Nearing the end of the Triumphs, Treasons, and Turnabouts mini-series, we continue to look at the various qualities of Christ's Enemies.

God intends for Christians to help each other live faithfully by practicing the Spiritual Discipline of Accountability.

We discussed:

THREE KINDS OF TALKING THAT ARE USED IN ACCOUNTABILITY

and

FOUR CHALLENGES TO ENGAGING IN ACCOUNTABILITY

Doctrine Sunday sermon from Article 13 of the Baptist Faith and Message

STEWARDSHIP IS NOT ONLY ABOUT MONEY

STEWARDSHIP IS VERY MUCH ABOUT MOTIVES

Christ's enemies reveal their own folly in their attempts to trap Jesus in ...

A POLITICAL TRAP

A DOCTRINAL TRAP

A MORAL TRAP

We looked at the third of a "trilogy" of Kingdom parables in Chapters 21 & 22.

We learn three truths about God's Kingdom

EVERYBODY IS WELCOME

FEW ARE WILLING

NOBODY IS WORTHY

Jesus's parable of the vineyard exposes the violence against him that is living in the hearts of the religious leaders (and us).

GOD IS RIGHT TO EXPECT OBEDIENCE

MAN IS BENT TOWARD VIOLENT REBELLION

MAN IS CONDEMNED BY HIS OWN CONSCIENCE

GOD IS ASSEMBLING A FRUITFUL PEOPLE

We continue looking at the characteristics of those who made themselves enemies with Christ in Matthew Chapters 19-23.

AUTHORITY CHALLENGED

COWARDICE EXPOSED

POSITION CLARIFIED

GRACE OFFERED

Christ's enemies have hardened themselves in their TREASON against Him at the temple cleansing. From here to the end of Chapter 23, we will see several characteristics of Christ's enemies. Today, their fruitlessness

THE CURSE OF FRUITLESSNESS

THE CAUSE OF FRUITLESSNESS

Jesus triumphed over the obstacles that would keep people from coming to God.

The Big Idea of today's sermons is this: Jesus’s followers must keep on desperately bringing our needs to his compassionate attention. To arrive at this summary, we examined three themes in the passage:

AFFLICTION

DESPERATION

COMPASSION