Isaiah 6:7 With it he touched my mouth and said, "See, this has touched your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin atoned for."

1. We have lost any concept of God's ____________, thus there is no ____________ of God anymore.

2. Our low view of ____________ goes hand in hand with our low view of God's ____________.

3. The holy God who ____________ sinners is the same holy God who makes ____________ for sinners through His ____________.

Scripture Readings
Isaiah 6:1-8
Acts 2:14a,22-36
John 3:1-17

Take It With You!

Here are some further thoughts to help you contemplate and celebrate Christ's Easter victory over sin, death, and the devil!

The challenge before us as Christian witnesses is whether we will of Jesus Christ as the key to fulfilling our narcissistic preoccupation or as the Redeemer who liberates us from its guilt and power. Does Christ come to boost our ego or to crucify our ego and raise us up as new creatures with our identity in him? According to the apostle Paul, there is glory awaiting us, to be sure, but it is the glory that comes to us by virtue of our being in Christ: "For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your glory appears, then you also will appear with him in glory" (Col. 3:3-4). Our righteousness before a holy God is not inherent; it is a gift to those who are in themselves unrighteous.

..."How can I, a sinner, be right before a holy God?" is simply off the radar in a therapeutic mind-set. Once the self is enthroned as the source, judge, and goal of all of life, the gospel need not be denied because it's beside the point. But people need to see - for their own good - that self-realization, self-fulfillment, and self-help are all contemporary twists on an old heresy, which Paul identified as works-righteousness.

Michael S. Horton, Christless Chrisitanity