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Derrick Milner wraps up "The Grave Robber" series by emphasizing that true faith requires shifting one's focus from personal efforts and religious actions to a genuine, heart-felt relationship with Jesus Christ. He opens by reflecting on powerful worship and announcing the upcoming "collective night," then recounts the series' previous themes: Jesus makes the impossible possible (raising the widow's son) and no one is too far gone (Jairus's daughter). Milner then introduces the final point using the story of Jesus's resurrection from Matthew 27-28, highlighting the stark contrast between the disciples, who were initially hopeless but then worshiped the resurrected Jesus, and the Jewish leaders, who were focused on discrediting the resurrection with a cover-up story. He asserts that many people, like the Jewish leaders who were obsessed with following 630 laws, focus on actions (church attendance, prayer, being a "good person") rather than on a transformed heart, which leads to self-focused faith. Milner concludes that wherever your focus is, your heart will be also; therefore, salvation is not earned by doing enough—it is a gift received by confessing Jesus as Lord and believing in his resurrection, which naturally leads to actions that glorify God.
By Dunwoody Baptist ChurchDerrick Milner wraps up "The Grave Robber" series by emphasizing that true faith requires shifting one's focus from personal efforts and religious actions to a genuine, heart-felt relationship with Jesus Christ. He opens by reflecting on powerful worship and announcing the upcoming "collective night," then recounts the series' previous themes: Jesus makes the impossible possible (raising the widow's son) and no one is too far gone (Jairus's daughter). Milner then introduces the final point using the story of Jesus's resurrection from Matthew 27-28, highlighting the stark contrast between the disciples, who were initially hopeless but then worshiped the resurrected Jesus, and the Jewish leaders, who were focused on discrediting the resurrection with a cover-up story. He asserts that many people, like the Jewish leaders who were obsessed with following 630 laws, focus on actions (church attendance, prayer, being a "good person") rather than on a transformed heart, which leads to self-focused faith. Milner concludes that wherever your focus is, your heart will be also; therefore, salvation is not earned by doing enough—it is a gift received by confessing Jesus as Lord and believing in his resurrection, which naturally leads to actions that glorify God.