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Church notes - March 2016
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Church notes - March 2016
6th March
Judges 8:34, 35
Judges 9
It shows how quickly people have turned from God.
Evil is destructive
vs 1 - 6
Destruction of family by treachery! (Involving human sacrifice?)
vs 22 - 35
Evil destroys society
Ambition destroys friendships.
Are all your friendships genuine?
Leaders throughout history have murdered out of selfish ambition.
All sins are equal in front of God.
Evil is self destructive
It destroys itself
vs 7 -15
Jotham's deep sarcasm
Abimelech = Thornbush
vs 16 - 57
vs 50 - 57
Ephesians 2:10, 18
We are God's instruments - That is better than what the World offers.
Baptism
Leah Robins
13th March
Psalm 48:4
Psalm 51
Judges 10:6 - 12:7
Jephthah
Hebrews 11:32 - 34
Is our faith real or genuine?
This is what real faith looks like.
Faith means genuine repentance, not taking advantage of God's grace.
Romans 6:1 - 2
If we are just giving lip service to repentance, we're forgetting what Jesus did.
Judges 11:29, 40
Faiith means trusting in God's promises, not making deals with Him.
Legalism
Do you go to Church for meeting together, or just to tick a box?
Jephthah didn't trust in God's promises
Do you trust His Promises?
God remains faithful
Faith means enduring despite the tragic consequences of our aims.
Romans 8:37 - 39
20th March
Palm Sunday
'Hosanna Hosanna': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoM0AT8fBvs
'Light of the World': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBKzCpkXJR4
'I have decided to follow Jesus': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2TwhEL2EPc
Communion
Sin Separates
2 Corinthians 5:12
We are righteous in Him.
Sermon
Luke 18:31 - 34
A Jesus that the disciples didn't know.
Risen - trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxgm2TJr2m0
Luke 24:31 - 49
The disciples were transformed.
John 3:16, 17
The Cross was the ultimate expression of this love.
Acts 3:11 - 26
The disciples were transformed from fearful to bold.
Death could not hold Him. Ultimately death will not hold us either. We have been forgiven.
1 Corinthians 15
If there was no resurrection, there is no hope. But He is Risen.
Risen - Mary Magdelene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJKUWwpXxic
A sense of confidence.
Our guilt is taken away by the Cross.
27th March
Easter Sunday
Luke 24:1 - 12
Matthew 28:11 - 15
Psalm 22
Isaiah 53
- Wounded and Bruised
- Crucified with theives
- Buried in a rich man's tomb.
Psalm 16
Acts 1:1 - 11
Who was Jesus? What do you do with the evidence that He rose from the dead?
Philippians 3:4 - 10
After meeting Jesus, Paul discovered that his achievements were as nothing.
We can also put our trust in other things, the mechanisms (both technological and institutional) of our modern age.
Only Jesus has an answer to death.
We need the courage and motivation that comes from the resurrection.
Philippians - the letter of joy, despite being written in a prison.
It is time to celebrate the resurrection!
Church notes - March 2016
6th March
Judges 8:34, 35
Judges 9
It shows how quickly people have turned from God.
Evil is destructive
vs 1 - 6
Destruction of family by treachery! (Involving human sacrifice?)
vs 22 - 35
Evil destroys society
Ambition destroys friendships.
Are all your friendships genuine?
Leaders throughout history have murdered out of selfish ambition.
All sins are equal in front of God.
Evil is self destructive
It destroys itself
vs 7 -15
Jotham's deep sarcasm
Abimelech = Thornbush
vs 16 - 57
vs 50 - 57
Ephesians 2:10, 18
We are God's instruments - That is better than what the World offers.
Baptism
Leah Robins
13th March
Psalm 48:4
Psalm 51
Judges 10:6 - 12:7
Jephthah
Hebrews 11:32 - 34
Is our faith real or genuine?
This is what real faith looks like.
Faith means genuine repentance, not taking advantage of God's grace.
Romans 6:1 - 2
If we are just giving lip service to repentance, we're forgetting what Jesus did.
Judges 11:29, 40
Faiith means trusting in God's promises, not making deals with Him.
Legalism
Do you go to Church for meeting together, or just to tick a box?
Jephthah didn't trust in God's promises
Do you trust His Promises?
God remains faithful
Faith means enduring despite the tragic consequences of our aims.
Romans 8:37 - 39
20th March
Palm Sunday
'Hosanna Hosanna': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoM0AT8fBvs
'Light of the World': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBKzCpkXJR4
'I have decided to follow Jesus': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2TwhEL2EPc
Communion
Sin Separates
2 Corinthians 5:12
We are righteous in Him.
Sermon
Luke 18:31 - 34
A Jesus that the disciples didn't know.
Risen - trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxgm2TJr2m0
Luke 24:31 - 49
The disciples were transformed.
John 3:16, 17
The Cross was the ultimate expression of this love.
Acts 3:11 - 26
The disciples were transformed from fearful to bold.
Death could not hold Him. Ultimately death will not hold us either. We have been forgiven.
1 Corinthians 15
If there was no resurrection, there is no hope. But He is Risen.
Risen - Mary Magdelene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJKUWwpXxic
A sense of confidence.
Our guilt is taken away by the Cross.
27th March
Easter Sunday
Luke 24:1 - 12
Matthew 28:11 - 15
Psalm 22
Isaiah 53
- Wounded and Bruised
- Crucified with theives
- Buried in a rich man's tomb.
Psalm 16
Acts 1:1 - 11
Who was Jesus? What do you do with the evidence that He rose from the dead?
Philippians 3:4 - 10
After meeting Jesus, Paul discovered that his achievements were as nothing.
We can also put our trust in other things, the mechanisms (both technological and institutional) of our modern age.
Only Jesus has an answer to death.
We need the courage and motivation that comes from the resurrection.
Philippians - the letter of joy, despite being written in a prison.
It is time to celebrate the resurrection!