TODAY’S “GOOD NEWS” – March 7, 2004

 MESSAGE:  “C R O S S I N G   O V E R:

…To Where God Wants Us To Be! Part II”

SCRIPTURE:  Galatians 6:11-17

KEY VERSE:  v. 14  “May it never be that I should boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.”

FOCUS:  The cross of Jesus is my gateway to a whole new way of living.

INTRODUCTION:   “The Sanhedrin probably preferred a Roman execution simply as a way of frightening Christ’s own followers.  We can see from Peter’s three denials that he was certainly frightened before the crucifixion.  We can only imagine the fear Peter and his fellow disciples knew after watching their teacher die such a hideous death.”  

~ Dale Foreman in “Crucify Him”                                                                                                

I.     THE CROSS REVEALS GOD’S VERDICT ON MAN’S SIN

A.      JESUS’ MISSION WAS TO CONFRONT SIN                               

B.       SIN CALLED FOR RADICAL ACTION                                                           

C.       GOD KNOWS THE IMPACT OF SIN ON PEOPLE

II.    THE CROSS EXPOSES GOD’S LOVE FOR PEOPLE

III.  THE CROSS BRINGS BELIEVERS TO THEIR OWN CRUCIFIXION

CONCLUSION:  “It comes to this, my dear friends, He is dying there because of His love, His love for you, His love for me; His love for those who are sinners, those who are rebels, those who are enemies.”

                        ~ Martyn Lloyd-Jones in THE CROSS

PREACHING:  Pastor Holland Lewis