You don’t always get what you want…John 1:1-13

John 1:1-13In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

John 1:1-13This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.

John 1:1-13But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

What did Christ pay for…Christ paid the price for our sins

For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

John 3:16

What did Christ pay for…Christ paid the price for our sins

And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. Romans 6:18

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace

Ephesians 1:7

What did Christ pay for…Christ paid the price for our sins

Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. Romans 5:9

What did Christ pay for…Christ built and bought His church with His own blood.

Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. Acts 20:28

What did Christ pay for…Christ built and bought His church with His own blood.

but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head — Christ — from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. Ephesians 4:15-16

What faithful followers look like in the Bible.The Hall of Faith

But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them. Hebrews 11:16

What faithful followers look like in the Bible.The Hall of Faith

Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented — of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth. Hebrews 11:36-38

What we see todayPeople who sometimes do not act like true followers of God.

Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Philippians 2:3

What we see todayPeople who sometimes do not act like true followers of God.

These people draw near to Me with their mouth, And honor Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me.

Matthew 15:8

What we see todayPeople who sometimes do not act like true followers of God.

Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

Galatians 6:7

What we see todayPeople who sometimes do not act like true followers of God.

"Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, 'In what way have we robbed You? 'In tithes and offerings

Malachi 3:8

What about you?Are you living up to the price that Christ paid for us and for the church?