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Sermon 2 - The Authentic Jesus - Matthew 8:18-34
"Politics/sport, entertainment...health, education...find their true significance only when they are seen as subsets of the really fundamental concerns...righteousness, knowing God savingly...growing in...obedience to Jesus, freedom from sin...displaying the love of Christ in lives transformed by the Spirit..."
(Includes helpful consideration of 1 Cor 7:25-31)
— May 16, 2020 04:25AM
"Politics/sport, entertainment...health, education...find their true significance only when they are seen as subsets of the really fundamental concerns...righteousness, knowing God savingly...growing in...obedience to Jesus, freedom from sin...displaying the love of Christ in lives transformed by the Spirit..."
(Includes helpful consideration of 1 Cor 7:25-31)
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James Wright
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Sermon 4
"...faith is effective only as a means is effective...he does not mean that it is faith in and of itself, irrespective of faith's object. The faith that saves is the faith whose object is Jesus..."
"...it is not so much the strength or purity of the faith that is at stake, but whether or not faith issues from self-acknowledged need, and is directed to the one who has the power to meet that need..."
— May 24, 2020 08:58AM
"...faith is effective only as a means is effective...he does not mean that it is faith in and of itself, irrespective of faith's object. The faith that saves is the faith whose object is Jesus..."
"...it is not so much the strength or purity of the faith that is at stake, but whether or not faith issues from self-acknowledged need, and is directed to the one who has the power to meet that need..."
James Wright
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Sermon 3-The Mission of Jesus
"I desire mercy, not sacrifice." Jesus...is not simply saying that the Pharisees ought to be more compassionate...Like those whom the prophet Hosea condemned, Jesus' opponents have...preserved the shell and lost the core.
"The point of verse 13b is not to divide humanity into two groups...but to disavow one image of what the Messiah would be and do, and replace it with another."
— May 18, 2020 06:27AM
"I desire mercy, not sacrifice." Jesus...is not simply saying that the Pharisees ought to be more compassionate...Like those whom the prophet Hosea condemned, Jesus' opponents have...preserved the shell and lost the core.
"The point of verse 13b is not to divide humanity into two groups...but to disavow one image of what the Messiah would be and do, and replace it with another."
James Wright
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Sermon 1 - Matt 8:1-17 The Authority of Jesus: is implicit to His person and mission, fulfils the Law, is God's, brings comfort to the eyes of faith and terror to the merely religious, and is a function of his work on the cross.
Carson's exposition rallies the heart to "pledge ourselves anew to submit joyfully to Jesus' authority."
Includes helpful comments on truth vs. sincerity and healing today.
— May 15, 2020 06:45AM
Carson's exposition rallies the heart to "pledge ourselves anew to submit joyfully to Jesus' authority."
Includes helpful comments on truth vs. sincerity and healing today.
