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Christ's
love.
Reach out and
experience the breadth!
Test its length!
Plumb the depths!
Rise to the heights!
Live full lives,
full in the fullness of God.
Ephesians
3:18-19
Message Bible
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How
big is love?
How big is your
kingdom?
Where is your
CASTLE--
the place where you feel most at home and comfortable?
Where is your
SWAMP--
a place you consider muddy and
difficult to maneuver?
Where is your
COLISEUM--a place where
you go for entertainment
Where is your
SECRET HIDING PLACE--
a place where you escape?
Where is the
THREAT to your kingdom--
a place representing any threat to you?
Where is your
CATHEDRAL--
a place where you go to focus on God?
Our
Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us our daily bread.
Forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.
Matthew
6:9-13
NIV
Jesus didn't
preach many sermons,
that wasn't his style.
He told a lot of stories.
We call them parables.
"Why do
you speak in parables?" , the disciples asked.
"They
hold the secrets of the kingdom"
Matthew
13:11
NIV
Here is the
story of King Arthur
and his
Knights of the Round Table
The emblem of
the Knights of the Round Table.
The cross in
the emblem was to remind them that they were to live pure and stainless
lives,
to stive
after perfection and thus attain the Holy Grail.
The Red Dragon of King Arthur represented their allegiance to the
King.
The Round Table was illustrative of the Eternity of God,
the equality, unity, and comradeship of the Order,
and singleness of purpose of all the Knights.
Don't
let it be forgot,
That once there was a spot,
For one brief, shining moment that was known as
Camelot
Learn
the art of the bow and arrow
At
Camelot, Arthur established a brilliant court
and seated the greatest and most chivalrous warriors in Europe,
the Knights of the Round Table.
Learn
the art of the jousting
Seek
after wonders
Do
not to take up battles in wrongful quarrels
for love or worldly goods
Learn
the art of the catapult
Defend
the rights of the weak with all one's strength
The
Kingdom is threatened when
Sir Lancelot has an adulterous relationship
with Queen Guenevere.
Caught
in a clandestine encounter,
Sir Lancelot escapes.
Queen Guenevere is not so fortunate.
On a day, dark and drear,
Came to trial Guenevere.
Ruled the jury for her shame
She be sentenced to the flame.
Would
the King let her die?
Would the King let her die?
There was wonder far and near:
Would the King burn Guenevere?
Arthur!
What a magnificent dilemma!
Let her die, your life is over;
Let her live, your life's a fraud.
Which will it be Arthur?
Do you kill the Queen
or
Kill the law?
In
his grief, so alone
From the King came a moan . . .
I
can't! I can't!
I can't let her die!
Well,
you're human after all,
aren't you, Arthur?
Human and helpless.
Another
time.
Another place.
Another king.
First
Century.
Calvary.
God
the Father King.
Christ,
for our salvation,
takes on our guilt of sin.
Unfaithful
Liar
Selfish
Cheat
Cold-blooded Murderer
Ruled
the jury
Sentenced to the cross.
Would
the King let him die?
His
only Son?
His beloved Son?
GOD!
What a magnificent dilemma!
Let them die, your life is over;
Let them live, your life's a fraud.
Which will it be God?
Do you kill your Son
or
Kill the Law?
The
greatest love story ever told
How
Big is Love?
You
are all sons of God through faith
in Jesus Christ.
Galatians
3:26
NIV
Praise
be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!
In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope
through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade--
kept in heaven for you!
1
Peter 1:3-4
NIV
It's
in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for.
Ephesians
3:11
Message Bible
You
were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise,
who is given as a pledge of our inheritance,
with a view to the redemption of God's own possession,
to the praise of His glory.
Ephesians
1:13-14
NAS
And
I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love.
Death can't, and life can't.
The angels can't, and the demons can't.
Our fears for today,
our worries about tomorrow,
and even the powers of hell can't keep God's love away.
Whether
we are high above the sky or in the deepest ocean,
nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us
from the love of God that is revealed in
Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans
8:38-39
NLT
How
Big is Love?
Christ's
love.
Reach out and
experience the breadth!
Test its length!
Plumb the depths!
Rise to the heights!
Live full lives,
full in the fullness of God.
Ephesians
3:18-19
Message Bible
Share the good
news!
Holy,
Holy, Holy
God the Father,
God the Son,
God the Holy Spirit,
One
God,
My God,
My all.
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