What are they? What are some signs that you are a kingdom citizen? 1) You ask a lot of questions. 2) You are willing to give up everything to enter the kingdom. 3) You change. First sign that you are a kingdom citizen: you ask a lot of questions. Why do you ask questions? Because […]
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Matt 13 – Parables and the Kingdom of Heaven (pt1 of 3)
Turn with me to Matthew 13. Keep it open. We’ll be covering most of the chapter. I want to talk about being a citizen in the kingdom of heaven. Most of us here are citizens of the United States of America. You are a citizen of this country because you were either born here or […]
Matt 12 – The Lord of the Sabbath and the Promised Messiah (pt3 of 3)
RECAP 1) Religion is all about rules. 2) Religious people are more interested in self than others. 3) Religious people think God wants them to sacrifice and mercy is completely foreign to them. 4) Religious people bear bad fruit. 5) Religious people deal with sin through human effort. Religion cannot save us. If we are […]
Matt 12 – The Lord of the Sabbath and the Promised Messiah (pt2 of 3)
1) Jesus shows that religion is all about rules. 1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. 2 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, “Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on […]
Matt 12 – The Lord of the Sabbath and the Promised Messiah (pt1 of 3)
Hope you had a good Thanksgiving. I heard that the dorms provided turkeys for dinner on Thanksgiving. And they were cooked by some of you here. I am not sure how those turkeys turned out. I trust they were good. If you are not an experienced turkey chef, you have no appreciation for how difficult […]
Rom 8:28-32 – God Works All Things for Our Good (pt3 of 3)
Quick review. “All things work together for good to those who love God…” If you don’t love God, you can’t bank on this promise. And we talked about what it means to love God. Loving God himself, not his gifts, not his benefits, but loving him for who he is. The promise itself – “all […]