Pastor Brent reminds us of the simple Gospel message and its power to set us free, if only we would take it at face value. Too often we have allowed never-quite-good-enough, performance-based religion to turn God's good news into a man-made prison! Pastor Brent invites us back to the place where we trust the completeness of God's salvation work in us, and can confidently state that we're fully accepted and loved as God’s favored child! To listen to the audio, go to: https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-7x8e8-c15475

1. Pastor Brent Lokker
September 28, 2019

2. Jesus is the Anointed
Messiah who offered
himself as the sacrifice for
our sins! He has taken us
out of this evil world
system and set us free
through our salvation, just
as God desired.
Galatians 1:4

3. I am shocked over how quickly you have strayed away
from the Anointed One who called you to himself by his
loving mercy. I’m frankly astounded that you now
embrace a distorted gospel! That is a fake “gospel” that is
simply not true. There is only one gospel—the gospel of
the Messiah! Yet you have allowed those who mingle law
with grace to confuse you with lies.
Galatians 1:6-7 (TPT)

4. Are you going to continue this craziness? For only crazy people
would think they could complete by their own efforts what was
begun by God. If you weren’t smart enough or strong enough
to begin it, how do you suppose you could perfect it?
Answer this question: Does the God who lavishly provides you
with his own presence, his Holy Spirit, working things in your
lives you could never do for yourselves, does he do these things
because of your strenuous moral striving or because you trust
him to do them in you?
Galatians 3:1-6 (NIV)

5. Religious vs. Grace & Faith-based
Rule Keeping Relationship

6. It is God who has qualified us (making us to be
fit and worthy and sufficient) as ministers and
dispensers of a new covenant of salvation
through Christ, not ministers of the letter of
legally written code but of the Spirit; for the code
of the Law kills, but God's Spirit makes us alive.
2 Corinthians 3:6 (AMP)

7. Kills Brings us Life
Keeps God at a distance Christ is IN You!
Believes that sin
separates us from God
Knows that nothing can
separate us from God’s
love!
Exhausting and makes
you want to quit and run
into hiding
Life-Giving & makes you
want to worship God and
do life with Him
Religious vs. Grace & Faith-based
Rule Keeping Relationship

8. Romans 8:35-39
The Message Bible
Do you think anyone is going
to be able to drive a wedge
between us and Christ’s love
for us? There is no way!

9. Romans 8:35-39
The Message Bible
Not trouble, not hard times, not hatred,
not hunger, not homelessness,
not bullying threats, not backstabbing,
not even the worst sins listed in Scripture.
None of this fazes us because Jesus loves us.

10. Romans 8:35-39
The Message Bible
I’m absolutely convinced that nothing—
nothing living or dead, angelic or demonic,
today or tomorrow, high or low,
thinkable or unthinkable—absolutely nothing
can get between us and God’s love
because of the way that Jesus
our Master has embraced us!

11. Performance & Fear-based Acceptance & Loved-based
Your salvation is always
in question
You know God won’t
let you go of you
Focuses on Punishment Focuses on Restoration
Causes fear Feels secure
Religious vs. Grace & Faith-based
Rule Keeping Relationship

12. “Love comes to its perfection in us when we can face the
Day of Judgement fearlessly; because even in this world
we have become as he is.
In love there is no room for fear, but perfect love drives
out fear, because fear implies punishment and whoever
is afraid has not come to perfection in love.”
1 John 4:17-18 (NJB)

13. Always questioning: Am I
doing enough to please God?
Jesus has made me enough!
I am pleasing to my Father!
I’m trying to be good but
I’m never good enough
I am good because God
made me good
I’m trying to be holy but
I’m never holy enough
I’m trying to be pure, but
I’m not pure enough
I am holy because I share
in the holiness of Jesus
I am pure because I
share in the purity of Jesus
Religious vs. Grace & Faith-based
Rule Keeping Relationship

15. God is angry with me
when I sin and looking to
find all the wrong things I do
God hates the sin that hurts
me and is training me to use
my freedom to love myself
Believes my past is too big
and horrible for God to forgive
Know that Jesus is bigger
and has paid for it ALL!
Discourages me that I’m
not further along
Knows that God is working
all things in my life for good
Takes my life and myself
WAY too seriously
Takes time to enjoy life and
finds reasons to laugh more
Religious vs. Grace & Faith-based
Rule Keeping Relationship

17. Compares and Tears Down Celebrates and Builds Up
Judges & condemns
yourself and others
Loves and accepts while
helping others to grow
Out of fear, uses guilt and
shame to keep people in line
Tells people who they are
until they believe it
Finds reasons to divide Knows that we are all one
Religious vs. Grace & Faith-based
Rule Keeping Relationship

18. Christian brothers and sisters,
you were chosen to be free.
Be careful that you do not please
your old selves by sinning
because you are free.
Live this free life by
loving and helping others.
Galatians 5:13 (NLV)

19. Christ defines your faith;
He is your freedom
from anything the law
could never free you from!
Do not let religion trip you up again
and harness you to a system of
rules and obligations!
Galatians 5:1 (The Mirror)
Find your firm footing in this freedom.

20. Say the welcoming word to God
--”Jesus is my Master!”--
embracing, body and soul, God’s work of doing in us
what he did in raising Jesus from the dead. That’s it.
You’re not “doing” anything, you’re simply calling out to God,
trusting him to do it for you. That’s salvation.
With your whole being you embrace God setting things right,
and then you say it, right out loud:
“God has set everything right between him and me!”
Romans 10: 9-10 (The Message Bible)

21. Religious vs. Grace & Faith-based
Rule Keeping Relationship
The Tree of the
Knowledge of
Good & Evil
The Tree of
LIFE

22. Jesus, I believe that you died for me and that your sacrifice was
enough to cleanse me and wash me clean from all my sin!
I am one with you!
There is no separation!
My relationship with my heavenly Father has been
completely restored!
I am fully accepted and loved as God’s favored child!
I share in your holiness!
I share in your purity!
I share in your life!
It is no longer “I” who lives, but it is Christ Jesus living in me!

23. Rosh Hashanah
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24. Rosh Hashanah 5780
❖ I say, “Yes, Lord,” to hearing you more clearly!
❖ I say, “Yes, Lord,” to seeing myself, others and the world
through your eyes!
❖ I say, “Yes, Lord,” to courageously declaring what you say is
true with grace and love!
❖ I say, “Yes, Lord, to your alignment and clarity and purposes
fulfilled in my life!”
❖ I say, “YES, LORD!!!”