22 For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom; 23 but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles foolishness, 24 but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
1 Corinthians 1:22-24
14 But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.
1 Corinthians 2:14
Misconceptions
1. Religion vs. Relationship
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me.”
John 14:6
Resolved:
Hebrews 9:27
John 10:17-18
1 John 3:1
2. Reason for Worship
Barabbas: Matthew 27:16, John 18:40, Mark 15:7, Luke 23:19
Reading:
Matthew 27:20-26
Romans 3:23
Resolved:
Romans 3:24
Psalms 22:1, 6, 16, 17, 31
Isaiah 50, 52, 53
3. God: Cruel and Unworthy vs. Loving and Caring God
16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him.”
John 3:16-17
His name
21 “She will give birth to a Son; and you shall name Him Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”
Matthew 1:21
True reason He came to lay down His life 37 Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say correctly that I am a king. For this purpose I have been born,
and for this I have come into the world: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to My voice.”
John 18:37

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