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ECLIPSE: Misconception God’s Love
Intro/Me: I’m excited about this solar eclipse.
We are going to meet a lot of new friends and be able to serve our community servants.
I’m most excited about using this cultural phenomenon to illustrate a huge point.
So your worshipping the sun.
No...
X sun
+ Son
We: When people have a misconception of a situation it is an environment to incubates misunderstandings.
We: When people have a misconception of a situation it is an environment to incubates misunderstandings.
It was long ago that people had a misconception of the sun.
Their concept was that the sun rotated around the earth.
That the earth was the center of all things.
It was logical.
The Sun rises in the east and it sets in the west… Nope, that concept is a misconception.
When I have a misconception of a situation it is an environment to grows misunderstanding.
Conceptions = the way in which something is perceived or regarded
Misconceptions = a view or opinion that is incorrect because it is based on faulty thinking or understanding
Again, misconceptions incubate misunderstandings.
I hate to be misunderstood.
Ill: Pastor Greg is going to “finish” his ministry here at Mud Creek Baptist Church.
God: That is funny.
But what is not funny is when people have a misconception of God because of a misunderstanding.
“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” - A.W. Tozer
Your conception of God is the most important thing about you.
Your view of God impacts every area of your life.
Your conception of God’s view of you is a close second.
Here is the concept I want you to grasp.
It will change your life...
God loves you and you can experience that love.
God LOVES you and you can EXPERIENCE that love.
Three understandings shape our conceptions.
What we think about ourselves
What others think about us
What the world thinks about us
All of these concepts grow our of performance or DO.
That when we are “bad” God tolerates us.
What if God doesn’t take his ques based on our performance?
God is not angry with you.
You are here now to clear up this giant shadow of misconception that God loves you based on what you do.
Nope.
He loves you!
X Do
+ Done
So, DO eclipses God’s DONE - performance overshadows everything about God’s personal love for me.
That misconception dims the light of God’s love in my life.
Arg: How do you know God loves me Mark? - Jesus
9 Jesus replied, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and yet you still don’t know who I am? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father!
So why are you asking me to show him to you?
SEEN ME / SEEN THE FATHER
One of the titles of Christ was - FRIEND OF SINNERS
Do you have a misconception of God?
He is not mad at you!
This can be the greatest day of your life.
You can clear up the misconception that God is made at you.
You were created to be loved by God.
We were created as Human Beings not Human Doers.
Ill: Religion v/s Relationship.
Our natural bent and drift is to doing.
Ill: Accountability - Rob Ray… flat tire.
My view of God is the most important thing about me.
Second, how I believe He views me.
Ill: We believe in this so much at BCC that our PreK team down in the small, small pond teach -
God made me
God loves me
Jesus wants to be my friend forever
Volunteers, you throw the anchor of God’s love.
So when they drift they can have a way to come back to God’s truth.
VOLUNTEER/SCREEN
Can you..
be a Bible storyteller-
Give high fives- greet-
Lead small group activities
Serve as a receptionist
Comfort a crying baby
Assist new moms
Help organize supplies
Welcome new guests
Arg: know this! God loves me.
But you are missing it by 18 inches.
You’ve accepted the concept that God is love but reject the concept that God actually loves you!
In your head you know it but in your heart you haven’t accepted it.
Arg: know this! God loves me.
But you are missing it by 18 inches.
You’ve accepted the concept that God is love but reject the concept that God actually loves you!
In your head you know it but in your heart you haven’t accepted it.
You can drive 18 miles in either direction of Brevard, NC and miss the eclipse.
You can get just 18 inches away from your heart and miss it!
Don’t dim the Light!
Listen to me - God loves you.
There is nothing you can do to cause God to love you more and and nothing you can do to cause God to love you less.
Ill: Song - Jesus loves me!
We know it but we’ve never experienced it.
Three truths about God’s love
1. God Loves Me Personally
God is a personal God that knows your name.
Arg: You say you love me but you don’t know my name!
You don’t love me.
Tears, head, womb - He drew you here today.
He loves YOU!
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