“This is how God showed his love among us:
He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.”
1 John 4:9
1. Finding the One:
Luke 15:1-7
v4: “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it?”
2. Noticing One in the Crowd:
Luke 8:40-48
v45: “who touched me?”
3. One in the Secret Place:
Ps 139
v13: “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.”
4. One Touch Changed Everything:
Matt. 8:1-4
v3: “Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. ‘I am willing’ he said. ‘Be clean!’ Immediately he was cured of his leprosy.”
5. Little Ones:
Mark 10:14
“When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. “
6.One Called by Name:
John 20:10-18
v16: “Jesus said to her, ‘Mary.”
7. Raises the One:
John 11:38-44
v44: “Jesus said to them, ‘Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”
8. Seeks the Unlikely One:
John 4: 1-26
v9: “The Samaritan woman said to him, ‘You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?”
9. Heals the One:
Luke 5:17-26
v24: “He said to the paralyzed man, ‘I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.”
10 One of the Criminals:
Luke 23:39-43
v42-43: “Then he said, ‘Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” “Jesus answered him, ‘I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise.”
