Joe Keith continues the series "Unwrapping the Gift of Salvation" with "Wholly" in this Sunday morning celebration.Wholly
Joe Keith
Sunday, November 27, 2011
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Sermon Notes:
WHOLLY (Psalm 103:3b & Luke 5:27-32)
Psalm 103:3b, “He heals all my diseases”. Disease is not God's will for us. Wholeness is. Heaven on Earth is God’s plan for us.
Wholeness is a benefit of the salvation Jesus, the Great Physician offers. Jesus specializes in making people whole by saving them (Luke 5:31-32). He cures everything from the common cold to suicidal tendencies and everything in between. He treats the spirit as well as the body and soul. Jesus is the Great Physician.
He Healed a Paralytic's Body
Luke 5:24-25, “24 So I will prove to you that the Son of Man has the authority on earth to forgive sins.” Then Jesus turned to the paralyzed man and said, “Stand up, pick up your mat, and go home!” 25 And immediately, as everyone watched, the man jumped up, picked up his mat, and went home praising God.”
He Healed a Tax Collectors Spirit and Soul
Luke 5:27-30, “27 Later, as Jesus left the town, he saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at his tax collector’s booth. “Follow me and be my disciple,” Jesus said to him. 28 So Levi got up, left everything, and followed him. 29 Later, Levi held a banquet in his home with Jesus as the guest of honor. Many of Levi’s fellow tax collectors and other guests also ate with them. 30 But the Pharisees and their teachers of religious law complained bitterly to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with such scum?”
The Paralytic and the Tax Collector experienced heaven on earth when they met Jesus, the Great Physician. Before they met Jesus, they were broken (empty & dysfunctional). When they met Jesus they discovered wholeness (life, freedom & health).
The Paralytic and the Tax Collector celebrated Jesus in response to being made whole. They discovered that praising Jesus, the Great Physician was good for them and their friends. Praising Jesus with others is a healthy way to deal with the diseased world we lived in.
Like the paralytic and tax collector, I praised Jesus, the Great Physician when He made me whole by saving me. Before I met Him I was identity-less. In just one summer I went from being a popular High School kid to a junior college nobody headed toward a career that I dreaded. And to top it all off I was at odds with my parents because of my dumb choices. I will never forget the night Jesus showed up on the side of the road and made me whole by saving me. He transformed me from a suicidal young adult into someone who learned that praise is good for the soul.
Praise is a Good Exercise for the Soul. It declares that we trust Jesus and agree with His Word regardless of what we are facing, which renews our mind, encourages our heart and inspires our will. It builds up our immunity to the diseased world we live in. It gives us a glimpse of what life would be like if we were free, joyful, content and hopeful every day despite our circumstances.
So the next time sin or sickness try to beat up on you, fight back by praising Jesus, the healer of all of our diseases. Remember, the facts may say you are finished but the truth says "it is finished" because Jesus took care of the facts on the cross.
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