slides for sermon

1. The God who Calls,
The God of the Contrite,
The God of All Comfort
IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME WILL HUMBLE
THEMSELVES, AND PRAY AND SEEK MY FACE, AND TURN FROM THEIR
WICKED WAYS, THEN I WILL HEAR FROM HEAVEN, AND WILL FORGIVE
THEIR SIN AND HEAL THEIR LAND. 2 CHRON. 7:14

2. The God who Calls
• James 4:1-7
• “But He gives more grace?”
• To the humble
• 1 Corinthians 1:26-29
• Who has been called?
• Not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many
noble
• Romans 8:28-30
• We are called to His purpose
• He predestined that we be conformed to the image of His Son
• Those He called, He justified, He glorified

3. The God of the Contrite
• Matthew 9:9-13
• Forgiveness of sins is implied
• But he did not come to call the righteous, but sinners to
repentance.
• Who are the only ones that can recognize they are sinners and need
to repent?
• The HUMBLE
• Psalm 51:16-17
• 16 For You do not desire sacrifice, or else I would give it;
You do not delight in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit,
A broken and a contrite heart—
These, O God, You will not despise.

4. The God of All Comfort
• 2 Corinthians 1:3-11
• We are comforted by God v3-4
• We comfort others who are in any trouble
• With the same comfort that God gave to us
• As our sufferings abound, our consolation abounds v5
• 2 Corinthians 2:4-11
• We are commanded to comfort the contrite v.7
• We are commanded to reaffirm our love to them v.8
• Lest Satan should take advantage of us v12
• When we stop forgiving people who have repented, we block
God’s advertisements. We hinder God’s call to come back home.