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Today we are going to be talking about Love, not the love that our world talks about, but real Love. Last week we talked about how God’s love for us motivated Him to provide our free gift of salvation. Today we are going to dig into Love, specifically loving God and how that shapes us. You hear myself…

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…

Today we are going to finish up our study on Love, and the greatest two commandments. We have already talked about what it means to Love the Lord your God, it is loving God with all of your everything, total and complete commitment. Then we talked about loving our neighbor as ourselves. The world we…

We all want clarity. In a world where there is chaos, confusion and more of the such we seek clarity. What is the best way to…? This is where in previous sermons I have talked about praying for wisdom. Without wisdom we will never see things clearly. In Jesus’ day there were 613 commands from the OT.…

How long can you balance on one foot. Some of you will do better than others. But even the best of us will only survive several minutes at the most. Well, did you know that the world record for standing on one foot is 76 hours and 40 minutes! That’s over three days! It’s hard enough to stay awake that…

Intro I want to end this year and as we look forward to the next asking a question. What does God want from you in the year to come? What does he desire from each of us? What does he expect? The reality is that what God wants from us is our love and devotion. He wants us to spend time with Him. He wants…

13 Then they sent to Him some of the Pharisees and the Herodians, to catch Him in His words. 14 When they had come, they said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are true, and care about no one; for You do not regard the person of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar,…

Our foundation Scripture is Matthew 28:18-19 18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, Last week we added…

Numbers 30:1-36:13 REVIEW So far we can summarize what we have studied about Bamidbar - in the wilderness / Numbers by this Summary b’Midbar Sinai, count the army. Count Levites separately, and Naso everyone for special tasks. b’Ha’alot’cha the lamps, shine as a light to the nations. Though spies Sh’lach…

While Jesus was teaching in the temple, he asked, “How can the scribes say that the Messiah is the son of David? David himself says by the Holy Spirit: The Lord declared to my Lord, ‘Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.’ David himself calls him ‘Lord.’ How, then, can he be his…

One of the scribes approached. When he heard them debating and saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, “Which command is the most important of all?” Jesus answered, “The most important is Listen, Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all…

Intro Are we asking the right question? Are our questions of eternal importance or trivial in the moment? Do our questions seek to give or receive understanding or to cause division? Is our aim our kingdom or God’s Kingdom? I’m sure we’ve all hear “There is no dumb question.” On some level, that might…

26 And he said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground. 27 He sleeps and rises night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows; he knows not how. 28 The earth produces by itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. 29 But when the grain is ripe,…

God nurtures our faith so that our faith can be healthy; the path to healthy faith centers on a love which embraces heart, soul, mind, and strength.

Many were attacking Christ after his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. As many came to rejoice at the glorious entrance, there were probably many more that were out to destroy him and his doctrine. They were doing their dead-level best to shoot holes in His doctrine or person because they knew and certainly…

Introduction : If you have your bibles let me invite you to open with me to Mark 12:35-37 . Jesus has just been put through the ringer with the religious elite in the temple. He has been challenged and questioned by the Pharisees, the Herodians, the Sadducees, and the Scribes. Each group sought to trap…

Introduction Context And Moses was not able to enter the tabernacle of meeting, because the cloud rested above it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. Now the Lord called to Moses, and spoke to him from the tabernacle of meeting, saying, Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai,…

And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? David himself, in the Holy Spirit, declared, “ ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet.” ’ David himself calls him Lord. So how is he his son?”…

And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. And you shall love the Lord your God…

During Jesus’ long Monday at the temple during His last few days before Calvary, He was questioned by the religious leaders to try to discredit His claim as the Son of God. They failed in their attempts, as Jesus silenced them, and now it was Jesus’ turn to ask a question. The question that Jesus directed…

The Cost of Disobedience I’m going to begin with reading our passage for this morning, which is a little bigger chunk of scripture than I normally preach on, but it is a long narrative so I will read the whole thing and then we will get into finding some lessons in it. In case you missed the last week…

You’ve heard that old saying “Its Monday.” You very well might resemble some of these meme of Monday [ Show images ]. Well Jesus has had a Monday. He has been badgered by three groups of religious leaders with questions trying to trap Him into a conflict with either the people or Rome, that they might…

15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear; 4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! 5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and…

Greatest Commandment Rabbinical learning - asking eah other searching questions - motivated by the desire to draw closer to the Kingdom of God, together. But, with the wrong motivation, a wonderful thing can be distorted. We can easily see how this kind of rhetorical questioning could descend into a…

What if the greatest commandment to love God with heart, soul, mind, and strength is less of a chore to check off our task list, and more of an invitation to be whole?