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(Job\n42:5-6)(Msg) \u201cI admit I once lived by rumors of you; now I have it all\nfirsthand\u2014from my own eyes and ears! I'm sorry\u2014forgive me. I'll never\ndo that again, I promise! I'll never again live on crusts of hearsay,\ncrumbs of rumor."
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Week 3 \u2013 Rumor: Jesus doesn\u2019t want me.

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Two Rumors of Jesus \u2013 How We See Jesus

\n1.\xa0 A locked gate.

\xa0\xa0\xa0 \xa0\xa0\xa0 We believe:\xa0 God can\u2019t be reached.
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2.\xa0 An endless ladder.

\xa0\xa0\xa0 \xa0\xa0\xa0 We believe:\xa0 God requires a lot from me.
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Rumor:\xa0 God doesn\u2019t want me.
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(Ephesians\n2:8-9)\xa0 \u201cFor it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and\nthis not from yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that\nno one can boast.\u201d
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\xa0\xa0\xa0 Mercy \u2013 not getting what you did deserve

\n\xa0\xa0\xa0 Grace \u2013 getting what you did not deserve

(Romans 6:23)\xa0 \u201cFor the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.\u201d
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How Jesus Sees You

1.\xa0 You are accepted.
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(John 15:16)\xa0 \u201cYou did not choose me, but I chose you\u2026\u201d

\n(1 Peter 2:9)\xa0 \u201cBut you\nare a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people\nbelonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called\nyou out of darkness into his wonderful light.\u201d
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(Psalm 27:10)\xa0 \u201cEven if my mother and father forsake me, the Lord will receive me.\u201d
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(Acts 15:8)\xa0 \u201cGod, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us.\u201d
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2.\xa0 You are forgiven.

(John 3:17)\xa0 \u201cFor God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.\u201d
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(Micah\n7:18-19)\xa0 \u201cWho is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the\ntransgression of the remnant of his inheritance?\xa0 You do not stay angry\nforever but delight to show mercy.\xa0 You will again have compassion on\nus; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into\nthe depths of the sea.\u201d
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3.\xa0 You are invited.

(Revelation\n3:20)\xa0 \u201cHere I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my\nvoice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with\nme.\u201d
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(Revelation 22:17)\xa0 \u201cWhoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes, let him take the free gift of the water of life.\u201d
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(John\n6:28-29)\xa0 Then they asked him, \u201cWhat must we do to do the works God\nrequires?\u201d\xa0 Jesus answered, \u201cThe work of God is this: to believe in the\none he has sent.\u201d
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(Romans\n10:9)\xa0 \u201cThat if you confess with your mouth, \u2018Jesus is Lord,\u2019 and\nbelieve in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be\nsaved.\u201d
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