Come now let us reason together says the Lord.
Though your sins are as scarlet.
They shall be as white as snow.
1. ITS HEAD! I will build MY Church 2. ITS HEART! Love – vertical & horizontal 3. ITS HOPE! Holy, blameless, above reproach, like Jesus
1. GOSPEL GUARANTEES “I will …” 2. GOSPEL GLORY Love that results in Obedience 3. GOSPEL GIFTS Peace, Joy, Faith
1. IS SOMETHING PERSONAL! We know that we know Him ‘KNOW’ – is mentioned 39 times in 1 John 2. IS SOMETHING PRACTICAL! An old and new commandment that we love one another 3. IS SOMETHING POWERFUL! It brings: Forgiveness, Intimacy, Strength
1) JESUS OUR MIGHTY CREATOR – Before all things (Gen 1:1, John 1:3, Col 1:16, Heb 1:2) 2) JESUS OUR MIGHTY SUSTAINER – He sustains and upholds (Ps 73:26, Lam 2:22-23, Col 1:17, Heb 1:3, Col 1:9-14, Deut 10:17-18, John 6:32-40, Acts 17:22-27, John 10:29-30) 3) JESUS OUR MIGHTY REDEEMER – He saves and…
1. PAUL THE HELPER! Gathering sticks 2. PAUL THE HEALER! Touching lives 3. PAUL THE HERALD! Winning souls
(Please be aware the sound is not the usual quality) The backdrop: strangers, scattered, suffering Three imperatives: Be united (v8) Do good to all (v9 – 14) Be ready – to give an answer (v15)