Waiting for Dawn – Chapter 2 (There is Forgiveness)

Message Date: December 5, 2018
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Waiting for Dawn – An Advent Series

Pastor Jacob Sheriff

Chapter 2- “There is Forgiveness”

Psalm 130:1-8 (ESV)

Iniquity – crookedness, being bent which should be straight; humans inability to do good in his sight. Justice from God is often described as our iniquities being “visited upon us,” or reaping the consequences of our crooked decisions. Another response God has to the iniquities of humans is for him to carry them, for him to take responsibility for the consequences of our crooked decisions.

Psalms 32:5-7 (ESV)

Matthew 1:18-23 (ESV)

Sin, in a general sense, is moral failure. The inability to do good on our own.

He is coming to do something for us that we cannot do for ourselves. It’s not a do-better talk. We have needed rescuing from how messed up we are.
The help that I need has to come from outside of ourselves completely.

God is not an abstract concept. How do I know God exists? Jesus. God has not given up on the human project, but has bound himself to it to save it. How do I know God loves me and hasn’t given up on me? Jesus. His life and love.

1 John 4:8-10 (TPT)

Daniel 9:3-10, 15-19 (ESV)

Psalms 86:1-7, 11 (ESV)

Psalms 112:1-4 (ESV)

John 1:14 (ESV)

Communion Scripture
1 Peter 2:22-24 (ESV)