Church notes - 22nd September 2019
1 Peter 2:9, 10
Generosity - God is generous
Luke 15:11 - 32
The Father was generous to the younger son.
John 3:16
God is generous to us!
Isaiah 61:1 - 9
Luke 4:16 - 22
Jesus declared He is the Messiah
Acts 10:38
Matthew 11:28 - 30
Jesus binds us spiritual wounds
Psalm 147: 2
Proclaiming the Year of Jubilee
Our Spiritual debt is cancelled
Jesus paused at that point
First Coming - Grace
Second Coming - Justice
vs 3
The task of the Messiah - comfort, to provide
Anticipating going to a funeral - but,
But we can live with joy!
A big part of what we do is selfish - seeking pleasure, or avoiding pain. But God gives us joy.
Jesus saw people who were ruins, but He built them into good things.
Sin leads to destruction
1 Peter 2:9
We are called to find people who are ruins and restore them.
vs 10
A picture - garments of salvation, robes of righteousness
Our righteousness is as filfthy rags, but we are transformed
Psalm 20