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Are You In A Religion or A Relationship? John 3:1-18 Introduction: Religion is man’s attempt to reach God; Relationship is God’s Plan to reach man. Notes on Nicodemus: a. He was a Pharisee 1. Self-righteous- believed they were justified by their own conformity to the Law 2. Self-serving-outward religious…

1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat. 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.” 3 He said to them, “Have you not…

1 “Cry aloud; do not hold back; lift up your voice like a trumpet; declare to my people their transgression, to the house of Jacob their sins. 2 Yet they seek me daily and delight to know my ways, as if they were a nation that did righteousness and did not forsake the judgment of their God; they ask…

Welcome Good morning everyone! Today we are picking up in our study of the book of Ecclesiastes at chapter 5. Now, chapter five contains a few topics but for our purposes this morning we aren’t going to cover each one. The first half of chapter 5 is what we are going to be focusing on this morning and…

Mark 12:28-34 A QUESTION OF PRIORITIES Intro : As Jesus moves closer to the cross, He finds Himself under attack by certain religious Jews who want to see Him dead. The Pharisees and the Herodians, two groups who were bitter enemies, came together to ask Jesus a question about ownership . They failed…

Coming out of last week, Jesus was asked questions by the Sadducees about the law in relationship to the resurrection if someone had multiple husbands. They wanted to know whose wife she would be in heaven after the resurrection. What they were trying to do was get their point across that the resurrection…

There is a constant conflict within our hearts, it is the conflict of comfort with what we know verses the need to embrace that which is new. People like what they know, they like being with people like them and in essence people don’t like change. Who remembers the movie Happy Feet? There was this constant…

“He Is” - the promise of peace (verse 5:5a) Ruler of the world from Bethlehem Messenger With Beautiful Feet the feet of one who Brings Good News In Micah - in poetic form - we see prophecy alternating between messages of Judgment, Blessing, and Hope Nelson - The New Open Bible - NKJV Study Edition -…

You’ve heard that old saying “Its Monday.” You very well might resemble some of these meme of Monday [ Show images ]. Well Jesus has had a Monday. He has been badgered by three groups of religious leaders with questions trying to trap Him into a conflict with either the people or Rome, that they might…

Homiletic Point: Jesus is King! Intro We’re dropping in part way through the story, so let me catch you up real quick The Gospel of John is a record about the life and teaching of Jesus Christ, The first half of the book covers several miracles (signs) that Jesus performed as he traveled around Israel…

Becoming Clean Mark 7:14–23 (ESV) 14 And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand: 15 There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him.” 17 And when he had entered the…

Traditions and Commandments Oh brother, today we are going to jump feet first into a mess and I’m going to hope I can hold my head above the surface. We are going further into “traditions” and how they can actually pull us AWAY from God. Now, let’s just jump into the conversation. Why do we hold on so…

We all know that salvation is a gift of God through Christ Jesus to any man that will repent of sin and believe by faith. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. Yet it is often the case in the believer’s…

Tonight we will see where the Pharisees and Sadducees are going to ramp up their demands of Christ. They have gone from questioning the motives of Jesus, accusing him of being of the devil, asking the disciples why He went against tradition, to now… demanding they show them signs. One quick question,…

The first miracle of Jesus at Cana provides the first sign Jesus gives to redefine people’s expectation of the Messiah.

Introduction - building of a church in freshman year of high school Jesus visits the temple in Jerusalem - he doesn’t like what he finds. Please stand as we honor the reading of God’s Word: 12 After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples. There they stayed for a…

Intro TV lawyers are great. Not because how realistic they are - because the whole courtroom thing is very different from what is portrayed on TV. They’re great because they tie the string of truth to shadows. Or they are such overblown caricatures of lawyers that we can’t help but laugh. Maybe Dan Fielding…

Nothing But the Blood Hebrews 9:15-28 Introduction Children may be dismissed to children’s worship. The rest of you please turn in your Bibles or on your device to Hebrews chapter 9. We are going to spend the morning in verses 15 through 28. If you were not here last week I want to encourage you to go…

Gracious and loving God, as we come before you this day, we long to be the faithful stewards of this world and all that you have given to us to care for. We know that our honest and faithful following of your Son is what will bring us into glory in our due time. So, we ask in the coming moments, help…

Israel Really quite a small peace of land that is insignificant to most nations of the time. Five Distinct Geographical Divisions THE EASTERN HILLS. These fertile hills made areas like Bashan (in the north) and Gilead (further south) legendary for their grain, cattle, wine, olives, and timber. But the…

We began last week a new series, taking us through the New Testament. This is a 40,000 foot overview of the New Testament, so it’s not going to get down and see a lot of details, and we’re going to go fast. This is going to be a more “academic” type of series, but I guarantee you, if you’re reading through…

But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” Jesus said to him, “ ‘ You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all…

Attention Getter: Introduce Topic: Jesus is better than the good prophets, therefore we must worship him with our whole selves. Background: Authorship: Paul or Friend of Paul Clement held the tradition of Pauline origin and often cited Hebrews as by Paul or ‘the Apostle’. His successor Origen, however,…

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…