1. Do we REALLY have to talk about sin?
2. Is it REALLY my fault?
3. Is it REALLY that bad?
4. Can I REALLY be forgiven
5. Does it REALLY matter now that I’m a Christian?
1) RECKLESS! (v11-13) Squandered his property in reckless living 2) RUINED! (v14-16) A severe famine arose – disgraced in a pigsty 3) RESTORED! (v17-24) He came to himself He came to his father He was cleansed, clothed & claimed My son was dead and is alive He was lost and is found
A. PILATE: 1. THE CHARGE 2. THE EXAMINATION 3. THE VERDICT B. HEROD: 1. THE GREETING 2. THE MOCKING 3. THE VERDICT C. PILATE: 1. THE CROWD 2. THE WEAKNESS 3. THE IRONY
1. “I am a not” a) a VOICE, not the WORD v23 & Isaiah 40:3-5 b) A MESSENGER, not the MESSIAH v23, 1:6-8, 3:28-29 2. “He is the Son of God” v34 “and I have seen and born witness that this is the Son of God” a) Holy Spirit ANOINTED (v32-33a) Matt 3:13-17, Isaiah 11:1-2, Isaiah 42:1…
1. CONFRONTATION! (2 Sam 12:1-14) Exposed! 2. CONFESSION! (Psalm 51) Broken! 3. CONSECRATION! (Psalm 51) Humble and devoted “I will teach transgressors Your ways”
1. The SIGN (v19) 2. The SENT (v19) 3. The SACRIFICE (v20) 4. The SER(VANTS (v21) 5. The SECURITY (v22) 6. The CELEBRATION (v23) 7. The SOLEMNITY (v24) 8. The SUMMARY – How will YOU finish – then? a) Receive or Rebel b) Humility or Hypocrisy c) God’s Way or My Way d) Life…
1) IN WITNESS! (v10-12) You say you love the Lord but in fact you love the world. You are unequally yoked. 2) IN WEDLOCK! (v13-16) Your spirit I see. You have divorced the wife of your youth 3) IN WORD! (v17) Your empty words and cynical attitudes….. God will judge