Sermon Series: “The Incarnation: God’s Unwavering Commitment to His World”
Sermon Text: Luke 1:5-17, 76-79
Sermon Title: “Love Means Always Saying You’re Sorry”
Sermon Slides:
SLIDE 1 – Sermon Title SlideSLIDE 2 – Today’s Big Idea: True Love Means True Repentance.But True Repentance Isn’t our Chore … it’s God’s Grace!
SLIDE 3 – Point 1: God’s Unwavering Commitment … Sends His True Prophet. (Lk. 1:5-17)SLIDE 4 – 1 Chronicles 24:1-8 – “The divisions of the sons of Aaron were these. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no children, so Eleazar and Ithamar became the priests … David organized them according to the appointed duties in their service … They divided them by lot, all alike, for there were sacred officers and officers of God … the eighth [lot fell] to Abijah.”SLIDE 5 – Insert a Copy of Point #1 of SermonSLIDE 6 – Numbers 6:1-3 – “And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When either a man or a woman makes … the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the Lord, he shall separate himself from wine and strong drink.”SLIDE 7 – Ephesians 5:18 – “Do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit.”SLIDE 8 – Insert a Copy of Point #1 of Sermon
SLIDE 9 – Point 2: God’s Uncompromising Communion … Requires Our True Repentance. (Lk. 1:76-79)SLIDE 10 – Romans 12:1 – “I appeal to you therefore … by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.”SLIDE 11 – Romans 2:4 – “Do you presume on the riches of his kindness … not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?”SLIDE 12 – Insert a Copy of Point #2 of SermonSLIDE 13 – 2 Corinthians 7:10 – “For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.”
SLIDE 14 – Four Uses of This Sermon for Our Church and Lives.SLIDE 15 – Christmas Isn’t About Sentiment … It’s About Our Salvation.SLIDE 16 – Our Relationship with God Comes by Subtraction, not Just Addition.SLIDE 17 – Where Do We Need to Repent … To Prepare this Advent?SLIDE 18 – John is God’s Preparation … for Jesus, God’s Incarnation.
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