marriage scripture one just don't go down that path as because God is some Cosmic killjoy know it's because he knows the pain that adultery and lust and addiction will bring into the lives of those who get tangled up in it. Alcohol scripture says in moderation having a drink that's fine getting drunk. No, don't do it don't ever do it because it's dangerous because they can pull you down. We've all seen the destruction of addictions in people's life. Again. God is not some Cosmic killjoy. He is pleading with us to accept his rescue because he knows that sin is destined for destruction. And so he pleased with us get away from sin. Turn your back on saying if we understood it biblically, we'd avoid it like the plague. Can you imagine dabbling with the plague? I mean if the plane erupted again in a certain city in the u.s. Can you imagine being sung while I know it's all over the place in Chicago, but I really like the Cubs and they've got great hot dogs. And so I thought I would just go to that baseball game and I'll meet you all know. I'm canceling my trip. There's no way I'm even taking a chance.
So we would live more wisely when we live from this truth. But God calls us. I understand. That sound is this deadly thing not pleasure denied. That's why I said but the death therefore whatever belongs to your Earthly nature sexual immorality impurity lust evil desires and greed which is idolatry because of these things. He says the wrath of God is coming in verse 6
Because of these things what are these things? He's just referred to. Since because of these sends things that I've been talking about that destroy human lives and families and even multiple Generations. Because of these things the wrath of God is coming. He is a shirring us that sin will be destroyed because of sin he was rap is coming another lie that we believe sometimes is a misunderstanding of Wrath. The LIE is that the wrath of God like human anger is directed at people as retaliation. God punishes us when he doesn't get his way. Now the same way it's a subtle live the adversary to believe that sin. Is this big batch of Pleasures that somehow God is denying us and we have to do that. That's a lie and say gains a foothold in our life when he convinces us of that a second lie that he slips into thinking both inside and outside. The church is that the wrath of God is directed at people as this personal expression of God's anger because he didn't get his way by golly and we're going to pay a price for it if ever heard that preached. There are preachers who will point to calamities tragedies that killed thousands and say well God brought that storm on that City to destroy and punish those centers that is blasphemy. That is heresy. That is not biblical.
This idea that the wrath of Gods that God's character is that he's sitting up in heaven. So angry that he constantly chews antacid cuz he can't wait to punish us Thinking Center who keep doing what it told us not to do is an unbiblical image. from the Devil Himself
great victory has the adversary achieved by convincing people that the essence of God is this judgmental big brother who's constantly looking for some way to pounce on you and I How would you feel about somebody like that in your life? Hey Laura, I'd like to be friends with you. And what I'd like to do is constantly point out your wrongs. I mean constantly and from a position of judgment and superiority. Did that tonight was wrong. So you told your husband you were going to do this and you didn't hear that was a lie, you broke your heart and it wouldn't and you just put it in your basket. Give me to pay for it. You know, what right the hell because of that kind of scent who wants to be in a relationship with that serve a God who just show up tight that people would dare to break his rules that the goal of life is to make sure that humans keep all the rules. Guess what we cannot keep all the rules and God knows that already so he sent his son to provide for us. Rescue and salvation. He's already demonstrated his disposition toward you and I on the cross. But he would die for us to rescue us.
Sadly as I just said, this is a comment and projecting onto God the flaws and Sins Of Man one author called it God in the hands of angry sinners. And we've almost flipped around for a long time. There was this idea of sinners in the hands of an Angry God and I've been told that sermons actually an awesome sermon, but that image has become an image to represent kind of misunderstanding. Like I just talked about this guy who gleefully joyfully is looking to punish people because they disobeyed him that he's so full of Pride that you would dare disobey me, you know, what time you're going to get it? There's going to be in the Life of Christ. This massive Pride that can't stand send in a life of a center. You do not find God revealing himself that way in scripture. These images are from outside the scripture and yet they're projected and proclaimed from the pulpit from books from the internet as if that's God and it's this deception is this lie is God in the hands of angry men. Who want to say while New Orleans was a victim of the wrath of God? maybe the flooding this week is because of scent that's not biblical that's not the way God works. Just a little bit of a side. There are consequences to send. I can live a lifestyle that leads to diabetes or that leads to a sexual disease. Or or that leads to cancer. And those are consequences to that sin. But to take that truth and instead project Schumann. Rap on to it. We're God's up there going old good Gary smoked. I'm going to give him cancer. I'll show him. I told him not to smoke with me. So angry when people don't obey me you don't get that image of God in Scripture. So while there are consequences to our sin, which is why God hates sin and why he wants to destroy sin. And if you ask the question, why does he allow it even now as a side note, I'll say just ask yourself this question. Can you imagine what the world would be like if there were no consequences to sin?
If my conscience never bothered me when I cheated another. If I never gave a second thought to being unfaithful to my family. If I never thought you can't be that person. I'm just to get what they want. Can you imagine if we live in a universe where everyone was a Hitler or Jeffrey Dahmer were there were no restraints on their conscience or their behavior? And so even the consequences are this great expression of God's love
And even his wrath upon sin itself is an expression of his life.
The truth is God's Wrath is his anger. It's in not people the way a parent can hate the drugs that hurt the child without hating the child. I mean we can get some testimonies here. I mean all of us could we could probably easily name a sin that we've seen destroy the life of a loved one? And I believe we be biblical to say I hate that sin. I hate it. I hate it destroyed my nephew. I mean all of his potential gone. I mean destroyed it broke his mom's heart broke. His dad's heart destroyed everybody that he might have blast had he not been taken down that path. And that's biblical to hate that sort of sin. Traffic we might be challenged to hate sin more.
Abyss sounds good. At first I thought it sounded good at first. I thought that maybe I like that I did not realize.
God would probably say hey, Robbie. Why don't we start?
with you
If you are vigorous to hate sin more fervently, why don't you start with hating the sin in your own life? Not hating myself and some sort of weird. bizarre self-image way but looking at the saint that I so easily engage in and seeing them in the light of scripture and Loathing them for the pain. They bring to me and two others and coming before God and seeking his work in my heart and life, but I might turn away from those sins.
Might just be me, but does anybody else here have any sin in their life?
Anything but maybe be okay to hate.
Mindy hate your greed.
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But we just really want something and so we just kind of get it and then later we end up going on man. That was a bear trap with it. I thought I was picking berries in it. If I'd only listened to my friends who said hey don't go over to that section of the woods, there's traps all over there. But instead we walk through life Hanford. So it's a great Act of love that God calls us. Like him to hate Santa move away but his disposition toward Isis Express and what we know for God so loved the world.
You can say and hated sin that he gave his one and only son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 2nd Peter says the Lord is not slow to keep his promise. This is for those who say why is it God judging? Why isn't it showing up and said I'm cleaning house. I'm so sick of what I see on the news. I'm going to Peter says the Lord is not slow to keep his promise. He is not slow in the way. Some people understand it. He was patient with you. He doesn't want anyone to be destroyed instead. He wants all people to turn away from their sins. That's God's disposition. He hates sin and sin will be destroyed. And so when we makes in The Lord of our life instead of him when we let sin get so tangled up in our hearts and minds and souls that it represents who we are that someone would look at me and say while he's walking and send when we scripture talks about somebody walking. It means that's the essence of who they are.
It's all with great love God demands and and shouts and please from heaven above Robbie turn away from sin. Mount this doesn't mean I never have any sin of my life that I never struggle. What it means is the essence of my life is that I'm striving to make Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior. Imperfectly some days but none the less. I hope that you can see why he's trying help him perfectly, but he's trying to walk with Jesus. That's the challenge for you and I Turn to strive in that direction to live our lives from the truth. That's in is this force of Destruction to be avoided like the plague and to live our life from the truth that God's Wrath is not this personal angry Vendetta against us for daring to her his honor or his pride that's human thinking projecting the sins of human nature on to God himself instead his wrath is against and because of what it does to us. So what would it look like and where the end on this? What would it look like if we lived life from the truth that God is Not constantly angry at us watching and waiting to pounce on us, but instead he is on our side seeking our best with all of his heart soul mind and strength. Can I buy do me a favor to take a big deep breath?
What would it mean to operate from that truth in Scripture? That God is not this angry judge who's constantly looking down. Just waiting for you to do one more thing wrong son. Say hi. I knew it. I know my rap was justified against that one. That's what a crazy unbelievable and Jesus came and walked among us to say okay for all you crazy people who are thinking God is one way I'm here to tell you who cares what God is like It's all the crazy people sit and I throw a woman who just got caught and send at his feet and say dinner. I mean
and Jesus said are you insane? Anybody in this circle hear any of you without sin? Do you really want immediate fire and brimstone on sin? You realize nobody be left in the circle just five or six chunks of coal. Are you are you are you insane really is what he sang them. And is anybody here without seeing if you want that sort of instant if you want that sort of God who just instantly brings down the hammer you're asking for your own destruction. If you're without then go ahead and start bringing the destruction. Maybe pick up a stone.
Don't want anything to do with that. Jesus came and revealed this God who constantly broke the man-made rules about Sin and righteousness. Holy and Unholy saved and unsaved about what God was like, so what would it mean to live our lives not thinking that God is the big brother in Luke 15 who sang? I can't believe you got to wait a minute. Are you daring to use the concept of fair and unfair with God Almighty. Would you like God to deal with you fairly? Anybody want that in their own life yet? We still kind of do that. That's unfair that person got that night didn't have been good for a long time and they got promoted and I didn't that's not fair. I do not want to demand that God deal with the world including me fairly. Do you?
What would it mean to live our lives from the truth of God is not this big brother judging us, but instead he is on our side. And seeking our best with all of his heart soul mind and strength displayed on the cross itself. How would your life be different?
Would your shoulders lower just a little bit?
Would it would it change if you know that you received nothing but Grace from God and love would it change the way you treated others? Would it bring a smile to your face that you could possibly give to others?
Would you stop being the judge yourself and trust that God is going to be the judge what I said Don't listen to hear me scripture understand me scripture makes it clear send is destined for destruction wrath of God is on a path that will destroy send. And the gospel is this pleading with you and I to accept God's rescue from San to accept his price is forgiveness. So that were no longer marked by our sense but instead Destin with Christ to be revealed without blemish without accusation. That's a good news, but it's so important because sin is destined for destruction that we played among ourselves and with others turn toward God turn toward his goodness. Imagine if we lived our life this way we would trust him. I mean if we really lived our Lie from the truth that God is Not constantly angry waiting to pounce on us and said he's on our side seeking our best with all his heart soul mind and strength if we believe that then we would trust him with all of our heart soul mind and strength. You see the logic of that if God indeed is good and seeking my best even to the point of giving his own life on the cross. If there's no doubting or debating the love of God revealed in Christ Jesus if Paul says nothing can separate us from the love of God, which been revealed in Christ Jesus. Nothing that exists now or nothing that may exist in the future that there's nothing in the heavens are below the heavens that nothing can change that reality that God has revealed himself. He's showing us his cards. I mean his his hands are wide open stretched wide open to reveal to us his great love and rescue for us. If that's true, I think then we could probably trust him. What do you think?
I think we can trust God.
with all of her heart soul mind and strength we could trust him. When he tells us to turn away from something that the average there's no no. No, that's a good thing. That's a pleasure. He's just trying to be a killjoy would be why I simply to trust God and say I think God in heaven above knows more than you Satan.
Another one say that Satan confront you of Temptation demand that he bow before you in the Name of Christ and you will see the nail-scarred footprint up on his neck because he's been defeated all the power. He has our lies. It's the only Power he has over you and I is to get us to believe a lie. Has no actual proof. No power over us. But when you can convince us of a lie. When you convince us that we have to have certain things that are likely to be about money or wealth or Prestige or power pleasure. When he convinces us of that lie games of football are challenges to keep going back to scripture. Keep going back to the truth revealed about Christ. About what happened on the cross. I'm going to buy to worship team to come forward now. to realize that the cross is this permanent display in history of God's disposition toward you and I but he would rather die than be without us. But he in the sun conspired together and agreed that the sun would give his life so that sin could be marked out of our life. So that his Precious Blood is Peter says could redeem us could wash us clean.
Maybe we should dance some.
I'll be worth it. If you want to dance during this next song you can if I give you a hard time come tell me. I'll come dance with you. It's worth celebrating. If you've never made a decision to accept the gospel, the good news that God has provided for your salvation for your rescue from sin, and I'm bite you during the song to accept the gospel to come for I'll be in the back. I'll be folks in the front and the back for prayer. I'll be available for a decision or for prayer. You're looking for a church home or just have something on your heart to pray about find one of us and pray during this time. And for all of us. Let's celebrate the core of the Gospel itself what God did on the cross through Christ as we sing Our Song of invitation, please stay.