BIG IDEA

If God is Good?

MESSAGE NOTES:

WHAT:

Disappointment with God happens when our expectations exceed our experience. - Phillip Yancey

IF YOU WERE GOD…HOW WOULD YOU RUN THE WORLD?

“God somehow you should do a better job of running your world…damn you.”

NO ONE is exempt from the fall-out of sin…not even God.

SO WHAT:

You see, the cross is the answer to the question, “why don’t you do something about evil?” HE DID! The cross that held Jesus’ body, naked and marked with scars, exposed what kind of dark and evil world we live in and what kind of God He is… A great, good God of sacrificial love and light.

HISTORY’S WORST EVENT HAPPENED TO HISTORY’S BEST PERSON!

John 3:16(NLT) 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.

NOW WHAT:

‘because of Jesus we now know that this life is the closest we will ever come to Hell.’

Romans 8:18 (NLT) Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later.

I’ve heard it said, that those who have suffered the most, are most deeply touched when they grasp Christ’s suffering for them.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:

***Please use this time today to speak about whatever your students need to. The following questions are completely optional and only there if you would like to use them.***

• Q1: What are some ways you can focus on the goodness of God when things are bad?

• Q2: How does it make you feel that the most innocent and undeserving person in history experienced the worst act in history?

• Q3: How can you help your friends, the people around you right now, feel hope over fear?