2020 was a year like no other. And in 2021, we’re still making history.
This past Sunday was ground breaking. Our friend Taylor came down from Pastors College & preached the longest sermon in Trinity Grace history!
In all seriousness, wasn’t it great to have the Hollingsworths with us on Sunday & to be reminded of our present & future hope?
Thank you, Taylor! (Here’s a link to the full sermon)
TAYLOR’S QUOTES
All of the quotes Taylor shared were coming at us fast. And they were really good. Below are a few of them for you to ponder.
“What do we need to be saved from? We need to be saved from God-not from kidney stones, not from hurricanes, not from military defeats. What every human being needs to be saved from is God. The last thing in the world the impenitent sinner ever wants to meet on the other side of the grave is God. But the glory of the gospel is that One from whom we need to be saved is the very One who saves us. God in saving us saves us from Himself.” R.C. Sproul
“We are living in the age which lies between the two blazing beacons of the divine appearings, and we are called to hasten from one to the other...We have everything to hope for in the last appearing, as we have everything to trust to in the first appearing, and we have now to wait with patient hope throughout that weary interval which intervenes.” C.H. Spurgeon
“The best way to live now, in this present age, is to learn to do spiritually what is impossible to do physically, namely to look in opposite directions at the same time...this looking back and looking forward, this determination to live in the light of Christ’s two comings, to live today in the light of yesterday and tomorrow - this should be an essential part of our daily discipline. We need to say to ourselves regularly the great acclamation, ‘Christ has died; Christ is risen; Christ will come again.’ For then, our present duties in the home will be inspired by the past and future [appearings] of Christ.” John Stott
A few discussion questions
Anytime we hear God’s word preached, we should be eager to hear what the Spirit is saying (Rev. 2:7). We want to be built up & equipped for every good work (2 Tim. 3:16-17).
Below are a few discussion questions for you to consider as you reflect on the message from Sunday.
Jesus came to bring “salvation for all people.” Obviously, that doesn’t mean everyone will be saved, but it does mean salvation is offered to all kinds of people. Who were some of the different people referenced in the book of Titus that Jesus saved?
After salvation, grace does not leave us. As Taylor says of us now, “Grace is your oxygen.” Do you typically live with the awareness that grace is unmerited favor to forgive and active power to train?
Titus 2:11-14 references two comings of Jesus. The first at his incarnation & the other at his return. How are these two comings or advents different?
How would it make a difference in your daily life if you lived in light of the truths that Christ has died; Christ has risen; & Christ will come again? How could it change the way you approach work or parenting or fighting indwelling sin?