Notes from a Sermon

Here are the notes I scribbled down from Pastor Jamie Ward's amazing sermon today. By now, you should probably know that if I post something all Jesus-y, I usually try to make it as honest and insightful as possible without the extra cheesy, corny, conventional undertones. So here are my notes...in stead of writing them in an organized fashion, I'm just copying down exactly what I wrote.

Defending the Gospel:
Galations 2:17: justified by faith in Christ, but we're still sinners, but don't sin to get grace
Temptations: (2)
1. to feel like we do a lot, that we've earned what God gives us
2. we've messed up so bad that we're out of God's reach
(my thoughts: but what if I'm in between? What about confidence issues?)

To rebuild what we destroy=breaking the law and hypocritical

***We muddle the gospel with moral code, but the gospel is Jesus and Jesus alone
-We are so passionate about our own things, but not the cross
MORAL CODE=10 Commandments, but we can't live perfectly by them, either

***When we hear rules/doctrine that we cannot prove from the Bible, we question the enforcers AND we question the Bible.
--when we're crucified in Christ, we're without our own independent "edge", we don't strive to be marketable or good enough

--How can we be so unforgiving when we've been treated with grace?
--We need to live like we've been crucified...we live as a crucified people

Baptism is pride-deflating: the act is being crucified in Christ

Galations 2:21- If righeousness comes from the law, then Christ died for nothing.
grace=unmerited favor. no one really deserves it.