Jesus Christ Compels us to do! In this lesson we examine the drawing power of the cross. Both audio and slides can be found at www.cmcoc.org

1. Christ Cross Compels..
by
Brian Birdow
Sermon text: 2 Corinthians 5:14-15
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2. Objective of Lesson
1. What is our motivating factor for
obedience to God?
2. What is the drawing power of the cross?
3. What does the cross of Christ compel?

3. What is our motivating factor for
obedience to God?
• God’s love toward us! John 3:16
• Christ death on the cross!
• For the love of Christ controls us, because we
have concluded this: that one has died for all,
therefore all have died; and he died for all, that
those who live might no longer live for
themselves but for him who for their sake
died and was raised. (2 Cor. 5:14-15)

4. What is our motivating factor for
obedience to God?
• The cross of Christ…
• For I am the least of the apostles, that am not
meet to be called an apostle, because I
persecuted the church of God.
• But by the grace of God I am what I am: andgrace of God I am what I am: and
his grace which was bestowed upon me washis grace which was bestowed upon me was
not in vain;not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly
than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God
which was with me. (1 Cor. 15:9-10)

5. What is our motivating factor for
obedience to God?
• Understanding sin, and the wages paid!
• Romans 6:8-23….turn with me please

6. The drawing Power of the Cross
• John 12:32…turn with me please
• But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower
than the angels for the suffering of death,
crowned with glory and honour; that he by the
grace of God should taste death for every man.
(Hebrews 2:9)
• And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for
ours only, but also for the sins of the whole
world. (1 John 2:2)

7. What does the cross of Christ
compel (induce or make)
• Love
• Love is patient and kind; love does not
envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude.
It does not insist on its own way; it is not
irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at
wrongdoing, but rejoices with the
truth. Love bears all things, believes all
things, hopes all things, endures all
things. Love never ends.

8. What does the cross of Christ
compel (induce or make)
• Boldness and confidence to proclaim His
message!
• Acts 4:5ff..turn with me please.
• Note vs. 13, 29

9. What does the cross of Christ
compel (induce or make)
• HOPE! HOPE! HOPE! HOPE! HOPE!
• 2 Timothy 2:8-13
• 2 Timothy 4:7-8
• Revelation 21:22 - 22:1-5

10. What does the cross of Christ
compel (induce or make)
• HOPE! HOPE! HOPE! HOPE! HOPE!
• 2 Timothy 2:8-13
• 2 Timothy 4:7-8
• Revelation 21:22 - 22:1-5