Trusting & Knowing God

Question: How do we know God loves us?

Some Ways God is Special - His Special Characteristics:

1. Holy (Set Apart - Separate from Sin)

Sin = Things we do that go against God’s Moral Standards, what is right and wrong (words, actions, and thoughts)

Use the Two Robes and The Rat

2. Righteous (He Must Judge Sin)

Houston, We Have a Problem!

Our Sin separates us from God!

Romans 3:23 NKJV

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Romans 6:23 NKJV

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

3. Love (God is love)

Show the Gap between God and Man

God’s Secret Attack: His Justification

This is where you describe God sending His Son - get Clint going on his tight rope walk

Describe the significance of Christ’s Death, Burial, and Resurrection.

Yes - He loves us

Romans 5:8 NKJV

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

God Offers Us All A Relationship

John 3:16 NKJV

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Hold up the gift in the background

Have Clint offer the lasso to the person holding the rat.

When the person nods and Clint slips the lasso over their head, you put a new covering on them.

Ephesians 2:8–9 NKJV

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

Jesus says no one can ever snatch one of his lambs out of His hands!

Conclusion: Story of Mike Davidson