My message tonight starts with presuppositions.

It's imperative, I think, that that's where we begin because of the conversation that we're in in culture.

And so I want to talk about our presuppositions, possibly your presuppositions. You're like, what's a presupposition?

Well, the presupposition is a framework by which you choose to see and live your life.

Some of the key presuppositions right now in the world we live in are these. Number one,

I have rights. Number two, I should get to decide. Number three, I know me best. Number four, I know me best.

Number four, I deserve more.

Number five, I deserve to be happy.

But the gospel speaks to our presuppositions.

And the gospel that we've sung about, celebrated, proclaimed the story, Sadie, that we've told,

which is a redemption story,

that story informs our presuppositions.

And the gospel actually flies in the face of all the presuppositions

we've just named.

Because without Christ, we've got a problem.

And it is a massive problem.

Without Christ, we are separated from a God who is, as we have sung and said so many times, holy, holy.

And to get to that God is impossible without Christ.

And that changes all the pre-sepositions.

So just so we're all on the same page, we're all caught up to what the good news is.

I just want to maybe illustrate for a moment where we were without Christ.

Some of you have walked across the Centennial Olympic Plaza coming in and out of here.

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