To Purity From Defilement - Message Notes Aug 30 09

Bridge Church, Sunday, August 30, 2009

To & Fr om:

Makin g the Co nn ec tio ns P rovi de d by t he Cr oss

Th e Effects of D efi le me nt :  SHAME & ISOLATION Genesis 3:6-10

1 Corinthians 6:9-11, Titus 3:5, 1 John 1:6-9  INSECURITY & FEELINGS OF REJECTION Acts

Why a Bridge?

8:26-31, Isaiah 53

1 Peter 3:18 (ESV) - “For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God…”

TO PURIT Y FROM DEFILEMENT

What Ma kes us U nc le an?  OUR HEART CONDITION Mark 7:21-23; Isaiah 59:3;

Ho w Do W e Cl ean Ho use? 1) PUT YOUR HOPE IN JESUS FOR TRUE TRANSFORMATION 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, Titus 3:5

James 3:6

 Acts of VIOLENCE & IDOLATRY Ezekiel 22:4

2) STEP INTO THE LIGHT THROUGH CONFESSION 1 John 1:6-9; James 5:16

 SEXUAL SIN 1 Corinthians 6:18; Hebrews 13:4

Where am I?  PAIN from the SINS OF OTHERS Hebrews 12:15

 Am I weighed down by sins effects on me and my family?  Where is my hope of getting clean & free? Am I ready to put my hope in Jesus?  Who do I have in my life that is helping me walk in the light?