Sermon Outlines - I am Pleased with You! 1-10-10

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Posted by: Pastor Van Buskirk	1/16/2010 6:56 AM
Luke 3:21-22 am Pleased with You! More than half of sons today have had poor relationships with their fathers. Half do not live with their biological fathers through age 18. Even more do not feel affirmed by their fathers as men and as sons. It is one of the tragedies of our age and a major factor in crime, family breakup, homosexuality, depression and suicide. God shows us the perfect example of a father and a son. Luke 3:21-22 (ESV) says, “Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heavens were opened, and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven [the Father said], ‘You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.’" We can learn much from the relationship between the Father and the Son. The Father loves the Son. He is pleased with the Son and says so. The Son prepares for the mission to save sinners. There is affirmation, the anointing of the Holy Spirit upon the Son. There is communication and oneness through prayer. We lack God’s perfection, but we do have access to His grace. If your father is still living, work in the power of the Holy Spirit to reconcile, to forgive him and to seek forgiveness for yourself. If your father is deceased, go to your Father in heaven and pray for reconciliation and peace in your heart in Jesus’ name. If you have been a disobedient child (and who wasn’t been?), ask for forgiveness. If you are a father, seek Biblical advice on raising your family and show your children the right pathway to walk and give them love and affirmation. The love of the Father and the obedience of the Son have opened the doors to love, grace, forgiveness, peace and reconciliation for you. Receive the gracious gift of forgiveness and righteousness through faith in Jesus Christ by the blood of His cross. Hear the words of the Father for you right now, “With you I am well pleased!” Amen. Pastor Raymond Van Buskirk, Redeemer Lutheran Church, Baytown, TX www.rlcbaytown.org
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