THEME:
Jesus is the unexpected God because he was willing to come to earth and die on the cross for sinners. Very few saw that coming. Very few expected him to be a servant-king. The religious leaders of the day rejected him. Don’t make that same mistake. Now is your chance to believe in Jesus and become a child of God.
KEY SCRIPTURE:
Philippians 2:5-8
Philippians 2:5-8
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
John 18:36
Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.”
John 10:30
“I and the Father are one.”
John 8:58
Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”
Jesus can bring unexpected freedom from mistakes of the past
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Jesus is an unexpected and unequaled source of abundant life
John 10:10
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
Jesus offers an opportunity to live in an unexpectedly wonderful place called heaven
John 14:2
In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
Romans 3:23
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
Romans 6:23a
But the wages of sin is death…
Romans 6:23b
But the free gift of God is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord.