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Now the law came in to increase the trespass, but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 5:20–21 ESV)

Paul gives a beautiful picture. It is also a beautiful picture of Israel’s history. Where the sin increased, grace abounded even more. Ezekiel is prophesying to the exiled people about the coming destruction of Jerusalem. He is also preparing the people to have new hearts and new spirits so that they can repent and turn back to the Lord. God needs his people to see his abounding grace so they will turn from their rebellion and love him with all their heart. This is what the Lord sets out to do through Ezekiel in chapters 19-20. So let’s spend our time looking at the amazing grace of God and see what God promises to do for his rebellious people…

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We are starting today a short series of lessons called Storm Proof. The tag line is: Preparing for life’s difficulties before they happen. This is the essence of the book of Proverbs. The book of Proverbs has the purpose of preparing you for life’s hardships before the hardships happen. We understand this concept. Every year we prepare for hurricanes before they happen. At the beginning of June we are told to make sure we have batteries, water, and other supplies so that we are ready for the storm. Why are we told to make preparations before the storm comes? If you have been a person who hasn’t prepared before the storm, you know the reason why. You cannot get prepared once the storm comes. The supplies are not available. It is too late to get what you need. This is when the panic sets in because the time to prepare has past. Jesus taught the same idea in the Sermon on the Mount…

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There is a funny proverb that we have in our world today: excuses are like belly buttons; everyone has one. Making excuses is a common default way of thinking. When something happens, we make an excuse how it is not our fault. When we forget something, we make an excuse to show how it is not our fault. Typically, we like to show how the person who has shown us our failure is the reason why for our failure when we make our excuse. Excuses are not new. The very first account of humanity in the scriptures reveal everyone’s excuse for their sin. Adam blames Eve for his sin. Eve blames the serpent for her sin. Everyone has an excuse…

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One of the characteristics of Jesus’ ministry is that he challenged the interest level of people who claimed to want help or claimed to want to follow him. When people said that they wanted to follow him, Jesus did not simply respond, “Ok.” Jesus would do something to see if the desire is genuine. In Matthew 8:19 we read about a scribe saying that he would follow Jesus wherever he went. But Jesus challenged his desire by responding that he had nowhere to sleep. Do you want to follow if you do not have a place to lay down at night? In that same paragraph a disciple told Jesus he would follow him after he buried his father. But Jesus responded that he needed to follow him now and let the dead bury the dead…

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We have been noticing how James is giving good counsel for how to have faith during trials and hardships. James has been telling us that God is at work in our trials. James began this chapter telling us that your faith is being tested to produce steadfastness so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing. Trials are exposing things in us about our faith. It is showing us what desires are in us that are giving birth to sin. Trials are showing us the moral filth and evil overflow that is in us that needs to be rooted out the by word implanted in our hearts. There is exposure that is happening to us. God is revealing our character. God is revealing our weaknesses and shortcomings. God is showing us who we are and what needs to change. This is where James goes with his teaching at the end of chapter 1. Look at James 1:22…

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Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. (Matthew 15:13 ESV)

I want us to think about this statement by Jesus before we get into our lesson today. Jesus says that any plant that was not planted by the heavenly Father will be uprooted. I hope we immediately have some questions that we want answered. What does it look like to be planted by Father? How do we know if we have not been planted by the Father and are going to be uprooted? What causes Jesus to need to proclaim such sharp words? These are important questions since Jesus is speaking to religious people who thought they belonged to the Lord. So let’s open our copies of God’s word to Matthew 15 and look at who is planted by the heavenly Father and who is not planted by the Father and will be uprooted…

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