God’s strategy in the war to end all warGod’s strategy in the war to end all war

God is LOVEGod is LOVE

Love gives Freedom allowsChoice involves

Love gives Freedom allowsChoice involves

For Wrong choices…Love cannot stop intrinsic consequences Love does not retaliateLove LOVES you through the consequences

For Wrong choices…Love cannot stop intrinsic consequences Love does not retaliateLove LOVES you through the consequences

FREEDOM CHOICE RISK

FREEDOM CHOICE RISK

God is LOVEGod is LOVE

Love gives Freedom allowsChoice involves

Love gives Freedom allowsChoice involves

With God: The Means justifies the End

With Satan: The End justifies the Means

With God: The Means justifies the End

With Satan: The End justifies the Means

FREEDOM CHOICE RISK

FREEDOM CHOICE RISK

PromiseAnd I will put enmity between you and the

woman,and between your seed and her seed;

He shall bruise your head,and you shall bruise his heel.

Tunics of SkinFirst DeathFirst Sacrifice

PromiseAnd I will put enmity between you and the

woman,and between your seed and her seed;

He shall bruise your head,and you shall bruise his heel.

Tunics of SkinFirst DeathFirst Sacrifice

God’s Response to SinGod’s Response to Sin

The Sacrifices revealThe Sacrifices reveal

1. Intrinsic consequences of sin

2. We cannot save ourselves

3. Lengths God will go to save us

1. Intrinsic consequences of sin

2. We cannot save ourselves

3. Lengths God will go to save us

Cain and AbelCain and Abel

Acts 17:30Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent.

Acts 17:30Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent.

James 4:17Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

James 4:17Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

Cain and AbelCain and Abel

Not the COST of the sacrifice

But the SPIRIT of the worshiper

And the TRUTH to the worshiper

Not the COST of the sacrifice

But the SPIRIT of the worshiper

And the TRUTH to the worshiper

AbrahamAbrahamGenesis 12:1-31 Now the LORD had said to Abram: “Get out of

your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you.

2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing.

3 I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

Genesis 12:1-31 Now the LORD had said to Abram: “Get out of

your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you.

2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing.

3 I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

AbrahamAbrahamGenesis 15:6

And he believed in the Lord, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

Genesis 15:6And he believed in the Lord, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.

AbrahamAbrahamHebrews 11:8-108 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go

out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.

9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; 10for he waited for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

Hebrews 11:8-108 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go

out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.

9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; 10for he waited for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

AbrahamAbrahamHebrews 11:11-1211 By faith Sarah herself also received strength to

conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.

12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude – innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.

Hebrews 11:11-1211 By faith Sarah herself also received strength to

conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.

12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude – innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.

Abraham and IsaacAbraham and IsaacGenesis 22:10-1210 And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the

knife to slay his son.11 But the Angel of the LORD called to him from heaven

and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” So he said, “Here I am.”

12 And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”

Genesis 22:10-1210 And Abraham stretched out his hand and took the

knife to slay his son.11 But the Angel of the LORD called to him from heaven

and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” So he said, “Here I am.”

12 And He said, “Do not lay your hand on the lad, or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.”

Abraham and IsaacAbraham and Isaac

John 10:15,1715 …I lay down my life for the sheep.17 …I lay down my life that I may take it up again.

John 10:15,1715 …I lay down my life for the sheep.17 …I lay down my life that I may take it up again.

In the Sacrifice – We see illustrated the…

Heart of God – Like a father losing his sonNot an angry vengeance

Heart of Jesus – A son trusting his fatherWillingly giving his life

In the Sacrifice – We see illustrated the…

Heart of God – Like a father losing his sonNot an angry vengeance

Heart of Jesus – A son trusting his fatherWillingly giving his life

Abraham and IsaacAbraham and IsaacIn the Sacrifice – We see illustrated the…

Heart of God – Like a father losing his sonNot an angry vengeance

Heart of Jesus – A son trusting his fatherWillingly giving his life

In the Sacrifice – We see illustrated the…

Heart of God – Like a father losing his sonNot an angry vengeance

Heart of Jesus – A son trusting his fatherWillingly giving his life

Philippians 2:7,87 [He] made Himself of no reputation…8 …He humbled Himself and became obedient to the

point of death, even the death of the cross.

Philippians 2:7,87 [He] made Himself of no reputation…8 …He humbled Himself and became obedient to the

point of death, even the death of the cross.

Hebrew SanctuaryHebrew Sanctuary

Most Holy Place

Holy Place

ArkIncense

AltarShewbread

Table

Lampstand

Laver

Altar of Sacrifice

North

CourtVeil

Priest

MessiahMessiah

John 1:1-14John 1:1-14 The WordHe WAS in the beginningHe was WITH GodHe WAS GodHe CREATED all things

The WordHe WAS in the beginningHe was WITH GodHe WAS GodHe CREATED all things

= Jesus Christ= Jesus Christ

= Jesus= Jesus = God= God

MessiahMessiah

Colossians 1:15-1715 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn

over all creation.16 For by Him all things were created that are in

heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.

17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

Colossians 1:15-1715 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn

over all creation.16 For by Him all things were created that are in

heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.

17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

= Jesus= Jesus = God= God

MessiahMessiah

2 Corinthians 5:18-1918 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to

Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,

19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself…

2 Corinthians 5:18-1918 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to

Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,

19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself…

= Jesus= Jesus = God= God

MessiahMessiah

1 Peter 2:24…who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree… by whose stripes you were healed.

Isaiah 53:6…and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

2 Corinthians 5:21For He (God) made Him (Jesus) who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

1 Peter 2:24…who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree… by whose stripes you were healed.

Isaiah 53:6…and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

2 Corinthians 5:21For He (God) made Him (Jesus) who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

= Jesus= Jesus = God= God

MessiahMessiahMark 14:33-34 – 33And He took Peter, James, and John with Him, and He began to be troubled and deeply distressed. 34Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch.

Mark 14:33-34 – 33And He took Peter, James, and John with Him, and He began to be troubled and deeply distressed. 34Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch.

= Jesus= Jesus = God= God

Matthew 26:39 – He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed...Matthew 26:39 – He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed...

Luke 22:43-44 – 43Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him. 44And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

Luke 22:43-44 – 43Then an angel appeared to Him from heaven, strengthening Him. 44And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

Saved ALL – But not all SavedSaved ALL – But not all Saved

1 John 1:9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

God is SovereignGod is LoveGod is SovereignGod is Love

The Mystery of Sovereign LoveThe Mystery of Sovereign Love

Saved ALL – But not all SavedSaved ALL – But not all Saved

Philippians 2:5-85 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ

Jesus, 6who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.

8 And being found in the appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.

Philippians 2:5-85 Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ

Jesus, 6who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, 7but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.

8 And being found in the appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.

The Mystery of Sovereign LoveThe Mystery of Sovereign Love

Is Love alone strong enough to conquer evil?Is Love alone strong enough to conquer evil?

Tomorrow – 7:00 pmTomorrow – 7:00 pm