Daily Archives: September 13, 2012

Special Messages

open door

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revelation2-3-so January 1, 2012   Revelation 2:1-3:22 Key verse 3:8 “I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.”   Happy New Year! As we start a new year, we thank God for his marvelous grace in 2011 and for what he has done in our lives. We look forward to the new year with great hope. As I pray about the Read more [...]
Sunday Messages

THIS GOSPEL WILL BE PREACHED TO ALL NATIONS

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matt24a-so September 9, 2012   Matthew 24:1-51 Key Verse: 24:14 “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.”   Many books begin, “Once upon a time,” or “In the beginning,” and they finish, “The End.” As there is a beginning, so there is an end. There is a beginning to the semester, and there is an end to the semester. In Read more [...]
Sunday Messages

Jesus’ Shepherd Heart For The Religious Leaders

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matt23-so September 2, 2012   Matthew 23:1-39 Key Verse 23:12 “For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”   In chapter 22, Jesus gave a serious warning to the Pharisees about not accepting God’s sovereignty over their lives and rejecting his servants and his Son. The Pharisees did not accept Jesus’ words. Instead, they got mad at Jesus and tried to trap him in his words twice. But Read more [...]
Sunday Messages

LOVE THE LORD OUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART

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matt22c-peter August 26, 2012 Matthew 22:34-46 Key Verse: 22:37 “Jesus replied, ‘”Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”’” In this passage Jesus teaches the Pharisees what God wants most from us. Simply speaking, it is to love God with all our heart, soul, and mind; and to love our neighbors as ourselves. Then Jesus teaches us the true identity of the Christ. He is not just the Son of Read more [...]
Sunday Study Questions

Jesus’ Shepherd Heart For The Religious Leaders

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matt23q Matthew 23:1-39 Key Verse: 23:37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing.”   1. Why does Jesus tell the crowds and his disciples that they must do what the Pharisees say, but not what they do? (1-4) How did the Pharisees exalt themselves? (5-7) In what ways must Jesus’ disciples Read more [...]
Sunday Messages

The God of the living

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matt22b-david August 19, 2012 Matthew 22:23-33 / Key verse: 22:32, “‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead but of the living.” Last week we learned that through the parable of the wedding banquet, God wants to invite all undeserving sinners to the eternal kingdom of heaven. The kingdom of heaven is the main theme of Jesus’ teaching and the whole bible. Since the kingdom of heaven is where Read more [...]