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The Sinners the parable of the lost sheep familiar and loved about a lost sheep who needs to be rescued sometimes we look at the story of the parable and assume that we know the meaning we will automatically go to verse 3 and read and loose the context of the reason for the parable miss what Jesus is…

Text - Luke 15:8-10 Subject - Theme - Thesis - Principle - Last week we began looking at Chapter 15 of Luke. Luke begins with the word now - implying a short time between the dinner party of chapter 14 and these people coming. He finished with ‘He who has ears to hear, let him hear’. Luke’s very next…

Have you ever lost something of value to you? Have you ever lost something that was so important that you looked all over until you found this item? Today, we are moving right along in our series on the book of Luke. I am in chapter 15 and in this chapter Jesus gives us three parables of something that…

Finding Me This section has been called the “Gospel of the Outcast”. In the next 4 chapters Jesus will talk about tax collectors and sinners, Rich man and Lazarus, persistent widow, Pharisee and Tax Collector, Zaccheus. All outcasts.... These next 2 parables, the lost sheep, the lost coin, and the prodigal…

Text - Luke 15:1-7 Subject - Love Theme - God’s love Thesis - God’s love is displayed through his effort to find the lost. Principle - I was having a conversation last week about our time here in the book of Luke and felt it would be good to talk a little about it here this morning. One thing that we…

Ephesians 4:29-32 We have been going through the series The Great Life. One of the biggest lies that Satan tells to the Christians is to downplay in our lives and understanding the life that God has prepared for us. The life of the Spiritual Man, the Spirit filled man, is a life of peace and joy and…

The Purpose Fascination - Discovery - Identity - Authenticity One day, Napoleon was speaking of the Divinity of Christ; when General Bertrand said:— “I can not conceive, sire, how a great man like you can believe that the Supreme Being ever exhibited himself to men under a human form, with a body, a…

Introduction: When we think about God, what attributes of His stand out? His glory? His justice? His omnipotence meaning His power? His omniscience meaning He is all-knowing? His love and mercy? His forgiveness? There are many, many others we could describe as well. However, one that is probably among…

Text - Luke 15:11-32 Subject - Theme - Thesis - Principle - The story we are about to look at today is probably one of the most well known in all of the Bible. When I think of well known Bible stories I think of David and Goliath, Daniel and the Lion’s den, Noah and the ark, the Christmas story (Jesus…

TEXT: GALATIANS 5:22 | FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT : JOY & PEACE INTRO ILLUSTRATION : It was a couple years ago now, I was hunting by myself and I was sitting about halfway up the mountainside. It was mid afternoon and the sun had been shining all day as I sat there just waiting for the sound of an elk or the…

I. Introduction Update on life I’l be taking the new role of senior pastor at a grace called Grace Bible Church of Cedar Ridge It is in Grass Valley, California, which is about 1 hour north of Sacramento Beautiful area that we’re excited to move to And our family was welcomed well, so we’re super excited…

Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it ? And when she hath found it , she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had…

I. Introduction 1. Prayers 2. Scripture memory 26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. Title and start Catch.. Lucien of Antioch (an early Christian believer) said, ‘A…

Luke 15:1-10 Intro : As I was washing clothes Friday, I noticed a few pennies lying in the bottom of the washing machine. I thought, “I should reach in there and get those pennies.” Instead, I let them ride around in the washer one more time. As I walk through the house, I usually see pennies lying here…

I. Introduction 1. Prayers 2.Memory verse For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? Title What are some valuable ministry tasks people do? Chris Mueller writes "Women thought being a godly woman meant they must be a ministry speaker, write books…

I. Introduction 1. Prayers Bible memory And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. Title Catch- What do angels get to see that we do not? Angels are amazing They are said to…

Today I want to tell you a story. In fact, this is the way that Jesus used to teach his hearers a lesson, but he called His stories parables. Would you turn with me today to Luke Chapter 15. I want us to look at 3 stories but one in particular. Out of all the parables there are some that are very well…

Decoding the Parables Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” Jesus is speaking to a mixed audience of PHARISEES and SINNERS. Jesus is responding to the Pharisees’…

Four things to see: 1 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. 2 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” It’s what you would do if you were Jesus 3 Then Jesus told them this parable: 4 “Suppose one of you…

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19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” 7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven…

Introduction I hope we’re all scandalized by the words in v. 2 in our gospel lesson. And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.” We tend to think of the Pharisees and scribes as the bad guys until we take a deep look and realize that we, or at least…

“Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem” ( Luke 13:22 ). Jesus knows that when he gets to Jerusalem, he is going to die. So, if you expect Jesus to use His final teaching opportunities to share happy thoughts, you don’t know him very well. With a sense of…

We Are All Sinners In homiletic textbooks (these are books on how to preach), they often say that a good sermon has three main points: an introduction, a body, and conclusion. Then they break this down even further and say that the body of the sermon likewise should have three and only three points,…

18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am…