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Big Idea: Proper understanding of sin should bring shame, and realization of forgiveness should bring gratitude and LOVE. Jesus came to save sinners Pride keeps many from believing on Jesus All believers have been forgiven much How long have you been a Christian? In almost every church are: Older Christians…

Today we are wrapping up this six part study of the Good News called, “Life in 6 Words.” We get these six words by using the word “Gospel” as an acrostic. As a way of review, let’s walk through these six words one final time… G - God created us to be with Him. ( Genesis 1-2 ) O - Our sins separate us…

What is a city? What do you think of when you think of a city? ir: ( ʿîr [eer]): city, town In the bible, a city is almost always fortified. It is a place surrounded by walls and has it’s own ruler or king. When we think of cities today we often think of large places where many people live or work, but…

The Good News Of Kingdom Values Alright, this morning we are going to look at the good news of kingdom values. And we are going to do that by looking 2 parables sandwiched around a challenge by Jesus to the pharisees. The first parable we are going to look at is confusing without context. But that’s…

Isaiah 1 & 2 Good evening church! It has been a blast meeting together as Growth Groups in our homes over the past few months, but it is nice to gather as a whole as well and fellowship together. It is my hope that as we continue to grow together, that our digging deeper into the Scriptures does not…

Summary Ezekiel 16 is known for being the most sexually explicit chapter in the Bible. Some scholars even consider it pornographic. The prophet casts the city of Jerusalem as a whore when articulating why God has condemned it and marked it for destruction. This episode explores the portrayal of spiritual…

Gen 18.1 - 22.24 , 2 Kings 4:1-37 , Luke 17:28-37 Then the Lord appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day. That word ‘appeared’ carries with it a sense of purpose – God does not appear without purpose or expectations. He appears so that…

THE COST OF BEING A DISCIPLE OF JESUS I. Jesus instructs concerning discipleship (14:25–27). a. Regarding the candidate’s family (14:25–26): i. What does it mean to Hate our family or loved ones? ii. Matt 10:34-39 iii. Matt 12:46-50 1. We must place Jesus above them. a. We must place the Will of God…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

Opening Prayer: Heavenly Father, We come before You today with grateful hearts, thanking You for the gift of family and the privilege of coming together to seek Your face. As we gather in Your presence, we ask for Your Holy Spirit to be among us, guiding our thoughts and opening our hearts to the message…

In every culture there is a belief, a legend, a myth which grows over time and becomes part of the nations psych. In Australia we are familier with this concept. We have the idea of “a fair go for all” The idea of mateship. The legend of the ANZACs. We love a sunburt country, a land of sweeping plains,…

Today we are starting a series that I hope you will find interesting and engaging, but above all my hope and prayer is that this series will be a tool that God will use in your life to reach a lost and dying world. Today we are going to go back to basics and study the Good News. If you don’t feel comfortable…

“In Christ” 2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation ; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” 2 Corinthians 5:17 ωστε ει τις εν Χριστω καινη κτισις τα αρχαια παρηλθεν ιδου γεγονεν καινα τα παντα No periods or commas in greek text. Ellipse…

Revelation 4:5-11 . 5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings and peals of thunder, and before the throne were burning seven torches of fire, which are the seven spirits of God, 6 and before the throne there was as it were a sea of glass, like crystal. And around the throne, on each…

Come, let's worship him who sits on the throne. Jesus’ outline of Revelation: Revelation 1:19 . 19 Write therefore the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this. What was seen: Jesus Glorified - Revelation 1:9-20 . What is: the Seven Churches - Revelation 2-3…

Intro: Jesus is now on His way to Jerusalem to present Himself as the Passover Lamb. He knows what lies ahead for Him. People are converging on Jerusalem from all directions to observe the Passover. Historians believe that 1-2 million Jews would have been in Jerusalem throughout this week. Imagine the…

Intro : This morning we talked about how Christ has put us together as a team with the pastor as the coach under the authority of God [ Owner of the team ], and the congregation as the players and we are training under His game plan [ Bible ] to win the spiritual championship of life in Christ. Tonight…

Good morning, my name is John Lee and I serve Mission Church as the lead pastor. I am thrilled to be with you this morning, especially in this context, as we continue our current sermon series through the book of Ephesians entitled Gods Plan for God’s People. Please grab your copy of God’s Word and turn…

This Torah Portion: Gen 47:28 - 50:26 Introduction In a previous Torah portion we discussed how this was a picture/ type of the End Times, with Joseph in power In our last Torah Portion, we talked about what it means to draw near to God - walk in His ways We also talked about: The story of Jacob coming…

What scripture definitively supports the position that the Church will be the bride of Christ, rather than Israel being the bride? So, there are two, maybe three views of who Christ’s bride is. First, I do want you to note that there is no passage that actually uses the exact phrase, “The Bride of Christ.”…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

The theme of our message this morning is on the idea of honor or reverence. This past week I was accosted with two ungodly examples of honor and reverence. 1). An add popped upon on my screen this week that told me it was pride month, and that I needed to “honor” pride month. What a contradiction of…

Introduction Well good morning once again. It’s good to be with you today. Go ahead and turn in your Bible to the book of Hebrews, chapter 3. We are going to be diving into verses 7-19 this morning. As you do that I want to call your attention to a couple of additional announcements. On June 26 we are…

God dispersed the people for their own good, then later He united the peoples out of His mercy.