{"id":9580,"date":"2021-03-07T14:17:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T19:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=9580"},"modified":"2021-03-07T14:17:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T19:17:40","slug":"theshadowofthecross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2021\/03\/theshadowofthecross\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shadow of the Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>2021 THEME: Life on the Edge<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>Series: The Agony and the Ecstasy<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>TITLE:\u00a0 The Shadow of the Cross<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>Scripture:\u00a0 Psalm 130<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE CROSS CASTS ITS SHADOW \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Six lessons the shadow of the cross teaches us:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li>(<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Who we are<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\n<li>(<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>What we need<\/strong><\/span>).<\/li>\n<li>(<strong><u>Who God is<\/u><\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li>(<strong><u>What God offers us<\/u><\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li>(<strong><u>How we should live<\/u><\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li><u>(<strong>Hope and courage<\/strong><\/u>) is ours for the asking.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">From <em>Journey to the Cross<\/em> by Paul David Tripp<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">\u201cNever perfect, but perfectly forgiven\u2026This is life as we know it forgiven and free, life as we know it more abundantly\u201d Petra song<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n<h4><strong>II.\u00a0\u00a0 THE CROSS OFFERS ITS RELIEF \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Thoughts from Psalm 130:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1.\u00a0 One of the benefits of the cross is that it meets us (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>in the depths<\/strong><\/span>). See Ps.69:1-2<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">2.\u00a0 (<strong><u>Forgiveness of sin<\/u><\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cYahweh! The Lord! The God of compassion and mercy! I am slow to anger and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness. I lavish unfailing love to a thousand generations. I forgive iniquity, rebellion, and sin.\u201d \u00a0Ex. 34: 6-7a\u00a0 (NLT)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n<p>Theme: Life on the Edge \/ Series: The Agony and the Ecstasy<\/p>\n<p>Title: The Necessity of the Cross- I Cor. 1:18-25<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2021 THEME: Life on the Edge Series: The Agony and the Ecstasy TITLE:\u00a0 The Shadow of the Cross Scripture:\u00a0 Psalm 130 &nbsp; I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE CROSS CASTS ITS SHADOW \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Six lessons the shadow of the cross teaches us: (Who we are). (What we need). (Who God is). (What God offers us). 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