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| Katarain Registered user Username: Katarain Post Number: 251 Registered: 1-2012 |
I heard clips of this sermon from this youtube video of "How He Loves Us" by David Crowder. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suMhQ3ETCyI&feature=g-vrec It took some hunting around, but I found the whole sermon here: http://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/#date-sort_6-2010 Look under the date: Jun 20, 2010 There is also a transcript available. I'm always interested in hearing a good sermon, so I thought you all might like this one, too. It doesn't seem like something we'd hear from the SDA pulpit. An excerpt: "So there it is in as much detail as I could give. In the end though, the Scriptures say, “who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross.” So here’s what you’ve got to do if you’re a serious thinker. What is the joy set before Christ in the cross? That He was purchasing for His Father many sons and daughters. You and I, in this strange way, become the joy that is set before Christ on the cross. He is, by His wrath-absorbing sacrifice on the cross, purchasing for the Father many sons, many daughters. It was with joy that He endures all of this. Why? Because He loves you. That’s why. You have to grasp this truth (and it’s a big one) that He loves you. Not only does He love you, but He knows. You see, that’s the thing that makes it hard to believe. We’ve got this weird compartmentalization thing that happens where you don’t think that God sees all that you are. Or we think that if He could have known who you were going to be, He wouldn’t have gone to the cross. Listen, God knew you were going to be messy. Christ knew that you were going to be messy. God knows that you’re going to screw up often. He knows that you’re going to be drawn to things that are wicked. He knows. That’s what the cross is all about. The whole point of the cross is that you’re going to fail, you’re going to stumble and you’re going to feel dirty. The whole point of the cross of Christ is there be this mighty picture of His love and pursuit of you despite you. So the cross is necessary because of you, but it’s also the picture we have of just how far God is willing to go because He loves you." | ||
| Katarain Registered user Username: Katarain Post Number: 253 Registered: 1-2012 |
The discussion page shows that Eternal_joy was the last person to reply to this post, but I don't see any such post. Confusing! I am enjoying the series on Galations on the The Village Church's site. http://www.thevillagechurch.net/resources/sermons/#series-sort_galatians They're in reverse order, so you start with the one at the end. |
