The biggest BUT in the world is “But God.” Everything changes when God intervenes in our lives!

March 30-31, 2019

The Big Idea: The biggest BUT in the world is “But God.” Everything changes when God intervenes in our lives!

Introduction and offering:

ILL: How many of you remember Pee-wee Herman? In his first movie, “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure,” Pee-wee proposes an adventure to a friend, who starts objecting, “But what about this? But what about that?” And Pee-wee responds, “Everybody has a big but.”

I want to talk with you about the biggest BUT in the world: But God! There are multiple places in the New Testament where the phrase “but God” indicates God’s intervention in our lives. For example, in the book of Acts, when the apostles tell the Jesus story, they often say, “You put Christ to death, but God raised Him from the dead!” That’s a big BUT!

Today, we’re going to look at a classic passage in Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. Ephesians 2:1-10 (p. 1006). Paul begins by describing the universal human condition apart from God: here’s the mess we’re in. Then in verse 4, he says, “But God” and describes what God has done for us in Christ and why. It’s the biggest BUT in the world!

The Big Idea: The biggest BUT in the world is “But God.” Everything changes when God intervenes in our lives!

Offering: 1 Corinthians 16:2 On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collectio