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- Pastor Name: Jonathan & Amy Cornell
- Date & Time: March 13, 2016 | 10:00am
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SERMON SERIES:
Jesus is Greater Than, Therefore
[Intro story – the father would sacrifice everything – even his own life, to get his boy back.]
And, in essence, that’s what God has done for us. To be a parent is to sacrifice for your children. And so it is with our Heavenly Father.
There is nothing that touches the heart of our humanity more deeply than this notion of sacrifice. When you witness love that is so strong that it is willing to risk it all, even life itself, you see the curtains drawn back ever so slightly to reveal the character of God.
This week as I was in the car, I was thinking about this idea of sacrifice, so I asked Siri: What’s the definition of sacrifice? The act of giving up something of value for the sake of something else regarded as more important or worthy. God regards you and me as being his most prized possessions, even though we turn away. But even God, in his relationship to us, had to exchange something of value, for something of even greater worth to God.
Throughout Lent, we’ve been in the book of Hebrews. We now come to the heart of our faith. Thus far, Jesus has been described as greater than many things, but the center of his greatness rests in his ultimate offering, the greatest sacrifice of all: Jesus offers himself. Jesus saves us by his blood.
We don’t like to talk about blood in our modern culture. Blood makes our stomachs churn, blood can infect, blood stains; but what is equally true of blood is that blood heals, blood is the very stuff of life.
Download the entire transcript: Hebrews 9 11-15 Jesus is Greater than Sacrifices
