PARADISE GAINED (Luke 23:39-43)
1) PAIN Jesus on the cross 2) PARDON “Lord remember me” 3) PEACE “Today, you will be with Me in Paradise”
1) PAIN Jesus on the cross 2) PARDON “Lord remember me” 3) PEACE “Today, you will be with Me in Paradise”
Jesus says: “Come to Me and Drink” 1. It’s an Invitation with a Condition You realise you’re thirsty 2. It’s an Invitation that offers Contentment Drink and never be thirsty again 3. It’s an Invitation that has a Consequence What flows in also flows out Come to the Well of Salvation – Jesus, the Giver…
1) THE WORLD’S GREATEST LOVE The love of God 2) THE WORLD’S GREATEST NEED Rescue for a perishing world 3) THE WORLD’S GREATEST GIFT God’s only begotten Son – Jesus of Nazareth 4) THE WORLD’S GREATEST CHOICE Whosoever believes
1. WHO is this man? We’ve heard what others are saying We know his ancestry We’ve seen his ministry 2. WHAT does he mean? Earthly-mindedness is of no heavenly use 3. “WHEN the Christ appears, will he do more [signs] than this man has done?” Water into Wine Healing the Sick Feeding 5000 Walking on Water…
1) HUMBLED! (v1-6) I see Your greatness I know my smallness 2) HONOURED! (v7-9) Before his friends By God’s title By his prayer 3) HAPPY! (v10-17) Job is blessed by the Lord Helped by his family, Old and full of days
He closes their mouths with: 1. Teaching (v14-18) With Authority FROM God That Gives Exaltation TO God 2. Testing (v19-24) The CONTRADICTION in your actions reveals the CONCEIT in your heart True believers focus on OBEDIENCE not APPEARANCE. My highest calling and my deepest joy [is] to make His will my home
1) MAJESTY! (Ch 38) Questions from the creator: The earth (4-7), the sea (8-11), the dawn (12-15), the depths (16-17), the light (19-21), the snow (22-23), the storms (24-30), the stars (31-33), the clouds (37), the dust (38) 2) MASTERY! (Ch 38 & 39) The wild under His control The lions (ch 38:39), the ravens…
Sermon outline to follow…
Sermon outline to follow…
1. Hard Sayings or Hard Hearts? (v60-65) There’s no acceptance 2. Follow the Crowd or follow the Christ? (v66-71) There’s no alternative Question Time ??? 1. Who do YOU say that I am? (Mark 8:29) 2. Do YOU want to go away as well? (John 6:67) 3. What have YOU believed and come to know?…