Second sermon in the series, Letters to the Church. We look at the first church of the seven mentioned in Revelation, Ephesus.
When you gave a wall in your life, remeber...
Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.” The other guest began to say among themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?” Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
Luke 7:48-50From this scripture, Jesus offers 3 Things:1. Your sins are forgiven 2. Saved by faith 3. Go in Peace
4 Thoughts on Luke 19:1-101. Get hungry for God. 2. Jesus knows where we are. 3. Jesus knows us by name. 4. God accepts all sinners. 5. Zac collected taxes, Jesus collector of souls.
To Have Perserving Faith, We Need To: 1. Stop the Mental Chatter
What dose the 4th Watch represents? Those times of hopelessness and helplessness we all feel from time to time.
Christ's Mission:
Matthew 2:1-181. Was it really a “Silent Night”? 2. Wise Me Weren’t Really There 3. Were there only 3 Wise Men? 4. The Gospel is for the Nations
God is going to take all that the Herod’d in our life that intended for evil and overturn it for good.
Rev. 21:4-“And he will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
1.The Gospel is NOT good advice, it’s good news.
We didn’t need another religious teacher we needed a Savior!
Isaiah (9:1-7) writes that the light was coming into the world, came to a people shrouded in darkness.
Matthew 1:3 “ Judah was the father of Preze and Zerah by Tamar.”
Romans 8:28 says “all things work together for good.”
After a lifetime of personal experience, Solomon wrote this book to reveal the single most important lesson anyone, in any age, will ever learn about life. Everything is nothing apart from God.Key Verses
Ecclesiastes 12:1: Remember your Creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come and the years approach when you will say, "I find no pleasure in them"
Ecclesiastes 12:13: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind.
Don't wait to you come to the end of your life, and realize how meaningless it was because you tried to live without God!
How to Approach God
Be careful how to enter His Presence
Watch your words
Prais
Rrepent
Ask
Yield
Mean what you say
Fear God
After a lifetime of personal experience, Solomon wrote this book to reveal the single most important lesson anyone, at any age, will ever learn about life. Everything is nothing apart from God.
How to Be Wise
Watch the little things
Stay on the right road
Know who is in Charge
Work smart not harder
Watch your Words
A Whole Lot of Nothing
After lifetime of personal experience, Solomon wrote this book to reveal the single most important lesson anyone, in any age, will ever learn about life. Everything is nothing apart form God.
Do Good To Those That Hate You
Bless those who curse you.
Pray for those who mistreat you.
C.S. Lewis said, “Prayer dosen’t change God - it changes me.”