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The dividing line of Christ
I remember the moment.
The moment of my conversion.
Share my testimony
Breath
Since the first Easter, there has been a clear divide between those who believe and those who do not.
That dividing line is Jesus Christ.
People like to think, and sometimes preach that Jesus was all hope, love, peace, victory and so on.
But listen to these words that he spoke in
For those who believe, Jesus is peace, joy, hope, ....salvation
But for those who do not believe, he can be something quite different.
Listen to these words in
Easter matters for that very reason.
We now have a way to avoid the wrath of God on sinful man.
The message of the cross has cause many men joy and many men angst.
The verses I kept coming back to for today come from 1 Corinthians 1:18-2:6
Really verses 1:18 and 1:23 are my focus
I want to talk about three primary reactions one has to the cross of Christ and the meaning of Easter.
Some Harden
They just cannot believe it.
Some believe in something, but not this thing.
This can happen anywhere to anyone.
Even to churchgoers.
For instance, if you read the word of God, ask yourself this question.
Does this Word cause me to soften, or cause me to harden?
Some people are hardened by the cross, by the Word of our Lord.
Some will meet that rider instead of that shepherd.
Some Stumble
Some are so busy making their way to their plans that they keep tripping over God.
He ends up in their path but they fail to notice him.
Maybe until it is too late.
David in Psalm 73 write of almost stumbling in pursuit of the gains of this world and the wicked people in it.
Some of you stumbled into church this morning.
Your are here for another reason than Jesus.
Let me tell you, I know from experience, you will keep stumbling on HIm.
Surrender today and experience the joy, hope and peace Easter really offers.
Some Believe
That gift was prepared on a cross, packaged in a tomb and opened on Easter Sunday.
Do not let today be another day to be hardened, to stumble, but rather, make it the day you believe.
There's a place
Where mercy reigns
And never dies
There's a place
Where streams of grace
Flow deep and wide
Where all the love
I've ever found
Comes like a flood
Comes flowing down
At the cross, at the cross
I surrender my life
I'm in awe of You
I'm in awe of You
Where Your love ran red
And my sin washed white
I owe all to You
I owe all to You Jesus
There's a place
Where sin and shame
Are powerless
Where my heart
Has peace with God
And forgiveness
Where all the love
I've ever found
Comes like a flood
Comes flowing down
At the cross, at the cross
I surrender my life
I'm in awe of You
I'm in awe of You
Where Your love ran red
And my sin washed white
I owe all to You
I owe all to You
I do owe all to this gospel, to this foolishness.
This foolishness saved my life, and it can save your too.
Communion
His Body
His Blood
Pray us out.
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