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Things Jesus Never Said: Week 3 (Jeremiah 17:5-10)

Things Jesus Never Said: Week 3 (Jeremiah 17:5-10)

October 27, 2019 | Jonathan Yakel | Jeremiah 17:5-10

This week we continue our series on Things Jesus Never Said (even in 1x10^6 years). First of all, He is not bound by time! He is the author of all truth because He is The Truth. Some statements the world comforts us with are partially true and some are just out of left field at Nationals Park.

“Follow your heart” is an example of one that sounds compassionate when delivered to us but falls short of providing value when we are searching for answers. When God reveals His truth to us, it is plain to see that any person’s heart is not to be followed.

Jeremiah 17:5-10

5 Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord. 6 He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land. 7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. 8 He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.” 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? 10 “I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”

Things Jesus Never Said: Week 2 ( Philippians 4:4-7, 4:10-13)

Things Jesus Never Said: Week 2 ( Philippians 4:4-7, 4:10-13)

October 20, 2019 | Kyle Brenon | Philippians 4:4-7, 4:10-13

We often hear people say things about God, His word, even about His plan and will for our lives that might sound good at first but when we take a closer look, they just don’t line up with what He tells us in His Word. We leave ourselves vulnerable to these lies when we don’t know for ourselves what The Bible actually says and if we aren’t careful, we will trade what is TRUE for what is ALMOST TRUE. In the process we will miss out on so much of what God is really doing in our lives. 

This week we continue in our new sermon series as we look at why Jesus never said… “God JUST wants you to be happy.”

 Philippians 4:4-7

“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; 6 do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:10-13

“I rejoiced in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned for me, but you had no opportunity. Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. I can do all things through him who strengthens me.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Things Jesus Never Said: Week 1 (Colossians 2:1-9)

Things Jesus Never Said: Week 1 (Colossians 2:1-9)

October 13, 2019 | Kyle Brenon | Colossians 2:1-9

As we move through life, we have a tendency to pick things up—some good things and some bad, sometimes on purpose and sometimes without even realizing it. When it comes to our understanding of God: who He is, how He works, and even how He wants us to live, if we aren’t careful, we can pick up some pretty goofy things along the way!

This week, we begin a new sermon series called “Things Jesus Never Said!” where we will explore some of the things we may have unknowingly picked up along the way. Lies we have heard that on the surface sound good but are not at all in line with what God tells us in His word.

 Colossians 2:1-9

“For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you and for those at Laodicea and for all who have not seen me face to face, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. I say this in order that no one may delude you with plausible arguments. For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ. Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily.”

The Great Storyteller: Week 10 (John 10:1-21)

The Great Storyteller: Week 10 (John 10:1-21)

October 6, 2019 | Kyle Brenon | John 10:7-15

For the past 2 months we have been taking a deeper look into the parables of Jesus in our sermon series “The Great Storyteller.” This week we wrap up our series with a look at what Jesus tells us in John Chapter 10. In John 10:1-21 Jesus speaks very plainly about Himself, who He is, and why He has come. He calls Himself the door of the sheep and the only one by which we must enter. He also calls Himself the "Good shepherd,” and the one who lays down His life for the sheep. What a powerful image of the sacrifice, love and provision given to us through the cross!

John 10:7-15
"So Jesus again said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep."