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21 Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” 22 Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times. 23 “Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts…

The day is coming There are several significant dates in someones life, and that included Jesus. What are some significant things, dates that you have had in your life? What about significant events, dates in Jesus life? How about the disciples, the apostles? Jesus date is coming, but tonight we are…

Count the Cost to Your Love And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. Explain Whenever Jesus gathers…

The Rich Young Ruler Luke 18 18-30 . V 18 young ruler of the synagogue people influencer rich a perfect catch for the kingdom we need to do whatever it takes to get this man through the door this man wants to become a follower but a follower of whom? Good teacher, not LORD Jesus knows his heart when…

Building - anyone build anything? I’m going to be open and honest - I can’t build anything How many get something new, only take 20 minutes, 2 hours later.... This morning we read about counting the cost of being Christ’s disciples... This passage wasn’t just talking to His disciples in the moment 25…

Count the Cost 25 Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 Whoever does not bear his own cross and come…

This last year, many Americans did some major project or another on their home. While folks were staying home more, they found that they had an increased incentive to either improve their outside spaces or their home offices, among others. But of course, whenever you take on a major project, you need…

What attributes of God are more shared with us? (How is God like us in His being and in mental and moral attributes?) How finely do we want to divide God’s attributes? For example, are God’s goodness and love two attributes or one? But does it really matter how we treat these attributes if we think of…

12 Therefore, just as tsin came into the world through one man, and udeath through sin, and vso death spread to all men5 because wall sinned— 13 for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but xsin is not counted where there is no law. 14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over…

Take Up Your Cross. Introduction “Take up your cross and follow Christ.” Well known in Christian circles. It has been interpreted in various ways. Is this about willingness to suffer ? “That my cross I have to bare.” Is it about commitment to Christ ? Is it about being courageous ? Perhaps like many…

Intro What causes major change? It’s often a smaller trigger. “The last straw” breaks the camels back, sets a mind to change lifelong habits, or sets in motion the machinations of war. In Israel, it was 1,400 innocent people. In WW II it was one bombing mission that brought the entire US into the war.…

Contend :To strive in opposition or against difficulties; struggle Earnestly : being very sincere; putting forth genuine effort Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which…

How do You Know That You Know 1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.…

Introduction New theme for the month of February: The Truth About Salvation Annual theme reminder “Spiritually Mature in Truth” In Spirit and Truth, We Mature; In His Word, We Stand Secure! Days Message of The Cost of Salvation will cover three key points: What is Salvation The Cost of Salvation for…

INTRODUCTION Good morning, dear friends and fellow believers. Concluding our July topic of “Be Alert and Cautious to Discern Deception”. Today, we look at an important topic – "The Cost of Compromise." Compromise, though often portrayed as a virtue Marriage In First Cor. 6 - taking a brother to court…

Opening passage: Joshua 1:1-7 (NKJV) The Cost of Progress Your Presenter: OrLando Yarborough III · Opening passage: Joshua 1:1-7 (NKJV) · Good Morning. Welcome to the Black Church at Yale. We have three leaders who make the everyday decisions for our church--students Lauren Okine, Jailon Henry, and Marvin…

The Cost of Disobedience I’m going to begin with reading our passage for this morning, which is a little bigger chunk of scripture than I normally preach on, but it is a long narrative so I will read the whole thing and then we will get into finding some lessons in it. In case you missed the last week…

2021—A Good Year? Everyone knows without me giving out a list what a tough year 2021 has been. Sooner or later everyone has their turn at tough years. The year we (or someone we love) has a disease. The year a parent died. 2021 (and 2020) has been different because most people in the world have had two…

The kingdom of God demands our full commitment; you cannot be a half-hearted disciple.

What I want to begin with is the difference between Anthropocentric and Theocentric ideology. What is the difference between Anthropocentric and Theocentric? Anthropocentric comes from the Greek word Anthropos meaning man. So this would be a view with man in the center. Theocentric comes from the Greek…

Take Up Your Cross 34 And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 35 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it. 36 For…

1 On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, 2 and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. 3 Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, he asked him to put…

Main idea: The gift of salvation is absolutely free, and yet it will cost you everything. This is Jesus’ warning to those who’re just in it for the thrills. He wants all of your life, everything, and in return He offers eternal life and salvation. Introduction How many of you here today have ever been…

The Bible talks about the kingdom as something which exists within our world today; but that doesn’t mean the world shares equal priority with the kingdom.

1 Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. The mission of Jesus was to save the world from its sin. When Jesus began His ministry, He had one…