That Privileged Exile Life
A privilege with deep roots…so be humble
A privilege of divine source…so be confident
A privilege of angelic wonder…so be in awe
Made for Mission
By God’s foreknowledge for holiness
By God’s mercy for new life
By God’s providence for proven faith
Light of Love
The deepest kind of love
The greatest source of love
The truest measure of love
Light of Peace
A child to win our hearts
The Wonderful Counselor to be our guiding comforter
The Mighty God to be our champion
The Everlasting Father to be our provider
The Price of Peace to be our guarantor
The grace that brings it all near
Light of Joy
Joy is the involuntary and uninhibited response when light replaces darkness
Scarcity is replaced with Abundance
Force is replaced with Freedom
Hostility is replaced with Fellowship
A Mountain of Provision
What did Abraham gain?
Freedom…from the weight of ultimate responsibility
Freedom…to fully engage in God’s work
Freedom…to fully enjoy his son
How can we gain such freedom?
Offering is of high value
Offering is given completely
Offering is motivated by promise and provision
Naamna’s River Dip
Jesus is The Ultimate Healer
Jesus is The Gift You Can’t Pay for
Jesus is The Only Way
Transformed by Redemption
Transformation like this required someone who was . . ;
Near
Able
Thorough
Willing
We are to sever all ties to the world and cling to Jesus
1John 2:15, “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.”
Transformation like this comes because Jesus is . . .
Near
Able
Thorough
Willing
A Cripple at the King’s Table
Our life is to display
Forgiveness
Welcome
Blessing
Look what the King has done for us
He sought us
He bought us
He forgives and welcomes us
He restores and blesses us
The Blessed Limp
God came to him alone
God came to him to bless
God came to him in weakness
God comes to you alone
God comes to you to bless
God comes to you in/for weakness
How can we be so sure? Is this an encounter we can count on?
Jesus went to the cross for you…
…alone
…laying aside his blessing
…in weakness to win your heart
The Day The Giant Fell
Look what Jesus has done
Colossians 1:13-15 (with text)
Romans 5:18 (with text)
2 Corinthians 5:21 (with text)
How do we go after giants in our lives?
Enjoy and extend the glory of Jesus.
Enjoy by remembering the great love God has for you in Jesus
Enjoy by refusing to be the hero of your own story
Enjoy by repenting from believing your defeated enemy
Extend by keeping the news alive that the Giant is indeed dead
Extend by pushing into further territory with the gospel
7 Realities we have seen through the book of Revelation
Reality of how things are meant to be
Reality of this world and earthly powers through history
Reality of who Jesus is and what he’s done
Reality of judgment against evil
Reality of who we are as his church
Reality of our sure and glorious hope
Reality of how we wait for his return
Triumphant Waiting
Seven Exhortations for triumphant waiting upon Jesus
Mind the words of this prophecy
Watch your wandering heart of worship
Unleash the gospel under God’s sovereignty
Live as an invited insider
Live as a deputized inviter
Don’t mess with the word
Be fueled by grace and longing
The Triumphant Paradise
Big Idea: Seeing the abundant life from God keeps us flourishing forward in his love.
A life of God’s very nature
A life of thorough grace
A life of unhindered intimacy
A life of fearless joy
Therefore, let us flourish forward.
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Created for Life
B I G I D E A
If you want the life that was created for you, then you must get out of the death from which you cannot escape.
God created you for a good life that works.
We were stuck in total, complete death.
God gives us the life.
Triumphant City
Seeing ourselves in the light of God’s grace will cause us to live from the truth of Christ’s triumph.
A Glorious City
An Eternal City
A Protected City
A Treasured City
A Holy City
Triumphant Communion
The realization of God's dream
The accomplishment of God's love
The inheritance for all who receive God's grace
The Unstoppable
Big Idea: The unstoppable nature of Christ’s triumph gives us unshakable confidence to follow him
It begins with Satan confined
It continues with saints reigning
The end begins with Satan’s decisive defeat
It concludes with thorough judgment