Point of Grace Worship 10.19.25 JESUS: THE INTEGRATING CENTER OF ALL THINGS
Welcoming Our Savior into the Broken Places of Our Lives
THE PROBLEM WE FACE
John 20:19-20
On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 20 After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.
WHY DOES JESUS WANT TO COME INTO OUR LOCKED ROOMS?
1 - BECAUSE OF WHO HE IS!
Colossians 1:15-17
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
2 Corinthians 4:7
We have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ He is a new creation; the old has gone, and the new has come!”
2 - BECAUSE OF WHY HE CAME!
Isaiah 61:1-3
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners…to comfort those who mourn, and provide for those who grieve in Zion—to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, and a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair. They will be called oaks of righteousness, a planting of the Lord, for the display of his splendor.
OUR RESPONSE:
To Invite Him Into the Fragmented Places of Our Heart and Life
Revelation 3:20
Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him and he with me.
John 20:20
And the disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord.
John 1:4-5
In him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.