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In Acts 8, the church grows beyond its cradle of Judaism. In Samaria a famous sorcerer, Simon, is wooed by the power of the Holy Spirit, but his response is disastrous. What did Simon get wrong, and what can we learn from it?

36 “Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.” 37 When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” 38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one…

Following Jesus Matthew 16:24–26 (NKJV) 24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 25 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. 26 For what profit is…

Mark 15:21 (NKJV) Then they compelled a certain man, Simon a Cyrenian, the father of Alexander and Rufus, as he was coming out of the country and passing by , to bear His cross. As we look into the scripture this morning I want to point out a very important fact that is mentioned. Simon was just a man…

Paradox defined: A statement that seems to contradict itself. The call to discipleship and the cost of discipleship SEEM a hard, heavy weight to bear, but the truth is discipleship is the one way to eternal life AND to find the highest meaning in this life. That Luke 9:23-25 “ Then He said to them all,…

Welcome... Introduce Self... Pray... Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.…

Jesus did what the Law could not do by cleansing the Leper.

Mark 8:34-38 34 When He had called the people to Himself, with His disciples also, He said to them, “Whoever desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. 35 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s…

If you have your Bibles let me invite you to open with me to the book of Mark chapter 8. We are going to begin reading with our last paragraph from last week’s sermon and then continue on through the end of chapter 8. So look with me at Mark 8:27-33 27 And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages…

Intro We are in the middle of 21 Days of Prayer and Fasting. What does it mean to be a follower of Jesus? If you ask 100 people, you will get a 100 different answers. Why is that? We are living in a culture today where following is based on personal convenience instead of personal conviction. Social…

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27 Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?” Background: Traveling around In the last year of Jesus’ ministry - He is headed to the cross here pretty soon So, He asks them this question: • Who do people say that I am?…

One of the most misquoted verses in scripture is found in Jeremiah 29:11 ‘For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord , ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. This passage of scripture is given to Jeremiah for the people of Israel that will be going…

David and Goliath Do you know the story of David and Goliath? Every Day the Philistine Army and the Israelite Armies would face each other. David was sent to bring supplies to his brothers and bring back a report on how the war was going. He saw Goliath talking bad about the Israelites and their God…

INVITATION TO DISCIPLESHIP And He summoned the crowd with His disciples, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. (If anyone) it’s a broad invitation (would) based on your desirability not ability (come after) a definitive act (me)…

Every person will come to several forks in the road of life. When we are at these forks, we must make a decision of which path to take. And that choice will lead us to another fork and another to where we will have determined our life’s goal and plans. These forks in the road include choices of friends,…

Take Up Your Cross 34 And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 35 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it. 36 For…

Take Up Your Cross. Introduction “Take up your cross and follow Christ.” Well known in Christian circles. It has been interpreted in various ways. Is this about willingness to suffer ? “That my cross I have to bare.” Is it about commitment to Christ ? Is it about being courageous ? Perhaps like many…

15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. 18 And I also…

34 And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 35 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it. 36 For what does it profit…

Verses 16-20 Soldiers = Pilate’s bodyguards Governor’s headquarters = Praetorium - Pilate was the chief magistrate and this is his courthouse. Battalion /Garrison - 600 soldiers Clothed Him in a purple cloak ... They are doing this to humiliate Jesus who had already been mocked for being the Messiah…

Pastor James takes us through Jude 3-4.

Good morning and welcome to Dishman Baptist Church. What a blessing it is to be in the house of the Lord today and to have all of you joining us as we worship and glorify Him together. Please take your Bibles and turn in them with me to Mark 16 , Mark 16 . We have been traveling through this great Gospel…

Introduction: Welcome (mention title change)/Prayer Our text is 2 Samuel 18:1-19:8 We’re going to see two sides of David this morning... We’re first look at a positive aspect of David, which is in keeping with him being a type of Christ, a foreshadow of the Christ to come... Then in chapter 19 we’ll…

This morning, I have chosen to read from two Scripture lessons, the first will be from 1 Corinthians 4 (our main text) and the second from Mark 8 . In each of these passages I am going to read from the New Living Translation , so you need to follow along on the screen. The NLT is an actual translation,…