Bible Ballistics: “BBs”                   September 10, 2013

• “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”  Genesis 1:1

A good place to start is always at the beginning!!  Let’s spend some time today looking at our God, the creator, the one who was there in the beginning—our beginning not HIS!!

• 1 John 4:7-9 says, “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.”

• Our creator God loves us.
  • He loves us even when we sinned (original sin then & personal sin now).
    • He redeems us (buys us back) because of that love,
      • redemption that cost His son’s life on the cross.

Because, He wanted us to be right with HIM….(see Ro. 5:1-10)

• 2 Corinthians 5:21 “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” 

Our creator so loved us that he planned for our redemption even before sin came into our world.  He loved ME and YOU that much,

• 1 Peter 1:18-20 says, “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, …….. 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: 20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you.”

So??????  Here’s our shot for the day—!!

• God loves you.

• HE created you—special YOU.

• HE provided His son a sacrifice for our sin.

• All before we were ever born….

How special are YOU?

• Special enough to have God’s love—available in Jesus.

So??????  Remember you are LOVED.  Keep looking up!!!