“For God So Loved This World?!?“
Speaker: Troy Champ
Series: Closer Than You Think
Primary text: Genesis 38:1-29
Speaker: Troy Champ
Series: Closer Than You Think
Primary text: Genesis 38:1-29
Christ came not for people who deserve him, but for people who need him.
This week’s passage in our study of the life of Joseph (Genesis 38:1-29) is full of bad news, sin, and selfishness. But good news is coming.
Three key takeaways from our message this week: 1. Sin and selfishness will devour the most important people and relationships around us. 2. God cares deeply for the rights and wellbeing of the vulnerable. He cares for the plight of the poor, the destitute, and the defenseless, and He wants us to care, too. 3. Truth is one of the greatest gifts God gives us – even when it’s jarring. The biggest takeaway though is the good news of God’s character is that he came, not for people who deserve him, but for people who need him.
Other texts in this message: Genesis 12:2-3, Matthew 1:1-10, Matthew 1:16, John 3:16, Romans 5:6-8
Homework
It’s a familiar verse but perhaps this week’s message gives us new perspective on the truth of God’s love. For God so loved the world. The world of Matthew 1 and Genesis 38. God so loved THIS world. This messy, broken world. For God so loved YOU. To the person who has made a wreck of his life: God says “I love you”. To the person who is slow to learn from her mistakes, the person born on the wrong (or right) side of the tracks: God says “I love you”. This is the God you are praying to, and this is the God you are ignoring. He gave everything not because you deserved it, none of us do! But because we need Him.
Song Recommendation:
The Table by Chris Tomlin, Wayne Jolley, and Ed Cash
Verse for the Week: John 3:16
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Worship Songs
The Table
Chris Tomlin, Wayne Jolley, and Ed Cash
Christ Is Enough
Reuben Morgan and Jonas Myrin
I Stand in Awe
Mark Altrogge
What a Beautiful Name
Ben Fielding and Brooke Ligertwood
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