A New Beginning
The Rescue!
God doesn’t call the qualified, He qualifies the called.
Genesis 1:1&2
1In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2Now the earth
was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the
Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
When Chaos is all around and you have no direction and can not see where
to go remember this story.
Two Horses ~ Author Unknown
Just up the road from my home is a field, with two horses in it.
>From a distance, each looks like every other horse. But if you stop your
car, or are walking by, you will notice something quite amazing.
Looking into the eyes of one horse will disclose that he is blind.
His owner has chosen not to have him put down, but has made a good home
for him.
This alone is amazing.
If nearby and listening, you will hear the sound of a bell. Looking around
for the source of the sound, you will see that it comes from the smaller
horse in the field.
Attached to her halter is a small bell. It lets her blind friend know
where she is, so he can follow her.
As you stand and watch these two friends, you’ll see how she is always
checking on him, and that he will listen for her bell and then slowly walk
to where she is, trusting that she will not lead him astray. When she
returns to the shelter of the barn each evening, she stops occasionally
and looks back, making sure her friend isn’t too far behind to hear the
bell.
Like the owner of these two horses, God does not throw us away just
because we are not perfect or because we have problems or challenges. He
watches over us and even brings others into our lives to help us when we
are in need.
Sometimes we are the blind horse being guided by the little ringing bell
of those who God places in our lives. Other times we are the guide horse,
helping others see. Good friends are like this You don’t always see them,
but you know they are always there.
Please listen for my bell and I’ll listen for yours.
Have you ever wondered what God has saved us from, beside the chaos of our
lives with out Him? Or what He really wants from us? Or what He rescued us
for?
Colossians 1:10-14
10And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord
and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing
in the knowledge of God, 11being strengthened with all power according to
his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and
joyfully 12giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in
the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light. 13For he has
rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom
of the Son he loves, 14in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of
sins.
1. What did God rescue us from?
A. God saves us from our sins.
1. God has saved us from our selves. Vs 12
2. Our actions, choices.
3. A life with out hope, joy, power, endurance, worth. Vs 10,11,13
B. God saved us from hell, dominion of darkness. Vs 12
1. A life with out God in it forever, eternity.
2. A life lost without direction or purpose.
Colossians 1:3-6
3We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray
for you, 4because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the
love you have for all the saints-5the faith and love that spring from the
hope that is stored up for you in heaven and that you have already heard
about in the word of truth, the gospel 6that has come to you. All over the
world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing
among you since the day you heard it and understood God’s grace in all its
truth.
2. What did God rescue us for?
A. A Life of Faith Vs 4
B. A Life of Love Vs 5
C. A Life of Truth Vs 5
D. A Life of Hope VS 5
E. A life of Expectation of Heaven. Vs 5
F. A Life of Spiritual Growth, Vs 6
G. A life of action. VS 6
Ephesians 1:3-12
3Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed
us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4For he
chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless
in his sight. In love 5he predestined us to be adopted as his sons through
Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will-6to the praise of
his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves. 7In
him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in
accordance with the riches of God’s grace 8that he lavished on us with all
wisdom and understanding. 9And he made known to us the mystery of his will
according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, 10to be put
into effect when the times will have reached their fulfillment-to bring
all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.
11In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the
plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his
will, 12in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be
for the praise of his glory
3.What does God expect of us, from His rescue?
A. To be a blessing in Christ. VS 3
B. To be blameless in His sight. Vs 4
C. To be to be adopted, His Child. Vs 5
D. To be free from our sin. VS 7
E. To be accepting of His love for us. VS 5
F. To be wise. VS 9
G. To be for His praise and glory. VS 12
Wow what a life God has in store for us if only we accept it and live it
to the full.
Romans 5:5-11
5And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into
our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
6 You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ
died for the ungodly. 7Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous man,
though for a good man someone might possibly dare to die. 8But God
demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners,
Christ died for us.
9Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be
saved from God’s wrath through him! 10For if, when we were God’s enemies,
we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more,
having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! 11Not only is
this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through
whom we have now received reconciliation.
The real reason God rescued us is because He loves us nothing more nothing
less. ALL WE NEED TO DO IS ACCEPT IT AND ACT ON IT.
