"The Master Janitor"
Pastor Albert Almore
When asked to clean up, often one of my sons will say, "That’s not mine! That’s his mess.” In other words, that’s not my problem, that’s his mess. Can I tell you what this weekend is all about…
📝 JESUS CAME TO EARTH TO CLEAN UP A MESS, THAT HE DIDN’T MAKE.
Message Title: THE MASTER JANITOR
Scene 1: THEIR MESS.
When Heaven looked down at earth, all they could see was their mess, the mess of Adam & Eve. "You got that right AB! All Heaven could see was Adam & Eve’s mess. I can’t wait until I see Adam & Eve…” Before you go there, please understand….
YOUR MESS WAS IN THERE TOO. MY MESS, MY SIN WAS IN THERE TOO. YOU CONTRIBUTED TO THE MESS TOO!
📝 "for ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,“
Romans 3:23 NKJV
📝 Not A SINGLE PERSON on earth is always good and never sins.
Ecclesiastes 7:20 ESV
📝 "WE ALL, LIKE SHEEP, HAVE GONE ASTRAY, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all."
Isaiah 53:6 NIV
Scene 2: MY PROBLEM.
📝 Even though Jesus didn’t contribute to the mess, God still SENT HIS SONto clean it up.
"But GOD DEMONSTRATES his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.“
Romans 5:8 NIV
If Anyone had a right to say, "Hey that’s not my mess!” it was Jesus. But instead, Jesus said,
📝 "THEIR MESS. MY PROBLEM!” -Jesus
How do you plan on cleaning up this mess???
Scene 3: MY LIFE.
"For their mess, I will clean it up." How Jesus? "WITH MY LIFE.”
📝 For God made Christ, WHO NEVER SINNED, TO BE THE OFFERING for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:21
WHY???
📝 "For God SO LOVED the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
John 3:16 KJV
"For their mess, I will clean it up WITH MY LIFE.”
📝 "That is why, when Christ came into the world, he said to God, “You did not want animal sacrifices or sin offerings. But you have given me A BODY TO OFFER.“
Hebrews 10:5 NLT
Jesus didn’t come just to bring an offering. Jesus was the offering. Jesus knew the assignment and talked about it often. Matthew 17:22-23…
"After they gathered again in Galilee, Jesus told them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of his enemies. He will be killed, BUT ON THE THIRD DAY HE WILL BE RAISED FROM THE DEAD.”…
Matthew 17:22-23 NLT
"Then Jesus, knowing all that was about to happen to Him, went to them and asked, “Whom do you want?”“
John 18:4 AMP
📝 Jesus already KNEW all that was going to happen to Him. Jesus laid down His life so that we could KNOW.
He KNEW but He wanted us to KNOW.
He wanted us to know Him. He wanted us to know the Fathers love. He wanted us to know the power of forgiveness. He wanted us to know our value. He wanted us to know our worth, through His eyes.
Scene 4: MY RESPONSE.
📝 REMEMBER YOUR MESS.
📝 REJOICE IN HIS CLEAN UP.
📝 RECEIVE HIS WORK.
📝 RELAY WHAT HE’S DONE.
"…Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” They replied, "BELIEVE IN THE LORD JESUS, AND YOU WILL BE SAVED—you and your household."
Acts 16:30-31 NIV
"Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, AND TO PRESENT YOU FAULTLESS before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.“
Jude 1:24-25 KJV