Starts with a COMMAND: LISTEN! Ends with a PLEA: He who has ears to hear, let him hear Listening must be ACTIVE Faith must SERIOUS, PERSISTENT & PERCEPTIVE The Context – The Kingdom of God The Components The Seed – The Word of God The Sower – God making His Word known The Soil –…
THREE DEMANDS You must love Jesus more than everything else including family (v26) If you are not willing to “bear your cross” you cannot be a disciple of Jesus (v27) You must not let your possessions be more important than Jesus (v33) TWO PARABLES Someone who is building a tower – a builder…
1. His Fund 2. His Farm 3. His Folly
1) TRADESMEN! Mr Wise-Man & Sons Mr Folly & Sons Two World Views 2) TEMPESTS! Rain, Floods, Wind & Storms 3) TRUTH! On Christ the solid Rock I stand All other ground is sinking sand
God’s love Shown Through Jesus is: 1. A PRACTICAL LOVE Jesus was compassionate and it always led to action. “To see good put into action is what everyone needs.” 2. A PERSONAL LOVE Jesus met people in their own situations. He did not sit in the Temple and expect people to come to Him….
IT’S FOR ALL PEOPLE Because God made all He offers hope to all IT’S ROOTED IN HISTORY Jesus was a real person who actually lived IT CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY FROM US The hope of heaven gives us a perspective which changes our lives. If you place your…
(Please be aware the sound is not the usual quality) The backdrop: strangers, scattered, suffering Three imperatives: Be united (v8) Do good to all (v9 – 14) Be ready – to give an answer (v15)
(Please be aware the sound is not the usual quality) Passionate worship what we’re made for (John 4:23) ‘When we look up to the glory of God, we find ourselves face down in worship’ Passionate worship flows from my Identity (1 Peter 1:3-5 & 8-9, Psalm 100:1-5) Whenever someone’s life is changed by God, they…
Apologies the sermon was not recorded. MIND (1 Pet 1:13) Cleared: “Gird up the loins of your mind”; Rom 12:2; Eph 4:17-19 Controlled: need to be alert; 1 Pet 4:7; 1 Pet 5:5 Concentrated: “set on”; Looking forward to Him and His return.Col 3:1,2 MANNER (1 Pet 1:14-17) Obedience. See 1 Sam 15:14-25;…
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