This morning's sermon involved a life jacket, "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon," and Kevin's true story about the time he asked Tiffani-Amber Thiessen (one of the stars of Beverly Hills 90210) to prom. Curious about the topic? It was about how Jesus was Born to Save. Sorry we don't have a website that allows you to download sermons - it would take me too long to explain all those references he included! You'll just have to ask him. Or stifle your curiosity.
Anyway, Kevin taught us from Matthew 1:18-21 that the name Jesus was a common one of that time, derived from the name Joshua, meaning deliverer. From the beginning, God always had a rescue plan in place to reconcile us to Him. At Christmas, we celebrate that Jesus chose to be born and enter our hopeless situation. And at Easter, we celebrate that the gospel of Jesus Christ has guaranteed victory over sin. Jesus is the only life jacket that can save us from eternal drowning. Kevin encouraged us to put on the life jacket, depending on Jesus for our salvation. And if we've already put on the life jacket, we can stop thrashing around, trying to swim to work our way into God's favor and rest in Christ for our salvation and strength.
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