Contrast: Herod's banquet in a palace vs Jesus' banquet in the wilderness
Numbers 11:23 "Is the Lord's hand shortened?"
Ezekiel 34 "MY sheep of MY pasture!"
Psalm 23 - Green pastures and a banquet amidst enemies.
Response - How do we answer Jesus' question?
Actual: Not nearly enough!
Action: Everything I have!
Scripture: Psalm 48:1-14
Read MoreLooking at the resurrection reveals who Jesus really is and it changes the way we see ourselves.
Looking at the resurrection shows us that there is a difference between seeing and really seeing
Looking at the resurrection changes the way we see Jesus
Looking at the resurrection changes the way we see at ourselves
Main Idea: The church is a community of people who know Jesus intimately and proclaim His gospel boldly.
Someone who follows another person or a way of life and who submits themselves to the discipline (teaching) of that leader or way.
Peter’s Answer:
“You are the Christ, the Son of the God, the living One.”
The Heidelberg Catechism
Lord’s Day 31 Q&A 83
Q. What are the keys of the kingdom?
A. The preaching of the holy gospel and Christian discipline toward repentance. Both of them open the kingdom of heaven to believers and close it to unbelievers.
Read MoreThe Faith Factor:
Storms that are Personal
Faith the Preserves
A Savior Who is Powerful
Jesus will do the impossible for you if you believe in him.
Truth #1) The power of your faith is only as strong as the object of your faith
· Implication: Consider where you are putting the weight of your life
Truth #2) Jesus can do more than that
· Implication: Remember the reality of who Jesus is
Truth #3) Jesus has already done the impossible for you
· Implication: Make sense out of today based on his work in the past and his promise for the future
Familiarity 18:24, “A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.”
Faithfulness 20:6, “Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find?”
Friction 27:17, “Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.”
Forgiveness 28:13, “Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy”
The danger of sexuality folly is inevitable
The strategy of sexuality folly is predatory
The call of wisdom is our rescue
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue…"
Words have power.
Your words can have the power of death
Your words can have the power of life
What it takes to be the giver of this good gift
What it takes to be the receiver of this good gift
What makes the gift so good
Honor is our great quest
Pride is our great failure
Humility is God’s guaranteed success
The grace of Jesus is our Guarantor
God’s emotion-life reveals his beautiful wisdom
Our emotion-life is meant to reflect the beautiful wisdom of God
Our emotion life, therefore, must be rooted in the right fear of the right person
Read MoreWhat you do reveals your true character: Sluggard or Diligent
How you are left reveals your soul-condition: Empty or Abundant
What keeps you going reveals your heart motivation: Craving or Resting
Our money says 6 things about us. We are either…
1) Ruined or Rich
10:22 The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it
2) Greedy or Generous
11:24 One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
3) Controlling or Contributing
11:26 The people curse him who holds back grain but a blessing on the head of him who sells it
4) Lying or Loving
20:23 Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord, and false scales are not good.
5) Hasty or Habitual
13:11 Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.
6) Poor or Prioritized
30:8 Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me…
The Road Rarely Taken
There are only two ways that call to us
There is only one person to whom they call
There is a bunch of life or death differences
Read MoreWisdom’s worth is determined by its source
Wisdom’s worth is demonstrated by it’s effectiveness
Wisdom’s worth demands a costly pursuit
His cross reverses our debt
His resurrection reverses our death
Our reckoning reverses our destiny
We want a Savior who appears important…and he rode a donkey
We want a Savior who surrounds us with beautiful people…and he has 12 motley disciples
We want a Savior who defeats the powerful…and was arrested, beaten, and crucified
We have a Savior who is glorious and approachable
We have a Savior who welcomes the broken to make them beautiful
We have a Savior who defeated the power of sin and death on our behalf.
