THE USE OF POWER IN RELATIONSHIPS – John 13:1-17
John 13:1-17 June 2009 THE USE OF POWER IN RELATIONSHIPS Ill. When Robert Magabe became the prime minister of Zimbabwe in 1980 after Ian Smith’s Apartheid government was overthrown, his aim was to make Zimbabwe a better place for the African people but as time has gone by his main concern has been to hold […]
ACCEPTANCE IN RELATIONSHIPS – Romans 15:5-7
Romans 15:5-7 June 2009 ACCEPTANCE IN RELATIONSHIPS Ill. When Myrtle met George there were many things about him she felt she would like to change, but she thought she would wait until they were married. On the wedding day she was standing nervously at the back of the church waiting for the signal to walk […]
DECEPTION IN RELATIONSHIPS – 1 John 1:5-10
1 John 1:5-10 June 2009 DECEPTION IN RELATIONSHIPS Jesus once stood before Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor and said,” For this reason I came into the world to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.” And Pilate said, “What is truth?” I guess what Pilate was saying was, “It […]
DECEPTIVE THINKING IN RELATIONSHIPS – John 8:31-47
John 8:31-47 June 2009 DECEPTIVE THINKING IN RELATIONSHIPS After 59 years of living with myself and others I have observed that the unpleasant and painful experiences of the past have a powerful affect on how we relate to people and situations in the present. It is not so much what happened to us in the […]
THE BURIAL OF JESUS – Matthew 27:57-66
Matthew 27:57-66 May 2009 THE BURIAL OF JESUS The burial of Jesus is a very important part of the death and resurrection of Jesus because the burial is the final process in death. Time and time again I have found during funerals that it’s not until the body is lowered into the ground that the […]
THE RESURRECTION – Matthew 28:1-15
Matthew 28:1-15 May 2009 THE RESURRECTION What makes Christianity unique? 2 important things among others: The Christian message is that God offers us His forgiveness and eternal life as a gift. We cannot earn it or work for it – it is a gift from God because Jesus has paid the penalty for our sins […]
WHY ARE WE SO ANGRY? – Ephesians 4:25-32
Ephesians 4:25-32 May 2009 WHY ARE WE SO ANGRY? Ill. A man was pushing a trolley around the supermarket with his little boy sitting on the seat in the front of it. The boy was screaming and crying because he wanted some junk food. The man kept repeating, “Don’t get excited, Albert. Don’t scream Albert. […]
THE GREAT COMMISSION – Matthew 28:16-20
Matthew 28:16-20 May 2009 THE GREAT COMMISSION During Jesus ministry there were quite a number of people who believed in Him and became His followers. When they saw that He had been arrested and sentenced to death they probably thought that was the finish, until they heard the news that Jesus had risen from the […]
THE DEATH OF JESUS – Matthew 27:45-56
Matthew 27:45-56 April 2009 THE DEATH OF JESUS Because it was resurrection Sunday last week I took a break from Matthew and looked at the resurrection of Jesus. Today we return to Matthew and continue looking at the events that surrounded the crucifixion of Jesus. When Jesus was crucified, God the Father was very much […]
ARRESTED AND TRIED – Matthew 26:47-67
Matthew 26:47-67 March 2009 ARRESTED AND TRIED The Religious leaders had tried everything they could to get rid of Jesus because He had become so popular that they saw Him as a threat to their positions of power and wealth. They tried to disprove His miracles but couldn’t, they tried to blacken His character but […]