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Main Idea:Behold the Savior and His Salvation and cry out to Him! Do you see Jesus? See the Suffering Savior and trust in Him Luke 18:31-34 See the salvation of the King of kings...

Proposition: The spiritual posture necessary to enter the kingdom is humble helplessness. Evidence 1: The context Evidence 2: Christ’s teaching Evidence 3: The Gospel of Grace....

Be exalted as a trophy of mercy! The Problem (v9) The Parable (v10–14a) The Point (v14b) ...

Luke gives us two considerations to urge us to leave the company of the condemned and come to Jesus in authentic faith. 1. Consider those who are granted mercy by God but still not saved 2. Consider those ...

Ephesians is a wonderful letter from the Apostle Paul to the believers in Ephesus. It describes God’s loving plan to make a people for Himself in Christ and then describes how people should relate to one another in the church. Our prayer is that...

Sermon Notes: Main Idea: Faithful disciples live with Jesus, learn from Jesus, look like Jesus and love like Jesus.“Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” - Matthew 4:19 Faithful disciples live with Jesus and l...

Big Idea: Rejoice in the forgiving love of God toward any repentant sinner The sin of the younger sonThe repentance of the younger sonThe father’s lavish forgiving love...

Big Idea: Repent and return to God and bring joy to Him and the angels of heaven Watch out for a grumbling heart toward Jesus’ mercy to sinnersSee God who seeks and saves...

Main Idea: There is no entrance into the kingdom of Christ without carefully counting the cost of following him here on earth. HatingBearingTruly, truly, I say to you,...

Main Idea: Enter the kingdom of God before you are shut out Don’t be hindered by its small beginnings (13:18-20)Parable of the Mustard Seed Daniel 4:10-15Ezekiel ...

Main idea: Be a repenter or perish 1. All will face death and judgment 2. All will see God’s patience come to an end Romans 2:4-5 "Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing tha...

Sermon Notes: Main idea: We must acknowledge the eternal consequences for both hypocritical practices and motives so that we can repent with godly fear. 1. Acknowledge the consequences of hypocritical practi...

Sermon Notes: Main Idea: Two approaches of true repentance that bring us cleansing before God.  1. Seek Cleansing From the Inside Out (Luke 11:37-41)  Key Questio...

Sermon Notes: Introduction Jesus gives us two charges this morning so that we would see and set our hope in him. 1. Consider the evil of denying Jesus’ reign over your life...

We have been examining the architecture of the divine-human covenants in the Bible to see how these covenants carry forward the Bible’s storyline of God establishing His kingdom over the whole world through His chosen king. Much like all the com...

1. God is Sovereignly Holy 2. Man is Hopelessly Sinful 3. God is Unspeakably Gracious 4. Man is Delightfully Compelled...

We have been examining the architecture of the divine-human covenants in the Bible to see how these covenants carry forward the Bible’s storyline of God establishing His kingdom over the whole world through His chosen king. Much like all the com...

A Poem by Lydia Kinne Don’t stop fighting – Even if you feel like The most broken soul That ever was. Don’t stop gripping onTo fragile hope, Its flame feebly flickering...

Introduction: Main idea: God is a good and holy father who grants forgiveness to his children when they ask with the right heart Understand your daily need of forgiveness...

A couple weeks ago, I gave you a brief introduction and motivation for why you should care about the covenants. Recall that a covenant is a solemn commitment to a particular relationship, guaranteeing promises or obligations undertaken by one or b...

If you have spent any time around Christians at Christmas, you have probably heard the phrase ‘Jesus is the reason for the season’. It’s a good statement, intended to counteract the overwhelming voices saying otherwise, voices bent on making...

Introduction The rejection of Christ by Israel is ramping up (and thus, so is God’s condemnation of Israel). This is a parable to learn from, not an example to follow! And the lesson is “what shall I do to inherit eter...

Recently I was sharing with my friend, Cheryl* the concern I felt over my brother and his rejection of the gospel as found in Scripture. Eric* claims to love God and would say he’s a Christian who is heaven-bound, but his beliefs lack substance ...

Main idea: Jesus is the Lord and Savior who rescues from self-sufficiency and unbelief Faith: Knowledge (Notitia)Conviction (Assensus)The Will (Fiducia)   Four responses: ...

Introduction  Main idea: Jesus’ true followers deny themselves and take up their cross daily Repentance/Faith=Salvation+works  NotRepentance/Faith+works=salvation    Focus on the s...

All that the Father gives the Son will be saved.All who see Jesus for who He is and believe in Him will be saved.All whom the Father draws to Jesus will be saved.All who trust Jesus’ sacrificial death on the cross...

Intro: Confession of Faith: AgreementAffirmationAllegiance       Main idea: Confess Jesus as the Christ of God who came to die and rise for ou...

People go public about a lot of things. Have you seen posts on social media of an engagement, a baby gender reveal for an expecting couple, or a new job? Baptism is exponentially more exciting and more important than any of those things. There is ...

Main idea: Trust in Jesus; He is God who provides of all our needs 1. His energy and compassion are endless when rest is elusive 2. His disciples are beyond their abilities and insufficient 3. He is God the...

Introduction Main idea: No matter who you are, come to Jesus in faith, for he alone has compassionate power to save. Two great threats To Jairus and his daughter To the woman...

Quitting is relatively easy! You just quit! You just walk away! Persevering is significantly more difficult! You must continue! You must keep going! The author of the Bible book called Hebrews knew of this probability of drifting away. He ...