Topic: Sin

If the cross is not about wrath, then:
• Christ did not take your punishment
• Christ did not bear your guilt
• Christ did not satisfy justice
• Christ did not remove condemnation
• Christ did not reconcile you to God
And if Christ did not take your wrath… then you must.

The serpent’s lie leads to death. God’s truth leads to life.

Without repentance, our hearts can grow hard & will turn away from God. Sin is deceitful & will trick you into thinking you are safe to continue living however you want. If there is any relational distance between God & you due to sin, drop everything that stands in your way & restore your relationship.

So if you need to answer the question, Is God present at my church? ask yourself the question, Are there Christ-followers at church? If there are, then Christ is there. As the church loves one another, God abides in us, & we can see & experience Christ in one another.

God’s general presence provides us with a faint memory of what no longer exists. Sin has caused our worst wound in separating us from God’s actual presence.
This is the great pain that all mankind lives with: the absence of God.

You carry the cross when you take the step of reaching out to someone, braving the awkwardness, of telling them about Jesus. … Are we willing to pick up the cross so that others can experience it?

Jesus never ever gives up on you—His grace to forgive is greater than you could ever imagine, and His power to restore the life that is ruined by sin is beyond your wildest hopes.

Christmas is coming to understand because of what I’ve done, I’ll never get to God. So, God came to me. He died on the cross and what He asked in return is all of me, complete ownership.

Today you will make a decision. Either I accept this, that my sin has been dealt with or I’m going to choose to go and handle my own life one way or another.