Reigniting our Passion for God

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Reigniting our Passion for God

• Embracing the Gospel

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I Corinthians 151-5

• Now brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel
  I preached to you, which you received, and on
  which you have taken your stand. By this gospel
  you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I
  preached to you. Otherwise you have believed in
  vain. For what I received I passed onto you as
  of first importance

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I Corinthians 151-11

• That Christ died for our sins according to the
  Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was
  raised on the third day according to the
  Scriptures, and that he appeared to Peter, and
  then to the twelveto more than 500 at the same
  timethen to Jamesthen to all the apostles, and
  last of all he appeared to me also

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Embracing the Gospel

• Embracing the cross
• Embracing the tomb
• Embracing the resurrection

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I Corinthians 118-23

• For the message of the Cross is foolishness to
  those who are perishing, but to us who are being
  saved it is the power of GodJews demand
  miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but
  we preach Christ crucified a stumbling block to
  the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles,

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Embracing the Cross

• Jesus carried the cross long before he was helped
  by Simon of Cyrene
• The Call to the Cross is a call to denial of self
• The Call to the Cross is a call to sacrifice
  suffering

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Phillipians 310,11

• I want to know Christ and the power of the
  resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his
  sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and
  so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from
  the dead.

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Embracing the Tomb

• The tomb represents the death of all hope outside
  of Gods intervention
• The tomb represents the stillness of waiting upon
  God
• The tomb represents the end of mans ability and
  influence

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Phillipians 310,11

• I want to know Christ and the power of the
  resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his
  sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and
  so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from
  the dead.

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Embracing the Resurrection

• The resurrection is proof of Gods acceptance of
  his sacrifice on our behalf Justification (Rom
  45)
• The resurrection is proof of Christs holiness
  under the scrutiny of Gods justice (Psalm 1610)
• The resurrection points us to the future with a
  renewed hope. (Luke 2413-35)

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I Corinthians 1513-26

• If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not
  even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has
  not been raised, our preaching is useless and so
  is your faith. More than that we have been found
  to be false witnesses

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I Corinthians 1513-26

• about God , for we have testified about God that
  he raised Christ from the deadbut Christ has
  indeed been raised from the dead the firstfruits
  of those who have fallen asleep. For since death
  came through a man, the

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I Corinthians 1513-22

• The resurrection of the dead comes also through a
  man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all
  will be made alive.