Sermon
A Daunting Task
Cross Church
Speaker: Ryan Blackwell
July 16, 2023 · 35 min
Summary
Paul calls believers to imitate God through two primary expressions: walking in love like Christ and walking in light by rejecting sin. The sermon challenges hearers to embody sacrificial, selfless love and to distance themselves from sexual immorality, covetousness, and corruption—not to earn God's approval, but as a grateful response to being beloved children already secure in His grace.
Highlights
Your status as a child of God is secure. In this room right now you are as loved by God as you will ever be. There's nothing that you did that brought you salvation, there's nothing that you could do to lose your salvation.
The fact that you're asking the question 'how far is too far' reveals you're missing the point. Don't even hint about it. It should not be named among you. It's not who you are.
In the midst of a dark world, we are to reflect the light of Jesus in such a way that when the world sees it, it knows that there is a Savior, it knows that there is a King of Kings and Lord of Lords.