There are times, perhaps more than I want to admit, that I wish the Christian life would be easy and not so demanding. Let’s face it. We cannot honesty read the New Testament and come away with a description of following Christ as easy, requiring little effort and not demanding the surrender of our entire bearing to His Lordship. Yet, equally so throughout the New Testament we find the Christian life defined as spiritual freedom, liberty, delight, full of joy, and providing true contentment to the soul. I can see where a person may say, “Okay, which one is it?” The Bible teaches the Christian life is hard, yet, easy. The way to harmonize the two is found in the illustration Jesus uses in today’s scripture and that of the yoke.
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Matthew
Matthew 26:6-13 – Now when Jesus was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, a woman came up to him with an alabaster flask of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he reclined at table. And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, “Why this waste? For this could have been sold for…
Matthew 26:26-35 – Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant,…
Matthew 24:12 – And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. THEME OF THE DAY: STAY NEAR THE CROSS. We live in a dangerous world. Yes, dangerous physically with the threats of terrorism, crime, and a host of other things of an evil nature looming to cause us harm. We also live in a very dangerous spiritual world. The…
Continuing to analyze the marks of conversion, Pastor Jim now moves on to the marks of true conversion. This first part of the message focuses on the Beattitudes.
Finishing up the series on being born again, Pastor Jim begins to talk about the marks of conversion. In this sermon he starts with examining the marks of a false conversion.