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Welcome Good morning everyone and welcome. Today in our Gospel Story sermon series we are going to cover the very last part of the gospel of Matthew. Last week we looked at Jesus’ conversation with Thomas when he was doubting the resurrection and to we are going to move on ahead to when the disciples…

Throughout the history of the church different aspects of the Gospel message have been emphasised at different times. Especially since the Reformation in the 1500 and 1600s we have seen a variety of expressions of the Gospel message. Some have emphasised personal encounter with Christ, others the aspects…

A Minister was walking down the street when he came upon a group of about a dozen boys, all of them between 10 and 12 years of age. The group had surrounded a dog. Concerned lest the boys were hurting the dog, he went over and asked "What are you doing with that dog?" One of the boys replied, "This dog…

The Great Commission, as it’s known, is very familiar to us. A few years ago, thanks to a sermon from Tyler (one of our elders), we repeat this commission from Jesus weekly. At the end of each worship gathering, we all read these words out loud. Hopefully, we’re committing these words to memory. More…

Prayer Announcements - New Group, Christmas parties Scripture Intro When you hear the words “Go and make disciples” what comes to mind? Maybe it sounds similar to, “Go make your bed!” Why? Because I told you so. Maybe it’s like if I asked you to “Go and make chicken cordon bleu.” You’re like I kind of…

I knew it p / Image of man “thinker” in Picasso style / I remember being a teenager and struggling with the call to follow Jesus. I knew following Jesus was no casual, ordinary path, that it was the single most important decision of my life. / I remember considering, weighing what a commitment to faith…

Introduction How does a movement start / spread? The Christian faith, from one leader to billions of believers over a 2,000 year span covering every continent and the majority of people groups. It comes through what we call “evangelism.” Evangel = Gospel Gospel = Good News So, to evangelize is to gospelize…

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Which God? The Triune God: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. There is only one God. Deuteronomy 6:4 states, “Hear, O Israel. The LORD our God, the LORD is one.” There is no oneness like the oneness of God. He is perfect in his unity. And…

1. Jesus came into this world through a mess. The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the…

It is so good to be here gathered together celebrating the happiest holiday in Human History! Christ is risen, indeed! Are you and excitable person? No matter what personality test I take, they all tell me that I am an excitable person. People who know me well will tell you that I love having a great…

What Is Discipleship? First, I want to start with a few questions. One, What is a disciple? Two, Who is a disciple? Three, HOW do we disciple? To answer what is a disciple, a disciple is one who devotes themselves to learning the teachings of Jesus and following His example in obedience through the power…

Five Greek Words Matthew 26 26-30 “While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take, eat, this is my body.” And after taking the cup and giving thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you, for this is my blood,…

We have several national holidays throughout the year when we celebrate our freedom. One of the particularly freedoms we celebrate is the freedom to worship together in the manner that we believe is fitting. We have the free exercise of our religion, meaning we can live out our faith, or should be able…

One of the greatest problems we have in our world today is authority . Some People want to believe they are the Captain of their own ship, Master of there destiny or they are the final authority on faith on life and faith. Where is the dividing line of authority? Who has it? Who thinks they have it but…

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Kids Do you know what a commission is? The Oxford English Dictionary defines “commission” as “an instruction or command.” If a military officer is given a commission, they are given a command to fulfill a specific role. The word in the biblical languages is “calling.” That word can have two different…

15 What then? Are we to sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks…

Easter — He is risen! “Tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me” ( Matt 28.10 ) 40 days of coming and going from Easter to the Ascension Jesus meets the disciples in Galilee, on “the mountain to which [he] had directed them” ( Matt 28.16 ) 10 days from Easter to Pentecost When they saw…

One of the greatest problems we have in our world today is authority . Some People want to believe they are the Captain of their own ship, Master of there destiny or they are the final authority on faith on life and faith. To some degree they are right they have some authority. Some concepts of authority…

Easter. If it were not for this time of year, where we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection, what hope would we have? You see, the hope we have is grounded on the truth of the resurrection. 23 But the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, 24 but for ours also. It will be counted…

We are here at sunrise like the women Our lives may be upside down We may be uncertain about our future Even if not, we got up early and made our way to the place where Jesus is supposed to be The Women Go to the Tomb Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene…

He is Risen! Now we proclaim, “He is Risen Indeed!” 1 Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone…

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ Matthew 28:1-20

Today we conclude this series on Matthew. I hope that I have given you a view of Jesus from Matthew’s perspective. I have tried to cover as much of the book that I could in these 14 weeks. I hope that you have taken just a piece of what Matthew wrote and begin applying it to your life. Today is no different.…