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12/17/17 |
INTRO
Ryan.
Welcome.
Angel Tree,
IMAGE
(expensive: gomefund)
Presents.
Christmas.
Santa: Fickle.
insecurity: How much naughtiness / niceness?
Have you ever seen a kid actually riddled with fear and insecurity?
sad.
ITCH
I wonder how many of us still have that scared little kid still living in us
INSECURE bc we think God treats us like Santa.
Terrified we might slip up or sin,
and God will be disappointed or not love us or not let us into heaven.
we live with deep insecurity about God and ourselves, and our lives feel a lot
more like coal in a stocking than a gift under a tree.
we feel worthless.
this morning, as we open God’s word, my hope is that we will see truth God has
given us and trust what He has said instead of how we feel or what we’ve heard.
this morning i hope our insecurity will be replaced with security.
let’s turn together to ….this is the last text of the chapter
ADVENTageous: benefits of Christ’s coming…see a few
IDEA
Jesus came to give eternal security.
[Paul explains how.]
INFO
v. 31
what things?
— context, for those who haven’t been here
first 8 chaps, chap 8 mostly
In Christ, I am free from condemnation.
In Christ, I have kept the righteous requirements of the law.
In Christ, I am led by the Spirit.
In Christ, I have been adopted into God’s family.
In Christ, I am a co-heir with Christ.
In Christ, I have received the Spirit as the guarantee of final redemption.
In Christ, my prayers are taken up by the Spirit and laid before God.
In Christ, I’ve been acquitted of all wrong.
In Christ, heaven’s so certain for me God speaks about it as if I’m already there.
Today: In Christ, I have eternal security in God’s love and of God’s love.
That last one is most likely what Paul is referencing.
In Christ, heaven’s so certain for me God speaks about it as if I’m already there.
SALVATION IS FROM ETERNITY PAST TO ETERNITY FUTURE.
So Paul asks about present.
God held us in the past, and God’s given us hope for the future.
What about the present?
What are we to say or do about these truths now?
Why do we have to say anything to them?
Because we must respond to what God has said and done.
God’s word has implications for our lives.
God’s actions have implications for our lives.
Specifically, Paul knows God securing our future has implications for our lives right now, in the present.
And they weren’t having the best time in the present.
Paul knew they were and would suffer for following Jesus.
He also knew living in a broken and sinful world isn’t rainbows and rose petals all the time.
[So what is his answer?
What’s the conclusion that Paul comes to?]
INSTRUCT
FIRST POINT:
WE HAVE SECURITY BECAUSE GOD IS FOR US.
“If God is for us; who is against us?”
One of the most powerful statements in all of Scripture.
And it’s a truth that is consistent throughout all of Scripture.
Paul knows, there is no opposition that can stop or slow God down.
Something for you to know about how Paul is writing:
This “if” isn’t iffy.
In Greek:
If God is for us (and he is), who is against us?
We face opposition, but there is no opposition that stop God.
The text doesn’t say “God’s on our side and the opposing side is just as strong so watch out and be really careful.
You can mess up and God can’t save you.”
God is the self-existent One and the sovereign Creator and, since He is for believers, no one can oppose believers successfully.
He’s wholly other than from creation.
Distinct.
Unmatched.
It hardly mentions opposition.
Why?
Even those who oppose God end up making Him look more glorious and powerful.
Job and Satan.
God used him to make his point.
Egypt and the Exodus.
God used them to flex His power.
Every country fighting against Israel.
Ditto.
Herod killing babies.
Didn’t get Jesus.
Jesus and anything.
Flex.
Death of Jesus.
Satan was, and always is, headed for death;
God was, and still is, headed for resurrection.
FLEX.
God is the GOAT, and He’s on your team.
Your side.
What fears can we even muster in the midst of that?
A lot of them…that’s why Paul says something needs saying.
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