1. The Message Of The Cross Part II April 10 th, 2016 Pastor David Kobelin

2. THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS Listening to Jesus  How have you been listening?  What has He been saying?  What have you been doing?

3. THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS Introduction  What really happened at the cross? What was ‘finished’ there?  If I really “get” what happened at the cross, how does that change my life?

4. THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS 1 Corinthians 2:2 New International Version (NIV) 2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 1 Corinthians 1:23 New International Version (NIV) 23 but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles,

5. THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS TOWARD GOD: A NEW CONFIDENCE In His Love 1 John 4:19 New International Version (NIV) 19 We love because he first loved us.

6. THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS 1 Peter 1:3-5 Living Bible (TLB) 3 All honor to God, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; for it is his boundless mercy that has given us the privilege of being born again so that we are now members of God’s own family. Now we live in the hope of eternal life because Christ rose again from the dead. 4 And God has reserved for his children the priceless gift of eternal life; it is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled, beyond the reach of change and decay. 5 And God, in his mighty power, will make sure that you get there safely to receive it because you are trusting him. It will be yours in that coming last day for all to see.

7. THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS 1 Peter 1:3-5 The Message (MSG) 3-5 What a God we have! And how fortunate we are to have him, this Father of our Master Jesus! Because Jesus was raised from the dead, we’ve been given a brand-new life and have everything to live for, including a future in heaven—and the future starts now! God is keeping careful watch over us and the future. The Day is coming when you’ll have it all—life healed and whole.

8. THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS In His Grace Hebrews 4:15-16 New International Version (NIV) 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. 16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

9. THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS 2 Corinthians 5:19, 21 New International Version (NIV) 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin [a] for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.a 2 Corinthians 5:17 New International Version (NIV) 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: [a] The old has gone, the new is here!a

10. THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS In His Power Working Through Me Acts 1:3 New International Version (NIV) 3 After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.

11. THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS Acts 1:4-8 New International Version (NIV) 4 On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. 5 For John baptized with [a] water, but in a few days you will be baptized with [b] the Holy Spirit.”ab 6 Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?”

12. THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS 7 He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

13. THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS TOWARD SIN: A NEW HATRED John 17:14-15 New International Version (NIV) 14 I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.

14. THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS Romans 6:6 New Century Version (NCV) 6 We know that our old life died with Christ on the cross so that our sinful selves would have no power over us and we would not be slaves to sin.

15. THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS TOWARD PEOPLE: A NEW COMPASSION 2 Corinthians 5:19, 21 New International Version (NIV) 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

16. THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS TODAY, WHAT PART OF THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS DID YOU ‘GET’ IN A DEEPER AND MORE MEANINGUL WAY?