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The Twelve: Lessons from the Lesser Knowns
Luke 6:12-16 Today, we’re going to talk about some of the lesser-known Apostles. I’m not sure if You’re aware, but we actually studied our study of the Apostles in the apostolic ministry back in January, end of January. Andwe just wanted, as we came in our study of Luke, we wanted to come to this portion here and pay special attention to this list of names that the Lord chose to be his Apostles because as we’ve pointed out, these…
The Twelve: The Sons of Thunder
Luke 6:12-16 Today we’re looking at the two sons of Zebedee, James and John. Those two brothers, James and John, they belong to that first group of Apostles, that, thatinner circle, and that included two other brothers, Simon and Andrew. And as you might imagine, two sets of brothers knowing each other, knowing each other in Galilee and Capernaum, in fishing industry together, they were a pretty, pretty tight group. These three of these four, Peter, James and John, they…
The Twelve: Solidifying the Rock, Part 3
Luke 6:14 Simon was a Galilean fisherman. He was actually the owner of a small fishing business that he operated on the Sea of Galilee, along with his brother Andrew, two of his friends, the two sons of Zebedee, James and John. Simon was not, not a man who was who had been considered in his day an educated man, though he was educated. He just wasn’t educated in the rabbinical schools, but he was a sincere believer in all…
The Twelve: Solidifying the Rock, Part 2
Luke 6:12-16 Simon was a Galilean fisherman. He was actually the owner of a small fishing business that he operated on the Sea of Galilee, along with his brother Andrew, two of his friends, the two sons of Zebedee, James and John. Simon was not, not a man who was who had been considered in his day an educated man, though he was educated. He just wasn’t educated in the rabbinical schools, but he was a sincere believer in all…
The Twelve: Solidifying the Rock, Part 1
Luke 6:14 So this is sort of a character study, kind of a meditative study on Peter, and we’ll cover some of the other Apostles as well, not in as much detail as we will Peter, but definitely take some time on Peter. I’d like to introduce our study by starting with a monumental moment in Peter’s life and to look at that. Go ahead and turn in your Bibles to the 16th chapter of Matthew. Matthew chapter 16. We’ll…
A General Overview of Twelve Ordinary Men
Luke 6:14-16 Starting there in Luke 6:14, “Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called Zealot, and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.” We’ve spent time over the past two weeks really learning the significance of this group of men, this list of names, the significance of the Apostles and the…
Reconciling with One Another: Repentance
Selected Scriptures All right, we’re going to wrap up another short little series we’ve been doing. This one on reconciling relationships. If you’ve been with us over the past couple of weeks, we’ve had a good time just trying to get into a bit of a topical approach to the confession of sin, asking for forgiveness, granting forgiveness, and those kind of things and it’s been, it’s been really helpful for me as a reminder. The Lord has been so…
Reconciling with One Another: Forgiveness
Selected Scriptures As we turn our attention to God’s Word this morning, you can open your Bibles. With the passage of Scripture that Bret actually read to open us this morning, 1 John 1:9, we are going to get a running start with a bit of review of what we covered last week. We have entered into just a short little series, three weeks, it might go four but I think three, just a short little series on reconciling relationships.…
Reconciling with One Another: Confession
Selected Scriptures I mentioned last week at our Christmas service that the holidays are sometimes a time when family comes near, and people you haven’t seen for awhile come into your home, or you go to their home, and oftentimes it’s a joyful thing, a wonderful thing, and sometimes it’s acrimonious. Sometimes it’s difficult, isn’t it? Family that you have long-standing issues with or people whom you’ve had difficulty and trouble with, you know, people who push your buttons. You…
The Real Meaning of Discipleship
Luke 5:1-11 In chapter 4, Luke showed us how, early in Jesus’ ministry, there were attempts to oppose and distract Jesus from his mission. The devil tried to tempt him, the people of Nazareth tried to kill him, the people of Capernaum, they tried to keep him all to themselves. But Jesus resisted temptation, he escaped from harm, he stayed focused on his priority to preach the Gospel of the Kingdom of God to other cities as well. He left…