Give God Your Sin-Receive His Salvation

Luke 2:8-14

Recap:

• Give God Your Worry-Receive Peace (Isaiah 9:6-7)
• Give God Your Hurts-Receive Healing (Isaiah 53:3-5; Luke 2:10-11)
• Give God Your Grief Receive Joy (Psalm 34:15)
  • God Understands our Grief.
  • The Gift Exchange: Trading Grief for Joy
  • How to Give God Your Grief
  • Receiving Joy: A Deeper Kind

Introduction:

• Luke 2:8-14
• We live in a world that teaches us to hide our flaws, mask our failures, and pretend we have it all together. But the gospel invites us to do the opposite. It calls us to bring our brokenness, our guilt, our shame, and our sin into the light. Not to be condemned, but to be healed.
• Today, we are stepping into the heart of the gospel: the divine exchange. God does not ask us to clean ourselves up before coming to Him. He simply says, “Come.” Come with your sin, and He will give you salvation. Come with your wounds, and He will heal you healing. Come with your emptiness, and He will fill you with life.
• This is not a transaction based on merit; it is a gift rooted in mercy. The cross of Christ stands as the ultimate invitation: “Give Me Your Sin, and I will give you, My righteousness.” That is the scandal of grace. That is the beauty of salvation.
• So, as we open God’s Word today, let us do so with open hearts. Let us be honest about our needs and bold in our hope. Because when we give God our sin, we do not walk away empty, we walk away redeemed.