Thomas S. Myers THE PRICE OF forgiveness Ephesians 1:7 Ephesians 1:7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace What is redemption? What does it mean? The word "redemption" has been etched in stained glass. Its meaning has been…

Prayer As we continue this week making our way through the 1st chapter of the gospel of John, …we come today to - basically - the second part to last week’s sermon... Last week we looked at John the Baptist being sent BY GOD to water baptize... with the purpose of REVEALING Jesus to Israel... And what…

How do we respond when we've lost the battle against Satan?

Jesus has the compassion and authority to forgive our sins, which He does through our faith.

Prayer Where last week, we saw how The Word Became Flesh... How: God Himself entered into His creation... How Jesus Christ HUMBLED himself - by emptying Himself - to the point of obedience... How Underserved Favor from God came to man And all of this - in the Word becoming flesh... THIS WEEK... We’re…

The benefit of offering forgiving Satan when he wrongs us does nothing for Satan, but will greatly benefit us as we will not allow Satan to gain a foothold in our life.

Jesus is the Good Shepherd of those in His Kingdom. He ensures we have all we need, every moment, to do and be and think and say what He wants. He is the ruler of all the Earth and there is nothing that is hard for Him. He is able to help any who come to Him. Jesus rescues sinners. Many believe they have established there own righteousness but those who know they are sick are readily rescued by the Good Shepherd, Jesus. He justifies the ungodly. While he is able to and does variously heal physical illness or touble, we look forward to the fullness of His Kingdom, when all sorrow, sickness, death, and pain will pass away and we will be made new! Isn't He wonderful!??!!!?!?!!

7 Benefits to Forgiveness

A central feature of Jesus Christ’s ministry was his declaration that believers’ sins were forgiven through their faith in him.

The theme of the whole section is FORGIVENESS 18:10-14 The parable of the “Lost Sheep” The sheep is lost because of its own foolishness – it wandered off. The shepherd however does not say “well serve it right, let it perish, I have better things to do” He goes and at great personal cost finds and rescues…

For the LORD sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart ( ). These words from 1 Samuel apply perfectly to our Gospel lesson which is all about seeing. It probably seems odd to say that the healing of a paralyzed man is really about sight, but that’s exactly…

· For altar prayer have the young people come and parents bring their little ones o The world will bring their children and stand in line to see Santa Claus or the Easter bunny – why not bring our to the Lord · Open your bibles to Matthew 18:15-18 Matthew 18:15-18 15 “If your brother sins against you,…

Jesus Shows His Authority Over Sin

Story of Attempted CarJacking

Jesus establishes He has the power to forgive sins.

Luke 7:36-50 (ESV) 36 One of the Pharisees asked [Jesus] to eat with him, and [Jesus] went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table. 37 And behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that [Jesus] was reclining at table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster…

Jesus came to call sinners and forgive sins.