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Summer Slam: The Power of Christ





  • “I’d rather be having a good time in hell than be bored in heaven."
  • The assumption is that sin is exciting, and righteousness or holiness is boring.
  • Sin robs us of fulfillment.
  • Drinking saltwater; only makes you more thirsty and leads to death.
  • Sin makes life empty.
  • Righteousness in Jesus is true fulfillment; True beauty
  • Psalm 16:11- In Your presence is FULLNESS of joy; At Your right hand are pleasures FOREVERMORE.

  • In order to know WHY worship is important, we need to truly understand WHO GOD IS 

  • THE GODHEAD
  • AKA: The Trinity: God is three-in-one. He is one single, undivided God who exists in three distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
  • Who is God the Spirit
    • Dwells within every believer of Christ: John 14:15-17 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
    • Friend, comforter, Paraclete…
    • Source of our conviction: John 16:7-8 “Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment
  • Who is God the Son
    • Pre-birth of Christ, He was the Son of God
    • The Angel of the Lord
    • Exodus 3:2-4: There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. So Moses thought, “I will go over and see this strange sight—why the bush does not burn up.” When the Lord saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, “Moses! Moses!” 
    • The Universe was made by Him
    • Sent willingly by the Father by their love for us to be the final sacrifice, and to tear the veil between us and Him
  • Who is God the Father
    • Ezekiel 1:26-28 “Above the expanse over their heads was what looked like a throne of sapphire, and high above on the throne was a figure like that of a man. I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded him. Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him.”
    • Revelation 1:14-16 “His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.”
    • His eyes are like fire…his legs are like fire… his body and face are like burning metal from fire…
    • Light & glory surrounds Him like a rainbow does after the rain
    • Everything in Heaven is stricken with complete awe
    • Revelation 4:4-11 Twenty-four thrones surrounded him, and twenty-four elders sat on them. They were all clothed in white and had gold crowns on their heads. From the throne came flashes of lightning and the rumble of thunder. And in front of the throne were seven torches with burning flames. This is the sevenfold Spirit[b] of God. In front of the throne was a shiny sea of glass, sparkling like crystal. In the center and around the throne were four living beings, each covered with eyes, front and back. The first of these living beings was like a lion; the second was like an ox; the third had a human face; and the fourth was like an eagle in flight. Each of these living beings had six wings, and their wings were covered all over with eyes, inside and out. Day after day and night after night they keep on saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty— the one who always was, who is, and who is still to come.” Whenever the living beings give glory and honor and thanks to the one sitting on the throne (the one who lives forever and ever), 10 the twenty-four elders fall down and worship the one sitting on the throne (the one who lives forever and ever). And they lay their crowns before the throne and say, 11 “You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For you created all things, and they exist because you created what you pleased.”
    • He is ENDLESSLY FASCINATING

  • God’s greatest pleasure is in Jesus and the Spirit, Jesus in the Father and Spirit, The Spirit to the Father & Son 
  • Matthew 3:17 “and behold, a voice from the heavens said, “This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
  • Through the cross, He is inviting us into that same exchange of perfect Love.
  • The greatest command: Love GOD, THEN love others.
    • Not in amount, but in priority… everything flows from loving God FIRST.
    • He loves us with the same love He has for the Son
    • John 15:9 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you.” 
    • Jesus loves us in the same way as the Father loves Jesus.
    • Jesus’ love for the Father kept Him on that cross… “take this cup, yet not my will, but YOURS…”
    • “For the Joy set before Him, He endured the cross…” Hebrews 12:2
    • The Joy set before Him was the relationship WE would now have with GOD (father, spirit, son) through the cross.


  • WHO ARE YOU?
  • Adopted into the greatest love: Galatians 4:5-7 To redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons. And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.
  • Sonship: not just a tool in His hand… not working to gain the Father’s attention or affection… You already have it.
  • Clean/Forgiven/Righteous: 2 Corinthians 5:21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
  • Saints
  • Priests: People who make a place for His presence to dwell, and for people to encounter Him.
  • Gates: Psalm 24: Lift up your heads…Fling open you ancient gates…that the King of Glory may enter!