VIDEO BUMPER • PRAY • ACTS 17:26-27 Bonus Lesson ISAIAH 65:1 • GOD IS BEYOND US, BUT HE HAS REVEALED HIMSELF Our only hope of knowing God is in knowing his WORD . What We Have Learned So Far... ❖ God wants to be found. ❖ HOLY: God is Holy, completely different from everything else. ❖ TRINITY: God exists as one essence sustaining three co-eternal persons. ❖ ALMIGHTY: God can do anything he wants, and he chooses to give life. ❖ TRUSTWORTHY: God is the unchanging source of all good. ❖ RIGHTEOUS: God always does the most right thing. ❖ LOVING: God is the personal example of true love. The Last Word: Redemption SO WHAT SHOULD GOD DO? JUDGE? BUT THEN WHAT? • DESTRUCTION CAN'T BE THE LAST WORD Luke 21:25-28 CRAZY TIMES ARE COMING • JESUS IS RETURNING IN POWER AND GLORY • REDEMPTION! ILL: CALIFORNIA REDEMPTION VALUE • IT'S TRASH, THEY PAY FOR IT, THEY REMAKE IT! Understanding Redemption TWO FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS Exodus 6:6 WHEN A KINSMAN STEPS IN TO RESTORE/RESCUE FROM DESTITUTION Exodus 13:11-13 WHEN A PRICE IS PAID TO RECLAIM SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE DESTROYED. Redemption carries the meaning of preventing DESTRUCTION and providing RESTORATION COST JESUS EXPECTED HIS FOLLOWERS TO KNOW ABOUT IT ALREADY. Redemption Promised Isaiah 44:6-7, 22 Isaiah 60:19-21 Isaiah 65:17 ISAIAH IS NOT THE ONLY PROPHET. . . MANY CALLED IT THE DAY OF THE LORD. 2 Peter 3:10-13 REDEMPTION: THE LAST CHARACTERISTIC OF GOD HE TAKES BACK THE OLD AND BROKEN TO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE SOMETHING NEW. Understanding Brokenness FUNERAL • KIDOPOLIS TABLETS • JOLLY RANCHER AND GUITAR Romans 8:19-23 Everything is BROKEN, but God is the REDEEMER . God, the Redeemer Ephesians 2:1-22 REDEMPTION HAS BEGUN HERE! Colossians 1:13-23 REDEMPTION INCLUDES ALL CREATION Revelation 21:1-7 THE DAY OF NEW THINGS IS COMING! Take it Home THE HOLY, TRIUNE, ALMIGHTY, TRUSTWORTHY, RIGHTEOUS, LOVING GOD IS THE REDEEMER OF THE WORLD. God will destroy what's BROKEN : he will spare those FAITHFUL to his Son and he will make ALL THINGS NEW . * Live with SORROW for what's broken. ♦ Live with COMMITMENT to the Son. ♦ Live with FAITH in what He's doing now * Live with HOPE for the Redemption to come.