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Recap. When you hear the very Christian-y sounding word “Justification” what do you think of?. Madonna? (probably not).

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  1. Recap

  2. When you hear the very Christian-y sounding word “Justification” what do you think of?

  3. Madonna? (probably not)

  4. I'm open and ready/For you to justify my love/To justify my love/Wanting, to justify/Waiting, to justify my love/Praying, to justify/To justify my love/I'm open, to justify my love...

  5. What does it mean?

  6. To prove? To validate? To declare not guilty?

  7. In the Scripture “justification” = “righteousness”

  8. and both mean: “restorative justice”

  9. Apollo 13

  10. What if they’re hadn’t been any duct tape?What if there was a lack of commitment & creativity?

  11. We have the greatest message in the world, but in our pursuit of religion over relationship, we have lost our center & are adrift.

  12. Q: So how does this relate to “justification?”A: If you don’t have the “first things” right, you mess up the “second things.”

  13. The VISION of FIRST CHURCH:

  14. “To Reflect & Reveal the Unselfish Love of Christ.”

  15. Sounds good. Looks good on the letterhead. At least we have one.

  16. Sounds good. Looks good on the letterhead. At least we have one.

  17. But what does it mean?

  18. Here it is:First you Know Jesus and then you Show Jesus

  19. Romans 3:21-2621. But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22. This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe.

  20. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.

  21. God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished-

  22. 26 he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.

  23. This is the language of the slave market.

  24. A slave is bought and then set free

  25. What would you say to a slave that was set free and who used his newfound freedom to go to work in the slave trade?

  26. My story: What I would tell the man who saved my sight.

  27. The Landlord - A Parable

  28. KNOWING and SHOWING

  29. The direct result of “restorative justice”

  30. Here’s something to consider...

  31. “Good doctrine is of no value if it is tucked away in a dusty library.”Chris Seay

  32. Knowing the facts is not the same as Knowing Jesus. When you Know, you have to Show.

  33. Think about this...

  34. TENS OF THOUSANDS of people in our community live without hope, and without any knowledge of how Jesus could change that.

  35. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of people in our country are below the poverty line and are hungry.

  36. MILLIONS of people in our world will die this year because of a lack of clean water or because of disease. \

  37. Know. Show.

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