(Jesus didn’t condone; Jesus didn’t condemn; Jesus did call for a change – after they met)
Who God Saves (Isa. 59:1-2) & Who God Uses (All that He saves)
I. Those Saved have more in Common than we have Differences – John 8:12
1. “I am the light of the world” – More than a Man statement
I AM – “The bread of life” John 6; “The door of the sheep” John 10; “The resurrection and the life” John 11; “The good shepherd” John 10; “The way, the truth, and the life” John 14; “The true vine” John 15
2. “Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life”
a. JA speaking of JB - John 1:6-8
b. Jesus at the SOM – Matthew 5:14-16
c. Paul to King Agrippa/Bernice and Gov. Festus – Acts 26:12-18
d. Paul to Church at Colossae – Colossians 1:13-14
e. Paul to Church at Ephesus – Ephesians 5:1-14
f. JA in his epistle – I John 1:5-2:1
3. The Gospel is the medicine but we are the syringe -