Weekly Sermons

Clarity of Mission                   Luke 11:14-28

Robert Moffatt’s mirror and an African Queen

For if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was.                                          -James 1:23-24

Marveling Multitudes and Questioning Cynics                    V. 14-16

Isaiah 34:5                   Luke 7:22-23               John 9:32-33

 

Jesus’ rebuke shows His clarity of Mission                           V. 17-22

In everything Jesus did He was _________________ Satan – But here are these hard hearted, and hard headed turkeys saying He was acting on Satan’s behalf!

Exodus 8:19                Isaiah 53:10-12

 

Our call is join Jesus’ mission                                                V. 23-28

On every issue decide for Jesus and His Word, folks!                        Gather with Jesus, don’t ________________ with the Devil!

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of Hell as yourselves.      -Jesus in Matthew 23:15 

Just like the opening story, Jesus puts the mirror of truth up to this lady – He had demolished the statements of the cynics – now he demolishes the statement of the ____________________.

Mary was more blessed in accepting the faith of Christ than in conceiving the flesh of Christ. -Saint Augustine (354-430)