God wants to Know You

Introduction:

Thank the band for ministering and leading us in worship of the One True God.

Recap previous two sermons

We have seen the evidence for God

We have seen the evidence for Jehovah as the True God

Give the idea for tonight’s Sermon

**Tonight, after we have arrived at the point that the God of the Bible is the One True God, the Creator of the Universe, the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. Tonight we have arrived at the absolute best part of all of this. The best truth there is to ever share that’s why we call it the Gospel, or the Good News. And that’s this. The Good News is that the One True God, Jehovah, wants to KNOW you and have a personal relationship with you for all eternity.**

But in order for there to be Good News, there needs to be Bad News. And that’s where our sermon is going to start tonight.

If you could turn your Bibles to the book of Romans, we are going to be camped out here for a little while.

So, simply put, do you know Jesus?

Jesus has done EVERYTHING to get to know you - The Gospel

Christian Standard Bible Chapter 1

THE CENTRALITY OF CHRIST

15 He is the image of the invisible God,

the firstborn over all creation.

16 For everything was created by him,

in heaven and on earth,

the visible and the invisible,

whether thrones or dominions

or rulers or authorities—

all things have been created through him and for him.

17 He is before all things,

and by him all things hold together.

18 He is also the head of the body, the church;

he is the beginning,

the firstborn from the dead,

so that he might come to have

first place in everything.

19 For God was pleased to have

all his fullness dwell in him,

20 and through him to reconcile

everything to himself,

whether things on earth or things in heaven,

by making peace

through his blood, shed on the cross.,

**Story about Blake taking my punishment**

4. And if you do know Him, are you pursuing that relationship with Him?

**Finish story about going to drive with Blake to Pittsburgh**