Finding Significance in Relationship John 14:23-29 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. 24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me. 25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. 26 But the […]
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Because We Are His Sheep INTRODUCTION Psalm 23 tells me that David viewed the LORD as His shepherd. When I read Psalm 23, I read it as if the LORD is my shepherd, too … and that He leads me, guides me, provides for me and protects me (even, I am sure, in supernatural ways). If God is my Shepherd, then I am His sheep … and, because I am His sheep, I am/have
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Title … Prodigal Son … or Prodigal Father?? INTRODUCTION The sermon today is based on a story about a son who hit rock bottom and became fearful of his father … because of what he had done and how he had lived … but it is also a story of a father who never stopped loving his son. Son seen as prodigal But the Father can also b seen as prodigal … albeit in a
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A Tale of Two Baptizers Luke 3:7-17 John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? 8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham. 9 The axe has been laid to the
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Once-For-All and For ALL Hebrews 9:24-28 (NRSV) 24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made by human hands, a mere copy of the true one, but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. 25 Nor was it to offer himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Holy Place year after year with blood that is not his own; 26 for then he would have had to suffer again
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Our Greater-Than-Great High Priest The last time I spoke, I made reference to Psalm 103:14, where the Psalmist said that God “… remembers that we are dust” The main text at that time was Hebrews 4:12-16 … which shows that He didn’t just remember … He did something about it … He became one of us … so that He could die in our stead as our substitute … but, also, to be able
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