Act IV | Love's Last Surprise: a tale of scandalous mercy (Ezekiel 16:53-63)

Preached on 9th December 2018 by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.

Sermon 4 from ”Unrequited Love: A Tragedy in Four Acts”.

Sermon Notes

What is more humbling than disgrace?

1. God's mercy has a scandalous scope

2. God's mercy has a scandalous goal

3. God's mercy has a scandalous cost

Act III | Love Lost: a tale of dark disgrace (Ezekiel 16:35-52)

Preached on 2nd December 2018 by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.

Sermon 3 from ”Unrequited Love: A Tragedy in Four Acts”.

Sermon Notes

Three ugly truths about the judgement we deserve

1. God’s judgement exposes an ugly truth v35-43

What we really are, but for God’s grace

• Naked

• Helpless

2. God’s judgement ridicules an ugly pretence v44-52

How we really compare, but for God’s grace

3. God’s judgement cries out for an ugly solution v41,42

What we really deserve, but for God’s grace

Act II | Love Scorned: a tale of callous betrayal (Ezekiel 16:15-34)

Preached on 25th November 2018 by Rupert Hunt-Taylor.

Sermon 2, from Unrequited Love: A Tragedy in Four Acts

Sermon Notes

What idolatry isn’t

• Sexual sin

• “Loving good things too much”

Three signs of a sin-sick heart:

1. We forget our rags

A lingering hardness towards God’s grace

2. We abuse God’s riches

A habitual pull towards the immediate and the material

3. We never have enough

A chronic incapacity for thankful contentment