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Scripture: Matthew 18:21-35 Jesus Forgave a Great Debt — We owed a great debt — God’s forgiveness came at a great price We Forgive Because We Have Been Forgiven — We have been forgiven an even greater debt than we could ever forgive. — Our forgiveness comes with a cost Application: Like Jesus we forgive. “Be kind to one another,…
Scripture: Matthew 9:1-13 We Experience MercyThrough the Forgiveness of Jesus “Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, ‘Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.’” (v2) “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23) “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is…
Scripture: Matthew 2:13-15 & Galatians 3:23-29 Jesus is the True Israel He came up out of Egypt “This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, ‘Out of Egypt I called my son.’” Matthew 2:15 (Hosea 11:1) He passed through the waters“And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the…
Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17 & Romans 8:9-17 A child of God has the Spirit of God “And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up form the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; and behold, a…
Scripture: Genesis :26-28 & Matthew 28:18-20 I. The great commission means you are to reflect God’s glory. A. A commission is a commandment, and the commandment God gave to Adam and Eve is found in Gen. 1:28. The fact that God had made Adam and Eve in His image (vs. 26) is what would enable them…
Scripture: Matthew 5:27-30 | Ephesians 5:3-12 I. Porn is not the norm for Christians because we are drastically pursuing holiness. A. In Matthew 5:27 Jesus quotes the seventh commandment, “You shall not commit adultery.” And then Jesus goes on to say in verse 28 what this commandment really means: “But I say to you that…
Scripture: Psalm 72 / Matthew 2:1-6, 11 I. We need the righteousness and peace and prosperity of King Jesus. A. In the first two verses of his prayer for Solomon, King David prays twice for Solomon to rule with justice and righteousness. David’s prayer for Solomon to crush the oppressor (vs. 4) went far beyond…
Scripture: Matthew 28:1-10 I. Easter means the joy of life beyond the grave for you. A. Mary Magdalene and another Mary were on their way before dawn to see the tomb where Jesus had been placed (vs. 1). But they were in for a surprise when they reached the tomb. An angel told them that…
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 & Matthew 1:18-25 Love is Jealous, Not Envious “Love does not envy” (1 Corinthians 13:4) “Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit. And her…
Scripture: Matthew 27: 45-50 I. Jesus was abandoned to pay for your sins. A. We see what happens at the cross in vs. 45: “Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.” God had promised that there would be a judgment on Israel for her sins in…
