Sermons About Sinners
The Church of Philadelphia: Revelation 3:7-13
The church of Philadelphia was a weak church. It wasn’t like Sardis. It didn’t have a reputation for being alive; it had a reputation for being weak and small. This church was constantly being persecuted by the Jews. Jesus knows they had little power, and he was not disappointed in their weakness because in it they turned to him. This church chose to cling to Jesus because they knew they needed him more than peace with the Jews, more than a comfortable life, and more than a good reputation. They knew that they were weak and that his grace alone was enough. They knew that they were sinners and that his blood alone could rescue them from the wrath of God and give them peace with him. Jesus loves those who cling to him above all else. No one whose hope is in Jesus will ever be disappointed, so Jesus comes to show them why they have chosen wisely. He comes to show them, and us, why he is better than everything else.
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Christian Commands
In Romans 12:9-21 Paul gives Christians more instruction about being living sacrifices.
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Mark 2:13-17
Jesus continues on His ministry and is now questioned by the religious leaders as to why he eats with sinners. This is an awesome picture of seeing God coming to men in their sin to rescue them from darkness and bring them into the kingdom of his dear Son.
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What Jesus Says to the Self Righteous
What Jesus said to a group of people wondering out loud about others who suffered tragic endings to their lives.
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Food & Spirituality
Why does Jesus associate and eat with sinners? Can you imagine President Obama having a barbeque with Al Qaeda leadership? What a scandal. Jesus’ practice of sharing meals with sinners brought a lot of criticism from the religious leaders of the day. Pastor Hugo takes us to Luke 15 to show us why Jesus made a habit of eating with reprobates like you and me. Stay tuned in after the sermon to hear, Lord I Want to be a Christian/Apart from You recorded live at the Soiled Dove by Dave LeMieux & House of Soul, which was just released on their latest CD, Jazz Shaped.
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Exchanging the Natural for the Unnatural (Romans 1:21-27)
gay or not, we are flawed in our DNA from birth.
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Perspective On Sinners
How does our response to the sin of those outside of the church differ from the response we should have to the ongoing sin of those inside the church?
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Love the Sinner, not Your Sin (Romans 1:18-2:2)
re: homosexuality, love the sinner, but hate your own sin
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Living a Life of Gospel Intentionality
Kaleo SDSU is taking a couple weeks to explore what it means and what it practically looks like to be intentional with the gospel through all of life. We will be investigating the book of Mark for insight into how Jesus brought the gospel to every situation and trained his disciples to do the same. We are called not to separate our life into religious, pagan, hobby, service, parenting, work and gospel intentionality but is instead a life that sees the gospel as the motivation and center of all we do.
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Come As You Are
Who are the people that you would think of today as being the people who are the farthest away from God? Who would be the people that you think God would really be angry with and you would be very uncomfortable with? Think about this. Whoever those people would be for you today, that's who the tax-gathers were in Jesus' day.
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