For the One Series Easter is the Story of One April 1, 2018 I want to welcome you once again this morning as we celebrate the resurrection. Today I’m beginning a new series of messages we are calling “For the One.” When you think about it Easter is the story of the One. The one and only God-Man!It is a story of that ones’ death, that ones’ sacrifice and suffering as well as the ones’ resurrection.Jesus did everything for the one (us) and has called us to do everything for him which means we do everything for one. Following along as I read the text today. 2 Cor 5:14-20 For Christ's love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. 16 So from now on, we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men's sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. NIV Play Joe Estrada Testimony V 2 Our text reveals to us that the story of Easter is all about the One because, One Died for All (2Cor. 5:14) because we are convinced that one died for allOften when someone dies, especially a good man or woman we ask the question, “Why?” To pay the penalty of sin for (one) usGod’s word tells us thatWhile we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Rom 5:8 Most people think of sin as simply an act. But the truth of the matter is that sin is a condition that we are born with. You see through one (there it is again, the story of one) sin affect our spiritual DNA. Every person has this condition.This condition is revealed in the history of our world, the history of our families, the history of the brokenness all around us.This condition has brought about the penalty of death – BUT the good news is that ONE Died for all.Now that alone would be good news, but it gets even better because he did this …To provide eternal life for (one) us (John 3:16) "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, f that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. NIVDon’t miss that this eternal life that the One and Only Son offers us not just about quantity/longevity is also about the quality of life to come.It is a quality far beyond what we have ever seen or experiencedBut the text also reveals to us that the story of Easter is all about the One because, One Died to change the Way We live (2 Cor. 5:15) And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.The Story of One is a story of Transformation! One died to change us! Our text states that when Christ is received there is a transformation that beings to take place in our hearts and minds. Its power is so transformative that… We no longer see others from just a human point of view (vs. 16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view.)Seeing others from just a human point of view means I only think in temporal terms. Temporal only focus on this present existence and lifeWhen we no longer see the ones around us only from just a human point we become passionate about everyone’s eternal destiny.One died to transform us so that…We no longer live for ourselves (vs. 15)This is what we are about here at Abundant Life. Yes, we have ministries to disciple and strengthen the believer, BUT our primary objective is the