Jesus teaches on Marriage(Divorce) and Celibacy
Messenger: Brian Hopkins
Tonight’s topics include Jesus’ casting out of a demon, predicting His death once again, and a fish with a coin in its mouth.
Are you ready and willing to commit and put in the necessary work required to become a daily worshiper of King Jesus? This message is designed to help us grow in our knowledge and our prayer life, with the hopes of becoming the Christian who worships God in “spirit and truth”.
Our Matthew study takes us through a discussion on the transfiguration.
Worship doesn’t have to be complex, loud, and showy, for it to be authentic. The things which motivate us lead us to true worship. When that worship is motivated by the love we have for God, the results are expressions of pure joy.
Tonight, we look at Peter’s confession of Jesus as the Christ, the first time Jesus predicts His coming death and resurrection, and Jesus’ powerful teaching about denying self.
Jesus told a Samaritan woman at the well of Jacob that God is seeking those who will worship Him in Spirit and in Truth. Most of us at least now and again enter into wholehearted worship overwhelmed by God’s Spirit, but to worship God in Truth we must come to a point of awe at God’s worthiness to be worshiped. Only then can we fully enter into the spirit of worship which God desires from us.
Sometimes, it seems we can’t feel the presence of God in our hearts even though as born-again Christ followers we know that His Spirit dwells in us. At times like these we need to remember the words of Psalm 22:3 which says God is enthroned in the praises of His worshipers. We can draw closer to God and experience His presence more intimately by joyfully offering Him the praise He is due.
The wise men from the east give us the example of how we can find renewed joy and encouragement at Christmas time – by seeking and worshiping Jesus with all our heart.
This is part 2 of our review/recap of Matthew chapters 1-14.
