A. Have you ever been stuck in the dark?
a. Ever been lost somewhere at night?
b. Ever been at home at night when the power went
out?
c. In the house all alone during a bad storm?
d. Do you remember what it felt like to be all
alone in the dark, without any light – that’s a
taste of our life without God
e. One time while doing training at Fort Riley, I
got out of my vehicle. There was no moon light
and it was very cloudy. I figured I could find
the remainder of my vehicles because I could hear
them running. I started walking towards the next
vehicle when all four of my vehicles shut off. I
still figured that I could find it because all I
had to do was walk toward where the sound had been
coming from. Well, I missed it and spent the next
couple of hours walking around trying to find any
of my vehicles. I was preparing myself to sleep
on the ground that night. I was scared.
B. Our love for God is imperfect
a. It is fleeting – we call upon Him when we need
help and forget Him soon after we are rescued
b. We are focused on the external – we like to
keep up appearances, make our weekly entrances at
church, look pious in our Sunday best but God
knows that we drift during the sermon, we don’t
put our hearts into the prayers and only sing the
hymns we like
C. God’s love for us is sure
a. His love does not fail
b. It is as sure as the sunrise – it will always
be there
c. He demonstrated that love through the Son –
NOT SUN BUT SON
D. The Son came as surely as the sunrise
a. His coming was prophesied in the Garden of
Eden (Genesis 3), Moses, the prophets
b. When He came He was born, suffered, died and
was raised to life
c. We too are raised to new life through our
baptism
E. We are loved therefore we love
a. God has given us a new heart to love Him
b. We thank Him for the wonderful gift of
salvation He has give
