CELEBRATION NOTES

Sunday, May 17, 2026

SAVED

Introduction: Oskar Schindler’s Regret

“I Could Have Saved More”

  I.  The Ultimate Question: What Will Jesus Say When You Stand Before Him? 

    1. Matthew 25:21 “… Well done, Good and Faithful Servant…” The Question That Echoes Into Eternity — Did I Invest My Life Wisely or Waste It on What Didn’t Matter?
    2. Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who says to me Lord, Lord, will enter into Heaven’s Kingdom” The Sobering Question — Did I Truly Know Jesus, Or Only Know About Him? 

II. The Law of the Harvest

  1. Galations 6:7 “Whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap.” SOW TO THE FLESH  > REAP CORRUPTION

SOW TO THE SPIRIT > RAP EVERLASTING LIFE

III. Saved by Grace — The Gift We Could Never Earn

  1. Ephesians 2:8-9 “ For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it I s the gift of God— ”
  2. Ephesians 2:10 “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”

Salvation is not about perfection, performance, or religion — it is about grace through faith in Jesus Christ. One day we will all stand before Him, and the greatest question will not be how successful we were, but whether we truly knew Him and faithfully lived for what mattered most.