Easter 2019
Written In The Dirt
April 20 & 21, 2019
Jesus Cleaned Us Before We Were Dirty
Ephesians 1:4 Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. New Living Translation
Jesus Made Us From Dirt
Genesis 2:7 God formed Man out of dirt from the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life.The Man came alive—a living soul! The Message
Jesus Healed A Man With Dirt
John 9:1 Walking down the street, Jesus saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked, “Rabbi, who sinned: this man or his parents, causing him to be born blind?” The Message
John 9:3 Jesus said, “You’re asking the wrong question. You’re looking for someone to blame. There is no such cause-effect here. The Message
John 9:4 Look instead for what God can do. We need to be energetically at work for the One who sent me here, working while the sun shines. When night falls, the workday is over. The Message
John 9:6 He said this and then spit in the dust, made a clay paste with the saliva, rubbed the paste on the blind man’s eyes, and said,
John 9:7 “Go, wash at the Pool of Siloam” (Siloam means “Sent”). The man went and washed – and saw. The Message
Jesus Made A Point In The Dirt
A Religious attitude says: "I messed up…Dad is gonna kill me.”
A Relational attitude says: "I messed up…Better call Dad!"
John 8:1 Jesus went across to Mount Olives, 2 but he was soon back in the Temple again. Swarms of people came to him. He sat down and taught them. The Message
John 8:3 The religion scholars and Pharisees led in a woman who had been caught in an act of adultery. They stood her in plain sight of everyone and said, The Message
John 8:4 “Teacher, this woman was caught red-handed in the act of adultery. 5 Moses, in the Law, gives orders to stone such persons. What do you say?” The Message
John 8:6 They were trying to trap him into saying something incriminating so they could bring charges against him. Jesus bent down and wrote with his finger in the dirt. The Message
John 8:7 They kept at him, badgering him. He straightened up and said, “The sinless one among you, go first: Throw the stone.” 8 Bending down again, he wrote some more in the dirt. The Message
Isaiah 64:6 We are all infected and impure with sin. When we display our righteous deeds, they are nothing but filthy rags. New Living Translation
John 8:9 Hearing that, they walked away, one after another, beginning with the oldest.The woman was left alone. 10 Jesus stood up and spoke to her. “Woman, where are they? Does no one condemn you?” The Message
John 8:11 “No one, Master.” “Neither do I,” said Jesus. “Go on your way. From now on, don’t sin.” The Message
Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I shaped you in the womb, I knew all about you. Before you saw the light of day, I had holy plans for you...” The Message
“Under the new covenant, the holiest people often have the dirtiest hands.” – Andy Stanley