The Big Story: Home : Sermon Recap

Revelation 21:1-8

Big Idea: God is coming to make all things new and live with us forever.

From: "The Big Story: How the Bible Makes Sense Out of Life"

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• Hope is essential for life but false hope dangerous and deadly.
• The big story of the Bible offers true hope that hinges on God and not on you. 
• You don't need to muster a bigger hope, you need to trust a bigger God. 

 

The Big Story: Rescue : Sermon Recap

Luke 15

Big Idea: The Father's heart is to find the lost and bring them home.

From: "The Big Story: How the Bible Makes Sense Out of Life"

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• When the Pharisees grumbled at Jesus saying "This man receives sinners and eats with them", they did not realize they were proclaiming the gospel. 
• The Father waits for the rebellious to lay down their rule breaking and runs to meet them where they are.
• The Father pursues the religious and invites them to lay down their rule keeping and come home as they are. 
• Both the path of religion and rebellion are ways of saying "I don't need you, God, but I want your stuff". 
• Jesus obeyed flawlessly and died willingly as the sacrifice needed to bring us home.

Jesus In My Place - Matt Papa

VERSE 1
On my worst of days, what can wash away my sin?
When I fall again and I hear “condemned,” on this I’ll stand

PRECHORUS
Living the life I could not live, Dying the death that I deserved

CHORUS 1
Jesus in my place Jesus in my place
This is hope, this is grace, Jesus in my place

VERSE 2
On my best of days, what can wash away my pride?
When my greatest deeds fail to make me clean, in this I’ll trust

VERSE 3
On that final day, when I stand and face my God
Bold and confident, I will say Lord this is all I have
Living the life I could not live, Dying the death that I deserved
Bearing my sin to pay the price, Rising again to give me life!

CHORUS 2
Mercy on display powerful to save
This is life, this is faith, Jesus in my place
This is hope, this is grace, Jesus in my place
This is hope, this is grace, Jesus in my place

The Big Story: Rebellion : Sermon Recap

Genesis 3

Big Idea: God's story provides an honest and realistic answer to the problem of pain.

From: "The Big Story: How the Bible Makes Sense Out of Life"

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• God created a good world with a million yeses and only one no. 
• Before the fall, God created a good world of permission, not prohibition.
• The story of Genesis 3 and the fall is the story of a God who seeks us even when we are not seeking him.
• Since the fall, pain is not only a judgment and consequence but also a gift and blessing that drives us home. 
• God gives us pain in those very places where we are tempted to turn for our identity so that we will turn to him for it instead.

NEW SONG INTRODUCED THIS WEEK:
Dustin Kensrue - Rejoice

The Big Story: Creation : Sermon Recap

Genesis 1:1-5, 26-31

Big Idea: God's voice transforms and his story gives meaning.

From: "The Big Story: How the Bible Makes Sense Out of Life"

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• To find the stories that have most deeply shaped us, we need to go further back than ancestry.com will go. (Gen. 1-3)
• If you won't let God give you a name then you'll have to make a name for yourself or let someone else give one to you.
• If you listen to the world, then your identity is based on your performance. If you listen to God, you are given an identity before and despite your performance. 
• Satan accuses you of your sin so you will find your identity in your sin. God convicts you of your sin so you will turn and find your identity in Jesus.

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