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God's Servant for Your Good

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Click here to listen to this sermon. "Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer” (Romans 13:1-4). Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! The IRS. The FBI. City Hall. The Mayor. The Governor. The President. Even the names of governing authorities can stir frustration, disappointment, betrayal, distrust, or fear. In angry and divided times, many assume that officials at e...
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Jesus' Bucket List

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Click here to listen to this sermon. “From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised” (Matthew 16:21). Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! Are you familiar with the term “bucket list”? Screenwriter Justin Zachman first used it for his own list of things to do before he died. Then he realized the idea could become a film: two dying men racing to complete their lists. The Bucket List , starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman , was released in 2007. Since then, many people have made their own bucket lists . Maybe you have one yourself : visit Paris , run with the bulls , swim with the dolphins , sleep in an igloo. Such dreams may be exciting, but notice what they have in common: they are about what I want to do for myself. Jesus’ list was different. Every item on His list was something He would...
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Built on the Rock

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Click here to listen to this sermon. “Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” Then He strictly charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ” (Matthew 16:13–20). Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen....
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