True believers are marked.

God's word can give us assurance.

1. Joy (vs 4-8)
2. Repentance (vs 9-13)
3. a Right Heart (vs 18-21)

Main Idea: Jesus invites us to find our satisfaction in who He is, not who we want Him to be.

Main Question: How does Jesus help us find our satisfaction in Him?

• Jesus tenderly attends to His dissatisfied disciples.
• Jesus speaks truth to us in the midst of our disappointment.

God is faithful and keeps His promises

True Faith and Repentance turns the Despised into a Helper.

Loving like Jesus turns a Despiser into a Helper.

Salvations comes through Christ Alone.

Main Idea: Outsiders have a place in God’s family and plan.

Main Question: How does God’s grace extend to outsiders?

• Jesus welcomes outsiders with an outpouring of grace.
• Jesus welcomes backsliders with mercy and forgiveness.

Revelation 7:13-17

• Obeying God means looking past our insecurities and looking to God.
• Obeying God means trusting despite our inabilities.
• Obeying God means following through with our commitments.

• If we want to be accepted by God, we have to sacrifice our desire to be accepted by man.
• We must be willing to sacrifice temporary peace in pursuit of eternal peace.
• We must be willing to sacrifice our worldly ambitions in order to achieve Christ’s mission.

Main Idea: When faithfulness to God is our highest priority, we are freed from our fears.

Main Question: What do we need to do to experience this freedom from fear?

• Look forward to the day when God will reveal the truth and vindicate the righteous.
• We must fear God so much that there’s none left for man.
• We must remember that the Sovereign God of all creation loves you more than anything in all of creation.