The Fingerprints of God 2: The Surprising Benefits Package When Jesus is Lord - 2 Corinthians 2:14-17

In the most recent space mission, four astronauts went and circled the Earth and the moon and came home. These men had spent their lives preparing for this in a lot of different ways. But all of their studying, all of their pictures, everything they had seen did not adequately prepare them for the moment when they saw the moon eclipse the sun. One of them, who claimed afterwards to not be a particularly religious man, said he felt he was in the presence of divinity.I remember well the day, as a child, when I first put my faith in Jesus. Though I trusted him in that moment, nothing would have prepared me fully for the things that God has shown me of himself and brought me into. Being just a naive farm kid, number five of seven, I knew nothing. But I knew that God put his finger on me, drew me to himself, and then has surprised me over and over.I want to talk here today about the surprising benefits package when Jesus is Lord, looking at 2 Corinthians 2 in this sermon series called "The Fingerprints of God."Extra reading: Exodus 19:1-9 Preacher: Bill Dyck