What is the Message of the Cross? 1 Corinthians 1:18

1.   I was LOST

      a.   Ecclesiastes 7:20

      b.   Romans 3:9-10, 23

      c.   Luke 15:3-7 – the lost SHEEP

2.   I Could Not Save Myself

      a.   Proverbs 20:9

      b.   Romans 6:23

      c.   Luke 15:11-24 – the lost Son could not save himself

3.   Only God Can Forgive Sin

      a.   Psalm 51:4, 7, 9

      b.   Psalm 25:18

      c.   Matthew 9:1-7

4.   God Loves Me

      a.   Even more than He loves his own son. Consider! Would you allow your child to suffer and die like God did His Son Jesus? For people who rejected you and hated you? Even if you knew you would receive him back?

      b.   John 3:16

      c.   Romans 5:6-8

      d.   1 John 4:9-10

5.   Jesus Loves Me

      a.   John 13:34-35

      b.   John 15:13

      c.   Galatians 1:3-4

      d.   Galatians 2:20

6.   My Will is Irrelevant

      a.   John 6:38

      b.   John 10:11, 17-18

      c.   Mark 13:32-42; Luke 22:39-42

      d.   Romans 6:1-7 (cf Col 3:1-3)

7.   This World is Temporary

      a.   Matthew 4:1-11 – Jesus rejected the kingdoms of the world

      b.   Matthew 6:19-21 (cf Luke 12:15)

      c.   1 John 2:15-17

8.   My Soul is Priceless

      a.   Matthew 16:24-26

      b.   1 Peter 1:18