Do You Know God Personally?
Would you like to have God as your Friend?
Notes on the sermon (November 2, 2008)
given by Pastor Carl Broggi
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*At this pont in your spiritual journey, if you were to put yourself on a scale of zero to one hundred, with zero being unsure and one hundred being absolutely positive, how sure are you that you would go to Heaven if you were to die right now? Where would you put yourself on that scale?
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0% |
25% |
50% |
75% |
100% |
*If you were to die at this moment and you faced God, and He asked you “Why should I let you into My Heaven?”, what would you say?
Intro: 5 Principles of determining your salvation.
1. God created man to have a relationship with God, Genesis 1:1 and Genesis 2:7.
2. Man chose to disobey God, so God separated Himself from man, Genesis 2:16-17 and Genesis 3:22-24. All people have rebelled against God,
Romans 3:23. Man’s rebellion brought death, Romans 6:23 and Genesis 2:17. Man’s way is contrary to God’s way, Proverbs 14:12 and Isaiah 59:2.
3. God’s Love moved Him to take the initiative to reestablish a relationship with man, John 3:16 and John 6:47.
Eternal life is more than Heaven, John 17:3.
4. Jesus Christ is the only solution to man’s broken fellowship and only through Him can man find a relationship with God, Romans 5:8. According to the Scriptures mentioned in: 1 Corinthians 15:3-6 is referring to the Old Testament. John 14:6, He is the only way. John 19.30, Paid in Full. Galatians 2:21 and 2 Corinthians 5:21.
5. We must personally receive Christ and only then can we be saved, John 1:12. By Grace through faith, Ephesians 2:8-9 and Romans 11:6.
Matthew 10:32 and Matthew 28:19.
John 3: Some people will not take His free gift saying, I have my own life to live. Hebrews 11 is referred as the Faith Chapter.
Personal:
1. How does God see you?
2. Faith in Christ alone = salvation + good works, Acts 16:30-31.
3. The Gospel is the Power of God for Salvation.