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Wholehearted from the start
Anne Witton
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1. God’s wholehearted love for us
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Numbers 21: 4 - 9 4 They travelled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; 5 they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!” 6 Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died.
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Numbers 21: 4 - 9 7 The people came to Moses and said, “We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. 8 The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.” 9 So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.
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John 3: 16 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
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John 3: 16 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3: 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”
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All people were created for a relationship with God
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All people were created for a relationship with God
All have sinned
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A mistake is taking the wrong exit on the highway.
“Sin is not a mistake. A mistake is taking the wrong exit on the highway. A sin is treason against a Holy God.” Rosaria Champagne Butterfield, The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert
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All people were created for a relationship with God
All have sinned All are under judgement
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All people were created for a relationship with God
All have sinned All are under judgement All who put their trust in Jesus will be saved
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“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us.”
1 John 3:16 NIV
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2. Our wholehearted response
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Wholeheartedly accept the Gospel
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“God deliberately designed the gospel in such a way so as to strip me of pride and leave me without any grounds for boasting in myself whatsoever.” Milton Vincent, The Glories of God’s Love
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Wholeheartedly accept the Gospel
Wholeheartedly live the Gospel
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Wholeheartedly accept the Gospel
Wholeheartedly live the Gospel Wholeheartedly share the Gospel
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Reflection time
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