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The Witness StandsMarch 25, 2012Please turn in Bibles to Luke 23: 1-25App: At your worst, God gave His best.…Where sin abounded, grace abounded much more… Romans 5:20b NKJVYet, though sin is shown to be wide and deep, thank God his grace is wider and deeper still! Romans 5:20b JB Phillips…Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death… Acts 2:23 NKJVVs 1-5: Spinning the StoryVs 6-12: The Entertainment Gospel (see Vs 8): It’s a picture of one who confuses the transforming power of the Gospel for a need to be amused.App: Do you want the power of God at work in your life, or something less? Vs 13-19: The Free-Gift Gospel (Barabbas)App: Barabbas: “His daddy’s son” (bar = son, abba = daddy). Abba Father: are you your Father’s Child? Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—13children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. John 1:12-13For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” 16The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Romans 8:15-16Vs 20-24: The Side Stepped Gospel (Pontius Pilate)App: With God’s help, and His mighty power that is at work in you, will you stand firm with Christ?Vs 25-26: The Transformational Gospel (Simon the Cyrene)Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too. Romans 16:13App: To experience Christ in a transformational way“I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.” Romans 1:16-17…if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!2Corinthians 5:17What is God’s Spirit speaking into your life today? How must you respond?
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By Summit FellowshipThe Witness StandsMarch 25, 2012Please turn in Bibles to Luke 23: 1-25App: At your worst, God gave His best.…Where sin abounded, grace abounded much more… Romans 5:20b NKJVYet, though sin is shown to be wide and deep, thank God his grace is wider and deeper still! Romans 5:20b JB Phillips…Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death… Acts 2:23 NKJVVs 1-5: Spinning the StoryVs 6-12: The Entertainment Gospel (see Vs 8): It’s a picture of one who confuses the transforming power of the Gospel for a need to be amused.App: Do you want the power of God at work in your life, or something less? Vs 13-19: The Free-Gift Gospel (Barabbas)App: Barabbas: “His daddy’s son” (bar = son, abba = daddy). Abba Father: are you your Father’s Child? Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—13children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. John 1:12-13For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” 16The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Romans 8:15-16Vs 20-24: The Side Stepped Gospel (Pontius Pilate)App: With God’s help, and His mighty power that is at work in you, will you stand firm with Christ?Vs 25-26: The Transformational Gospel (Simon the Cyrene)Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too. Romans 16:13App: To experience Christ in a transformational way“I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.” Romans 1:16-17…if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!2Corinthians 5:17What is God’s Spirit speaking into your life today? How must you respond?