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At Grace Family we focus our worship on Sunday to impact our lives every other day of the week as well. We also believe no one is perfect but everyone is welcome to worship God with us. So, no matter where you're from, what you've done, or what your week has been like, let's worship God and learn from His word together today.

We exist to establish every person on the foundation of Jesus.

At some point everyone is evaluated on what they bring to the table.

The Gospel of Jesus is what sets him apart from every other person.

We can't live the Gospel or share the Gospel if we don't know the Gospel.

John 3:1-2

"There was a man named Nicodemus, a Jewish religious leader who was a Pharisee. 2 After dark one evening, he came to speak with Jesus. “Rabbi,” he said, “we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are evidence that God is with you.”

God being with Jesus is very different than Jesus being God.

John 3:3-5

"3 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again,[a] you cannot see the Kingdom of God.”

4 “What do you mean?” exclaimed Nicodemus. “How can an old man go back into his mother’s womb and be born again?”

5 Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit."

Being physically born gives life in the world.

Being spiritually born gives life in the Kingdom.

Both should be obvious.

John 3:6-8

"6 Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.[a] 7 So don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You[b] must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows wherever it wants. Just as you can hear the wind but can’t tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit.”

We don't know how/why/when he is working...but we can see his impact.

John 3:9-15

"9 “How are these things possible?” Nicodemus asked.10 Jesus replied, “You are a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don’t understand these things? 11 I assure you, we tell you what we know and have seen, and yet you won’t believe our testimony. 12 But if you don’t believe me when I tell you about earthly things, how can you possibly believe if I tell you about heavenly things? 13 No one has ever gone to heaven and returned. But the Son of Man[a] has come down from heaven. 14 And as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life."

Belief in Jesus gives us eternal life.

No more, no less.

Belief that Jesus is God.

Belief that his teaching is truth.

Belief that he died in our place and for our sins.

Belief that he is the resurrection and the life.

John 3:16-17

"16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave[a] his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him."

The reason Jesus came was to save you.

John 3:18-19

"18 “There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son. 19 And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil."

If you believe in Jesus there is no judgment for you.

If you love the darkness more than the light there is judgment for you.

John 3:20-21

"20 All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. 21 But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants."

"I'm happier without Jesus."

"I couldn't handle being told I was a sinner every Sunday."

"I don't need Jesus to be a good person."

Ultimately every person who refuses Jesus only does so because they want to embrace their (sinful) nature. 

1 Corinthians 5:15

How can I be sure I am saved?

Who are you living for?

Are my relationships with people impacted by the Gospel?

If I had the opportunity, could I help someone understand how to follow Jesus?

Who is my One?

How can I move them one step closer to Jesus?

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