Steve Cree spoke to us from John chapters 3 & 4 on the occasion of our CELEBRATION SUNDAY, about birthdays: while we rejoice at the birth of babies, and love to celebrate all sorts of birthdays and anniversaries… there is another sort of birthday that is the ultimate celebration. Jesus invites us to look to him on the cross as the way to be born ‘again’, or born ‘from above’ – which is a new birth, a total new start, a completely new life. But this new start is often offensive to religious types because ‘from above’ means from God. It means dropping any notion of what we can bring to God, receiving his gift of eternal life into empty hands. When we see God’s gift of eternal life is a free gift through the cross of Christ, we will not only gratefully grab hold of it but lift it high so others can also receive life through Jesus. That is something worth celebrating!
Key Verse
Jesus declared, “I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
Bible Reading: John 3:1-21
Outline:
1. “be born again!”
2. “how?” – not for religious types
3. “come, see” – but the empty handed
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