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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…

Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony…

Introduction Jesus is talking to the twelve apostles, these are some of His followers whom He has hand chosen to go out into the world with His authority and His power, to make the Gospel known. Last week we heard Jesus instructing them to use this power and authority to heal, deliver, and even bring…

Inevitable Resistance Matthew 10:16–18 ““Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues, and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake,…

In Season or out of season — Preach the Word I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. For…

The Mission Introduce, set timer, welcome, introduce series In Chapters 1 and 2 we were introduced to the king, and Matthew gave us proof that he is in fact the rightful heir to God’s kingdom. And in chapters 3 and 4 God comissions Jesus and he goes out and he states his purpose. Preach the message,…

WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)?

Peace is Not Guaranteed 34 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 36 And a person’s enemies will be…

Persecution Is Real 16 “Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. 17 Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues, 18 and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness…

Have you ever wanted to write a book? Me neither. Writing books is really hard. Reading books takes a while, I imagine writing one takes a little longer. Now, what’s funny is we’re a church of about 100 people, and we have several authors in our midst! Gene Poppino has helped write a book. Hannah Russell…

Last time we discussed Jesus healing the two blind men, commanding them to tell no one, but instead they proclaimed it all over the land. Jesus healed the man with a demon and was unable to speak. He was accused of casting out the demon by the prince of demons by the Pharisees. And, the last discourse…

Peter, John & James together served as the elders of authority in the Jerusalem church. James challenges those who claim to possess wisdom, yet they show little to no evidence. Jealousy and selfish ambition were evidence of false wisdom. The Greek eritheia (selfish ambition, NRSV) – a self-seeking pursuit…

The Wrath To Come As we overhear Jesus giving instructions to those whom He is sending out (See Matthew 10:1-4 ) the context changes. Beginning in vs 16 Jesus is speaking more broadly about the task of taking the message of Jesus to the broader, Gentile world. Yes, there would be persecution from among…

Risk and Reward

David Taylor finishes out the revival week with a message about the Harvest for the Kingdom of God. God is on the move, it is time we get on board and move with Him!

Let us pray…Gracious Lord of Life, grant that we might hear the words you have for us in this day. As difficult as things may get, we know that you stand beside us, sometimes carrying us through life’s challenges. Be with us now and grant that we might have open hearts, minds, and spirits, Amen. This…

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…

In Matthew 10, Jesus chooses his 12 disciples, and then sends them out to announce the coming of the Kingdom of Heaven. But he warns them: not everyone will be happy with this message. Humanity has been in rebellion against God since the Fall of Adam and Eve, and by identifying themselves with Christ, his disciples will find themselves in conflict with many who insist on continuing that rebellion. We, too, find ourselves in conflict, if we wish to identify with Christ. How should we handle this? What does Jesus offer? How can peace come out of conflict?

For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you. For I long to see you, that…

When You Pray - Part 5 5 “And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. 6 But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you…

Suffer and Be Not Afraid 1 Pet 3:14-15 1. But even if you should suffer for righteousness sake. 1 Peter 2:19-20 , 4:13-16 ; Matt 5:10-12 , 10:18-22 , 39 , 16:25 , 19:29 ; Mk 8:35 , 10:29 ; Lk 6:22-23 ; Acts 9:16 ; 2 Cor 12:10 ; Phil 1:29 ; James 1:12 ; For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God,…

Introduction As we study through the Lord’s Prayer or the Model Prayer, we have seen that Jesus taught this on at least two occasions to His disciples. Recorded once in Luke in response to His disciples’ request, “Lord, teach us to pray,” and the other time is recorded in the Sermon on the Mount which…

For the past several weeks, we’ve walked through various TOPICS... various ANCHORS of Christianity And being something that we do every year... VISITING these topics in this way... SO FAR…we’ve covered... The Anchor of Prayer Anchor of Faith Anchor of Giving (last week) And now - this week - we come…

Introduction: Over the last several weeks, we have looked at Matthew 10 . This whole chapter is about the mission that Christ sent His disciples on. They were called to represent Him and go before Him to proclaim that the kingdom of God had arrived. They were told not to take anything for their journey…