Sermon Notes: “More Than Minutes”
Pastor Alan Hannah | September 14, 2025
Generosity happens when the gospel moves from your head to your heart.
14Either way, Christ’s love controls us. Since we believe that Christ died for all, we also believe that we have all died to our old life. 15He died for everyone so that those who receive his new life will no longer live for themselves. Instead, they will live for Christ, who died and was raised for them.
16So we have stopped evaluating others from a human point of view. At one time, we thought of Christ merely from a human point of view. How differently we know him now! 17This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person. The old life is gone; a new life has begun!
18And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. 19For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. 20aSo we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. [2 Corinthians 5:14-20a]
When the gospel moves from your head to your heart, you’ll realize you’ve been called not just to believe, but to serve.
14aEither way, Christ’s love controls us. [2 Corinthians 5:14a]
18And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him. [ 2 Corinthians 5:18]
19For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation. 20aSo we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. [2 Corinthians 5:19-20a]
When the gospel moves from your head to your heart, you’ll realize you’ve been called not just to believe, but to serve.
NEXT STEPS: Move from Spectator to Servant
- Do a time study this week.
- Pray for spiritual eyes.
- Study the word “serve” in Scripture.
- Fill out a Connect Card.