Sunday 17th August 2014 - I'm Still Amazed - Martin Kedian

KLC. 17/8/2014 I,M STILL AMAZED SCRIPTURE. TITUS 3::3-8 FOR WE OURSELVES WERE SOMETIMES FOOLISH (EVERYONE SAY AMEN) DISOBEDIENT DECEIVED SERVING DIVERS LUSTS AND PLEASURES LIVING IN MALICE AND ENVY HATEFUL AND HATING ONE ANOTHER BUT AFTER THAT THE KINDNESS AND LOVE OF GOD OUR SAVIOUR TOWARD MAN APPEARED NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH WE HAVE DONE BUT ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY HE SAVED US BY THE WASHING OF REGENERATION AND RENEWING OF THE HOLY GHOST WHICH HE SHED ON US ABUNDANTLY THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR SAVIOUR THAT BEING JUSTIFIED BY HIS GRACE WE SHOULD BE MADE HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE AMAZEMENT IS DEFINED AS " A STRONG FEELING OF ASTONISHMENT OR WONDER" THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN THIS LIFE THAT ABSOLUTELY AMAZE ME THE BIRTH OF MY FIRST SON NEW LIFE WOW AMAZED NEVER TO BE REPEATED AMAZED EVERY TIME I LOOK AT MY KIDS AND REALISE MY BLOOD RUNS THROUGH THEIR VEINS I AM AMAZED AT THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE THAT I POSSESS FOR THEM I AM AMAZED THAT AFTER 42 YEARS MY WIFE STILL LOVES SUPPORTS AND RESPECTS ME ( I AM ALSO AMAZED AT HOW I CAN RACK UP BROWNIE POINTS WITH HER FOR SAYING THINGS LIKE THAT ) I AM AMAZED BY GODS CREATION LOOKING UP AT HUGE MOUNTAINS AND REALISING I AM SO SMALL THE BEAUTY OF A SUNRISE OR SUNSET GAZING AT THE MOON OR STARS STANDING ON BRIGHTON BEACH IN A STORM AND FEELING THE FULL POWER OF THE OCEAN ALL OF THESE THINGS STILL AMAZE ME BUT SOME THINGS THAT ONCE AMAZED ME NO LONGER EXCITE FLAT SCREEN TV,S WERE ALL THE RAGE ONCE BUT NOW THERE RUN OF THE MILL MY FIRST MOBILE PHONE. WOW NOW NOT SUCH A BIG DEAL WHEN I WAS A KID I COULDN'T WAIT TO BE AN ADULT I WAS AMAZED AT THE LIFESTYLE AND COULDN,T WAIT TO LEAVE SCHOOL NOW YOU HAVE A JOB MORTGAGE AND BILL AFTER BILL AND THE THRILL IS GONE AND YOU WISH YOU WERE A KID AGAIN FUNNY ISN,T IT HOW QUICK THE THRILL IS GONE BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU TODAY THAT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT STILL AMAZE ME AND NOTHING MORE SO THAN MY LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST THERE IS A SONG THAT SAYS IT ALL IV,E NEVER GOT OVER THAT IM NOT UNDER THE BONDAGE OF SIN ANYMORE I,M STILL AMAZED THAT JESUS WOULD PAY A DEBT I COULD NOT AFFORD I,VE NEVER GOT PAST THAT I,M FREE AT LAST FROM SIN THAT MADE ME A SLAVE AND I STILL FEEL AS MUCH AS WHEN HE FIRST TOUCHED ME OH YES I,M STILL AMAZED THERE IS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO EVEN SCRATCH THE SURFACE TODAY THAT WE CAN HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A HOLY GOD BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HIT A FEW HEIGH POINTS 1 I,M STILL AMAZED BY GODS LOVE 2/ I,M STILL AMAZED BY GODS SALVATION 3/ I,M STILL AMAZED BY GODS MERCY 4/ I,M STILL AMAZED BY GODS GRACE 5/ I,M STILL AMAZED BY GODS SON 1/. I,M STILL AMAZED BY GODS LOVE V::3. FOR WE OURSELVES ALSO WERE SOMETIMES FOOLISH DISOBEDIENT DECEIVED. SERVING DIVERS LUSTS AND PLEASURES LIVING IN MALICE AND ENVY HATEFUL AND HATING ONE ANOTHER 4/ BUT AFTER THAT THE KINDNESS AND LOVE OF GOD OUR SAVIOUR TOWARD MAN APPEARED SOMETIMES WE ARE ALL HARD TO LOVE I AM THANKFUL TO JENNY MY CHILDREN MY FRIENDS AND MY CHURCH FAMILY AND AMANDA WHO IS SUCH AN ENCOURAGER PEOPLE WHO POSSESS UNCONDITIONAL LOVE FOR ME ITS AMAZING HOW YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO KNOW YOU BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE AND YET STILL LOVES YOU WELL GOD KNOWS MORE ABOUT YOU THAN ANYONE HE KNOWS YOUR ACTIONS HE KNOWS YOUR THOUGHTS HE KNOWS WHAT YOU HAVE DONE HE KNOWS WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO KNOWING ALL THIS HE LOVES YOU ANYWAY NOW THAT IS AMAZING IN VERSE 3 PAUL PAINTS A PICTURE OF THE OLD MAN OR THE PERSON WE WERE BEFORE CHRIST HE SAYS WE WERE FOOLISH THIS MEANS TO BE WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING OR IGNORANT OF THE THINGS CONCERNING GOD DISOBEDIENT ONE WHO IS REBELLIOUS TOWARD GOD DECIEVED. CONTINUALLY LED DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO SIN BY SATAN SERVING DIVERS LUSTS AND PLEASURES ONE WHO IS A SLAVE TO THE DESIRES OF THE FLESH LIVING IM MALICE. THIS REFERS TO A LIFESTYLE OF EVIL ENVEY ALWAYS GRASPING FOR MORE AND DESIRING WHAT OTHERS HAVE HATEFUL. MEAN SPIRITED AND HARD TO GET ALONG WITH HATING ONE ANOTHER WALKING WITHOUT LOVE FOR YOUR FELLOW MAN I DONT KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT THAT DESCRIBES SOMEONE WHO IS HARD TO LOVE. BUT NOTICE WHAT PAUL SAYS IN VERSE 4::: BUT AFTER THAT THE KINDNESS AND LOVE OF GOD OUR SAVIOUR TOWARD MAN APPEARED THAT MEANS IN SPITE OF WHAT WE ONCE WERE (AND WHO WE STILL ARE) GOD CHOSE TO LOVE US ROMANS 5::8. BUT GOD COMMENDETH HIS LOVE TOWARDS US. IN THAT WHILE WE WERE YET SINNERS CHRIST DIED FOR US. HOW AWESOME IS THAT GOD KNOWS US YET HE LOVED US ENOUGH TO SEND HIS ONLY SON AM STILL AMAZED AT GODS LOVE NOT ONLY THAT 2/. I,M STILL AMAZED AT GODS SALVATION WEBSTER,S DEFINES SALVATION AS RESCUE FROM HARM DESTRUCTION OR DANGER JESUS PAID MY SIN DEBT IN ORDER TO SAVE ME WE WERE LOST HE SAVED US WE WERE DEFILED HE WASHED US WE WERE DEAD. HE MADE A WAY FOR REGENERATION. NEW CREATION WE WERE EMPTY. HE FILLED US WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT RELIGION IS MAN TRYING TO GET UP TO GOD SALVATION IS GOD COMING DOWN TO MAN IF WE LOOK TO THE CROSS WE WILL SEE EVERY REASON TO BE AMAZED I,M AMAZED TO KNOW HOW FAR GOD WOULD GO TO SET A LOST MAN FREE . I,M STILL AMAZED AT SALVATION AS A WHOLE 3/ IM STILL AMAZED AT GODS MERCY NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH WE HAVE DONE BUT ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY HE SAVED US BECAUSE OF HIS MERCY I WONT RECEIVE THE PUNISHMENT I DESERVE BUT A FULL FREE PARDON 45 YEARS AGO HE SHOWED ME MERCY. I,M STILL AMAZED 4/. I,M STILL AMAZED BY GODS GRACE WHILE MERCY IS NOT RECEIVING WHAT WE DO DESERVE GRACE IS RECEIVING SOMETHING WE COULD NEVER DESERVE OUR WORKS WILL NEVER BE ENOUGH BUT HIS GRACE IS MORE THAN SUFFICIENT GOD DOESEN,T JUST PARDON OUR SIN HE INITIATES A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH US HE WALKS WITH US INTIMATELY HE CARES FOR US IMMENSELY HE BLESSES US IMMEASURABLY I DONT KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT WHEN IT COMES TO GOD,S LOVE SALVATION ,MERCY AND GRACE I AM STILL AMAZED GOD TOOK EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE SEEN THUS FAR AND WRAPED IT UP AND GAVE IT TO US IN THE FORM OF HIS SON 5/. I,M STILL AMAZED BY GODS SON THE NAME JESUS IS AMAZING NEITHER IS THERE SALVATION IN ANY OTHER NO OTHER NAME THAT SAVES US JESUS LEFT THE GLORIES OF HEAVEN CAME TO EARTH TOOK ON A ROBE OF FLESH AND LAID DOWN HIS LIFE I,M AMAZED THIS STRANGER WOULD ACCEPT A MANGER IN TRADE FOR A KINGLY THRONE AND I,M STILL AT A LOSS WHY HE,D TAKE THE CROSS INSTEAD OF A STREET OF PURE GOLD HE,S THE ONLY KING WHO GAVE EVERYTHING IN EXCHANGE FOR A COLD DARK GRAVE AND I STILL LOVE TO PONDER THIS GOD GIVEN WONDER OH YES I,M STILL AMAZED EVERYTHING ABOUT JESUS CHRIST IS AMAZING HE WAS BORN OF A VIRGIN LIVED A SINLESS LIFE TAUGHT WITH AUTHORITY HEALED THE SICK CLEANSED LEPERS MADE THE BLIND TO SEE OPENED DEAF EARS CAUSED THE DUMB TO SPEAK THE LAME TO WALK CAST OUT DEMONS RAISED THE DEAD LAID DOWN HIS LIFE PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE ROSE FROM THE GRAVE ASCENDED TO HEAVEN SAT DOWN AT THE FATHERS RIGHT HAND PROVIDED ATONEMENT FOR SINS HE IS MAKING INTERCESSION ON OUR BEHALF HE HAS FORGIVEN OUR SINS SAVED OUR SOULS FROM HELL CHANGED LIVES GIVEN ETERNAL LIFE. AS A GIFT HE HAS GONE TO PREPARE A PLACE HE HAS PROMISED TO COME AGAIN TO RECEIVE US HE HAS DEFEATED SIN. SATAN DEATH HELL AND THE GRAVE SOON HE WILL SPLIT THE SKY WITH A SHOUT THE VOICE OF AN ARCHANGEL AND THE SOUND OF A TRUMPET HE WILL CALL HIS CHILDREN HOME WE WILL RISE UP OUT OF THIS WORLD OF SORROW WE SHALL MEET HIM IN THE AIR AND SO SHALL WE EVER BE WITH HIM SO THAT JUST A FEW REASONS WHY I AM AMAZED AT GODS SON HOW ABOUT YOU