Turn with me in your Bibles to Hebrews 9. We are going to be reading verses 11-14. While you are going there I wanted to let you know that this is the last week of our “Fix Your Eyes” series. … Continue reading Fix Your Eyes: The Gospel
Luke 11:37-12:3 Jesus gets passionate with the Pharisees… Why? They add to scripture: washing They cleanse the outside of the cup: rule keeping. They tithe their cooking spices, but don’t care about justice. They puff themselves up before others. … Continue reading Fix Your Eyes: Jesus and The Pharisees
Today we are continuing our look at Jesus. Fixing our eyes on Him as we seek to worship Him and emulate Him. I am going to come right out and say this that today’s message has been heavily influenced by … Continue reading Fix Your Eyes: Jesus’ Politics
This week is one of those weeks that my notes were VERY scarce, so below are the only notes I had when I preached… This week, as you know was our VBS week at Emmaus. The theme was God … Continue reading Fix Your Eyes: The Passover Lamb
First of all, I want to thank Tom for filling in for me last week. I know God used you man, and I am so grateful for your willingness to step up to the plate and share that message. I … Continue reading “Fix Your Eyes: Jesus is Better”
This week, I was on Vacation and one of our members, Tom Verbeke brought the Word in my absence. Continue reading “Fix Your Eyes: Jesus as a Witness”-Tom Verbeke
Today, we are going to look at something that I often neglect in my thoughts about what Jesus experienced when he was on earth. We are going to look at how He was tempted by Satan right after hIs baptism … Continue reading “Fix Your Eyes: Jesus Was Tempted”
Turn in your Bibles to Luke 2:41, we are going to be reading through verse 52. By way of reminder, we are spending the summer fixing our eyes on Jesus. We are looking at aspects of who Jesus is, and what he did while he was on earth in two primary ways. First, and most importantly, we want to know more about Him, so we can worship Him more. As a reminder Worship is a natural response of our affections that is based on our belief about the object we are worshipping. No matter who you are, or what … Continue reading Fix Your Eyes: “Jesus the Student”
We are taking the summer to fix our eyes on Jesus. Last week we looked at the truth that Jesus was with God in beginning, and that through Jesus, God created all things. That truth should give us hope that when we come to Him, we are not coming to a God who is weak and powerless, put in fact holds you together with his power. Today we are looking at the following verses, and I want to remind us of the two ways we want to be looking at the text. First and foremost, we need to understand … Continue reading Fix Your Eyes: “Become Flesh”
John 1:1-5 Last week we looked at Hebrews 12 and how we run. if you missed the past two weeks messages, please go back and listen to them. I believe they are defining messages for us as a body. We need to be on the same page as we move forward, and prayerfully considering the things I have said over the last couple of weeks I believe will help us all to get on the same page. The main idea of the message last week is that we are called into a race when we are saved, and in order … Continue reading Fix Your Eyes: In the Beginning; John 1:1-5
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