Message: “Scandalous Mercy – Part 1” from Kevin Dibbley

This Sunday, we saw that Jesus is calling us to go on the front lines of gospel mission, which surprisingly is different than many of our evangelical cultural ideas about sharing our faith. We often think that the time when the gospel will make its greatest advances is when Christians have somehow earned cultural capital and acceptance and approval. Of course, Jesus never got that in his lifetime. Neither did his disciples! In this sermon called "Scandalous Mercy," we look at the call of Christ to love our enemies and to forgive extravagantly. Hostility to our faith and our testimony is not a dead end for evangelism, not when Jesus is King. Hostility is the front line of gospel ministry because the battle is for the hardest object in the universe: the human heart. And it is fought with the most powerful weapon in the universe: the love of God in Christ. Come, and let’s help each other find the comfort from the uncomfortable truth of Christ!

Scripture References: Luke 6:27-42

Related Topics: Forgive/Forgiven/Forgiveness, Gospel Friendships, Healing, Heart of God, Holiness, Humility, Love, Mercy |

From Series: "Glorious Disruption: A Study in the Gospel of Luke"