The God of Second Chances
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Jesus Makes Headlines – Part 2
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The good news is God is the God of second chances
A few questions
- What does God think of you? What is his opinion of you?
- When he sees you does he only see your past? Does He delight in who He is making you to be?
How you answer these questions will have a profound impact on how you see
- Yourself
- God
- The rest of the world
Matthew was
- A tax collector
- A jewish man
- Working for the roman govt
Why would you choose this career path?
- A love of money
- A hard heart
- Some level of hopelessness
He was spiritually bankrupt
- A tax collector was not invited to Synagogue
- His prayers were never going to be listened to or answered by God
- No hope of getting favor or mercy from God
- There case was closed a life of hopelessness beyond redemption
Jesus always ….
- Jesus sees me as I am
As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. So Matthew got up and followed him.
Matthew 9:9
- Jesus loves me as I am
Later, Matthew invited Jesus and his disciples to his home as dinner guests, along with many tax collectors and other disreputable sinners.11 But when the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with such scum? Matthew 9:10-11
- Jesus Calls me as I am
When Jesus heard this, he said, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do.” 13 Then he added, “Now go and learn the meaning of this Scripture: ‘I want you to show mercy, not offer sacrifices.’ For I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners.” Matthew 9:12-13
- Jesus won’t leave me as I am
And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue his work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns. Philippians 1:6
God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it.” Ephesians 2:8-9
Matthew left everything
He left his
Guilt
Shame
Unkindness
His past
All the things he hated
Let’s go back to the questions we started with
- What does God think of you?
- When God sees you what does he think? Does he only think about your past or does he dream about what could be?
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