Love Costs

Love that Costs LISTEN ON MIXLR @ https://gbcsl.mixlr.com WATCH US ON YOU TUBE LIVE @ http://www.youtube.com/gracechurch-slus/live The Illustration They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, ‘Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the desert? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!’ Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. The people came to Moses and said, ‘We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take the snakes away from us.’ So Moses prayed for the people. The Lord said to Moses, ‘Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.’ So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, he lived (Num. 21:4–9). A Sinful People John 3 14–16 Highlights the Israelites’ Lack of Trust Towards God They distrusted God’s guidance, They blasphemed God’s greatness They doubted God’s goodness. They spurned God’s generosity They despised God’s gifts. A Sympathetic Provider Three characteristics of God The wrath of God The Mercy of God The faithfulness of God. A Surprising Paradox They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea, to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, ‘Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the desert? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!’ Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. The people came to Moses and said, ‘We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take the snakes away from us.’ So Moses prayed for the people. The Lord said to Moses, ‘Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.’ So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, he lived (Num. 21:4–9). II. The Invitation Recognize the Extent of your Rebellion Jesus uses this illustration to show very clearly that every single person born into this world has been bitten by the fiery serpent of sin and sin’s deadly venom pervades every one of our veins. Satan had blinded him to the depth of his sinfulness. III. Love that Costs Look to the Expression of His Love Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up” (John 3:14). “I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself” (John 12:32 John 3 14–16 Calls Us to Avoid Distraction from the Adversary GRACE BAPTIST GRACE BAPTIST PODCAST HTTPS://PODPOINT.COM/GRACE-BAPTIST-CHURCH-OF-SECOND-LIFE-PODCAST WEBSITE https://gracebaptistofsecondlife.godaddysites.com