October 19, 2025 – Unable to Build Our Way to God
Sermon: 1883 The Coming Kingdom of Christ, Part 2
Pray Over This
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”
Ponder This
The people in Babel (Genesis 11) said, “Let us build us a city and a tower whose top may reach up to Heaven.” What they meant was, “We’re going to start here and build toward Heaven.” But that is completely and totally contradictory to all that God does. What is the difference between manmade religion, new age religion, humanism, and the true salvation that comes from God? Man tries to build from Earth to Heaven. True salvation reaches down from Heaven to Man. God moved in mercy toward the pitiful plight of sinful Man, said, “I will go down,” and God became the God-Man to lift us to Heaven. The Bible says, “We must be born again.”
Many of us are still spending our efforts trying to get to God with our good deeds or our church attendance, when that was never how it was designed to be. God sent His Son to us. Trying to build our way to God or just trying to get through life on our own will never satisfy or fulfill us. It is only through Christ that we have peace, joy, and life with God.
- What are some ways you might be trying to work your way to God?
- Why is it the best news that we can’t get to God, but He has come to us?
Practice This
Praise and thank God for coming to us and giving us the opportunity for relationship with Him.
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