Ccr Sermons

True Stories Pt. 4: Seeking the Lost By Louie Marsh, 9-1-2024   Intro – 4 slides, Helen Keller last one.   1) If I love the lost I’m going to be CRITICIZED.   1  Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2  And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” Luke 15:1-2 (ESV)   ·       Loving the lost like Jesus means I RELATE with them.   29  And Levi made him a great feast in his house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others reclining at table with them. 30  And the Pharisees and their scribes grumbled at his disciples, saying, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?” Luke 5:29-30 (ESV)   2) I need to LEARN HOW to respond to criticism like Jesus did.   ·       I don’t take personal attacks PERSONALLY.   20  I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who l