Surrender and Victory

THEME: Unsinkable

SERIES: Last Words

TITLE: Surrender and Victory

Scripture: Luke 23: 44-49

 

I.    HIS RESOLVE   

Other 6 sayings on the cross:

1)      A Plea for Forgiveness: “Father, forgive them…”

2)      A Promise of Salvation: “Today you shall be with me…”

3)      A Provision for His mother: “Woman, behold your son…”

4)      A Petition to the Father: “Why have you forsaken me?”

5)      A Pleading for relief: “I thirst.”

6)      A Proclamation of Victory: “It is finished.”

 

II.   HIS RESULT

6 possible scenarios or beliefs we must live with:

1.      Fatalism

2.      Skepticism

3.      Hedonism

4.      Deism

5.      Evolutionism

6.      Universalism

What is the alternative?

·         Truth #1: We are all sinners.

·         Truth #2: Jesus was buried in a tomb.

·         Truth #3: Jesus rose from the grave.

 

NEXT WEEK:   Theme: Unsinkable/ Series: A Lifeboat

Title: Losing My Mind- Romans 8:1-11

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