How Can Jesus Love Someone Like Me?

Posted on October 6, 2024

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SERMON - October 6, 2024 - How Can Jesus Love Someone Like Me?

- Genesis 2:18-24

- Psalm 8

- Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12

- Mark 10:2-16

Genesis 2:18-24 NIV

The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Now the Lord God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds in the sky and all the wild animals.But for Adam no suitable helper was found. So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh. Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said,“This is now bone of my bonesand flesh of my flesh;she shall be called ‘woman,’for she was taken out of man.” That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh.

Psalm 8:1-9 NIV

Lord, our Lord,how majestic is your name in all the earth!You have set your gloryin the heavens. Through the praise of children and infantsyou have established a stronghold against your enemies,to silence the foe and the avenger. When I consider your heavens,the work of your fingers,the moon and the stars,which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them,human beings that you care for them? You have made them a little lower than the angelsand crowned them with glory and honor. You made them rulers over the works of your hands;you put everything under their feet: all flocks and herds,and the animals of the wild, the birds in the sky,and the fish in the sea,all that swim the paths of the seas. Lord, our Lord,how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Hebrews 1:1-4, 2:5-12

Hebrews 1:1-4

In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.

Hebrews 2:5-12

It is not to angels that he has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking. But there is a place where someone has testified:“What is mankind that you are mindful of them,a son of man that you care for him? You made them a little lower than the angels;you crowned them with glory and honor and put everything under their feet.”In putting everything under them, God left nothing that is not subject to them. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to them. But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered. Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters. He says,“I will declare your name to my brothers and sisters;in the assembly I will sing your praises.”

Mark 10:2-16

Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” “What did Moses command you?” he replied. They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.” “It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied. “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’ ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” When they were in the house again, the disciples asked Jesus about this. He answered, “Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her. And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.” People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” And he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them.

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Special:

Why me, Lord? By Kris Kristofferson

https://youtu.be/N_FcomavuJg?si=HXMoXGK5otDfFnZk

Hymns:

How Majestic Is Your Name #71

All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name #124

For the Beauty of the Earth #776

Jesus Loves Me #738

How Great Thou Art #33

Kids Sermon

Jesus Loves

Does your daddy love you?

How do you know that?

What does he do for you?

Does God love you?

How do you know that?

Who is God?

Can your daddy make mountains, but God can can't he?

That's why in the song we sing higher than the mountains deeper than the ocean wider than the universe oh oh wonderful love because God created the whole universe he created even more than what we even imagine. But God loves us so much that he sent his son Jesus to die on the cross for our sins: remember sins are the things we do that are not good, the bad things. When we tell a lie, when we take something that's not ours, but God sent his son Jesus for us. That's why we sing songs about Jesus, and Jesus’ love for us because he was willing to die for us.