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Come Home to God                                                                                                   Come Home for Christmas                                                                                               Part 3 of 3
*December 24, 2006** *
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Come ________________________*
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/“When he came to his senses, he said, “How many of my father’s hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death…” /Luke 15:17
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/“Another reason for right living is that you know how late it is time is running out.
Wake up…”  /Romans 13:11 (NLT)
 
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/“…and say to him: ‘Father, I have sinned…’” /Luke 15:18
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*/“People who cover over their sins will not prosper.
But if they confess and forsake them, they will receive mercy.”/
Proverbs 28:13 (NLT)*
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/“…I will set out and go back to my father…” /Luke 15:18
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*/“Because of Christ and our faith in him, we can now come fearlessly into God's presence, assured of his glad welcome.”
/ Ephesians **3:12** (NLT)*
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/"But the father said to his servants, 'Quick!
Bring the best robe and put it on him.
Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet.
Bring the fattened calf and kill it.
Let's have a feast and celebrate.
For this son of mine was dead and is alive again he was lost and is found.’
So they began to celebrate.”
Luke 15: 22-24  /
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/“Now we rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God – all because of what our Lord Jesus Christ has done in dying for our sins – making us friends of God.”  Romans //5:11// (TLB) /
\\                                                  Come Home to God                                                      
                                             Come home for Christmas                                                                           
                                                             Part 3 of 3
*December 24, 2006** *
 
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*Last week*:
We looked at Jesus’ telling of the story of the prodigal son and as we talked about coming home to God we asked: What kind of God will we be coming home to?
– I said to you we’re going to come home to a God who:
*1. is patient enough to not give up.
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*2. is passionate enough to show extreme love.
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*3.  is forgiving enough to accept me.*
The question I left you with last week and the one we now need to ask is, *so what*?
“Maybe we understand God a little bit better but so what?
What does this mean to me?  How can I come home?
How can I create that closeness with God?” 
 
Since it was Jesus’ story about how to come home and how to get close, let’s just follow the steps of the son and ask:  What did the son do?
 
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You come to your senses.
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Verse 17 of the story /“When he came to his senses.”/
He says to himself: “My father’s hired help eats better than me and has a better life than me”.
He came to his senses.
This first point is the wake up call.
For some of us it’s the “Ah-ha!
That’s what I need to do.”
Sometimes it’s surrounded by pain and it’s not the “Ah-ha!” it’s the “Oh, no!”  A wake up call.
The first place to begin to change is just come to your senses.
We all go through times when we move away from God and we allow our soul to starve.
It just happens.
There are times when our spiritual life goes shallow.
We each of us need to self- evaluate our own life.
Hold up the mirror.
Why?
Because the Bible says time’s running out.
Romans 13 /“Another reason for right living, for coming to your senses, is you know how late it is.
Time is running out.
Wake up.
Don’t miss out on that closeness you can have with God.” / You can come home and be intimate with Him.
Then what did the boy do?
 
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You come clean.
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 He says, /“I’m going to say ‘Father, I have sinned.’”
/That’s coming clean.
This is where you expose to God your sin and ask for forgiveness that you know He’ll give.
It’s not only to expose your sin to God and ask for forgiveness but I would encourage you to express it to somebody else for accountability.
Expose it for forgiveness and then express it to a friend for accountability.
A lot of us like the first part.
I can confess.
Great.
But the next step is express it to a friend.
Why?
Because all of us miss the mark.
That’s one of the things we have in common.
We all mess up.
Then when we hide – we go from missing the mark to hiding and you don’t deal with it – and here’s what happens.
You move into this position of being alone.
You might have people around you.
You might have a lot of friends.
You might be in a good marriage, but you’re alone.
When you’re alone you don’t give and receive genuine love.
Your intimacy and relationships with others begins to dissipate.
You’re alone.
You’ve hidden.
You haven’t expressed it.
That’s what this “come clean” is.
It saddens me when people are more concerned with getting caught than getting help.
Come clean.
The Bible is so clear about this.
Proverbs 20:8 /“People who cover over their sins will not prosper.
But if they confess and forsake them they will receive mercy.”/
Come to your senses.
Come clean.
Share in the context of a small group or a Christian friend for a little accountability.
Then…
 
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Come home.*
Verse 18 /“I’ll set out and go back to my father.”/
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