GO FISH PT. 3: GOD LOVED GOD GAVE WE BELIEVE WE RECEIVE

GO FISH pt. 3 “Muddy Water” – Matt Johnson http://theepicjourney.com *Follow Matt and the Journey on Twitter:
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2 Questions:
1. What do you need to know to become a follower of Jesus?
2. What do you need to do to become a follower of Jesus?

John 3:16 ‘For God so LOVED the world that He GAVE His one and only son that whoever BELIEVES in Him will not perish (will not be separated from God for eternity) but have (RECEIVE) eternal life (a new life, a better life with God; Christ alive in you, the hope of glory)’

2 Answers:
1. God loved, God gave
2. We believe (trust) in, We receive

“God could have tweeted that”

God did not come to chastise you, He came to rescue you.

The Bible is the story of God loving and giving and people believing and receiving.

The message of salvation is that simple.

John 3:17 ‘For God did not send His son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.’

None of us are separated from God because of sin. There is a solution to your sin. It has already been taken care of on the cross.

Am I gonna respond and accept it? am I gonna trust in Him?

We need to live it out and lay it out.

We need to live our lives in such a way that people see the message of the gospel in us. In how we treat each other, how we relate to one another, and how we extend grace and truth all around us. They better not see a distortion of Christianity; they better see the message of Jesus loud and clear.

We have a responsibility to share that with them and explain that to them when opportunities arise. We don’t have to have all the answers. Just tell your story, and what you have experienced.

God loved. God gave. We believe. We receive.

As a church family here is the mission: let’s make sure that if people choose to reject Christianity that they are rejecting Jesus, not some distorted message of what He is all about. God loved God gave and they can believe and receive.

Listen to this wonderfully simplistic message right here: http://tr.im/t5e4