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The Witness StandsMarch 25, 2012Please turn in Bibles to Luke 23: 1-25App: At your worst, God gave His best.\u2026Where sin abounded, grace abounded much more\u2026 Romans 5:20b NKJVYet, though sin is shown to be wide and deep, thank God his grace is wider and deeper still! Romans 5:20b JB Phillips\u2026Him, being delivered by the determined purpose and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by lawless hands, have crucified, and put to death\u2026 Acts 2:23 NKJVVs 1-5: Spinning the StoryVs 6-12: The Entertainment Gospel (see Vs 8): It\u2019s a picture of one who confuses the transforming power of the Gospel for a need to be amused.App: Do you want the power of God at work in your life, or something less? Vs 13-19: The Free-Gift Gospel (Barabbas)App: Barabbas: \u201cHis daddy\u2019s son\u201d (bar = son, abba = daddy). Abba Father: are you your Father\u2019s Child? Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God\u201413children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband\u2019s will, but born of God. John 1:12-13For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, \u201cAbba, Father.\u201d 16The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God\u2019s children. Romans 8:15-16Vs 20-24: The Side Stepped Gospel (Pontius Pilate)App: With God\u2019s help, and His mighty power that is at work in you, will you stand firm with Christ?Vs 25-26: The Transformational Gospel (Simon the Cyrene)Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too. Romans 16:13App: To experience Christ in a transformational way\u201cI am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 17For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: \u201cThe righteous will live by faith.\u201d Romans 1:16-17\u2026if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!2Corinthians 5:17What is God\u2019s Spirit speaking into your life today? How must you respond?