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| − | === | + | ===The Son of Man is none less than God Himself.=== |
| − | ===Image: === | + | ====God is omnipotent.==== |
| + | ====God is perfect.==== | ||
| + | ===The Son of Man was born to die.=== | ||
| + | ===The Son of Man defeated death.=== | ||
| + | ===Image: An event hours in the making!=== | ||
| + | Have you ever worked hard to prepare an amazing meal? Maybe it is smoking a particular piece of meat. You spend a few hours planning on your rub, then in the middle of the night you get up, fire up the smoker, set your temperature and bring out the meat. As you climb back into bed and tell your wife how good it is going to turn out she simply groans, rolls over, and says, go back to sleep. An hour later your alarm goes off telling you to go check your temperatures. By the time morning comes around you have slept just a little but you are excited. You continue to monitor the meat for a few hours in the morning and then it is back to work as your wrap the meat in foil for the next step of cooking. As afternoon progresses you begin working on the sides and setting the table. Finally, it is time to eat. You sit down, cut off a piece of meat, and savor the rich smoked flavor. The taste is amazing, the meat is moist but smokey, as you chew you can taste individual flavors. Everything is perfect, your work has paid off, then you proceeded to gobble down the rest of the meal and the joy of that first bite fades into oblivion. Hours of preparation were worth it but you really don't remember or appreciate it, you just know it was worth it! | ||
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| + | I am afraid that sometimes this is how we see the Gospel. But instead of hours, the Gospel was millennia of preparation. Let's not let that work fade. Rather we need to savor the Gospel. | ||
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| + | ===MTR: Double check: have you accepted God's self-sacrificial love?=== | ||
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Revision as of 17:17, 9 March 2023
Theological Proposition/Focus:
Homiletical Proposition/Application:
Contents
Introduction:
Image:
Need:
Subject:
Preview:
Text:.
Setting the Stage:
Body
God incarnate modeled complete self-sacrificial love (21-22).
The Son of Man is none less than God Himself.
God is omnipotent.
God is perfect.
The Son of Man was born to die.
The Son of Man defeated death.
Image: An event hours in the making!
Have you ever worked hard to prepare an amazing meal? Maybe it is smoking a particular piece of meat. You spend a few hours planning on your rub, then in the middle of the night you get up, fire up the smoker, set your temperature and bring out the meat. As you climb back into bed and tell your wife how good it is going to turn out she simply groans, rolls over, and says, go back to sleep. An hour later your alarm goes off telling you to go check your temperatures. By the time morning comes around you have slept just a little but you are excited. You continue to monitor the meat for a few hours in the morning and then it is back to work as your wrap the meat in foil for the next step of cooking. As afternoon progresses you begin working on the sides and setting the table. Finally, it is time to eat. You sit down, cut off a piece of meat, and savor the rich smoked flavor. The taste is amazing, the meat is moist but smokey, as you chew you can taste individual flavors. Everything is perfect, your work has paid off, then you proceeded to gobble down the rest of the meal and the joy of that first bite fades into oblivion. Hours of preparation were worth it but you really don't remember or appreciate it, you just know it was worth it!
I am afraid that sometimes this is how we see the Gospel. But instead of hours, the Gospel was millennia of preparation. Let's not let that work fade. Rather we need to savor the Gospel.
