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This Is His Throne: Crucifixion - 8, 9:30 & 11:00am & ON-DEMAND
Luke 23:26-49 ESV
Title: This Is His Throne: Crucifixion
Scripture: Luke 23:26-49
Speaker: Nathan Miller, NathanM@ChristCommunityKC.org
"This book is written for the discouraged, the frustrated, the weary, the disenchanted, the cynical, the empty. Those running on fumes. Those whose Christian lives feel like constantly running up a descending escalator. Those of us who find ourselves thinking: “How could I mess up that bad—again?” It is for that increasing suspicion that God’s patience with us is wearing thin. For those of us who know God loves us but suspect we have deeply disappointed him... It is written, in other words, for normal Christians. In short, it is for sinners and sufferers. How does Jesus feel about them?" - Dane Ortlund, Gentle & Lowly
>> King Jesus loves sinners
>> Jesus loves sinners enough to hate our sin
>> Jesus loves sinners enough to die for us
"Meek. Humble. Gentle. Jesus is not trigger-happy. Not harsh, reactionary, easily exasperated. He is the most understanding person in the universe. The posture most natural to him is not a pointed finger but open arms."
- Dane Ortlund, Gentle & Lowly
>> Jesus loves sinners enough to want us close
"To you I say, do you know what Jesus does with those who squander his mercy? He pours out more mercy. God is rich in mercy. That’s the whole point. Whether we have been sinned against or have sinned ourselves into misery, the Bible says God is not tightfisted with mercy but openhanded, not frugal but lavish, not poor but rich. That God is rich in mercy means that your regions of deepest shame and regret are not hotels through which divine mercy passes but homes in which divine mercy abides.
It means the things about you that make you cringe most, make him hug hardest. It means his mercy is not calculating and cautious, like ours. It is unrestrained, flood-like, sweeping, magnanimous. It means our haunting shame is not a problem for him, but the very thing he loves most to work with. It means our sins do not cause his love to take a hit. Our sins cause his love to surge forward all the more." - Dane Ortlund, Gentle & Lowly