Sermons About Preach
Nothing is Impossible for Jesus
You can probably think of times in your life when you were desperate. Something pushed you to the point that you were willing to do just about anything to get help, find a solution, or change the circumstances that were causing you pain. Desperation creates action. Our text today contains great hope for desperate people. Matthew 9:18-34 shows us four miracles characterized by desperate faith, and we learn that nothing is impossible for Jesus.
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Afraid of Jesus?
I‟d like to suggest to you that we don‟t often think of being afraid of Jesus, but we really should because for many people in the Bible an encounter with Jesus created fear – and rightly so. We get a clear taste of this in Matthew 8:28-9:8. Jesus does a lot of good in this passage, but none of it is safe. In fact, Jesus‟ actions make many people afraid, and I‟d like to see why. There are three different reasons why people are afraid of Jesus, and I hope to show you that if you don’t know Jesus then you have reason to be afraid.
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Full-throttle Following
Our text this morning introduces us to another and very important subject: discipleship. Now the word discipleship begs a number of questions. What does it mean to follow Jesus? Who is a true follower? What do real disciples look like? What does discipleship involve? What does it cost?
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Two Kinds of Righteousness
In Romans 10 Paul talks about the Jews trying to establish their own righteousness instead of trusting in Jesus Christ for the only righteousness that can save a person.
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Marginalized No More
This section of Matthew is all about following Jesus. Why should you follow Him? What kind of authority does he really have? And what does following him look like? When you first read our text you might think that it is just a record of three healings that Jesus performed. But there is so much more. To understand our text, you need to keep two thoughts in mind: healings are a platform to tell us about Jesus, and His healings were focused on the marginalized.
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Only a Few are Truly Saved
My aim today is to ask you, plead with you, and beg you to consider if you are genuinely converted. Romans 8:16 says “The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God.” And today I simply want you to take a careful look at your soul and ask yourself, “Am I real?” The Sermon on the Mount comes down to this question.
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The Power Of "And"
The first sermon in our second annual sermon series, Living A Life On Loan.
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Expect Good Things from God
You could boil this passage down with this statement: bank your prayer life on God’s love for you. It seems that Jesus wants to encourage his disciples to keep praying, but he is not just calling them to be persistent; the call is different. Perseverance in prayer is certainly a part of the equation but it is not the end-game here. Jesus’ goal is to call his disciples to pray from a robust understanding of God’s love for them. The critical phrase for this passage is found in verse 11: “how much more.” Jesus wants for his followers to pray with the “how-much-moreness” of God in mind. He aims to motivate pray by God-centered encouragement.
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