in Sermon Notes
PURPOSE – PART 1
GOD’S PART IN PURPOSE
[ECC. 3:1]
- Eternity [Heaven] is an Unearned Gift, [Eph. 2:8].
- Time [Earth] is the Grateful Labour in Response to The Gift, [Luke 19:13].
- God Saves us for The Now & for the Not Yet, [Titus 3:3-8].
- Purpose Reveals The Now & Rewards at The Not Yet, [Matt. 25:23].
- Key: What God Finishes Cannot be Added To; It Must Be Worked Out! [John 19:30].
- Our Problem: We Missed the Mark, [Rom. 3:23].
- Our Penalty: We Had Wages to Pay, [Rom. 6:23a]. Gen. 2:17
- Our Predicament: We Inherited a Broken Relationship with God, [Isa. 59:1-2].
- Our Plight: We Came Out of the Womb Wandering, [Isa. 53:6]. Ps. 58:3
- Jesus Revealed Us by Becoming Us, [2 Cor. 5:21]. John 1:14
- Jesus Redeemed Us, [1 Peter 1:18-19].
- Jesus Died Our Physical Death, [Matt. 27:50].
- Jesus Died Our Spiritual Death, [Matt. 27:46].
- Jesus Died Our Eternal Death, [Eph. 4:9].
- Conclusion: Jesus Has Defeated Death! [1 Cor. 15:55-57].
- Jesus Is Our Way Back to God, [2 Cor. 5:19]. John 14:6; Heb. 10:14-23
- Jesus Is God’s Unspeakable Gift, [2 Cor. 9:15].
- Heaven is for Those Who Believe in Jesus, [Rom. 10:9-11].
- Heaven is for Those Who Trust in Jesus, [Ps. 125:1].
- Heaven is for Those Who Draw Close to Jesus, [Matt. 11:28-30].