More Than Enough
God provides. It’s a simple statement, yet we can be quick to forget it...
What is Hell? Is it a real place? If God is all-loving, why would He allow people to spend eternity in Hell? Most people avoid thinking about death, but the Bible is clear that an eternity awaits everyone. The hope we have in Christ is that through his death and resurrection we can be made right with God and welcomed into an eternity with Him by grace through faith. But for those who reject that gift of grace in Christ, the Bible gives us a sobering warning about the reality of Hell.
How do we faithfully manage the things God puts in our life? If we see the things we have - money, possessions, career, family - as only ours, we’ll end up living a self-focused life, grasping for those things, and striving to gain more. But if we rightly see those things as gifts from God to be used for His purposes and His glory, we’ll find joy in the management of them in the here and now, and we’ll look forward to an eternity where that faithfulness is rewarded.
God’s amazing love for His children is on full display in Jesus’ parable of the prodigal son. Whether our hearts have gone astray like the younger son by living recklessly for ourselves, or our hearts have been hardened like the older son by our own self-righteousness, God’s love and kindness calls both to repentance, ready to welcome us home with open arms.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ isn’t just a historical event. The world is filled with brokenness because of sin, and left to ourselves we’ll simply follow along, chasing after things that ultimately will simply lead to death. But through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, we can be made alive! Because Jesus died for our sin and overcame death, we can be set free from sin and welcomed into God’s family for eternity. When we live for Jesus, that’s when we truly find life.
Jesus has a heart for lost people. While the self-righteous religious leaders of his day looked down on sinners, Jesus revealed the true heart of God that rejoices when someone repents of sin and believes in Him. We’re constantly surrounded by people who are lost - do you share God’s heart to see them come to know and follow Jesus?
Following Jesus will cost us. The free gift of salvation in Jesus comes with an understanding that he is the Lord of our lives - that includes all of our possessions, relationships and ambitions. Jesus calls us to follow him in all things, even when the world around us is doing the opposite. While that’s hard to do, the resulting transformation in our lives leads to a joy that only comes from growing more and more like Jesus, and impacting the world around us to grow his Kingdom instead of our own.
What does it look like to put others first? We can easily fall into the trap of thinking our own priorities are more important than the needs of others. We can also be so wrapped up in our own pursuits that we don’t recognize our own need for a Savior. In both cases, Jesus calls us to humility. In humility we’re called to put others before ourselves as we recognize, in humility, our own deep need for a Savior. Only Jesus can truly transform our hearts and help us turn away from selfishness.
How do you get to heaven? People have asked that question for centuries, and Jesus gives us a clear answer: through him. Because of Jesus’ sacrifice for our sins and his resurrection to new life, we can be made right with God and enter into eternal life in His perfect presence forever. Why does Jesus call this the ‘narrow door’? Because only Jesus’ sacrifice has the power to save. No amount of our good works will achieve God’s perfect standard. The good news of the gospel is that though the way to heaven is Jesus Christ alone, that gift of grace through faith is available to everyone, no matter who you are, where you’re from, or your past. Salvation is in Christ alone, by grace alone, through faith in him alone.
Jesus constantly preached about the Kingdom of God, and his message was one of both hope and urgency. As God’s Kingdom has expanded like a mustard seed across the earth through the process of evangelism and discipleship, Jesus’ encouragement is to look at the people around us with a Kingdom focus and heart for the lost. Who in your life can you point toward the good news of God’s ever-expanding Kingdom?
No other person in all of history presents as big of a dividing line than Jesus. While the gospel is clear that the gift of grace through Jesus Christ is free to all, Jesus himself was also clear that not everyone would receive that gift. Because Jesus doesn’t leave any room to remain ‘neutral’ toward him, the most important question we can ask ourselves is this: what do you do with Jesus?
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Sermons by: Knowing Jesus The Gospel Of Luke
God’s Kingdom or Mine?
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Desperate for Jesus
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Power Over Darkness
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Shine the Light of Truth
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What God Wants
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The Debt of Sin
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Faith & Compassion
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