Pandering the Gospel

Luring people to believe?

American Heritage Dictionary

pan·der  .v.   pan·dered, pan·der·ing, pan·ders

1.To act as a go-between or liaison in sexual intrigues; function as a procurer.

2.To cater to the lower tastes and desires of others or exploit their weaknesses

Ephesians 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ

with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,

What Does He Give Us?

1. Forgiveness

Roman 3:23

Roman 6:23

 …for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Leviticus 17:11, 14

For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make

atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life.

For the life of every creature is its blood: its blood is its life. Therefore I have said to the people of Israel, You shall not eat the blood

of any creature, for the life of every creature is its blood. Whoever eats it shall

be cut off.

1 John 2:1-2

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone

does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 He is

the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole

world.

Romans 6:4

We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as

Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in

newness of life

What Does He Give Us?

1. Forgiveness

2. The hope of eternal salvation

Romans 8:24

For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who

hopes for what he sees?

2 Corinthians 1:10

He delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him

we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.

Ephesians 2:12

remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from

the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of

promise, having no hope and without God in the world.

What Does He Give Us?

1. Forgiveness

2. The hope of eternal salvation

3. Adoption, as a child of God

1 John 3:1

See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The

reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.

A blessing, from great love, and a separatorA blessing, from great love, and a separator

Romans 8:14-15

For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 15 For you did not

receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received

the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

Ephesians 1:5

He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to

the purpose of his will,

Accomplished by getting into ChristAccomplished by getting into Christ

What Does He Give Us?

1. Forgiveness

2. The hope of eternal salvation

3. Adoption, as a child of God

4. Love of the brethren, family love

1 Peter 1:22

Having purified your souls by your

obedience to the truth for a sincere

brotherly love, love one another

earnestly from a pure heart,

Matthew 19:29

…and everyone who has left houses or

brothers or sisters or father or

mother or children or lands, for my

name's sake, will receive a

hundredfold and will inherit eternal

life.

What Does He Give Us?

1. Forgiveness

2. The hope of eternal salvation

3. Adoption, as a child of God

4. Love of the brethren, family love

5. Strength for living

2 Corinthians 12:9

But he said to me, “My grace is

sufficient for you, for my power is

made perfect in weakness.”

Therefore I will boast all the more

gladly of my weaknesses, so that the

power of Christ may rest upon me.

Ephesians 1:19

 …and what is the immeasurable

greatness of his power toward us who

believe, according to the working of

his great might

Ephesians 3:14-16

For this reason I bow my knees before

the Father, 15 from whom every

family in heaven and on earth is

named, 16 that according to the

riches of his glory he may grant you to

be strengthened with power through

his Spirit in your inner being,

Ephesians 3:20

Now to him who is able to do far more

abundantly than all that we ask or

think, according to the power at work

within us,

2 Timothy 1:7

…for God gave us a spirit not of fear

but of power and love and self-control

What’s the Point?

• God does not force us• God does not bribe us

• But He DOES love us!

John 3:16

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.