Is there a God? And if so, does He really love me? How do I know if the Bible is actually true? And what do Christians mean when they say, “Jesus is the way”? In the How Do I Know … series, Pastor Tom Cogle uses scriptures from the Bible, proven evidence, and personal stories to help you find the answers to these questions and more!
Series: How Do I Know?
Today: “…Jesus is the Only Way?
Jeremiah 29:11, Acts 17:26-27
Sunday, August 16, 2020
Pastor Tom Cogle
I. God is Good
Psalm 119:68 “You are good, and what you do is good…”
Psalm 86:5 You, Lord, are forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you.
God is SEEKING people:
Luke 19:10 For the Son of Man came to The Bible says, “He reveals Himself to every person.”
1 Samuel 2:27 Now a man of God came to Eli and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal myself to your ancestor’s family when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh?
Psalm 98:2 The Lord has made his salvation known and revealed his righteousness to the nations.
God is revealing Himself to people who are sincere and are seeking Him.God is a good God!
II. God is Just
Psalm 7:11 God is a just judge…
Jeremiah 29:11For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.Here’s what God is saying: “I’m a good God and I have good plans for you.
Jeremiah 29:12-1412 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. 14 I will be found by you,” declares the Lord…”
Deuteronomy 4:29If you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Acts 17:26-2726 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. 27 God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us.
God is a just God and wants to reveal Himself to everyone – if they will seek Him.It doesn’t matter your background, if you will sincerely cry out to God –- He will reveal Himself to you!
God is a good God and God is a just God!
III. God is Love
John 3:16For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever (that’s totally inclusive!) believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
C.S. Lewis“There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, “Thy will be done,” and those to whom God says, in the end, “Thy will be done.”All that are in Hell, choose it. Without that self-choice there could be no Hell. No soul that seriously and constantly desires joy will ever miss it. Those who seek find. Those who knock it is opened.”
God’s goodness is so much better than ours!His justice is so much higher than ours!And His love is so much deeper than ours!
Don’t get hung up that there’s only one way
Get excited that there is a way!
Get excited that God has revealed that way to you and His name is Jesus!
Jesus is the only way