That’s Good News
- Invite folks to follow Jesus.
- Connect people to Jesus and to His family, the Church.
- Form fully devoted followers of Jesus.
- Send disciples out into the world to make new disciples.
Gospel: Good News, Good Story, Good Telling.
- Jesus died for our
- The Scriptures are
“The Bible doesn’t sit up at night all worried that you may not like it.” - Jesus was
- Jesus
- There were
“There was a man named Nicodemus, a Jewish religious leader who was a Pharisee. After dark one evening, he came to speak with Jesus. ‘Rabbi,’ he said, ‘we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are evidence that God is with you.’” —John 3.1-2
“Jesus replied, ‘I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God.’ ‘What do you mean?’ exclaimed Nicodemus. ‘How can an old man go back into his mother’s womb and be born again?’” —John 3.3.-4
We can’t think our way to God or behave our way to God; we have to
Jesus didn’t come to make us better; Jesus came to make us
“Jesus replied, ‘I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit…So don’t be surprised when I say, “You must be born again.”’” —John 3.5
“‘How are these things possible?’ Nicodemus asked.” —John 3.9
“Jesus replied, ‘You are a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don’t understand these things?’” —John 3.10
God Loves The World
“For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.” —John 3.16
“For God so loved the world”
There is one great thing we each have in common: we are objects of the
“That He gave His only Son”
“That Whosoever Believes in Him”
“Shall Have Eternal Life”
“God sent His Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through Him. There is no judgment against anyone who believes in Him. But anyone who does not believe in Him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son.” —John 3.17-18
Justification
Jesus didn’t come to make us better; Jesus came to make us
Practices
- Scripture: Read John 3.
- Service: B.L.E.S.S. someone this week.
- Witness: Share the Gospel with someone this week.