Southview Baptist Church
Do You Believe? — The Father's Love
Pastor Nathan Wakefield returns to our "Do You Believe?" series on practicing doctrine. This week, we need to remind ourselves God loves each and every one of us. Video of the worship service is available beginning Sunday at 9:30 AM at https://southviewbaptist.org/live.
Locations & Times
Southview Baptist Church
3434 S 13th St, Lincoln, NE 68502, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
1. What we all need is a second chance (3‑4).
• Our fallenness is beyond repair and so we must be born again from above.
• The problem with being born again is that it makes no sense!
Action: Evaluate yourself. Have you chosen to go around and do this thing called life the right way, or are you still trying to land the airplane from an unstable approach?
• Our fallenness is beyond repair and so we must be born again from above.
• The problem with being born again is that it makes no sense!
Action: Evaluate yourself. Have you chosen to go around and do this thing called life the right way, or are you still trying to land the airplane from an unstable approach?
2. But in reality we need more than a second chance (5‑8).
• More than a second chance, we need the right start.
• The need to be born again is absolute and universally binding.
Action: Take a second and praise God for more than just a second chance.
• More than a second chance, we need the right start.
• The need to be born again is absolute and universally binding.
Action: Take a second and praise God for more than just a second chance.
3. What we really need is a divine solution to our problem (9‑15).
• Our need to be born again is something we cannot do for ourselves.
• Jesus, as God, can solve our problem.
• The Old Testament previewed the divine solution.
Action: Take a minute, and reflect upon the cross.
• Our need to be born again is something we cannot do for ourselves.
• Jesus, as God, can solve our problem.
• The Old Testament previewed the divine solution.
Action: Take a minute, and reflect upon the cross.
4. God loves you so much that he gives something better than a second chance, a sure thing (16).
• The Object of God's Love: The World
• The Extent of God's Love: To Give His One and Only Son
• The Effectiveness of God's Love: Eternal Life
Action: Choose to boast in nothing but Jesus Christ.
• The Object of God's Love: The World
• The Extent of God's Love: To Give His One and Only Son
• The Effectiveness of God's Love: Eternal Life
Action: Choose to boast in nothing but Jesus Christ.
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