When we share the Gospel, why do some people receive it with joy and fall away, why do some people reject it immediately and others believe and grow for eternity? Jesus explains in his famous Parable of the Sower in Matthew 13.
Author: Duncan Sills (Duncan Sills)
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Christ Heals Shame (Good Friday) | Matthew 27:26-50
On the cross, Jesus carries our sin and frees us from guilt, but he also carries our shame, so Christians can be free from shame! What a wonderful salvation we have received!
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Breaking Strongholds | John 5:5-11
A man is stuck by a pool, yet never healed. We also sometimes get trapped in a bind, by strongholds and circumstances. Jesus can heal us, rescue us and break us free.
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The Fruit of our Mouths | Matthew 12:33-37
Jesus teaches the Pharisees and us that what we say reveals what is in our heart. Since our words are sinful, we need forgiveness from Christ and we need to fill our hearts with the treasure of Christ – what we love in our hearts, is reflected in the things we praise with our lips.
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The Chosen Servant Who brings Justice | Matthew 12:15-32
Jesus, through word and deed, reveals his identity as the Chosen One who bring justice to the nations. he also rebukes the Pharisees and heals miraculously.
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The Lord of the Sabbath & The Lord of Compassion – Matthew 12:1-14
As the Pharisees challenge and seek to undermine Jesus, he teaches them about the true purpose of the Sabbath and shows his amazing compassion to a man with a withered hand. The Pharisees, in anger, decide to put him to death.
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Rest for the Weary – Matthew 11:20-30
Jesus offers rest to the weary and the opportunity to learn from Christ. This promise comes after he pronounces woe to the Pharisees revealing the need for repentance and then shows that God is sovereign in salvation.
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Persistent Prayer – Luke 18:1-8
Jason calls us to persistent prayer, using Jesus’ parable about the persistent widow to challenge us.
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Praying in Hope – Lamentations 5
Lamentations 5 teaches how to pray in difficult circumstances, inviting God to look, remember and see, to call upon God’s sovereignty and to ask for restoration in hope.
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Sin tarnishes Beauty, but Christ Restores Value – Lamentations 4
Focusing on Lamentations 4:1-2, Duncan shows how Christ restores what was broken in Jerusalem, how the New Testament Gospel mends the damage done by sin in the Old Testament.