WE BELIEVEWHAT REALLY MATTERS TO US AND WHY

Fall 2016 Sermon Series | EvergreenLA

“GOD LOVES LIFE”WE BELIEVE

“GOD MAY BE THE ONLY CHILD LEFT IN THE UNIVERSE, AND ALL THE REST OF US HAVE LOST OUR CAPACITY FOR JOY AND WONDER, BECAUSE OF SIN.”

Lord G.K. Chesterton

WE BELIEVE: GOD LOVES LIFE

“DO IT AGAIN!”“DO IT AGAIN!”“DO IT AGAIN!”“DO IT AGAIN!”

How did God make daisies?

“…GOD IS LOVE.”1JOHN 4:8B

WE BELIEVE: GOD LOVES LIFE

“IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD, AND THE WORD WAS GOD. HE WAS WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING. THROUGH HIM ALL THINGS WERE MADE. IN

HIM WAS LIFE, AND THAT LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF ALL HUMANKIND.”

JOHN 1:1-4

GOD CREATED LIFE BECAUSE THIS IS

WHAT LOVE ALWAYS CHOOSES TO DO.

God loves life.

“I HAVE LOVED YOU WITH AN EVERLASTING LOVE; I HAVE DRAWN YOU WITH UNFAILING

KINDNESS.”

JEREMIAH 31:3

“THIS IS HOW WE KNOW WHAT LOVE IS: JESUS

CHRIST LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR US.”

1 JOHN 3:16

GOD CREATED LIFE BECAUSE THIS IS

WHAT LOVE ALWAYS CHOOSES TO DO.

God loves life. God loves us. God forgives us.

“FOR WE ARE GOD’S HANDIWORK, CREATED IN

CHRIST JESUS TO DO GOOD WORKS, WHICH

GOD PREPARED IN ADVANCE FOR US TO DO.”

EPHESIANS 2:10

God gives us purpose.

WE BELIEVE: GOD LOVES LIFE

GOD LOVES

US.

GOD FORGIVES

US.

GOD GIVES US

PURPOSE.

WE BELIEVE: GOD LOVES LIFE

“LISTEN, I TELL YOU A MYSTERY: WE WILL NOT ALL SLEEP, BUT WE WILL ALL BE CHANGED—IN A

FLASH, IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE, AT THE LAST TRUMPET. FOR THE TRUMPET WILL SOUND, THE DEAD WILL BE RAISED IMPERISHABLE, AND WE

WILL BE CHANGED.” 1CORINTHIANS 15:51-52

GOD LOVES LIFE.

God promises us immortality after we die.

REMEMBER THE FOUR-CHAPTER GOSPEL?

WE BELIEVE: GOD LOVES LIFE

GOD FORGIVES

US.

GOD GIVES US PURPOSE.

GOD GIVES US ETERNAL LIFE.

GOD LOVES

US.

GOD LOVES LIFE.

CREATION FALL REDEMPTION REVOLUTION RESURRECTIONDEATH

1 2 3 4

“DO YOU BELIEVE THIS?”

JOHN 11:25-26 “I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE. THE ONE WHO BELIEVES IN ME WILL LIVE EVEN THOUGH THEY DIE; AND WHOEVER LIVES BY BELIEVING IN ME WILL NEVER DIE.”

GOD LOVES LIFEWE BELIEVE THAT

GOD LOVES EVERY LIFEWE BELIEVE THAT

GOD LOVES YOU & MEWE BELIEVE THAT

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