Pastor Tony Ashmore begins a new series entitled "Out Of This World" in this Sunday service.
Out Of This World PT1
Pastor Tony Ashmore
Sunday, April 9, 2010
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Sermon Notes:
It took a “Visitor From Another Planet” to save us. Jesus, our Superman, came here from another planet to do what we could not. He became humanity, mild-mannered Jesus of Nazareth, occasionally revealing His supernatural persona, Mount of Transfiguration, and accomplished His mission.
His first mission once He announced His ministry was the same thing aliens always do—“Take me to your leader.” He confronted the leader of this world’s systems—satan—in the wilderness and beat him as mild-mannered Jesus, son of man. He did it without His cape so we can know we have authority over our enemy.
He is out of this world and what He does is not of this world. The promises He gives us are out of this world. Don’t let familiarity and deception dull our senses to the “alien nature” of our King. Everything He does is out of this world. Don’t try to fit it into our senses and ability—it is beyond anything we can imagine. Don’t limit His out of this world nature to a historical event—let Him invade your world today.
So many of us know Jesus as Savior, embracing His cross and resurrection for us, celebrating that He died for us, but too few of us embrace His living for us and in us. We too are aliens here and the God kind of life He has for us cannot be found in trying to fit His life into this world—it is an out of this world life that cannot be contained by the parameters of this world’s systems. Break out and find life!
Romans 5:6-11 “When we were utterly helpless, Christ came at just the right time and died for us sinners. 7 Now, most people would not be willing to die for an upright person, though someone might perhaps be willing to die for a person who is especially good. 8 But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. 9 And since we have been made right in God’s sight by the blood of Christ, he will certainly save us from God’s condemnation. 10 For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son. 11 So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God.”
John 8:23 “Jesus continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You belong to this world; I do not.”
Colossians 2:20 “You have died with Christ, and he has set you free from the spiritual powers of this world. So why do you keep on following the rules of the world”
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