Relentless Grace – Lent 2019 – Palm Sunday – Matthew 21:1-17
As we celebrate Palm Sunday in 2019, we ought to pause and reflect back on the first Palm Sunday when Jesus made his triumphant entry into Jerusalem at the beginning of what is known as Holy Week. Some scholars believe that there may have been somewhere between 2 and 3 million people in the immediate area during the celebration of the Passover Festival in the time of Jesus. It is difficult to wrap our minds around what it must have been like as Jesus came into town riding on the donkey. Some may have been expecting more and greater miracles. Others a leader and Messiah who would uphold the Law of the Lord. Some probably hoped and expected a military leader of the Messiah. And some expected Jesus' fame to become even more well known during this time. In the following message by Pastor Anton, he will be teaching on the varied expectations of the groups gathered there in the city. We would like to invite you to turn in your own Bible to Matthew 21 and to download the teaching notes as you prepare to listen to the following message. We hope that you will be encouraged in your walk with the Lord.
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- Apr 14, 2019Relentless Grace – Lent 2019 – Palm Sunday – Matthew 21:1-17
Relentless Grace – Lent 2019 – Palm Sunday – Matthew 21:1-17As we celebrate Palm Sunday in 2019, we ought to pause and reflect back on the first Palm Sunday when Jesus made his triumphant entry into Jerusalem at the beginning of what is known as Holy Week. Some scholars believe that there may have been somewhere between 2 and 3 million people in the immediate area during the celebration of the Passover Festival in the time of Jesus. It is difficult to wrap our minds around what it must have been like as Jesus came into town riding on the donkey. Some may have been expecting more and greater miracles. Others a leader and Messiah who would uphold the Law of the Lord. Some probably hoped and expected a military leader of the Messiah. And some expected Jesus' fame to become even more well known during this time. In the following message by Pastor Anton, he will be teaching on the varied expectations of the groups gathered there in the city. We would like to invite you to turn in your own Bible to Matthew 21 and to download the teaching notes as you prepare to listen to the following message. We hope that you will be encouraged in your walk with the Lord.
- Apr 7, 2019Relentless Grace – Lent 2019 – Luke 13:10-17
Relentless Grace – Lent 2019 – Luke 13:10-17Have you ever felt the awkwardness of having someone wave at you, and you waved back, only to come to the realization that they were looking at someone beyond or behind you? At that moment, as silly and as awkward as it may have been, is it possible that it might have made you feel "invisible" for a split second? In Luke chapter 13, the author Luke records an event where Jesus was preaching in a synagogue one Sabbath day and noticed a woman who may have been "invisible" to the people around her. Jesus not only saw her but called her forward and touched and healed her. Jesus then takes it a step further and calls her a "daughter of Abraham" a phrase that is used exclusively in this passage.We would like to invite you to listen to the following message by Pastor Anton as he unpacks the truth and power behind this beautiful encounter. We hope and trust that you will be encouraged in your spiritual walk.
- Mar 31, 2019Relentless Grace – Lent 2019 – Mark 10:17-31
Relentless Grace – Lent 2019 – Mark 10:17-31If you were asked to give up something tangible that was most precious and dear to heart, what would that be? Maybe a vehicle? a house? or maybe a boat? What material things do you possess that would be difficult to let go of?In the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke there is recorded for us an event in which a younger man came to Jesus asking what was required to inherit eternal life. Jesus looks upon him with genuine love and tells him to sell everything he owns, give the money to the poor, and then come and follow him... at this, the man walks away sad. In the following message by Pastor Anton he will be unpacking the deep truth behind this historical event as recorded by Mark. As you turn in your own Bible to Mark 10, we invite you to download the teaching notes and follow along as you listen. We hope and trust that you will be encouraged.
- Mar 24, 2019Relentless Grace – Lent 2019 – Luke 7:1-17
Relentless Grace – Lent 2019 – Luke 7:1-17Do you know the hope and wholeness found in having believed in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior? If so, do you have a burning desire to share the hope and wholeness of Jesus Christ with those around you... to your co- workers, friends, and family members? In the following message by Pastor Anton he will be teaching on the historical event recorded in Luke 7. It is the story of Jesus raising a widow's one who had died back to life. We would like to encourage you to download the teaching notes and turn in your own Bible to Luke 7. We hope and trust that you will be encouraged in your walk with the Lord.
- Mar 17, 2019Relentless Grace – Lent 2019 – John 5:1-18
Relentless Grace – Lent 2019 – John 5:1-18Have you ever wanted to the first one into the water? Maybe you were on vacation at a beautiful sandy beach, or maybe you were excited to jump into an inviting backyard pool during a sweltering Summer day... Regardless of your own situation, I doubt that you wanted to get into the water as badly as the man that Jesus approached in John 5. The Bible says that the man had been ill with something that had caused him paralysis for thirty-eight years! And he had been laying near to the edge of a pool found in the 1st century Jerusalem because when the waters were stirred, they were supposed to have healing powers... the problem was, you had to be the first one into the waters and he had no one to help him get into the water before others who were gathered for the same reason. We would like to invite you to turn in your own Bible to John 5, and download the teaching notes as you prepare to listen to the following message by Pastor Anton. We hope and trust you will be encouraged.
- Mar 11, 2019Relentless Grace – Lent 2019 – Mark 2:1-12
Relentless Grace – Lent 2019 – Mark 2:1-12 Consider the story of Jesus healing the man who was paralyzed from the Gospels. In the Gospel of Mark, which has the most lengthy account of the event's parallel accounts, (Matthew 9:1-8, and Luke 5:17-26) we read of a large crowd of people gathering at a home to hear Jesus teach. Five men arrive after the house is already filled and overflowing, one of them being carried by the others on a mat. Once lowered through the roof, Jesus tells the man that his "sins are forgiven." This is an outrageous statement to the teachers of the Law, and to prove that the "Son of Man" has the authority to forgive sins, Jesus then heals the man. The man who was lowered through the roof moments earlier is now walking through the crowded house to exit. We would like to invite you to turn in your own Bible to Mark 2, as you prepare to listen to the following message by Pastor Anton.
