Here are a few discussion question:

1. Where are you from?
2. Where are your parents from?
3. Where are your “people” from?
4. How do you prefer to be identified? Why?
   
5. When was the first time in you life that you realized that race/gender/age mattered?
6. Describe the situation and your reaction.

Let us look to the gospel and not see how great we are but see how great God is.

Below are some notes from a sermon I gave at the Remix on “The God of the Gospel”

Psalm 96:1-6

Oh sing to the LORD a new song;
sing to the LORD, all the earth!
²Sing to the LORD, bless his name;
tell of his salvation from day to day.
³Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous works among all the peoples!
⁴For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised;
he is to be feared above all gods.
⁵For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols,
but the LORD made the heavens.
⁶Splendor and majesty are before him;
strength and beauty are in his sanctuary

The gospel isn’t primarily about us.  The gospel is primarily about God.

• The Gospel is the canvas in which God’s character is displayed
• And if the gospel is going to revolutionize our lives…we have to know and fall in love with the God of the Gospel
• The gospel does teach us about ourselves but it teaches that we are the bad new of the good news.

A Few Characteristics of God seen through the Gospel

• Relational—the gospel shows us that He desires to be in a relationship with us.
• Holy—the gospel shows how set apart God is from us.
• Jealous—the gospel shows that God is jealous of anything that knocks Him off as our greatest treasure.  Is God the greatest treasure of your life?
• Judge—the gospel shows that God must judge sin.
• Gracious—the gospel shows that God gives us what we don’t deserve
• Loving—the gospel shows God’s love for us that He is willing to give His own Son as our needed sacrifice.

The gospel doesn’t show us how worthy we are but it shows us how worthy God is.

• Sometimes we look at the gospel and think—man, I am so great that God sent His Son to die for my sins.
• We are special, as image bearers of God
• And God, wants to be our God and for us to be His people
• But the gospel is more about God’s worth than our worth
• We learn from the gospel that we aren’t worthy
• We learn that we are sinful
• We learn that we deserve judgment
• We deserve condemnation and wrath from God
• Though the gospel teaches us how unworthy we are…it shows how worthy God is
• Let’s not look at the gospel and see ourselves as great
• Let’s look at the gospel and see God as great.

As we grow to know and love the God of the Gospel, it should propel us to live our lives making much of God (become Psalm 96 people).

• Will you spend your life making much of yourself or will you spend much of your life making much of God?
• This is what Psalm 96 is all about—that we would make much of God because of God’s character.
• Not because we are great…but because He is great.
• The gospel teaches us of God’s amazing character and it should propel us to become psalm 96 people.

I pray that as we examine the gospel we will grow in our knowledge of who God is and that we would spend our lives, making much of Him.

By His Grace & For His Glory

Gabe Garcia