Still Amazed Acts 8:2640 pew Bible p843

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Still AmazedActs 826-40 (pew Bible p843)

• I stand amazed in the presence
• Of Jesus the Nazarene
• And wonder how He could love me
• A sinner condemned, unclean
• Are you still amazed?

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• Amazing grace how sweet the sound
• That saved a wretch like me!
• I once was lost but now am found
• Was blind but now I see.
• Are you still amazed?

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• Your love is amazing, steady and unchanging
• Your love is a mountain, firm beneath my
  feetYour love is a mystery, how You gently lift
  meWhen I am surrounded, Your love carries me
• Are you still amazed?

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• Amazing love! How can it be?
• That Thou, my God
• Shouldst die for me!
• Are you still amazed?

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• The church in the book of Acts was!
• They were amazed when they saw Jesus ascend into
  Heaven11011
• They were amazed when the Spirit came and His
  power was seen278
• They were when so many believed after Peters
  sermon243

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• The church in the book of Acts was!
• They were when the lame beggar was healed310
• They were when Peter and John spoke so
  bravely413
• They were in 511,12-15 523 615757-60 813

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• Are you still amazed?
• I think that Philip probably was!
• So he shared the Good News about Jesus!
• And revival broke out in Samaria!

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• Are you still amazed?
• The Ethiopian Eunuchneeded to be
• Who was he?

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• Who was the eunuch?
• He had power
• Treasurer to Candace the queen of Ethiopia
• A worshiperv 27
• A student of the wordv 28
• Teachablev31
• Ready and willing to be amazedv 34
• Are you still amazed?

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• The PassageIsaiah 53 (pew Bible p570)
• v12His birth
• v3His life and ministry
• v4-9His death in our place
• 1Peter 224 He personally carried our sins in
  his body on the cross so that we can be dead to
  sin and live for what is right. By his wounds you
  are healed.v4
• Does this amaze you?

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• The PassageIsaiah 53 (pew Bible p570)
• Matthew 2662-63 Then the high priest stood up
  and said to Jesus, Well, arent you going to
  answer these charges? What do you have to say for
  yourself?  But Jesus remained silent. Then the
  high priest said to him, I demand in the name of
  the living Godtell us if you are the Messiah,
  the Son of God.v7
• Are you amazed?

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• The PassageIsaiah 53 (pew Bible p570)
• Matthew 2757-60 As evening approached, Joseph,
  a rich man from Arimathea who had become a
  follower of Jesus,  went to Pilate and asked for
  Jesus body. And Pilate issued an order to
  release it to him.  Joseph took the body and
  wrapped it in a long sheet of clean linen cloth.
   He placed it in his own new tomb, which had been
  carved out of the rock. Then he rolled a great
  stone across the entrance and left.v9
• Are you amazed?

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• The PassageIsaiah 53 (pew Bible p570)
• v10-12the victory of His resurrection
• Luke 2334, 37 Jesus said, Father, forgive
  them, for they dont know what they are doing.
  And the soldiers gambled for his clothes by
  throwing dice They called out to him, If you
  are the King of the Jews, save yourself!
• Are you amazed?

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• Who are you?
• Do you have power?
• Do others follow you?Its not enough
• Are you a worshiper?
• Do you attend church?Its not enough
• Are you a student of the word?
• Do you read the Bible and know what it says?Its
  not enough 
• John 539-40 You search the Scriptures because
  you think they give you eternal life. But the
  Scriptures point to me!  Yet you refuse to come
  to me to receive this life.

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• Who are you?
• Are you teachable?
• Ever learning but unable to come to the knowledge
  of the truth?Its not enough
• Are you ready and willing to be amazed?
• Jesus loves you!
• Enough to die for you!

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• Jesus died so that you can live!
• Jesus rose from the grave so that you are not
  bound in death!
• Jesus took and forgave your sin!
• Are you amazed?

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• Are you amazed enough to love Him back?
• Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or
  boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its
  own way.
• Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always
  hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

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• Are you still amazed?
• Philip was!
• He was amazed that God allowed him the privilege
  to be a part of His work!
• Enough to go to the wilderness and share his
  love!

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• Are you still amazed?
• Living Jesus, Living Hope!
• Being amazed enough to tell your story!