THE GRAVITY OF OUR SINSTHE GREATNESS OF GOD’S LOVE

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MATTHEW 1345 “AGAIN, THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE A MERCHANT ON THE LOOKOUT FOR CHOICE PEARLS. 46 WHEN HE DISCOVERED A PEARL OF GREAT VALUE, HE SOLD EVERYTHING HE OWNED AND BOUGHT IT!

WHO IS THE MERCHANT AND WHO IS THE PEARL?

WHO DOES THE SEEKING?

ROMANS 3:11NO ONE IS TRULY WISE, NO ONE IS SEEKING GOD.

WHO SELLS ALL HE HAS TO BUY THE PEARL?

ISAIAH 645 …WE ARE CONSTANT SINNERS; HOW CAN PEOPLE LIKE US BE SAVED? 6 WE ARE ALL INFECTED AND IMPURE WITH SIN. WHEN WE DISPLAY OUR RIGHTEOUS DEEDS, THEY ARE NOTHING BUT FILTHY RAGS. LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES, WE WITHER AND FALL, AND OUR SINS SWEEP US AWAY LIKE THE WIND.

ROMANS 6:23FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH, BUT THE FREE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.

JESUS IS THE MERCHANT AND WE ARE THE PEARLS

PSALM 24:1THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S, AND EVERYTHING IN IT. THE WORLD AND ALL ITS PEOPLE BELONG TO HIM.

PHILIPPIANS 2 (NIV)6 (CHRIST JESUS) WHO, BEING IN VERY NATURE GOD, DID NOT CONSIDER EQUALITY WITH GOD SOMETHING TO BE USED TO HIS OWN ADVANTAGE; 7 RATHER, HE MADE HIMSELF NOTHING BY TAKING THE VERY NATURE OF A SERVANT, BEING MADE IN HUMAN LIKENESS. 8 AND BEING FOUND IN APPEARANCE AS A MAN, HE HUMBLED HIMSELF BY BECOMING OBEDIENT TO DEATH—EVEN DEATH ON A CROSS!

JESUS WHO GOT EVERYTHING, SOLD EVERYTHING HE GOT TO BUY NOTHING & TURN NOTHING INTO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL

1 TIMOTHY 23 THIS IS GOOD AND PLEASES GOD OUR SAVIOR, 4 WHO WANTS EVERYONE TO BE SAVED AND TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUTH. 5 FOR THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD AND ONE MEDIATOR WHO CAN RECONCILE GOD AND HUMANITY—THE MAN CHRIST JESUS. 6 HE GAVE HIS LIFE TO PURCHASE FREEDOM FOR EVERYONE. THIS IS THE MESSAGE GOD GAVE TO THE WORLD AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME.

THE MESSAGE OF RECONCILIATION

RECONCILIATION PLEASES GOD

1 TIMOTHY 23 THIS IS GOOD AND PLEASES GOD OUR SAVIOR, 4 WHO WANTS EVERYONE TO BE SAVED AND TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUTH. 5 FOR THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD AND ONE MEDIATOR WHO CAN RECONCILE GOD AND HUMANITY—THE MAN CHRIST JESUS.

EZEKIEL 1823 DO I HAVE ANY PLEASURE AT ALL THAT THE WICKED SHOULD DIE?” SAYS THE LORD GOD, “AND NOT THAT HE SHOULD TURN FROM HIS WAYS AND LIVE? 32 FOR I HAVE NO PLEASURE IN THE DEATH OF ONE WHO DIES,” SAYS THE LORD GOD. “THEREFORE TURN AND LIVE!”

SALVATION FOR EVERYONE

1 TIMOTHY 23 THIS IS GOOD AND PLEASES GOD OUR SAVIOR, 4 WHO WANTS EVERYONE TO BE SAVED AND TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUTH.

FREEDOM FOR EVERYONE

1 TIMOTHY 26 HE GAVE HIS LIFE TO PURCHASE FREEDOM FOR EVERYONE. THIS IS THE MESSAGE GOD GAVE TO THE WORLD AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME.

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