The Price of Love

Matthew 28:1-10 

AN OFFENSIVE TRUTH

The Price of Love

Pastor Mark Johnson

March 23, 2008

 

Matthew 16:24

 

What do you really desire?

What do you really want from life?

What do you think would make your life complete, satisfied, and happy?

 

Here is something many people don’t understand about Jesus’ work on the Cross:

- The Cross paves the way for you to have the Life of God in you.

- Jesus wants your life to be complete, satisfied, meaningful, and joyful.

 

John 10:10, James 1:17, John 14:2-3

 

God is not the ultimate dictator: He is the ultimate loving Father.

 

There is a problem: We are damaged goods.

 

Do you ever feel like something is missing? That’s because there is.

 

What we want to have, we have no way of finding on our own.

 

1 Corinthians 15:57

 

God has offered us a Divine re-do opportunity. He sent His Son to open the door to a reconnected life with God’s presence.

 

Our desires can only be met as we go through the Cross.

 

But from the second century on, the Christian symbol has been the Cross. (Matthew 16:24)

 

To the person who says, “Yes”, to the Cross, he discovers the resurrection power that follows.

 

There is NO resurrection power until we are reborn by the crucifixion power.