Pass this on!Text: Mark 7:31-37 He hath done all things well is the definition of excellence. Excellent so you want others to know They bring unto him… (vs 32) They brought their friend because the Lord Jesus Christ had a reputation for doing all things well, particularly healing. What your faith can do for someone else. … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: Matthew 1:22-23 I learned that the Bible is God’s legal document Genealogy of a king of utmost importance. Is he the rightful heir? Matthew 1 is the legal record linking anyone Jesus Christ to the throne of David. Judgement in Revelation where the books are opened. (The Law) Summons to court if … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: John 19:13-18 The way of the cross is a clear way (vs 13) Pilate heard all he was going to hear. He sat down at the judgment seat and declared clearly what the next steps would be in the punishment of this trial. Pavement The name Pavement tells you the path is … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: John 19:8-12 Pilate’s healthy fear of God Pilate asks Jesus, whence art thou? There is more to the question than just wanting to know where someone grew up. Pilate is getting seriously concerned that Jesus Christ is more than just a man. That he is of divine origin. And Pilate is right! … [Read more…]
Pass this on!We take for our subject this morning the declaration of Pilate before the people, Behold the man! Not a man, but THE man. One mediator between God and man THE man Christ Jesus. Behold the cruelty he endured for you (vs 1) Pilate tries again to appease the mob. This time he tries … [Read more…]
Pass this on!We want to look at the substitutionary death of the Lord Jesus Christ and what that means to you and I. Christ’s Substitution means there is a death sentence on you If Jesus Christ took your place, that means there is a death sentence on you. The wages of sin is death. It … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: John 18:1-9 Place of the arrest It was a place of significance In a garden. It was in a garden that man had originally gone astray from God and it was in a garden that reconciliation for that sin would begin through Jesus Christ yielding himself. It was also an olive press. … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: John 10:11-42 Psalm 23 – Most famous Psalm God would use the illustration of shepherds throughout Israel’s history and throughout the Bible. The things that make Jesus Christ the GOOD Shepherd. Good Shepherd is Sacrificial in Nature (vss 11-18) Willingness of the shepherd (vs 11) His death was necessary, but he had … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: John 10:1-6 Parable of a shepherd tending his flock (10:1-6). This flock is a reference to Israel’s little flock of believers, but the Lord will expand on this later in the chapter. This is the only parable in John. Sheep are not quite animals that you see as mascots. Can you imagine … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: John 9 Vision allows you to see God’s glory in it (vss 1-3) Men look to blame. Jesus Christ sees opportunity for the glory of God. Tragedy is given a context Living this life you’ll be touched by tragedy: death, sickness, suffering, betrayal, injustice, etc. When you can see God in it, … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: John 8:12-32 People think truth is up for grabs. Arguing about truth being relative; “Your truth.” Truth being objective and knowable. Philosophising about truth and its nature. Truth is God’s opinion. Truth is Light (vss 12-20) Truth is exposure. It is revelation. Truth is the light that will expose your sin Frustrating … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: Romans 8:31-39 We finish up Romans 8 this evening with Paul showing that God so clearly loves his children that there is nothing that can separate us from that love in Christ. Then Paul lists many things that would make you and I think we have been abandoned by God. These things … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: John 7 John 7:43 So there was a division among the people because of him. This verse summarizes this entire chapter. Jesus Christ brings division. This is not a popular message. Faith in Jesus Christ causes division. Division in the Family (7:1-9) This is the most painful division. Many of you have … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: Genesis 6-8 The Ark was God’s Provision and Jesus Christ is God’s Provision Make thee an ark… Grace of God (1 Corinthians 1:4) God makes provision to avoid judgment on sin. Matthew 24:37-39… people disregarded God and went about their business 2 Peter 2:5… the ark was preached about and disregarded Hebrews … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: John 6:24-59 Priority of Bread (vss 24-29) Bread is the top priority of man under the sun Ecclesiastes 6:7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. Solomon in Ecclesiastes says the man under the sun who is living for material things and has … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: Romans 7:1-6 The Dominion of God’s Law There are people without the written law of God participating in the law of God. For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves. Purpose of … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: John 5:31-47 Witness of John the Baptist Jews had asked John the Baptist if he was Elijah or that prophet, John 1:21 Malachi 4:5-6 Isaiah 40:3 – voice of one crying in the wilderness Matthew 3:1-12 – leather girdle clothed in camel’s hair and eating locusts and wild honey don’t get caught … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: Daniel 3 Idolatry vss 1-7 Bow now! Nebuchadnezzar sets up the image. The thing that will define faithful Israel versus unfaithful Israel is whether or not they bow to an idol during the great tribulation. 1 John 5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. Picturing a coming day when the antichrist … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Text: Daniel 2:44 Daniel had the scriptures to interpret this dream. The stone had been spoken of many times before in the scriptures: by Moses, David, and Isaiah. And what each of these men said and sung about this stone was a significant aspect of this stone as described in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. Daniel … [Read more…]
Pass this on!Man’s History The power of one All the world hangs on the coat strings of one of two men: Adam and Jesus Christ One brought death and the other life. And the determining factor was their obedience to God and relationship with Him. Mohamed was a fierce leader. But as influential as his … [Read more…]
