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Prayer
“God is Good....”
“All the time.....”
We know this....we’ve heard this....
It’s TRUE - yet it’s Christian cliche...
We as Christians SPEAK these words, yet STILL....at times we struggle with fully embracing their truth...
And if WE AS CHRISTIANS can struggle with these words, clearly an unbelieving world will struggle as well...
When we look at the Kindness & Goodness of God - in relation to this series that we’re walking through...
We understand that we’re LOOKING to see if we ARE BECOMING like Jesus...
Am I kind…as Christ is kind?
Am I good…as Christ is good?
Is this the path I’m on?
ALL important questions to ask…yet TODAY, i want to back up a bit...
and LOOK to OUR EXAMPLE...
I want to see HOW GOD uses Kindness and Goodness to His purposes...
so that we might also use this fruit of the Spirit the same way...
Sermon Title: The Kindness and Goodness of God: Displaying, Drawing, Delivering
So first up - How does God DISPLAY His kindness/goodness?
SLIDE: The Kindness & Goodness of God - IN CREATION
The Kindness & Goodness of God
In the very beginning, we read this:
And God said:
let there be light
And God said:
let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters
And God said:
let there the waters under the heavens be gathered into one place and let the dry land appear…Earth and Seas
let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed
And God said:
let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night.
The Sun and the moon
And God said:
let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth
And God said:
let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds - livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth
let Us make man in our image, after our likeness.
“And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good!”
Creation displays GOD…Creation displays His KINDNESS…GOODNESS
LOOK around this says - Let Creation TEACH you about God - the creator of ALL!
Creation displays God’s power and divine nature (we saw this last week)
Creation displays God’s authority
Creation displays God’s love and faithfulness!
Creation displays God’s power
Creation displays God’s wisdom!
And so in the beginning, God created...and creation points to all that God is.
God has written "God" across the universe, that it might speak of Him.
SLIDE: Creation is a mirror, placed to reflect our thoughts and our worship back to the Person whose image Creation enables us to see.
Creation is a mirror, placed to reflect our thoughts and our worship back to the Person whose image Creation enables us to see.
But Why?
Is it a GOOD thing that God created the Universe to POINT to HIMSELF?
We might say - YES of course....but why?
WHY is it a GOOD thing?
It’s because of the other POINTS of our sermon today...
it’s because of where this sermon is heading!
What was our sermon title today?
The Kindness & Goodness of God
Displaying, Drawing, Delivering
God DISPLAYS Himself in creation…that He might - DRAW men to Himself....
WHY?
That He might deliver them! - THAT’s where we’re headed!
So yes - The fingerprints of God are ALL around us - God’s kindness and Goodness are ALL around us...
God displays HIMSELF - that He might draw men to Himself...
WHICH MEANS - We display the KINDNESS and Goodness of God to those around US...
SO that THEY might be DRAWN to God!
So - the purpose of our Kindness and Goodness DISPLAYED to the world is NO DIFFERENT than the purpose of God’s Kindness and Goodness DISPLAYED to the world!
sacrificial kindness of Christ - sacrificial goodness of Christ...
BUT GOD doesn’t just display His kindness and Goodness....He let’s the world EXPERIENCE His kindness and goodness!
SLIDE: The Kindness & Goodness of God - Drawing through Common Grace
The Kindness & Goodness of God
We see here that God’s Kindness and Goodness fall on both BELIEVERS and UNBELIEVERS...
Who in here today…is alive?
Well - how many unbelievers are out there right now....ALIVE?
LOTS! - why?
Because God gave them air to breathe today...
Because he allowed them to wake up this morning...
He allowed them to see the Sun today...
OpenAir (Active User check-box)
Another chance at LIFE today...
Another chance to SEE Him in creation today....for what reason?
that they might SEE God in it - and worship Him FOR IT!
His Kindness and Goodness all around us - we’re BREATHING it in right now...
All of it meant to - DRAW us to God Himself...
God’s KINDNESS is poured out on the UNJUST everyday, giving them ANOTHER chance ...
to see themselves for who they really are before God…NEEDING a Savior...
God desires that His kindness would confront the wickedness of man, and cause man to TURN to HIM...
Did you know that the ONLY way to come to GOD…is thru REPENTANCE…!
How is that?
Jesus says - I am the way, the truth, and the life…NO ONE comes to the Father but by Me.
Well what does it mean to come BY JESUS...
*the cross (have to acknowledge that OUR sin put Christ on the cross)
And so the only way to come to God is through REPENTANCE...
If there is no CONFESSION of sins, if there is no repentance, then there is NO coming to God...
And LISTEN - God’s KINDNESS and GOODNESS are meant to BRING US TO REPENTANCE!
Do you know anyone who owes their Salvation to YOUR kindness?
Is anyone in here’s salvation due, IN PART, to another person’s kindness?
If your salvation, is due, in part, to another person’s kindness toward you....please stand!
I’m standing here - let me tell you about it.
We used to have church at the YWCA in Southland...
I remember sitting in Children’s church one day - and I remember receiving Christ...
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