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Matt 16 – 3 P’s: Focusing Not on Programs, Not on Personalities, but the Person of Christ (pt3 of 3)

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Review: 3 P’s 1) Don’t focus on religious Programs Pharisees and Sadducees – they don’t have the keys to the kingdom of heaven and their teaching is keeping people shut out from this kingdom. 2) Don’t focus on human Personalities What’s Peter’s role? He confessed Jesus as the Christ, the Messiah, the Son of the […]

Matt 16 – 3 P’s: Focusing Not on Programs, Not on Personalities, but the Person of Christ (pt2 of 3)

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Second P: To build a church that mirrors heaven, let’s not focus on human Personalities Matt 16 18 And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Jesus asked a question, who do you say I am? And […]

Matt 16 – 3 P’s: Focusing Not on Programs, Not on Personalities, but the Person of Christ (pt1 of 3)

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Today, we will be focusing on Matt 16:13-20, the passage which was read earlier. Let’s re-read v18-19. Matt 16 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it. 19 I will give you the keys of the […]

Matt 15: Religion is Outside In, Christianity is Inside Out (pt3 of 3)

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21 Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 22 A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is suffering terribly from demon-possession.” 23 Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged […]

Matt 15: Religion is Outside In, Christianity is Inside Out (pt2 of 3)

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What about the ordinances? There are 2 ordinances or traditions that Christ himself ordained for us to observe. One is the Lord’s Supper and the other is baptism. Catholics observe the Lord’s Supper every Sunday and many Protestants look at that and say, that’s just a meaningless ritual. So why bother observing it? Attending church […]