Green Bay XA - 3 Circles Gospel

God's Design

There is a God. He is eternal. He has no beginning and no end.
He created all things, the galaxies, the stars, the planets, all living things.
He created humans in His image which means we are set apart from all other created things.
He created us for 3 reasons:
- To have a relationship with Him
- To have relationships with others in community
- To take care of this earth.
And what God had designed was PERFECT.
When God created humanity, He only asked that to be in relationship with Him, that we trust Him with our lives, that we worship and walk with Him.

Rebellion

Humanity rejected God’s design and rebelled against Him.
We all in our own way show God we want to decide for ourselves what is right.
- We wanted autonomy from Him. We destroyed our relationship with the God who created us.
We violated God’s trust and destroyed our relationship with Him.
We all have expectations in relationships, and God does as well. The problem is that God requires absolute PERFECTION, and we can’t achieve it.
We have all done things that are outside of God’s Design; which is why we are separated from Him.

Brokenness

This led us to where we are now, a place of brokenness.
When we walked away from God, it brought shame and guilt upon all of us, and we can’t escape it.
- It’s a spiritual death that we can’t see but we feel the effects of it.
We know there’s something missing in our lives; there’s got to be more than this.
- We experience suffering, loss, and grief.

Attempts to Restore

We try to fix our brokenness with so many things in life.
- Relationships, Careers, Substance Abuse, and many other things to escape the brokenness we feel
- We even try religious practices! If we just do enough good things, we can fix what was broken.
But we still feel guilt, shame, broken.

The Gospel

In today’s words, “Good News.”
God knew we could never achieve the perfection required of us to restore the broken relationship with Him
- So, He sent His son, JESUS, to live among us.
He lived by God’s Design perfectly.
- He taught us to love one another and to even love our enemies.
- He healed many people and did many other amazing things.
- He did nothing wrong and yet religious people hated Him so much that they had Him killed by crucifixion.
Jesus came to rescue us – to do for us what we could not do for ourselves. He took all that we had done wrong and our shame to the cross, paying the penalty that should have been ours by His death.
Jesus was then raised from the dead three days later, proving that He is the Son of God – and to provide the only way for us to have the relationship with God restored.

Repent & Believe

We must admit that we have done things that broke our relationship with Him and stop trusting in ourselves.
- We don’t have the power to escape this brokenness on our own. We need to be rescued.
We must ask God to forgive us – to repent, which means to change our minds, to go in another direction. We must turn to and trust in Jesus.
- Trust that He is who He said He is, the Son of God
- Believe that He died for us and rose from the grave.

Restore & Pursue

When God restores our relationship to Him, we begin to discover meaning and purpose in a broken world.
- Now we can pursue God’s Design in all areas of our lives.
Even when we fail, we understand God’s pathway to be restored – this same Good News of Jesus.
God’s Spirit empowers us to live our lives according to His Design and assures us of His presence in this life and for all eternity.
When you look at the 3 circles diagram, where do you see yourself right now?
Now that you have heard this Good News, God wants you to respond to Him.
- Is there anything that would keep you from repenting and believing the Gospel right now?
Would you like to invite Him into your life? You can talk to Him using words like these:
- Jesus, my life is broken – I recognize it’s because of the things I have done wrong in my life. I need You.
- I believe You came to live and die for me, and that You were raised from the dead – to rescue me.
- Forgive me. I turn from my selfish ways and put my trust in You.
- I know that you are Lord of all, and I will follow You.

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