Surprising Salvation\r\n- Good News for the world Luke 2v1-40 (page 1027)\r\n\r\nSurprise!\r\n\r\nA Surprising King \r\n- Power\r\n- Weakness\r\n- Weakness not Power\r\n‘For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God...For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.’ 1 Corinthians 1v18, 25 \r\n\r\nA Surprising Invitation\r\n- Personal\r\n- Grace\r\n- Outsiders not Insiders\r\n\r\nA Surprising salvation\r\n- Redeemer\r\n- Division\r\n- Relational not Social\r\n‘God’s salvation is not a ‘what’ but a ‘who’ – it’s personal, it’s relational. To see Jesus, to know Jesus is to know salvation. This means that our experience of salvation is not primarily seen in a change of our circumstances or a programme of self improvement, but in a relationship.’