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Blessed Be - The Poor Luke 6:20 “Then He lifted up His eyes toward His disciples, and said: “Blessed are you poor, For yours is the kingdom of God.” Luke 6:24 “But woe to you who are rich, For you have received your consolation.” This week we would like to look at the Beatitudes. Most people are familiar…

Good morning, turn in your Bibles with me to Luke chapter 6. We live in a day an age where there is much confusion about truth. There are some people today who believe that truth is not relevant, or you can make truth whatever you want it to be. A man can now choose to be a woman or even worse go into…

The Habit of Solitude Raise your hand if you have a difficult time slowing your mind. Now raise your hand if you didn’t hear what I said because your mind was somewhere else. As amazing of a person as Amy is, this is something that we are both guilty of. In fact, the most common question we ask each…

Sermon on the Plain: Blessings and Woes Last week we looked at Jesus’ choosing of his Apostles and the formation of a new community united by devotion to Jesus. In this formation of a new community Jesus needs to teach and train his disciples and apostles what following him is all about. I want you to…

A couple of weeks ago, we left off with Jesus naming His disciples. If you remember, I said it reminding me of a pick up basketball game where you would pick teams, except Jesus picked 12 to be on His team. There were still more that followed Him, but He chose 12 to be in His inner circle and then He…

Would you turn with me to Luke chapter 4 today? I hope that you have brought your Bibles so that you can follow along with me. The good doctor Luke has been showing us the early life and ministry of Jesus and really detailing many events of His Galilean ministry. We have seen the details of His baptism,…

Created for Community I want to think about some high level stuff for just a moment. Before the creation of the heavens and the earth God existed. We can all agree to that, the God we serve existed in eternity past. He was, is, and ever will be. Now prior to our creation, God existed in perfect harmony…

How many of you had the page of MVP’s on the back pages of your high school yearbook? You know the one’s that said, “Most Likely to Succeed.” Or, “Most Athletic.” How about “Cutest Couple?” I never made any of those pages. I don’t even think I made the top 10. Here in a little bit we are going to name…

Good morning, turn with me to Luke chapter 6. One of the things that we know to be true of Christ is that he went after people so that they would follow Him. We see this in Matthew chapter 4. Matthew 4:19 , “Follow me and I will make you fishers of men.” Christ was a fisher of men. If you have ever been…

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…

Luke 6:12-26 In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God. And when day came, he called his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip, and Bartholomew,…

Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath Maybe your bible has some headers in it, if it does it may say that “Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath. A few reminders The Sabbath was a day, and was a holy day ( Exo20:8 ) It was a day of rest, a sanctified day ( Exo16:30 ; Gen2:2-3 ) Sunday is not the Sabbath it is the Lord’s…

Recap from last week: 38 Then Jesus answered, “Will you really lay down your life for me? Very truly I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times! Jesus just tells Peter that he was going to deny Him Then He tells him 1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God;…

What is one of the most important things we can do as Christians? We can think of all the “good things”, tithe, evangelize, be faithful to attend service, be a “good” person, treat others well, and we can go on and on. But in reality, should one of the most important things we do not be prayer? As I…

The Lord of the Sabbath As we’ve been looking at the last few weeks, the section of Luke’s Gospel from chapter 5:17-6:11 focuses on 5 different interactions that Jesus has with some of the Pharisees. As his popularity grows, so does the concern with his teaching and preaching. Remember, the Pharisees…

- Sabbath was the best day of the Jewish week - The law permitted picking grain for sustenance for travelers but not harvesting with a sickle. - - Deut. 23:24-25 “If you go into your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, as many as you wish, but you shall not put any in your bag. If you…

Remember the Sabbath . . . You have read it, have heard it, 8 “Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Sabbath the seventh day, it was a sanctified day. A day set apart for God a part of the Law of Moses given to the people of Israel, the Jews. ( Exo20:8 ) You have read you have heard even before…

Good morning, as you turn with me to Luke chapter 6 today we will take a look at what is called the Sermon on the Plain. This is Luke’s parallel of what we see in the Gospel of Matthew called the Sermon on the Mount. As the Lord continued to teach, His message was the same message. Turn from your sin…

Over the years there have been many different models and methods for church growth. In America we have experience the Mega Church movement. Or the seek-friendly movement. Out of these man-made movements different models have been developed for how to grow your church. These movements purposefully research…

Introduction Last time my title was “Freedom to Serve”. In that sermon, which is still available on-line, I covered a lot of scripture and used lots of examples; some based on my own experiences, to outline what it is to serve God and the methods he uses to prepare us for service. At one point in the…

Decisions Life is full of decisions, we cannot avoid making them, even not making one is making one. Jesus chose to call men to become fishers of men ( Lk5:1-11 ) Jesus chose to touch, and heal, a leper ( Lk5:12-17 ) Jesus chose to heal a paralytic on the Sabbath ( Lk5:18-26 ) Jesus chose on another…

Closely related to God’s omnipresence is the attribute of omniscience. God knows everything we do because wherever we go, He is already there. He knows why we do what we do because He sees our true motives even more clearly than we ourselves do. This is the truth of divine omniscience. Psalm 147:5 says…

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…

Simon the Zealot The next name given in Luke 6:15 is “Simon called the Zealot.” 15 and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot, 4 Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. 18 Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and…

The oxford dictionary on Google defines solitude as: “The state or situation of being alone A lonely or uninhabited place” Thought technically, solitude means to be alone, christian solitude holds a different truth The truth that we are never alone Solitude for the christian is the opposite, it is getting…