TurningPoint Community Church
Part 3 - The Unexpected Community of Jesus
Locations & Times
TurningPoint Community Church
1039 22nd St NE, Auburn, WA 98002, USA
Sunday 10:00 AM
• Sinners are NOT repulsive to Jesus; sin IS.
• Forgiveness is the free gift of God’s grace in Jesus.
• The sense of having our sins forgiven is the foundation of our love for Christ!
• Great forgiveness produces much love.
• Only those who know their need for God’s forgiving mercy receive God’s forgiving mercy.
• The recognition of forgiveness is beautifully life-altering!
“Those who love Christ most are those who have received most benefit from Him.”
— Bishop J.C. Ryle
— Bishop J.C. Ryle
• The depth of our sacrifice is directly related to our grasp of Christ’s forgiveness.
• Repentance is to give up our own agenda and shift our trust onto Jesus.
• Love is the power behind our worshipful service!
• The secret of being holy ourselves is to know and
— Bishop J.C. Ryle
— Bishop J.C. Ryle
• YES—we need to know we are loved, but we also need to FEEL loved.
• God created us to KNOW His love, and to feel loved.
• Having an affair with the world is only a fleeting whirl with its false values.
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
1. Describe how, for the woman of Luke 7, the forgiveness of Jesus changed her life according to the text (Luke 7:36-50).
2. Why is forgiveness our greatest need?
3. Discuss what it feels like to FEEL loved by Jesus?
4. How do those we love FEEL loved by us?
NEXT STEP:
• I will read Romans 8 this week for assurance of the love of God.
1. Describe how, for the woman of Luke 7, the forgiveness of Jesus changed her life according to the text (Luke 7:36-50).
2. Why is forgiveness our greatest need?
3. Discuss what it feels like to FEEL loved by Jesus?
4. How do those we love FEEL loved by us?
NEXT STEP:
• I will read Romans 8 this week for assurance of the love of God.