The Story: Know the Story
2 Corinthians 5:11-15
Introductory thoughts...
1) Belief is possible
2) God is consequential
“A real Christian is an odd number anyway. He feel supreme love for One Whom he has never seen. Talks familiarly every day to Someone he cannot see. He expects to go to heaven on the virtue of Another, empties himself in order that he might be full, admits he is wrong so he can be declared right, and goes down in order to get up. He is strongest when he is weakest, richest when he is poorest, and is happiest when he feels worst. He dies so he can live, forsakes in order to have, and gives away so he can keep. He sees the invisible, hears the inaudible, and knows that which passes knowledge.”
-A.W. Tozer
3) The Cross is necessary
The Story God is telling can be summarized with these words...
1. SEPARATION
2. MEDIATION
“For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.”
-1 Timothy 2:5-6
3. RECONCILIATION
vv. 16-21
2 Corinthians 5:11-15
Introductory thoughts...
1) Belief is possible
2) God is consequential
“A real Christian is an odd number anyway. He feel supreme love for One Whom he has never seen. Talks familiarly every day to Someone he cannot see. He expects to go to heaven on the virtue of Another, empties himself in order that he might be full, admits he is wrong so he can be declared right, and goes down in order to get up. He is strongest when he is weakest, richest when he is poorest, and is happiest when he feels worst. He dies so he can live, forsakes in order to have, and gives away so he can keep. He sees the invisible, hears the inaudible, and knows that which passes knowledge.”
-A.W. Tozer
3) The Cross is necessary
The Story God is telling can be summarized with these words...
1. SEPARATION
2. MEDIATION
“For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.”
-1 Timothy 2:5-6
3. RECONCILIATION
vv. 16-21